Feb 20 2009
Environmental Stimulus Package is Putting the ‘Green’ back in our Dollars
$60 billion of the $787 billion stimulus package that President Barack Obama signed on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 will be invested in our environment!
Some of the details in the plan will provide billions of dollars towards green federal buildings, an effective tax cut for green home efficiency upgrades, intercity rails and transit, Weatherization Assistance Program and a Clean and Safe Water Project. As an added bonus, the bill will extinguish the loan guarantees that the Senate had included for nuclear and clean coal technology!
The Clean and Safe Water Project and the Weatherization Assistance Program together, will create nearly 300,000 jobs alone!
According to Gene Karpinski, the head of the League of Conservation Voters, this is “by far the biggest investment in new green technologies that we’ve ever seen from the federal government.”
This environmental package has the ability to save consumers a whole lot of money, create jobs and aid in the saving of our planet! I’m so excited…
I knew I liked this guy!
~Wind
I also knew I liked this guy! I have high hopes for I believe he’s the first politician in long time that really does care, has a good heart, and a brain enough to realize it’s not about him, but all of us. He’s exciting, and I hope those who didn’t vote for him get on board.
Have a great day, welcome mats out; please stop in for a visit
Sandy