New energy economy 'No. 1 priority'

Obama plans green listening tour 5

Originally posted at the Wonk Room.

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Dan Kammen, the director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at UC Berkeley and a top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama, has told E&E News ($ub. req'd) that Obama may conduct a nationwide "listening tour" to allow his team to hit the ground running for a green recovery:

The incoming Obama team is considering a "listening tour" around the country on energy and environmental issues before Inauguration Day in an attempt to build momentum for its policies and legislative plans.

Last month, Obama told Time's Joe Klein that an "Apollo project" for a "new energy economy" is his top priority:

That's going to be my No. 1 priority when I get into office.

In yesterday's victory speech before a crowd of 125,000 in Chicago's Grant Park, Obama indicated that listening to all people of this nation will be central to his administration:

There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way its been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

Brad Johnson blogs at the Wonk Room on the climate crisis, energy policy, and building a green economy. Brad holds a bachelor’s degree in math and physics from Amherst College and master’s degree in geosciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of Technomanifestos, a history of the Information Revolution, and the founder of HillHeat.com, which covers climate policy in our nation’s capital.

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  1. Delay And Deny's avatar

    Delay And Deny Posted 10:22 am
    05 Nov 2008

    Get Beyond the Big Wigs!

    That's right...listen to the people.
    We need to move beyond the fat cats of Green like Hollywood Superstars and former Clinton appointee (Gore) and ask the People what they think!

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  2. LGT Posted 12:42 pm
    05 Nov 2008

    "Acquiring Cognizance of Eco Reality " "ACER FACT # 1. 'Green' energy alone cannot prevent the imminent collapse of ecosystems, which is caused by exponential growth; an immediate radical transformation to 'zero growth' could help mitigate the looming mass extinction."
    http://feww.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/ecological-facts-and ...

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  3. amazingdrx Posted 11:18 pm
    05 Nov 2008

    Great news!Will anyone actually speak up?  The energy seems to have drained out of the movement somehow.

    http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

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  4. greenjen Posted 1:01 am
    06 Nov 2008

    What about the Rain Forests?Americans clearly feel strongly about the environment and making sure it is kept for future generations.We need to care about the world as a whole! We are all intertwined. Chevron discharged more than 18 billion gallons of toxic waste  from oil drilling into Ecuador's rain forests. This would never be tolerated here! Everyone has the right to uncontaminated water! The Amazon Defense Coalition blog tells about tells all about it. http://thechevronpit.blogspot.com  

    http://www.chevrontoxico.com

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  5. J. Walsh Posted 2:03 am
    06 Nov 2008

    people?jabailo - listen to the people or listen to you?
    and Gore a Clinton appointee? um, not so much.

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