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At a Tuesday White House press conference that focused mostly on the current economic downturn, President Bush indicated that he has no intention of calling on Americans to conserve gasoline.

The President explained the justification for his position by saying, “It’s a little presumptuous on my part to dictate how consumers live their own lives.” But past examples show that President Bush has had no problem dictating how “consumers live their own lives,” at least when it syncs with his own political agenda.

Witnesses at the hearing note that global demand for alternative energy systems is on the rise, and that if American firms can meet the needs of the international market, the U.S. economy stands to reap trillions of dollars in export revenue. At home, meanwhile, the continued expansion of green firms has led to lower costs for consumers.

T. Boone Pickens, legendary oil and gas developer, shareholder rights defender, commodities trader and philanthropist announces his national energy strategy to end our dependency on foreign oil and how this plan affects US economic and security issues.

Sustainable development, peace, traditions, defense, intercultural exchanges. That is my first HUGG.COM post I shared in that Social site. I hope that will start a new, good adventure.

We know that most of the desert countries are economically backward countries. Some desert countries make much of revenue by exporting oil but agrarians, cattle rearers and nomads are also seen in those countries. Though it is difficult to do agriculture and animal rearing in deserts, there are possibilities to improve economical and environmental conditions in desert. From Thar desert in east to Sahara desert in west, we can see many zones covered with desert terrains but we can see fertile lands in basins of rivers like Sindh, Tigris and Euphrates.

A shift is underway to promote sustainable local economies, in part, a necessary response to increased fuel costs, and global warming threats. Creating a local food economy means...

A turbodiesel plugin-hybrid concpt car from VW, the Golf Twin Drive has electric and diesel power, travels up to 30 miles on electric power, uses regenerative breaking to recharge the battery, and uses no power when stopped. The bad news? There are no plans to develop this car for the US market, though a fleet will be ready forthe German government in 2010. Let's try to get these cars to the US and elsewhere!

Thomas Friedman, New York Times Columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, reads from, and discusses, his forthcoming book, Hot, Flat And Crowded, which describes potentially catatrophic effects of global trends of climate change, worldwide economic growth and population increases, and energy consumption. Friedman says U.S. leadership is needed to deal with them.

What are the effects of a tax decrease on "green" products?  This article provides an economic analysis and shows that a green tax can convince the average consumer to choose "green" alternatives over their non-environmental counterparts.  

According to a new study, at least 50 percent of the world’s population currently lives in cities, and humans are building the equivalent of a city the size of Vancouver every week. This urbanization threatens to obliterate endangered species and hasten the decline of natural resources like fresh water.

According to Guy Prouty, Instructor of Anthropology, Oregon State University, every civilization rises, evolves, and then collapses to a simpler structure -- and this will include our own.  Comparing America with the Western Roman Empire, Prouty notes the over-reach of our military, the unsustainability of capitalism, peak oil, and climate change.

Senator Lieberman describes the process of bringing the Climate Security Act to the Senate floor, and the need for the measure on environmental, economic and national security grounds. The legislation would establish a national cap-and-trade system to regulate carbon emissions.

Senator Cardin speaks on the economic and energy independence benefits of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act bill.

With the summer arriving and the economy in bad shape, will going green boost the economy?

David Doniger of NRDC, Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, PSEG; Jim Rogers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy, take part.