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(85,996 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2015, 01:00 PM Jul 2015

Martin O'Malley starts the day touring Iowa wind turbine training facility & talking clean energy



Martin O'Malley ?@MartinOMalley
Touring the DMACC wind turbine—Iowa is leading the way in clean energy production, an example for our future



Kristin Sosanie ?@ksosanie 2h2 hours ago
Before tour of wind training facility at DMACC, @MartinOMalley chatting w/ Iowans who decided to drop by #iacaucus



O'Malley for Iowa ?@omalleyforia
@martinomalley starts the day at DMACC touring wind turbine training facility & talking clean energy jobs #iacaucus



Grant Rodgers ?@GrantMRodgers
@MartinOMalley takes to a DMAAC whiteboard to talk #s of people are employed by solar, wind & coal. #iacaucus



Kristin Sosanie ?@ksosanie
Whiteboard at DMAC- Iowa leading in wind energy. Even higher % now than in the clipping. #iacaucus #omalley2016



Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine
Professor @MartinOMalley now giving lesson on clean energy jobs - 141k in solar, 70k in wind #IACaucus


https://twitter.com/brad_elkins/status/616989714801946624

Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine
@MartinOMalley hearing about the technical aspects of the wind turbine at DMACC #IACaucus



Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine
@MartinOMalley talks questions from press & voters in Ankeny w/ wind turbine behind him #IACaucus


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Martin O'Malley starts the day touring Iowa wind turbine training facility & talking clean energy (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2015 OP
He has such a knowledge base on renewables Peacetrain Jul 2015 #1
we almost assuredly will face a crisis from our threatened and declining ecosystem bigtree Jul 2015 #2
bigtree.. that bothers me more than anything Peacetrain Jul 2015 #3
it's definitely a flaw in our own rationalizations of so many of our practices bigtree Jul 2015 #4
K&R. n/t FSogol Jul 2015 #5
k&r hedgehog Jul 2015 #6
O'Malley is the only candidate who is making this issue the centerpiece of his campaign. Koinos Jul 2015 #7
And he needs to keep talking it! JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #8

Peacetrain

(22,876 posts)
1. He has such a knowledge base on renewables
Fri Jul 3, 2015, 01:02 PM
Jul 2015

Just a great person to listen to.. Environmental issues are so important to me.. Everything else will take a back seat if we do not have a viable ecosystem and potable water..

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
2. we almost assuredly will face a crisis from our threatened and declining ecosystem
Fri Jul 3, 2015, 01:19 PM
Jul 2015

...potable water vying for our attention with breathable air.

It's a wonder how Americans can be so sanguine about the impending disaster of resource and environment.

Peacetrain

(22,876 posts)
3. bigtree.. that bothers me more than anything
Fri Jul 3, 2015, 01:24 PM
Jul 2015

Just the lack of focus on it by the media, voters, candidates... Nothing and I mean nothing else works if the eco system is destroyed..

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
4. it's definitely a flaw in our own rationalizations of so many of our practices
Fri Jul 3, 2015, 01:45 PM
Jul 2015

...encouraged and justified by so many who profess to lead us, and by others whose self-interest and greed outweighs their concern for future generations.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
7. O'Malley is the only candidate who is making this issue the centerpiece of his campaign.
Fri Jul 3, 2015, 02:32 PM
Jul 2015

If the planet becomes uninhabitable, none of the other issues will matter.

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