While most (of any) attention often is placed on the Presidential race, Greens on the ground is where the action often is found. The Green Party (US) is made up of State Green Parties, many of which are themselves made up of Local Green Party chapters. It is at this Local level where the Four [...]

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First 100 Days Energy and Environmental Policy
The Green Party Platform:
Ecological and Energy Sustainability.
The human community is an element of the Earth community, not the other way around.
All human endeavors are situated within the dynamics of the biosphere. If we wish to have sustainable institutions and enterprises, they must fit well with the processes of the [...]

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A trade publication reported today that Moody’s Investors Service believes that a utility’s credit quality could be negatively impacted by building a new nuclear power plant, as much as a 25 to 30% reduction in it’s financial credit metrics.
Apparently the bottom line is that the size, cost and complexity of new plants can increase risk, [...]

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Green Party Congressional Candidate Alan Augustson (IL, CD-05) called upon all Presidential and other candidates to back off from promises of lower gasoline prices.
“Cheap gas is over,” said Augustson, who will be seeking to unseat the powerful Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) in November. “Any candidate who promises lower gas prices is making a false promise, plain [...]

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