Obama declared from the Capitol steps: “Our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions — that time has surely passed.”

Let's hope that Obama's actions will match his words when it comes to green energy becoming the dominant energy for the US and our planet.

We are at 2 minutes to midnight on the environmental doomsday clock, the clean energy project is extremely hard, since the entire business activities of powerful carbon groups are threatened, but with the stakes so high, and the payoff is great, Obama must not falter.

Rudd's environmental track record and credabilty gap on carbon pollution reduction should be a cautionary lesson for the new US Administration.

"We are at 2 minutes to midnight on the environmental doomsday clock"

How would you know, fool?

I've got news for you: there is no looming ecological catastrophe. Humans are part of nature. Just as it's okay for other species to use natural resources to survive and thrive, so it's okay if we do too. Go ahead and enjoy life. Don't flagellate yourself.

"the clean energy project is extremely hard"

Yes it's hard because people don't want to die of lack of food, medicine, shelter, transport and communications so you can indulge a stupid fantasy of a static world.

'since the entire business activities of powerful carbon groups are threatened"

The reason they are powerful is because the people en masse are directing those interests to provide them with stuff produced with fuels that make their lives better.

"but with the stakes so high, and the payoff is great, Obama must not falter."

All hail to the god-king, may he kill of lots of human noxious pests!

Any politician who does what you want will be voted out, because people don't want to die to serve the nutty demands of religious fruitcakes.

The day that there is more money in green than in dirty; more money in renewable than in fossil energy the world will change overnight. That day seems to have come, and it makes no difference if the doubters are right or wrong because fossil technology as a source of energy is already yesterdays game.

Keith Schneider writes;

“Remarkably, it now appears that Obama plans to launch his presidency with a daring idea: To anchor the American economy with energy sources not derived from fossil fuels.”

Yes !

“Obama wants to use environmental principles to help drive economic growth.”

Wonderful ! !

“During the presidential campaign, he vowed to invest US$150 billion in clean energy projects over 10 years and create 5 million new ‘green-collar’ jobs.”

Yahoo ! ! !

“Obama made it clear that this was a top priority….”

Wicked ! ! ! !

“…but the ever-deepening economic crisis has only added to the urgency…”

Excellent ! ! ! ! ! Instead of taking the view held by many national leaders that they have to prop up the current system first until the economy stabilises…and then perhaps, maybe, possibly think about environmental / sustainability strategies.

“A sustainable economy can generate employment just as well as an unsustainable one”

ABSOLUTELY ! ! ! ! ! !

Obama’s approach to all of this is brilliant news. Once the momentum gets moving in the US, many other countries will take notice….and the whole world will at long last start to really click into gear for the achievement of a sustainable future.