Ideas:1.Nat'l Pks,2.fuelefficiency-alt. fuels-build'g energy eff.incentive

[papau]

Ideas:1.Nat'l Pks,2.fuelefficiency-alt. fuels-build'g energy eff.incentives

Kerry's plan offers what BusinessWeek calls "solid ideas" for a path to energy independence. Instead of the old drill-and-spill blueprint of the Bush Administration, Kerry's plan pushes for incentives for the auto industry to increase fuel efficiency, for alternative fuels, and for increased energy efficiency of government buildings.

And this week, Kerry touted his National Parks plan. In 2000, then-candidate Bush promised to provide adequate funding for the system's maintenance backlog. What the Parks System got in return was a lot of rhetoric and photo ops of the President looking mighty outdoorsy -- not to mention staffing shortages and memos to parks officials to spin budget shortfalls as "service level adjustments". Meanwhile, the system is millions in the hole when it comes just to maintaining our national treasures. Kerry pledges to expand the parks system budget by $600 million over 5 years -- a much needed expansion.

Read more about Kerry's energy plan http://www.lcv.org/News/News.cfm?orgid=Insider081204&ID=3084&c=27&UID=1016930BDB1FAA8238&MX=381&H=1

Read more about Kerry's parks revitalization plan
http://www.lcv.org/News/News.cfm?orgid=Insider081204&ID=3094&c=27&UID=1016930BDB1FAA8238&MX=381&H=1

[NNadir]

1. Thanks for the update.

I am quite sure that President Kerry's environmental/energy programs will be quite different than those I might propose myself, but I have absolutely no doubt that the new President will bring us a much needed breath of fresh air in both the figurative and literal sense.

I am really excited at the prospect of a Kerry Presidency.