What President-elect Obama thinks about going green

Add comment November 6th, 2008

Sorry, Go Greenies, but I’ve neglected you just a tad in the last week due to the election.

Now that it’s over, I thought you might like to see what our future president think about energy and the environment.

Here are a few headlines. He’d like to:

• Reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80 Percent by 2050
• Ensure 10 percent of Our Electricity Comes from Renewable Sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025.
• Get 1 Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015.

Speculation is out there that he’d choose Arnold Schwarzenegger as his energy czar.

Environmental groups seem pleased with the outcome of the election, naturally, according to this roundup.
And just in case you missed his acceptance speech in Grant Park …

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