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How Obama Can Reduce Carbon Emissions Without Congress

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Some genuine things that would work to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. "Prof. Robert Pollin of Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) and Prof. Chris Williams of Pace University say that Obama can avoid a fight with the Republicans and still save taxpayers money and legally advance energy efficiency," Moreover, "renewable energy as a substitute is at cost parity in a lot of areas. In Germany and Western Europe, they are running their economies at very high efficiency levels and increasing their use of renewables. Obama has talked about those things, but in his remaining two years he has to push relentlessly on them, and he will be wildly supported if he does so."For example: all the buildings In Washington, BY Law, were supposed to have been retrofitted by 2015, the few that have been saved taxpayers 800 billion. Listen to this intelligent conversation about what is possible..
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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