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US Not Keen To Have Its Emissions Targets Bound By Any Treaty??

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US Not Keen To Have Its Emissions Targets Bound By Any Treaty??

“The United States is not keen at all on having its emissions targets bound in any treaty. It left the Kyoto Protocol years ago, and the Congress is unlikely to agree to join any new climate treaty. The US says it can join a new treaty but sets the impossible condition that major developing countries [...]

Green Can Help Mitigate Economic Troubles

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Green Can Help Mitigate Economic Troubles

Dr. Robert Pollin of the University of Massachusetts-Amhersthas demonstrated that spending on education generates the largest number ofjobs (23.1 per $1 million in spending) of any government spending – lack ofjobs is the one thing that is hurting the Nation the most today. Rightly, under the American Jobs Act 35,000 schools will be repairedand modernized [...]

Green Promises of Green Politics

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Green Promises of Green Politics

Well, I don’t believe that climate change is just an issue that’s convenient to bring up during a campaign. I believe it’s one of the greatest moral challenges of our generation. That’s why I’ve fought successfully in the Senate to increase our investment in renewable fuels. That’s why I reached across the aisle to come [...]