Robert Redford: "Mr. President: Now Is the Time For Clean Energy"

[Canuckistanian]

Thursday, May 20, 2010, marks one month since BP's oil rig exploded in the Gulf Coast, killing 11 people and unleashing one of the worst environmental disasters our nation has ever seen.

Since then, millions of gallons of oil have gushed into the ocean, poisoning marine life and threatening hundreds of miles of coastal waters, beaches and estuaries from the mouth of the Mississippi to the Florida Keys.

This is the clearest picture we could have of our failed national energy policy -- which extends over many decades and administrations. Yet, shockingly, our elected officials in the Senate continue to drag their feet on enacting the policies that would bring the real change we need to shift our country from dirty to clean energy sources, while creating jobs and cutting our dependence on oil.

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Unfortunately, the full Senate continues to stall -- weighed down by too much infighting and too many special interests. That's why we need the president to assert his voice and leadership by letting the Senate -- and the American people -- know that he is serious about getting clean energy and climate legislation passed this year.

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-redford/mr-president-now-is-the-t_b_582299.html

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. The Time Has Come

[Canuckistanian]

2. I don't hold out any hopes

But I hope this becomes a "cultural memory" of the costs of our current reckless search for petroleum.

It's inevitable anyways. One day, CHEAP oil will be gone. And if we have NO contingency plans, we're fucked.

[unkachuck]

3. Mr. Redford is right....

"...too much infighting and too many special interests..."

....meanwhile, the planet is dying....and us along with it....


http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/legislation/senate.asp

[earth mom]

4. Love Robert Redford for speaking out. What will it take, Oprah, for Obama to listen?!

:argh:

[Greyhound]

5. K&R.