AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
clean energy
Opinion: Obama's Underpowered Energy Policy
By not in system - AOL NewsIf President Barack Obama's budget proposal tracks the broad game plan for energy policy that he laid out in his State of the Union address, be prepared for a letdown when the numbers come out on Monday. For all of his "big ideas" -- from Sputnik to job creation, high-speed rail to high-speed Internet -- Obama offered underpowered solutions. Another View on Obama's Energy Plan Raising taxes on gas and oil will only hurt consumers, says Charles T. Drevna of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association. For starters, the president did not even mention the ...
Obama's Wager on Clean Energy: The Right Role for Government?
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThere he goes again, picking winners and losers. That would be President Barack Obama, who visited Penn State University this week to shower love and money -- yet again -- on the clean, green energy sector. This is not a mere crush. Obama has been promoting green energy and green jobs on the national stage since he announced his presidential candidacy four years ago. The terminology has changed (Democrats now prefer "clean energy") but Obama's commitment has not. The 2009 stimulus package contained more than $80 billion in spending and tax incentives for the clean energy sector. Obama's trips ...
Reactions to the State of the Union: Loosening Oil's Stranglehold
By Karyn Howard - AOL NewsSitting in front of the television listening to the State of the Union, I'm hearing some great ideas, but the one that jumps out and makes my head snap up is the clean energy proposal. Having 80 percent of our energy be supplied by clean, renewable energy would help our country break our addiction to oil. This would create jobs, help our families spend less on fuel and help the environment, a win-win-win. Cutting off the subsidies to the oil companies would save billions and help us invest in our future. Just as we evolved from horse and carriage to cars and jet airplanes, we need to evolve ...
Obama's SOTU Bargain: Cut Government to Do More With Government
By David Corn - Politics DailyIs President Obama a fierce down-sizer of government, or an ardent champion of boosting government investment in the economy? Well, he's both. In his second State of the Union speech, delivered Tuesday night, Obama trotted the tight wire. To show he's a mighty crusader against deficits, he declared he would impose a five-year freeze on non-security discretionary spending. And to show he's (still) the rescuer of the U.S. economy, he proclaimed he wants to spend billions on -- that is, invest in -- innovative technology (such as clean energy), infrastructure (including high-speed rail and ...
Our Year of Zombie Politics
By James Grady - Politics DailyWait: Even in politics, 2010 was the year of zombies? Sure, the hot new wonky tome "Zombie Economics" tells how "dead" economic theories walk among us to shape our paychecks, and sure, zombies lumber out of our TVs almost no matter what channel we click to, and sure, my fellow fantasy prose-slingers are flinging new novels about the undead at the dust of Stephen King and George Romero, but zombies as a metaphor for 2010's politics? Come on! What happened to vampires? Vampires are a great political metaphor! Bloodsuckers. Say no more. But zombies? Who are they in America's 2010 ...
My Wish for 2011: We Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road
By not in system - AOL NewsBefore I start looking to the future, let me open with some family bragging. I've got two great grandkids who make me so proud. They're smart guys, both in highly gifted programs in school. The older one is into playing the guitar and has just started working at a shelter for abandoned pets. The younger one loves social studies but says he's best at math. These wonderful kids deserve a fantastic future. And I think 2011 is going to be great for them. But what's in the cards for later in the century? As I see it, the U.S. and the world are at a critical point. Either we face the problems that ...
Opinion: 6 Months After Spill, Big Oil Still Won't Clean Up Its Act
By not in system - AOL News(Oct. 20) -- Wednesday marks six months since BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded, killing 11 workers and sending millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. We've watched Gulf Coast residents struggle as the oil coated their beaches and wetlands, tanking their economy and destroying jobs. And yet instead of choosing that tragedy as a moment to clean up its act, the oil industry has spent the past six months pouring tens of millions of dollars into lobbying and political campaigns to fight any reform or accountability for their industry. Big Oil supports candidates who ...
Obama and the Rhetoric of Recovery: Practice Makes Perfect?
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyIf there were an economic recovery version of the "Mad Libs" word game, it would probably look a lot like this: In (name of mid-to-far Western city) on (date this summer), President Barack Obama will visit the (manufacturing plant) where he will tour the facilities and deliver remarks on the economy to workers. The (manufacturing plant) received a (number less than 50) million-dollar Recovery Act grant to develop (type of clean technology). The award is helping (manufacturing plant) to create (number) jobs and expand (type of clean technology) manufacturing throughout the region. Never mind ...
White House Energy Confab: Democrats Seek Compromise, 'Brave Republicans'
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIf Democratic senators were expecting a "Go Team!" postscript to a bipartisan energy meeting Tuesday with President Obama, they didn't get it. Instead the White House issued a low-key "readout" that acknowledged discord over a fundamental issue: whether companies should foot the bill for polluting the environment and contributing to climate change. Obama made clear that he still thinks the best way to transition to a "clean energy economy" is to put that kind of price on carbon pollution, the statement said, adding: "Not all of the senators agreed with this approach, and the president ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- Rudy Giuliani: Mitt's Great. I'm Just Better
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics