Candidates On the Greenwagon January 11, 2008
Posted by shomriel in Climate, Pollution.Tags: Barack Obama, cap-and-trade, Democrats, environment, Hillary Clinton, plug-in hybrids, presidential elections, public transportation
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It’s a good bandwagon to be on. With B-rack and Hils duking it out for the love of the people in ‘08, we’ve got ‘em both promising mega-change for the environment, with reassuringly comprehensive plans. Their plans mirror each other in a lot of ways–mainly their cap-and-trade system (companies are allowed a certain amount of pollution, and can essentially buy the ability to pollute more from those companies polluting less–up to a point), with an auction of pollution permits whose profits would go to help low-income families have energy-efficient homes. Obama has a more detailed vision for transportation, including allotting a bigger budget to public transport (which significantly decreases CO2 emissions) and investing in other non-driving options. Clinton’s transportation angle is investing in plug-in hybrid vehicles (with these, the electricity cost is much less than the cost of gas and there are less greenhouse gas emissions). My feel, for what it’s worth, is that Clinton tries to tackle a lot of different areas but is slightly vague in the execution, and I think the details are where it’s at.
(Thanks to Grist.org for a summary of the issues)
[...] Anyhow, we still weren’t feeling completely ourselves. So, since we’re always crashing on their couch and eating their food, we decided to ask our smarter, more responsible sisters over at Greenstockd about Hillary’s eco-stance. [...]
[...] Anyhow, we still weren’t feeling completely ourselves. So, since we’re always crashing on their couch and eating their food, we decided to ask our smarter, more responsible sisters over at Greenstockd about Hillary’s eco-stance. [...]