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Terr says...

The objective of a Senior Sustainability Officer or a Green Officer is first to advise the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Next, is to serve in the dual capacity of the Steering Committee on Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management designated by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) pursuant to section 4 Executive order 13423.  Then, facilitate the implementation of each agency’s Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan; and lastly, to share information and promote progress towards the goals of this order.

  This new legislation that has just passed is going to impact every business in America no matter how large or how small.  We will soon see this take effect in government owned businesses, organizations, and then it will trickle down to smaller businesses.  At first, companies might see this new legislation as bad news that is going to cost more money that businesses don’t have.  However, this legislation give companies a great opportunity to save money internally and externally.

 


These new Green Officers are going to help companies reach the demands of this executive order, which use duplex mode for printers, purchase Energy Star equipment, and reduce of our potable water.  Tracking Green House Gases (GHG) is also another interesting step into a new pattern of operation.  Also, be aware that the Supreme Court has required the EPA to regulate all (GHG) under the Clean Air Act.  A Green Officer will enforce and implement these sustainable practices by creating a Green program or plan for that specific company depending on what their service or profession is.  

  To help companies cope with this difficult transaction of implementing a new Green Officer in their work place, the Green Business League has developed a Green Officer Training.  The Green Officer Training offers a complete training program into two and a half, fast-paced days, and show any business how to properly install an environmental program that anyone can appreciate.  The Green transition has been left to the best efforts of a few in-house employees who have no formal training in environmental principles.  Good intentions that are stopped by limited information will lead to a program that lacks integrity.

  For people who attend the Green Officer Training, they will be provided with a heavy introduction to the Greening process.  They will be shown how to install a program that deserves respect and will actually cut company costs.  Green is also about efficiencies, and we know how to make Green pay in the short and long run.  The final project at the Green Officer Training is to prepare a Green program for your business that fits the needs of your company and allows your team to control the utilization of the program.  You will leave with the knowledge, the ability, and skill to plan an Authentically Green Program in your company.

  It is difficult to imagine that the frustrating problems of environmental duties could be so well organized that a two-day session will produce such superior results, but it will. In clear and profession material, the Green Officer Training will provide a wealth of education on all the most essential issues in the Green World. In fact, the last segment provides a Green program that will allow any business to Go Green regardless of size or type.

  Green Officer Training offers a noteworthy edge for any business. Don’t waste time "trying to be Green, and doing a poor job of it," when actually establishing a Green program will give your business a Green Business certification worth earning. Find out how Going Green will not only save your business a great deal of money each year, but you will also benefit from the impressive marketing value of an authentically Green certification.

  It is the smart move to get your Green program out of the Greenwashing phase and into the Green practice program.  The Green Business League is the best way to make this happen.  Designate your Green officer right away either by using the Green Officer Training program or by requesting the assistance of a Certified Green Consultant from the Green Business League.

 

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In the last month, Beck launched a smear campaign against one of Obama's top environmental advisers and forced his resignation. Van Jones is one of the great, principled leaders of our time, and he was unceremoniously hung out to dry while the White House quietly acquiesced to the agents of fear.

I sometimes wonder if political attacks against one or the other are staged to divert the attention from the masses in peoples efforts towards unity.

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Jenny says...

In the end, Netanyahu also knows that America is stronger than Israel, and that luck will not always be on his side.

How long before Netanyahu's ideology conforms to Obama's will? ... or Obama's will to Netanyahu's ideology? For isn't Obama the more conciliatory and pragmatic of the two?

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Jenny says...

Clarification

Speaking to CNN while on a visit to Russia, President Obama said the US would to try to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue "in a peaceful way through diplomatic channels."

Vice-President Joe Biden had said in an interview with ABC TV on Sunday that "Israel can determine for itself... what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else".

Asked whether the comment meant that Washington had given Israel the go-ahead for an attack, Mr Obama said: "Absolutely not."

Still, what Biden says is technically dead on: Israel will continue do as it pleases, with U.S. officials politically powerless to rescind military and diplomatic support.

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Jenny says...

On a minor note: who let Joe Biden out of the time-out corner?

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Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.

The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature.

Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the dwindling population and local services into a more viable area.

The radical experiment is the brainchild of Dan Kildee, treasurer of Genesee County, which includes Flint.

Having outlined his strategy to Barack Obama during the election campaign, Mr Kildee has now been approached by the US government and a group of charities who want him to apply what he has learnt to the rest of the country.

FULL STORY: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html

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The Department of Energy’s flagship “clean coal” power plant has a new lease on life, thanks to a billion dollars from last year’s stimulus package. The plan to build the plant, which will be the first large plant to capture and bury its carbon dioxide emissions in the ground, was scrapped by the Bush Administration in early 2008.

 

Rekindling the FutureGen project is a signal that the Obama Administration and Energy Secretary Steve Chu won’t just be supporting wind and solar power, but some new fossil fuel technologies, too.

 

Read more: http://globalbestpractice.blogspot.com/2009/06/clean-coal-gets-new-backing.html

 

Tags: Clean coal, geologically complex, FutureGen Alliance,  DOE, US Department of Energy, CO2, Wired, Obama Administration, Energy Secretary Steve Chu, Bush Administration, Global Best Practices, 

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Officials say most are ready, but still expect some viewers to be confused

 

The last major TV stations that are still broadcasting in analog will turn those signals off Friday and go all digital. And this time, they really mean it. The original Feb. 17 deadline for the shutdown was delayed by the Obama administration after funding ran out for $40 coupons the government offered to help people buy converter boxes for old TVs.

 

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-is-final-curtain-for-analog-tv.html

 

Tags: MSNBC, Analog TV signals, Digital TV signals, FCC, FCC Chairman Michael Copps, Obama administration, 

 

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The Obama administration is launching a pilot program to collect biometric information from non-U.S. citizens when they leave the country. 


Read more: 

http://globalblognetwork.blogspot.com/2009/06/us-begins-collection-of-biometric_02.html

 

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Obama, Obama administration, biometrics, biometric information, non-US citizens, tourists, tourism, Global Best Practice, database, government database, IT, software, surveillance, ACLU, 

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satnam13 says...

The New White House Web Site

February 27, 2009

On Friday, February 27, responding to continuing troubles at Citigroup, the Obama administration unveiled a complex stock transaction that would increase the nation's stake in the failed bank to 38%. According to experts, by purposely avoiding a more than 50% ownership stake in the bank, the Obama administration remains consistent with its publicly stated opposition to nationalizing major banks. The move increases the risk to taxpayers, but also potential reward, should the bank turn around and become profitable.    Continue.....

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