Oil Companies Lied: California's Climate Change Law Will Create Jobs

In 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 32 into law. It was a great piece of legislation, requiring California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, with cutting to begin in 2012. But oil companies, particularly Valero and Tesoro, didn't like the law because greenhouse gas regulations and a thriving clean energy sector would hurt their bottom lines, and they love money more than the natural world.

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Producing Jobs For Able Workers

A leading supplier of artificial-grass and indoor-outdoor carpet products for The Home Depot, Lowe's and other retailers, Habitat International Inc. http://www.habitatint.com/ is a socially responsible business dedicated to providing jobs for hard-to-place workers.

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Obama Budget: Find Additional Savings in our Defense Budget

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Obama on Education: Everyday Teachers are Doing a Heroic Job for Their Kids

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Lowe’s To Give Away 1 Million Trees For Earth Day

Lowe’s Home Improvement stores are giving away 1 million tree saplings nationwide to customers on Saturday, April 23, in their stores as part of an Earth Day celebration.

Lowe’s, which has partnered with American Forests for the giveaway, said it expects the trees to eventually produce more than 260 million pounds of oxygen annually, providing air for more than 670,000 individuals for one year.

Each tree will be bar-coded so customers can register their trees online at Lowes.com/earthday and see where other trees are being planted across the country.

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