Our country is going on a low carbon diet.  President Obama and the EPA will be implementing new regulations that will require 10,000 companies, municipalities and universities to start measuring their green house gas (GHG) emissions beginning January 1, 2010.  Once the GHG emissions are counted you can bet that the government will then implement regulations and programs designed to reduce GHGs emitted by the companies, universities and municipalities that have to measure their GHGs.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy fought for environmental and energy issues from the 1970s until he died, August 25, 2009.  Recently, Senator Kennedy has become best known for his fight for health care reform although he championed two important environmental and energy bills in 2007.