Monday, March 17, 2008

Good news about global warming: Jobs Environment News Service: "Amidst increasingly dire news about the economy and climate change, Architecture 2030 released good news that could help turn the US economic crisis around while dealing a much-needed blow to climate change. At the Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, Edward Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030, illustrated how a small investment of only $21.6 billion in the Building Sector would produce 216,000 permanent jobs and save 86.7 Million Metric Tons (MMT) of CO2 in a single year. This same amount invested each year for five years would net over one million permanent jobs and save 433.5 MMT." Category: Climate Change News 6:39:22 PM

? for President? Political Wire: "A new CNN/Opinion Research poll shows most Democrats want Sen. Barack Obama to be their nominee instead of Sen. Hillary Clinton. Obama leads Clinton, 52% to 46%." Political Wire: "A new USA Today/Gallup poll of likely voters shows that in a general election match up, Sen. Hillary Clinton beat Sen. John McCain, 51% to 46%. In a race between Sen. Barack Obama and McCain, Obama comes out ahead 49% to 47%." Category: 2008 Presidential Election 6:13:53 PM

Iraq Here's the video calling for an end to the Iraq war from DarcyBurner.com. She's joined on the video by Colorado's Jared Polis. The Moderate Voice: "I have excerpted some of her key points and arguments, many of which are already in the process of being twisted and taken out of context by her opponents. Here's what she actually said in what I thought was an eloquent and crucial speech... Here's a look at the five years of the war in Iraq from the Wash Park Prophet. Category: 2008 Presidential Election 6:05:48 PM

Economic policy The Moderate Voice: "Gold at $1,000 an ounce. Oil at $110 a barrel. Record home foreclosures. Steeply rising inflation. Worrisome employment numbers. Personal bankruptcies surging again. Are you worried about the economy yet? Are you beginning to be very, very frightened? And if not, why not?" Category: 2008 Presidential Election 7:27:21 AM

? for President? Andrew Sullivan: "It's worth reading the full interview and the paper's subsequent editorial. The details can get a bit mind-numbing, but I see no evidence of corruption here - just poor judgment." Category: 2008 Presidential Election 7:23:42 AM

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