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"The Eagle Has Landed"

When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, the world was listening and loved it.  I feel as if we have come to a not-dissimilar moment in history.  We have turned the corner, in the United States, and in much of the rest of the world, on reaching for a new frontier.  We are, in my opinion, moving inexorably now on a trajectory to a low-carbon world.

The economic stimulus bill that President Obama will sign shortly is, in his words, a “major milestone on our road to recovery.”  It is also a giant leap for mankind into the post-carbon era.

Read this concise summary at “The Gristmill.”  It’s all here, everything that the environmentalists and clean energy activists have been dreaming about for years:  energy efficiency, mass transit, green jobs, renewables, and the smart grid.

Pinch me.  Am I dreaming?

 

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Bill Hewitt

Bill Hewitt has been an environmental activist and professional for nearly 25 years. He was deeply involved in the battle to curtail acid rain, and was also a Sierra Club leader in New York City. He spent 11 years in public affairs for the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, and worked on environmental issues for two NYC mayoral campaigns and a presidential campaign. He is a writer and editor and is the principal of Hewitt Communications. He has an M.S. in international affairs, has taught political science at Pace University, and has graduate and continuing education classes on climate change, sustainability, and energy and the environment at The Center for Global Affairs at NYU. His book, "A Newer World - Politics, Money, Technology, and What’s Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis," will be out from the University Press of New England in December.



Areas of Focus:
the policy, politics, science and economics of environmental protection, sustainability, energy and climate change

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