The Green Room: The Elections and Energy

Mix panelists Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen and former Assistant Energy Secretary Andy Karsner head to the energyNOW! Green Room to continue their discussion of the implications of the midterm elections on US energy policy. Slocum believes Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., will become chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee under Republican leadership. He says Upton has already signaled that his agenda will be strict oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Upton has said he doesn't believe the agency should be regulating greenhouse gas emissions. But he's unsure whether the Senate will be able to rein in the EPA's regulatory authority. He believes the Senate, with a likely 53-47 split in favor of the Democrats, is the most likely place for any energy legislation to begin. He also expects a battle over expanding loan guarantee authority for new nuclear plants and a push to get the Energy Department to re-design the loan-guarantee program. He says the petroleum sector will benefit from the new Republican majority in the House, because new restrictions on drilling will be unlikely to pass. Slocum also says he believes the government will be less likely to regulate hydraulic fracturing in natural gas drilling. Karsner says he believes EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will be summoned to Capitol Hill to testify many times in the next two years, before both House and Senate Committees. He also believes lawmakers who might have supported legislation to limit ...

The Green Children - Hear Me Now

(C) 2009 Knightingale Entertainment/Spinside Records. Buy the song and 50% will go to Whole Planet Foundation. iTunes - www.itunes.com Written by The Green Children, Milla Sunde & Marlow Bevan. Director: Mark DeLong, Web: www.markdelong.com Filmed entirely in the rural villages of Bangladesh, this video features the real women borrowers of 'Grameen Bank', known as 'the bank for the poor'. See how small loans have changed their lives for the better. The video also features 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Muhammad Yunus, whom we are very proud to be working with. Please help us raise awareness by sharing this video. Hear Me Now Lyrics... A scarf uncovers a smiling face That tells the story of a changing place She knows no greater wonder than what she's seen She bears a heart of secrets from where she's been, she says Hear me now Hear me now Hear me out, she cries See me now See me now See in me and I'll rise She's worked hard and achieved A new life's been received So much pride in her eyes She's thrown out her disguise She's got a chance to make it on her own Just one man gave hope to his home, he says Hear me now Hear me now Hear me out, he cries See her now See her now See in her and she'll rise She speaks unfamiliar words But so easily understood It's like a tone in her voice Reveals the power of choice She's so wonderful The way she holds herself She finally broke the spell You can tell Hear me now Hear me now Hear me out, she cries See me now See me now See in me ...