Last Chance for Global Warming Solutions Act
Posted by susanna on 07 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Maryland
Today MD House Economic Matters Committee is considering the Global Warming Solutions Act. If passed out of committee, the House and Senate are expected to pass the bill quickly before session ends at midnight tonight. For a good overview of the narrative of events, check out the Baltimore Sun’s Blog.
The debate over this bill, I think, is going to be indicative of the struggle ahead for two reasons:
1. Separation of green jobs opportunities and job losses
2. Strong leadership support
Green jobs have the potential to create an entire new industry in Maryland. By encouraging development of a green jobs sector now, before the mad rush begins, Maryland gets ahead in building the infrastructure, knowledge, and expertise in the industry. Jobs may be lost in some industries, but those workers could be provided with a just transition to this new, lucrative, green economy. Opposition has pitted job losses against the bill without making the connection to green jobs opportunities. Specifically, MD’s United Steelworkers have come out to oppose the bill because of potential losses at Sparrows Point steel mill. Despite the opportunities that green jobs would create for these workers and despite the support of the national arm of United Steelworkers for a transition to green jobs, the local group has launched a concentrated attack on this bill.
The other important element of this fight is the presence of overwhelming leadership support. Governor O’Malley’s “strong, strong support” of this bill has been a cornerstone of this campaign. The environmental community has come together and formed one of the strongest coalitions in Maryland to date. The Alliance for Global Warming Solutions has brought together over 100 partners in support of this bill. For a list of all the organizations, go to the Alliance website here:http://www.alliancemd.org/plan.htm.
We have yet to see whether the house and senate leadership can come together today. Stay tuned for more updates!
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on 08 Apr 2008 at 6:19 pm 1.Wonk Room » Blog Archive » Maryland Global Warming Plan Killed By Job Loss Fears said …
[...] industrial manufacturers and energy utilities who would have to reduce emissions, as well as the local unions who feared the loss of [...]
on 16 Apr 2008 at 6:01 pm 2.Heather said …
What exactly are these green jobs and who would be able to do them? It seems to me that the people who would lose their jobs would be unskilled, lower education people. Are they going to be able to do all these so called green jobs?
It also seem to me that people will feel the ecomomuc impact, or even lose their job, before these green jobs materialize. What do people do to pay higher electric and gasoline costs, while they are waiting for these green jobs?
on 26 Apr 2008 at 12:40 pm 3.Daniel Donatelli said …
+++TAKE ALL THE OIL OUT of Gaia++
or the motor and the heating and cooling complexities of the internal motor’s now empty cavities will change and spread the heat to new unforgiving surfaces causing collapse and flexing and swelling of the normally safe consistent, ore made structure , thus effecting the surrounding motors water flows.
Water and core Temperatures spike in spots with fast or slow motor rotation in unexpected areas due to cavity or thickness of spaces or water cycle inside water system due to season(climate) out side of motor(in that area).
-speed up motor with no oil to cool faster?
Or slow it down!! And add more oil.
Some body should REALLY Look at ground temperatures in the depleted oil areas and think maybe it is hot water there because there not oil there in addition to the normal equator heat. Maybe oil was formed there because it is a hot spot naturally . Maybe planet will cool around the same time oil reforms there again??? should we pump it out again at that time?
Kind of funny that the water in those areas is hot now and in adjacent areas the heat is up all compounding the tempreture in the the cab as the 2nd dary systems fail from the spikes in heat? We are looking at the water and saying speed it up!!to cool it , put more air on it make it more effcient water!! as coolant (algae)
Better put oil back I think.
Not take away cold water or put cold water on faster cycle that is now on slow cycle ???? or heat will go up and
seconday system will worsen!
Example Pump gas out of Indonesian shelf and it collapses making things out of balance across whole region.
No way to fix now better pump rest out? of remaining shelf?
Think put oil back in!! Cool Again!!
hot Water spikes go away with slower revs And oil back in not faster with no oil in
it just compounds to blow the radiator or soft point like the hose then blow the engine.
Then she’s all stopped for good.
4 sure this Gaia motor needs a good mechanic!! May even need heavier oil than before to reduce heat! Dan
I would like all seeking a solution out there to circulate this to every one of any importance on presenting it as one more thing we should be doing and looking at!!!!!!
P.S We are all stressing out about
methan releases , what happens when all the co2 gas they are pumping into oil cavities to stablize cardon credits comes back out in one day after pumping it down there for 20 years from now!!!!!!!! thats when you get a surprize!!boom gas instead of oil in hotspot@!!! read forever
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