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NPR, 08.01.09 11:30 UTC

Can 'Green Jobs' Stimulate The Economy?

by Tamara Keith Morning Edition, January 8, 2009 ยท Congress has begun work on an economic stimulus package that could cost as much as $1 trillion and will likely include tax incentives to encourage ...
Washington  California  renewable energy  foreign oil  green technologies  energy  +9 more

Los Angeles Times, 29.12.08 19:05 UTC

Obama will stick to tax promise, his aides say

Advisors David Axelrod and Lawrence Summers also make a case for a new stimulus package that could exceed $775 billion. It would include part of Obama's planned middle-class tax cut.
Washington  Meet the Press  Christmas Eve  the Washington Post  NBC  The Washington Post  +13 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 26.12.08 02:32 UTC

Transit agencies look to Obama for more funds

(12-25) 17:53 PST -- Transit agencies whose perpetual scramble for funding has taken on a new urgency in this economic downturn are hopeful that President-elect Barack Obama's administration will ...
Cambridge  New York City  Boston  Chicago  Delaware  mass transportation systems  +16 more

Los Angeles Times, 23.12.08 06:05 UTC

America's stop-and-go energy plan

Today's cheaper gas is no reason to lose focus on reducing oil imports, activists and executives say.
Washington  Deloitte  New Mexico  oil and gas analyst  gas cost  Oil and gas executives  +19 more

Wired, 19.12.08 00:35 UTC

It's Time to Raise the Gas Tax

Even at its highest, the price of gas in America hasn't come close to what it costs in Europe, where governments have made taxes the keystone of their campaign to cut consumption, promote alternative ...
Ford Focus  Volkswagen Golf  Vauxhall Corsa  Peugeot 207  Volkswagen  Boston Globe  +15 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 18.12.08 16:05 UTC

Obama's Interior pick considered a centrist

(12-17) 18:06 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, who was nominated Wednesday as interior secretary, is a conundrum for environmentalists. He comes from a rural ranching background but ...
SAN FRANCISCO  California  Colorado  clean-energy economy  oil interests  natural gas  +13 more

CNN Top Stories, 17.12.08 14:31 UTC

Obama to tap ex-Iowa governor for Cabinet

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his choice for agriculture secretary and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar as his choice for secretary of the interior, sources tell CNN.
Cabinet CHICAGO  CNN.com  CNN  Illinois  Iowa  Colorado  +13 more

Los Angeles Times, 15.12.08 03:01 UTC

Obama may bring change, but Congress will be the same

A larger Democratic majority is unlikely to change the political nature of the House and Senate, which have just concluded a typically unimpressive year.
Washington  healthcare  foreign oil  United States  Robert D. Reischauer  Dean Baker  +10 more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11.12.08 06:29 UTC

A fast track away from oil dependency

If America borrows hundreds of billions of dollars to create jobs but doesn't change its core problem -- a transportation system that rests on the shaky premise of cheap, imported oil -- we'll ...
Washington, D.C.  Pittsburgh  Washington  Miami  Chicago  Amtrak  +16 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 10.12.08 16:03 UTC

Gore has Obama's ear on climate change

(12-09) 20:07 PST -- President-elect Barack Obama, meeting Tuesday with former Vice President Al Gore, declared "the time for denial is over" on global warming and pledged to retool the U.S. energy ...
Chicago  energy grid using new technologies  clean energy  foreign oil  energy  United States  +7 more
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