Please, please read these important words that came directly out of President Obama's mouth this morning.
Since it's not copyrighted, I've posted the entire transcript, for your convenience, + anti-soundbiting. As part of my "value add" as a diarist, I am choosing to highlight some of the parts that speak most deeply to me regarding the current oil disaster in the Gulf, escalating risks of offshore oil drilling, ongoing US oil addiction, global warming and climate chaos... and positive shifts we can and must make, in our economy, businesses, technology, energy systems, cultural habits, and national priorities. Most importantly, I want to highlight what happens when Solar Energy is treated respectfully and supportively by the President of the United States.
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As a bonus, I've included as intro to Obama's speech my own personal story from the time I and my fellow activists were arrested for using our bodies in civil disobedience against dirty energy... and how (by surprise) the biggest contribution I made that day came from using my words on behalf of clean energy.
May Barack Obama's words today on behalf of clean energy inspire you as much as they inspired me. And may they make their way into law, policy, and physical implementation .... ASAP.
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