As Hurricane Alex is sweeping towards the American coastline, it has already disrupted the oil spill containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico …and drawn the crude to environmentally sensitive regions. Meanwhile further inland, people are starting to complain about strange symptoms and illnesses that could be related to the clean-up work.
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http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/analyzing_mccain.html
“George Bush cannot be the bar against which we measure John McCain,” argued Navin Nayak of the League of Conservation Voters. Nayak provided “McCain 101″ for the final panel of the day on energy policy. The panel included Joseph Romm and Bracken Hendricks, both Senior Fellows at CAPAF, and Nayak, who emphasized that while McCain’s energy policies look good compared to President Bush, voters must look at McCain’s policies more broadly.
Like Bush, Nayak said, McCain opposes renewable energy, as evidenced by his votes against a renewable electricity standard and tax credits for renewable energy. Nayak also criticized McCain for voting against increasing automobile fuel efficiency, his advisors’ ties to the oil and gas industries, and the fact that McCain’s plan to combat global warming only calls for 60 percent reductions in greenhouse gases by 2050.
Romm criticized McCain for what he called a “placebo energy policy,” which would do nothing to resolve the energy crisis, but would still make people feel better. Similarly, Hendricks criticized McCain for supporting energy policies which even McCain acknowledged would only have a “psychological” effect. Attacking McCain’s support of a gas tax holiday, Romm said, “the important thing to realize about the gas tax holiday is that it’s just a holiday for gas and oil companies.” Romm also argued that allowing offshore drilling in sensitive costal areas, as McCain has proposed, would have no effect on oil prices.
Romm also attacked McCain’s plan to offer $300 million to the inventor of cheaper, more efficient batteries that could make plug-in hybrids more efficient. “It is completely pointless for the federal government to offer $300 million…there’s no way you could actually award this prize. Nobody invents anything that is much cheaper than existing technology today. That only occurs when you sell a million units a year…this is a complete and …
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HARDtalk 12/11/2007 Second clip. Stephen Sackur interviews Vaclav Klaus, Czech President
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Wanze Eduards and Hugo Jabini organized tribal communities in Suriname to fight a legal battle with the logging industry that was destroying their lands. Their actions led to a landmark court decision that now gives tribal people throughout the Americas the right to control the resources in their territories. For Making a Difference, VOA’s Catherine Cannon spoke with Eduards and Jabini.
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Critics have long complained about the environmental cost of bottled water from Fiji. But now the bottler of Fiji water has an environmental plan – to make Fiji water carbon-negative. The World’s Julia Kumari Drapkin conducts a taste test.
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http://www.weforum.org 07.09.2007
The Outlook for China’s Policy Environment
Inclusiveness, transparency and fact-based analysis are becoming increasingly integral in the policy-making process as a result of new perspectives brought forward by the country’s leadership. The 11th Five-Year Plan, the Property Law and the Corporate Income Tax Law have been cited as examples of how policy-making in China has been constantly evolving to accommodate changing realities both at home and abroad.
1) How has China’s entry into the WTO and the Olympics impacted the country’s policy-making processes?
2) What role can business play in improving China’s future policy environment?
3) How will the emergence of a new generation of leaders at China’s upcoming 17th Party Congress shape the future policy environment?
4) What are the implications for international companies doing business in China?
Simultaneous interpretation in English, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Russian
Discussion Leaders
Dai Xianglong
Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, USA; Global Agenda Council on Demographic Shifts
Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute, China Reform Foundation, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on Economic Imbalances
William R. Rhodes, Senior Vice-Chairman, Citigroup; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Citibank NA, Citi, USA
Zhang Xiaoqiang, Vice-Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, People’s Republic of China
Moderated by
Victor L. L. Chu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong SAR; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
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Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Deirdre Bolton reports on major newsmakers in today’s Movers & Shakers. (Source: Bloomberg)
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http://www.settek.com/ Environmental Testing Labs and environmental consultants in Ohio: Summit Environmental Technologies Inc. is one of the few environmental testing labs in the country offering ALL inclusive lab pricing with speedy turn around.
Providing environmental analytical laboratory testing services to consultants ¤ manufacturing plants ¤ waste disposal faculties ¤ paper mills and wastewater plants nationwide. The SETTEK Laboratory is accredited by ISO A2LA and is certified by NELAC.
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Petition: http://foxattacks.com/ You won’t believe the lies and misinformation Fox News is spreading about global warming and climate change.
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On environmental policy and the role of private enterprise.