Obama’s ‘Change’ - Environmental Focus a Reality

President-elect Barack Obama’s top four economic decisions have been announced according to the latest news:

First - Universal Health Care

Second - Economic Recovery and Job Creation

Third - Building Green

Fourth - Ending the War in Iraq

As we’re aware “Environmental Organizations” supported Obama strongly and early on sent their wish list to Obama’s transition team.

This list included, cutting the nation’s dependence on oil in half, moving electricity generation to 100 percent from clean sources like wind and solar, create 5 million new clean-energy jobs and reduce global warming pollution by at least 80 percent.

Timely quote by Jasmin Melvin of Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proponents of alternative energy and energy efficiency were elated on Thursday by President-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus speech, but some analysts warned his energy agenda could hit turbulence in Congress or from the slow economy. Obama asked Congress “to act without delay” to pass legislation that included doubling alternative energy Production in the next three years and building a new electricity “smart grid.” He said he also planned to modernize 75 percent of federal buildings and improve energy efficiency in 2 million homes to save consumers billions of dollars on energy bills.

Billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens said Obama’s plan would help kick start the slow economy. Investing in alternative energy, focusing on conservation and rebuilding our power grid to deliver that energy to every corner of our country are critical components of this effort,” Pickens said in a statement.

Obama has issued the call, “the creation of a clean-energy economy that will double the production of alternative energy in the next three years and we will put Americans to work in new jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced - jobs building solar panels and wind turbines, constructing fuel-efficient cars and buildings.”

I’d say we are headed towards a “New Beginning”….it’s certain to be difficult at first but things appear focused in the right direction by our New President- Elect, wouldn’t you agree?

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