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wtmusic

(39,166 posts) Fri Mar 15, 2013, 05:20 PM Mar 2013

Obama "inclined to approve Keystone".

Last edited Fri Mar 15, 2013, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)

What a f*cking surprise.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/15/obama-congress-electric-cars-research

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Obama "inclined to approve Keystone". (Original Post) wtmusic Mar 2013 OP

Updated story at link: Obama pitches clean-fuel car plan in Chicago but signals retreat on Keystone Eugene Mar 2013 #1

Might as well headline the real story. wtmusic Mar 2013 #3

The focus ought to be batteries. hunter Mar 2013 #2

A short video explaining US energy policy limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #4

You get a gold star XemaSab Mar 2013 #5

sweet. limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #6

Eugene

(61,937 posts)

1. Updated story at link: Obama pitches clean-fuel car plan in Chicago but signals retreat on Keystone

Reply to wtmusic (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 07:45 PM

Mar 2013

Source: The Guardian

Obama pitches clean-fuel car plan in Chicago but signals retreat on Keystone

Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 March 2013 21.31 GMT

Barack Obama's grand vision of action on climate change shrank to $200m a year to fund research into clean fuel cars, with signs of retreat on the big environmental issues of the day.

Friday's initiative – hyped in advance by the White House – marked the first move by Obama to make good on the stirring promises of climate action offered in his inaugural speech and state of the union address.

But on the most immediate environmental decision in his in-tray — the future of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project – White House officials indicated on Friday that Obama's green and liberal supporters would be in for a disappointment. Officials signalled that the president was inclined to approve the project.

Meanwhile, there were signs that the Environmental Protection Agency was retreating on a move to curb carbon emissions from new coal-fired power plants

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wtmusic

(39,166 posts)

3. Might as well headline the real story.

Reply to Eugene (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 08:32 PM

Mar 2013

hunter

(38,322 posts)

2. The focus ought to be batteries.

Reply to wtmusic (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 07:55 PM

Mar 2013

Long lasting affordable batteries would also be extremely useful for solar and wind power systems.

Agricultural fuels are likely to cause extensive environmental damage and make food more expensive. Agriculture of most sorts is not an environmentally friendly activity, most especially chemically or genetically "enhanced" monocultures.

What I'd like to see as an intermediate step in an evolution toward walkable urban communities and dense suburbs is the adoption of lightweight 35mph electric commuter and delivery vehicles.