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...Both presidential candidates support a national carbon cap-and-trade system, similar to that in place in Europe, and Barack Obama has pledged to invest $150 billion in clean tech over 10 years if he's elected President. The recent economic bailout leaves the next Administration with less to spend, but Obama at least thinks green investment will create new industries and jobs that can't be outsourced. He told TIME's Joe Klein that energy will be his No. 1 priority if he enters office, and Obama's energy adviser, Jason Grumet, has said that if Congress fails...
Granted, that's a tough task considering that the ongoing economic crisis - not to mention the two unending wars - will dominate the national agenda. Certain green issues, like energy, are tied into the downturn and will naturally be addressed. (Indeed, Sen. Obama - who has pledged to spend $150 billion on clean energy - has said the issue would be the first on his to-do list.) But Tercek believes the key for the new President will lie in persuading Americans that the environment is not a partisan issue...
...final days before the election, Johnston will continue to work with Youth for McCain and on YouTube projects, heading to Washington, D.C. tomorrow. He will spend election night either in the nation’s capital or in Phoenix...
...spartan but lively. As the HRC members exit their yellow school bus and make their way through the building’s varnished hardwood halls, they exhibit a determined brand of optimism that is characteristic of those who toil in the labor of love. They’ll spend the day trekking door-to-door to the homes of mostly elderly undecideded voters, hoping to mobilize the more conservative ones to come out in favor of McCain...
...daughter Martha called to say that one of her best students, Barack Obama, wanted to spend the summer as a law firm associate in Chicago,” said Minow, referring to his daughter, law professor Martha L. Minow. “I called our partner John Levi, who heads our recruiting for the firm, and suggested this; John laughed and told me that he had already heard about Barack and had already hired...