The Greening of Newark - Transforming a City

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/green_recovery.html

Newark Mayor Cory Booker, along with partners including the Center for American Progress, made a commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative to begin the greening of Newark in order to stimulate the local economy, create good jobs and improve the environment. Nationwide, the signs are clear: Our economy is in trouble. Falling home prices, foreclosures, bank failures, a weaker dollar, rising prices for gas, food, and steel, and layoffs in banking, construction, and manufacturing sectors are all indicators of serious economic strain—following a long period in which the middle class went nowhere even while the economy grew as a whole. Whats more, evidence suggests the current downturn will continue for at least another year.

At the same time, we face a growing climate crisis that will require us to rapidly invest in new energy infrastructure, cleaner sources of power, and more efficient use of electricity and fuels in order to cut global warming pollution. There is much work to be done in building smart solutions at a scale and speed that is bold enough to meet this gathering challenge.

It is time for a new vision for the economic revitalization of the nation and a restoration of American leadership in the world. We must seize this precious opportunity to mobilize the country and the international community toward a brighter, more prosperous future. At the heart of this opportunity is clean energy, remaking the vast energy systems that power the nation and the world. We must fundamentally change the way we produce and consume energy and dramatically reduce our dependence on oil. The economic opportunities provided by such a transformation are vast, not to mention the national security benefits of reducing oil dependence and the pressing need to fight global warming. The time for action is now.

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[Punnch08]

I commend Mayor Booker for the progress he has made in Newark. I only hope that Newark is not made to look like the surrounding suburbs with gardens/fountains, cute lamp posts, strip malls, starbucks and townhouses. I would like to see the city save it's urban character. Let's renew the older brownstones, victorians and art deco style buildings. There is a lot of history in the city's architecture and it is being torn down and forgotten. Newark is Jersey's largest city let's not forget.

[biennialist]

Good video, use the river more. And artificial turf is not green. Not only does it remove habitat, it is toxic. I believe it is banned, in Denmark, Connecticut, and elsewhere.

[sophiajunie]

Go Cory Booker and Newark! I believe he will go down in history as one of the great leaders who made a difference in this under appreciated city.

[mbuenon]

lets go newark!!!  great video!

[stopglobalwarming08]

encouraging!! green america, green the world!! thanks for the video!