Coal-power producer will disclose climate-change risks to shareholders 3

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   archigeek Posted 10:31 pm
   23 Oct 2008

   Booyah?Bully, I say! Now, perhaps after the elections, MO's AG can come to the same agreement with AmerenUE, our states' largest utility. Maybe, as a recent shareholder(50 shares), I could write a letter expressing my enthusiasm for Mr. Cuomo's scheme. After all, as the story said, it's the law. Maybe, just maybe, if Mr. Obama wins the office of President, the Board and Directors of AmerenUE will be more receptive to this line of thinking.

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   Zephaniah Posted 4:16 am
   24 Oct 2008

   lobby for green energy stimulusCongress is considerine a stimulus plan that would fund unemployment checks, roads and bridges and state general funds. Instead, shouldn't our taxes be invested in green energy that will save us money later??? Sample letter below.
   Stimulate our economy? Let's stimulate it with hope by transitioning to clean power now.
   
   We should provide jobs and training for a generation of workers in alternative energy production and installation. I want my taxes spent to put solar panels on roofs and parking lots of every government building, and to build solar, geothermal and wind power plants and new transmission lines across the nation.
   
   We should not build more roads, encouraging our addiction to oil; instead we should manufacture and distribute electric buses and light rail systems for efficient, convenient and relaxing worker transportation.
   
   State and local governments, especially those that have been dependent on fossil fuel industries would be revitalized by the new manufacturing and profit from a raised tax base.  
   
   Even schoolchildren know that burning coal, oil and natural gas is overheating the world and destroying resources and infrastructure. The predictions that scientists made a few decades ago about stronger storms, fires, droughts, floods,  insect infestations and ice melt have come true much sooner than expected,  and the speed of the warming is accelerating.
   
   The American public is deeply worried about the climate crisis and crying for solutions. Many businesses have taken steps on their own, and even the fossil fuel companies advertise their willingness to make the transition to 21st century cool power.
   
   An economic stimulus plan that transforms the sources of our nations power, would give us confidence that our government can protect us and give us a future full of hope.  
   
   

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   Yoyo Posted 1:05 am
   30 Oct 2008

   In Plain(s) English?Just what, pray tell, is a "booyah" when translated into everyday English - of a variety understood internationally?  Is it (smile) A Good Thing or (shudder) A Bad Thing?

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