John Edwards' "green-collar" America

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John Edwards' "green-collar" America

The presidential contender wants to create a million environment-friendly jobs, and end a destructive oil addiction.

By Amanda Griscom Little

==John Edwards has gone to great lengths to outshine the top Democratic candidates with an aggressive environmental platform. On the 2008 campaign trail, this blue-collar defender has painted himself as a bleeding-heart greenie.

The first candidate to call for an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 and the first to make his campaign carbon neutral, Edwards has had a pied-piper effect on the other Dem contenders, prompting them to make similar pledges. He has also set himself apart with his call for a freeze on all development of coal power plants until they can be outfitted with carbon-sequestration technology. But the former senator from North Carolina runs with the pack in his enthusiasm for corn ethanol, and his green mantle is a fairly new accessory.==

==What makes you the strongest candidate on energy and the environment?

I'm not waiting to see what other candidates say, or what the political climate is. I believe that you have to lead if you want to be president of the United States. That's the reason I came out early with a very bold plan to address climate change. So I think if you want to know who is the most likely candidate to lead in a serious way on this issue, look at who is leading throughout the campaign. ==


Read the rest at http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/13/edwards_qa/index_np.html

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1. I love the "green-collar" idea...

...it's about time!

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2. Anyone who understands THIS/LINK knows we are close to sunk and this is not enough -- !!!!

Electric Cars on the road in five years -- YES!!!

Taking back control of our natural resources from the hands of a few private families -- YES!!!

Analysts See ‘Simply Incredible’ Shrinking of Floating Ice in the Arctic


Retaking control of our natural resources -- from private families -- YES!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/science/earth/10arctic.html?ex=1187496000&en=c6f5ef4f19046ef7&ei=5070&emc=eta1