Energy Incentives in the Obama Stimulus Package
President Obama talked about green jobs and rebuilding America in many of his speeches throughout the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Now it is time for a real look at what he is proposing in his stimulus plan. Chief among Obama’s green committments are money for heat insulation and energy conservation in low income homes; an initiative [...]
Read More »Buying Green Products With National Geographic
There is a great Green Guide [www.thegreenguide.com] on National Geographic’s Website that shows you a few categories of products that you can use to save energy and have a healthy household. There is even an online shop called EVO [www.thegreenguide.com] included in the Green Guide. You can get an assorted selection of tips on topics [...]
Read More »Elvis Costello and All That Jazz
A few weeks ago—when Norah Jones, Rosanne Cash, John Mellencamp, and Kris Krisofferson visited SPECTACLE—we looked at Elvis Costello’s relationship to American music. We set aside jazz, though, for this week. And there is perhaps no single figure that better represents the range and possibilities of jazz than Herbie Hancock, this week’s guest. Over the [...]
Read More »Obama’s Inaugural Address Shows Concern for the Planet
WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2009 (ENS) – In his inaugural address today, before some two million people on the National Mall and the assembled living past presidents and current legislators, President Barack Obama exhorted the nation to unite to surmount the present “crisis.” The new president gave attention not only to the social and economic [...]
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