September 2, 2007 at 18:11:54 How to Address America's Altering of Earth's Climate by Kevin Gosztola     Page 2 of 2 page(s) www.opednews.com

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Dennis Kucinich, who has called for a Works Green Administration that is modeled after FDR’s Works Progress Administration, would like to put his green philosophy for using sustainability to create peace by persuading Americans that global warring and global warming are connected. His Works Green Administration would put millions of Americans to work building and installing clean-energy technologies and retro-fitting homes for energy efficiency. Retrofitting homes has been ignored by all other candidates. In addition to calling for extensive government funding for the development of renewable energy resources, he also has called for the withdrawal of government subsidies that finance nonrenewable energy, which has not been called for by any other candidate. He calls for a “Global Green Deal” to partner with developing nations and provide them with affordable, clean energy technologies, which would also create more jobs for Americans in the process. He also calls for the phase out of nuclear power plants, coal power and coal mining (due to the mercury pollution that occurs from coal-fired power plants), and is a cosponsor of Rep. Henry Waxman’s Safe Climate Act, the toughest climate bill in the House that would do what Richardson and Edwards have called for and more (and this would definitely be better than any McCain-Lieberman act). He goes beyond energy in addressing global climate change and calls for a ban on logging, mining, and other resource extraction on U.S. public lands. He does not fully support a carbon tax because he believes penalizing companies would not help develop renewable energy sources or technologies, which what needs to be done plus he understands how biodiesel causes an impact on food supplies because ethanol is involved. And we Americans should believe he is serious about addressing global climate change because he has been a vegan since 1995, which means he leads by example and doesn’t just live green on the campaign trail when the public and the media are focused upon him.

Kevin Gosztola goes to Columbia College in Chicago where he is studying film. He hopes to become a documentary filmmaker. He is currently working as a production assistant on a documentary called "Seriously Green" which traces the development of the Green Party throughout the 2008 election. He has a passion for journalism and writes articles or press releases in his spare time. Kevin Gosztola is also a student activist who believes in questioning the way America's systems work(its electoral system, its military-industrial complex, its foreign policy of American exceptionalism, its media which has become the Fourth Branch of government,etc.)
His ambitions have him currently organizing and raising money for a Chicago Conference for Media Reform in April or May of 2009. It will be organized by college students to promote youth involvement in media reform and justice. Those interested in attending or helping with the organization of the program should contact him.

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