The Three E's

Economy, Energy, Environment

"We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that's got to change." 

-Al Gore

If the massive and imperfect Wall Street bailout has proven anything, it's that we can gather enormous amounts of money in times of perceived crisis. Which raises the question: Why wait for a crisis? Our sputtering "Main St." economy, stubborn dependence on energy from abroad, and rapidly warming planet can be dealt with concurrently for a fraction of what we taxpayers just coughed up to the bankers. As Van Jones wrote in his new book, "Let's find another $350 billion (which) absolutely and positively could retrofit and re-power America using clean, green energy - and create millions of new jobs, in the process."

Read this great article from Good about the Sustainable Stimulus