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November 2008
- A Look at Obama's Energy Blueprint
  
  Time | Nov 13, 08 1:56 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Detroit's looking for a bailout. China just announced a massive stimulus package, including big investments in transportation and energy. What’s a president-elect to do? Barack Obama would be best served by making good on his promise to create an alternative energy economy, writes Joe Klein in Time. Thankfully, the head of Obama’s transition team runs a think tank-with a proposal for just that. More »
- Gray Smog Conceals a Greening China
  
  Yale Environment 360 | Nov 11, 08 4:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The world's attitude toward China's environmentalism is "hypocritical and decidedly unfair," writes Fred Pearce in Yale Environment 360—this coming from someone who has "literally held my nose at the foul air." Yes, China's "development zeal" has it doing "the bad things that most of the world does," but it's also the world's leader in green innovation, waste recycling, and alternative energy sources. More »
- Biofuels' Green Cred in Dispute
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 11, 08 12:16 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Biofuels, once hailed as a planet-saving alternative to gasoline, are now savaged as much the opposite, the Wall Street Journal reports, with critics charging the “ripple effect” on land use globally actually adds climate-harming carbon. The EPA has signaled plans to modify biofuel emissions measurements to reflect that, but interested lobbyists are already lining up to refute those findings. More »
- Gore: 5 Steps to Save Planet
  
  New York Times | Nov 9, 08 12:11 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The road to energy efficiency is paved with the same solutions needed to fix the economic crisis, Al Gore writes in a New York Times op-ed. Dismissing proposals for domestic drilling, the climate crusader says, “We simply cannot any longer base the strategy for human survival on a cynical and self-interested solution,” and offers a 5-part plan to get started now: More »
- Bloomberg Calls For Plastic Bag Fee in NYC
  
  New York Times | Nov 7, 08 11:37 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - After an ad campaign urging New Yorkers to use greener alternatives to plastic shopping bags, Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to impose a 6¢-per-bag charge, the Times reports. While environmentalists approve, and the city’s coffers stand to gain, many think the measure will be unpopular with shoppers, and critics say the charge will hurt those who can least afford to pay. More »
- Green Energy Jobs: Will They Save the Economy?
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 7, 08 6:51 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's ambitious plans to use green energy investment to rev up the economy are igniting fierce debate over the math behind them, the Wall Street Journal writes. The president-elect says $150 billion in investment will create five million jobs over the next decade, in construction and installation. Critics charge that the plan doesn’t take into account jobs lost elsewhere in the energy industry. More »

Stories

A Look at Obama's Energy Blueprint

Gray Smog Conceals a Greening China

Biofuels' Green Cred in Dispute

Gore: 5 Steps to Save Planet

Bloomberg Calls For Plastic Bag Fee in NYC

Green Energy Jobs: Will They Save the Economy?