A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies.
"One thing that many people do not realize is that states like Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan are sitting on a gold mine of wind energy potential. Or, more properly, next to the mine. The Great Lakes are probably the area in the USA with the third largest inland wind energy potential. Think of just the nickname for Chicago. "The Windy City". Milwaukee is even windier, I can tell you. Why? Because they sit on the edge of a great flat area where there is both a land-water temperature differential, and a large flat expanse of water that is comparably shallow. Oilrigs certainly operate in deeper waters. And you won't have to construct transmission lines all the way from the plains of Montana to put it to use. The Great Lakes area has an opportunity to get the jump on wind energy's future, if that fact is recognized and exploited. Wind energy means jobs for construction and maintenance workers, thousands of them. Wind energy means leasing rights and extra money for family farmers struggling to make it on agriculture alone. In most cases farmers can grow crops right up to the base of a windmill. The land footprint has a small impact on total farm acreage. Wind energy also means freedom from fluctuating fuel prices. Wind is free. The cost of a barrel of polluting oil can be raised or lowered drastically based on fears or political whims. The potential gains are enormous. We've all seen the flow of good manufacturing jobs out of the area. Well, they can't tell the wind to blow in another country so it's more "convenient" or cheaper to produce. The wind is perfectly happy to whip up opportunities for us right around here. Most of all, because we here in the Great Lakes region have the potential to have a huge positive impact on U.S. energy industry emissions' contribution to global warming."
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The AWEA's annual expo:
Global WINDPOWER 2004
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 28-31, 2004
I was there...
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After an extensive review of proffessed policy intentions, I will reverse myself and offer my personal endorsement of Democratic Candidate Dennis J. Kucinich for President of the United States.
His environmental policy alone is excellent, but this candidate is on every issue statement I have so far seen solidly for human rights, civil rights, workers' rights, sound environmental and energy policy that will result in a much cleaner and more sustainable economy, support of family sustainable agriculture over industrial agricultural operations, clean water, investment in critical infrastructure, and much, much more. This is a candidate that supports a liveable world for all, and a world at peace. I strongly urge you to review his platform statements at: http://www.kucinich.us
Alternatively, you can view the ten key points of his campaign at: Ten points acrobat
Try this: http://www.presidentmatch.com It will run you through a series of poll questions and then show how close each candidate is to your views.
Anyone interested in interviewing Dennis Kucinich please write to: interviews@kucinich.us
24/7 Dennis Kucinich Internet Radio - Progressive Mojo
MP3 clips of rhetorical history, musicians' songs on the state of politics in the USA, and more:
http://www.benfrank.net/nuke/Free_Peace_mp3s.html
In the Primary, you ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT.
In the General Election, you TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET!
(Until this one because Dennis Kucinich is going to win!)
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Taking Care of Business
Silicon Valley may be heating up as spring approaches, but the area's biggest tech-sector moneymakers kept their cool last week, announcing a ground-breaking coalition to fight global warming. Curious about ways your business can manage its climate risk? Visit AirHead.org, a user-friendly Web site offering emissions data on a variety of products and vehicles.
Also this week: Columnist Frank Dixon outlines a new approach to corporate social responsibility.
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Diverse Group of Leaders Outlines Framework for Mandatory Climate Change Action
A mandatory greenhouse gas reduction program for the U.S. could be both effective and politically feasible, according to a diverse group of business, government, and environmental leaders brought together by the Aspen Institute and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
Silicon Valley Firms Unite to Promote Sustainability, Fight Global Warming
A coalition of major Silicon Valley companies has announced an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to collectively combat global warming, one of the first such business collaborations in the U.S.
Philips Extends Sustainability Expectations to Suppliers
Royal Philips Electronics has released the company's second annual sustainability report, which extends the company's sustainability principles to Philips' 50.000 suppliers.
Clif Bar CEO Honored for Environmental Leadership
Clif Bar Inc. owner and CEO Gary Erickson is Global Green USA's recipient of the 2004 Green Cross Millennium Award for Corporate Environmental Leadership, recognizing his company's efforts to use renewable energy, eco-friendly packaging and organic ingredients.
New Guide Reveals Rich Opportunities with World's Poorest Customers
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Democratic Candidate Kucinich Honored in Carrboro
POSTED: 7:06 am EDT April 5, 2004
CARRBORO, N.C. -- Several hundred people turned out in Carrboro to welcome visiting Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
The Orange County town's mayor has declared Sunday Kucinich Day...
(Full Story)
Carrboro celebrates Dennis Kucinich Day
By ANN S. KIM, Staff Writer
CARRBORO -- Dennis Kucinich Day was a hopeful one for hundreds of people who turned out to support the Democratic presidential candidate.
The Ohio congressman decided to stump in town after Mayor Mike Nelson declared a Kucinich day in recognition of the progressive values the candidate shares with the town.
Kucinich admitted to the crowd that, although math isn't his strongest point, he understood Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts had enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
"I know that. I can count," Kucinich said.
But he urged voters in the states that still have primaries or caucuses to support his candidacy to move the Democratic Party in the right direction. North Carolina holds its Democratic presidential caucus April 17.
Kucinich was preaching to believers as he outlined his platform, which includes withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, universal heath care, repeal of NAFTA and the establishment of a Cabinet-level Department of Peace.
"Dennis Kucinich, of all the candidates, has spoken for change in this country and for the programs that are the closest to our values," said Lori Hoyt, a member of the Carrboro gaggle of the Raging Grannies...
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Kucinich draws crowd, cheers in Carrboro
BY ERIC FERRERI : The Herald-Sun
eferreri@heraldsun.com
Apr 4, 2004 : 10:17 pm ET
CARRBORO -- Even in this giddy crowd of sun-worshipping optimists, it was hard to find anyone Sunday willing to admit that their candidate for president, Dennis Kucinich, really had a shot at the Democratic nomination.
To many attending Kucinich's afternoon campaign stop at the local farmers' market, the point was to show support.
Kucinich rolled into town to the cheers of several hundred people, many in lawn chairs enjoying the warm sun, others lolling on the grass eating picnic lunches behind the market's gazebo. It was festive, it was cheerful, and it was hopeful. His local supporters hoped the rally would help Kucinich drum up some support for the state's April 17 Democratic presidential caucus.
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Sunday, April 04, 2004
You wouldn't know Kucinich is last in the polls
By Dale Neal, Staff Reporter
April 3, 2004 10:56 p.m.
ASHEVILLE, NC - The race for the Democratic presidential nomination may be over, but Dennis Kucinich isn't giving up his campaign yet.
The diminutive Democrat didn't take the stage Saturday morning when he arrived at City-County Plaza during a weekend sweep through North Carolina. Instead, he took the microphone and walked into the street, eye to eye with a welcoming crowd of some 500 people.
"Sen. Kerry has enough votes to win the nomination, so what are you doing, Dennis?" he asked then answered the obvious question first. "Yeah I can count."
"The direction of the Democratic nomination has been settled, but the direction of the Democratic Party is still to be decided," Kucinich told his supporters.
The Asheville rally was an effort to encourage his voters for the April 17 Democratic caucuses in North Carolina, according to Gayatri Lee, a Kucinich campaign organizer in Asheville. The more votes and delegates Kucinich can muster in the remaining primaries and caucuses will give him leverage at the Boston convention in shaping the Democratic Party platform, she said.
"We have to keep the progressive voice alive and change the Democratic Party," Lee said. "Right now we have a duopoly of political parties. Democrat and Republican parties look alike. The central issue is the corporate takeover of our democracy..."
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