The Green Package

With $5 billion set aside to make homes and buildings more energy efficient, it is hard to argue that Obama's stimulus packages has not taken the environment into consideration. This money will go towards not only saving energy but also creating new jobs for people in need during these times of economic crisis. In fact, according to President Obama, the plan would allow for the creation of 460,000 jobs as well as double the amount of alternative energy produced over the next three years.

Another initiative taken in this plan towards greener energy is to move 3,000 miles of transmission lines in the attempt to use electricity from wind farms and solar installations in the West and the Southwest to consumers living in the rest of the country. Although this action might take longer to implement, it is, nonetheless, one that will aid in out fight against further deterioration of our planet.

With all these things considered, I would have to say that the package can only be a good step towards correcting our errors. Environmentalists have been demanding that the government take more responsibility and it looks to me like the United States government, with this package, has done just that. At such a hard economic time this action is really great, for not only will attention be given towards bettering the environment, but other governments will look at this and might be convinced to do something similar in their own countries. In this way, more efforts like this stimulus could occur around the world resulting in a global response to this global problem we are in danger of facing.

References:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101059253
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99895320