Clean Energy Politics

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 (CleanEnergyPolitics.com) -- The third annual Governors' Global Climate Summit (GGCS) opened at the University of California (UC), Davis in Southern California on Monday, November 15, 2010, promoting more efforts to develop clean energy jobs and protecting the environment. More than 1,500 delegates and representatives from over 80 states, provinces and countries attended the conference. The theme was "Building the Green Economy." [caption id="attachment_192" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Governor Schwarzenegger addressing the Third Annual GGCS"][/caption] Recognized as

.. a thought provoking ditty for the Gulf of Mexico .. 52 BP oil spill days and it's still on. How many years will it be 'till this mess is gone? Barrels by the millions leaked into the sea. Wouldn't now be a good time for Clean Energy? [caption id="attachment_188" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Political cartoon of a pelican joking about the 2010 BP oil spill"][/caption] Day 53 and the Gulf's oily sheen, Makes me work to make more energy clean. day

The November 2, 2010 Elections saw California voters choosing to protect the state’s clean energy economy boom, crushing Proposition 23 and rejecting dirty oil from Texas. Proposition 23 was the largest public referendum in history on climate and clean energy policy. Decided by almost 10 million voters, the defeat of Prop 23 was a key victory for the future of clean energy in California. More than 61 percent of voters voted against Proposition 23. In other words,

Clean Energy may not be the top issue facing voters at the polls today in the 2010 mid-term U.S. Congressional elections, yet many of the candidates running for office have been including clean energy policies to their platforms to attract votes from their constituencies. [caption id="attachment_177" align="alignnone" width="415" caption="US flag in green shades"][/caption] An October 2010 Poll released by the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund showed that voters in 23 close Congressional races overwhelmingly support clean