House minority leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) blames Democrats for preventing America from reducing its dependence on foreign oil. He says that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and exploring offshore resources would greatly reduce how much oil the US imports. (:37)
Following a vote on the “Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act” in the Senate, a news conference with remarks by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was held in advocacy of the bill and how it will help keep our environment clean. The senators speaking at the press conference expressed their satisfaction with the bipartisan support the bill has received from other members of the Senate.
Concerning the bill, Senator Kerry described the role the next President will play in “getting this done” to solve the problem of global warming. Kerry mentioned that our nation has to set an example to other world powers such as China and India about properly funding initiatives to keep the environment clean. (more…)
At the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) says that if he is elected president, he will invest $150 billion over ten years in green technology like solar panels, windmills, and biodiesel in an effort to end dependency on foreign oil and bring gas prices down. (0:51)
