John McCain can talk a good line on American energy independence and the need to focus our efforts on alternative energy, but he has never turned up to vote for the most important legislation in the Senate that addresses that issue.

AlterNet is featuring an article from The Huffington Post that describes, at length, the key elements of Obama’s Energy Plan. The plan has been available for some time on the Obama website as a PDF, but this article does a great job of breaking it down and explaining the benefits of various elements of the plan in a way that makes complex issues very clear.

I am writing to update you on my recent efforts in Congress to help lower gas prices. At over $4 per gallon, there is no issue that I hear about more frequently than the price of gasoline. The rising price of gas is putting an undue economic burden on hardworking Americans. It is an issue that demands the full attention of the President and the U.S. Congress.

The twin brands of “George W. Bush” and “Republican party” have been so devalued over the last 7 years that there is no real incentive for the RNC and other party bodies from throwing bull manure in every direction and hoping some sticks.

OPEC nations are not huge recipients of non-military US foreign aid. Our “aid” to Saudi Arabia involves congress giving them permission to pay our defense contractors vast sums of money. Knowing all this, why do we feel entitled to dictate how quickly other soveriegn nations sell off a natural resource that is often their only source of wealth?

FactCheck.org has analyzed some of the statements and imagery used in John McCain’s campaign speeches and website and television advertisments.  The ad with the Windmills that is mentioned is playing in heavy rotation here in Eastern Pennsylvania.
I wonder if that inclusion has anything to do with the fact that Gamesa Corp. is creating jobs and [...]

The State Department released a new issue of their Green Diplomacy newsletter. I was reading it and felt like I was reading something from some alternate universe in which climate and the environment held a higher priority than say, subsidies and the highest profits in human history for the Bush administration ’s cronies in the [...]

I was going to put together a matrix showing where the remaining candidates stand on various energy policy issues.  In the course of researching it, I found that other people have done this already so I will just link out to these sites.
The best I could find is from Grist’s Election ‘08 series. They have [...]

Ideas Matter! - Volume 4

I wasn’t sure I would have time or the inclination to do today’s Ideas Matter! post because of the Super Tuesday primaries yesterday.  But someone directed me to what may be one of the most important documents ever released by a major energy company.  Every three years or so The [...]