Filling our short-term fossil-fuel needs |  Terry Tamminen - Grist

Given our role in creating the climate crisis, we should plan to power at least half of our electricity needs with inexhaustible, clean sources of domestic energy by 2025.
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Mr. President, we need a real “strategy” that recognizes we will soon run out of oil and atmosphere, setting goals to sustain our economy and environment in equal measures.

Flashback: An interview with California environmental adviser Terry Tamminen | Grist

Terry Tamminen is a compact, affable man. With his bluntness and lack of pretense, it's easy to see why Arnold Schwarzenegger trusted him. The California governor brought Tamminen on as his environmental adviser in 2003, elevated him to secretary of the state EPA, and then appointed him a senior cabinet adviser in 2004. In part due to Tamminen's behind-the-scenes influence and tireless work, Schwarzenegger's first term saw the state pass numerous groundbreaking environmental laws.

Tokyo to trial electric 'filling stations' to boost green transport | Environment | The Guardian

Better Place has come up with a model that involves building networks of charging points and battery-switch stations. At these a robotic mechanism will swap the empty battery in a car for a fully charged one. This means electric cars can be "refilled" in minutes, rather than taking several hours to charge their batteries.

Spanish Jobless Claims Climb in March - WSJ.com

MADRID—Spanish jobless claims rose again in March as Spain suffered from an unusually harsh winter and one of Europe's longest-running recessions.