Comments on: Offshore Wind Power Offers Thousands of New Green Jobs…Or Not

By: Obama Administration Giving U.S. Offshore Wind Industry a Boost - CleanTechnica

Obama Administration Giving U.S. Offshore Wind Industry a Boost - CleanTechnica — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:25:24 +0000

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By: domestic solar power

domestic solar power — Sat, 07 May 2011 01:52:00 +0000

The Government must do more to develop the US’s vast wind energy potential and ensure that citizens reap the
benefits of creating thousands of new green jobs.

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:10:51 +0000

Al Franken is going after them for influencing US elections with foreign money

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/70341/20101010/commerce-elections-funding.htm

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:57:49 +0000

Actually Roger,

about 19% of the Chamber of Commerce membership is Big Oil. Plus they just had the scandal Tina mentions: foreign (Middle East, like Fox news) investment in our elections to ensure that we stay dumb and pick climate deniers in Nov.

By: Roger Lauricella

Roger Lauricella — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:36:48 +0000

Tina: You say, “Apparently the Chamber is comfortable with supporting candidates who are likely to challenge, block, suspend or de-fund President Obama’s sustainable energy initiatives, even though it means waving good-by to new green jobs and new opportunities for business owners.” Maybe the Chamber is representing the majority interests of its membership by its opposition to the President’s initiative because as put forth (a take it all or leave it approach including cap and trade) will cause (and its been written it will) a increase in electric costs and overall business costs for US businesses. Some members of congress who opposed the larger Cap and trade bill did break off before adjournment and propose a stand alone RPS that would indeed help off shore wind move forward. If I remember correctly some of those members were (oh gast, how could it be) dreaded Republicans. I also seem to remember that these same dreaded Republicans had stated before the Cap and trade legislation was put forth that they could not support the larger bill and thought it more appropriate to go after smaller sections (such as an RPS)of legislation that they could support. I also remember at the time the so called more enlightened Senate Leadership (Now known as Scary Harry according to Drudge headlines this morning) would have nothing of it. So Tina its not as clear cut as you seem to think it is. Wind (whether off or on shore) is but one bit of the energy legislation future and can and should probably stand by itself whilst dualing scientists (yes their are reputable scientists that refute global warming which is what is will always be called no matter how one attempts to change the wording)debate global warming (oh I used the wrong phrase again, shame on me). Maybe I should have said Global cooling, but that scare never proved itself out back in the 70s with so called data from some of the same global warming scientists of today.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:02:56 +0000

Roger: Thank you for your comment, and I’m sorry that I did not make my meaning clear. I did not mean to imply that the issue is “clear cut,” as you put it. I was trying to make the opposite point, namely that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which seems to have a clear-cut mission of representing the interests of U.S. businesses, is actually pursuing a far more complicated course, by investing a significant amount of money to support candidates who, if elected, are likely to undermine the growing clean energy sector and thwart the interests of U.S. businesses. Next time I will try to state my points more clearly.

Also just a general note to readers: I had to delete another comment on this post because although the writer raised some interesting points, there was quite a bit of cursing (mild cursewords, but still) and gratuitous bashing. Please try to help keep the conversation polite and reasonable.

By: Dewita Soeharjono

Dewita Soeharjono — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:14:31 +0000

Don’t think people realized the implications if we let the other party – the party of NO – take over the control of Congress!! It’ll set America back.. further. Ironically, in this interconnected world of internet, people in other countries learn from the U.S. – while we don’t learn from them.