How To Interview For An Ad Tech Job - Business Insider

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We're all familiar with targeted online ads ? for example, ads for biking gear if we're avid cyclists, or discounted airfare for a trip we're planning to take.

And this has been a gold mine for companies, which is why the ad tech space is one of the fastest-growing industries.

It's a $15.4 billion market, points out Amir Efrati at the WSJ, up 24 percent since last year, according to research firm eMarketer Inc.

Which means that there are a lot of jobs in this space ? but it's competitive. We spoke to recruiter?Edward "Eddie" R. Koller III,?managing director at Howard-Sloan-Koller Group, about how to ace an interview in the ad tech space ? whether you're an engineer, programmer or salesperson. Here's what he said:

1. Know your product.

Since the ad tech space is so new, many people don't understand it. The best candidates know how to articulate their expertise and relay what they bring to the table. Have an easy way to explain the technical nuances to anyone, whether it be managers on the sales side or the CEO of a startup.

2. Talk about your successes.

"It's best to have two to three success stories," Koller tells us. "How you overcame a big objection, a big win, how you came on board and were able to break a deal." In a booming industry, you need to prove that you're an outlier.

"Show your interest in the role and drive home why you are the person for the job," Koller says. "Make sure you sell yourself and what you can do in the role."

3. Be prepared.

One of the biggest mistakes is not being prepared, he says. "There's?so much public information available out there, there's really no excuse not to do your homework."

Also be prepared to talk about situations where you failed, and how you learned from the experience. Koller says that a hiring manager is going to think that the way you prepare for your interview is the same way you'll prepare for important company meetings.

4. Don't ask about compensation right away.

The second-biggest mistake, says Koller, is when candidates ask about compensation during the first interview. Wait until you've been offered the job.

5. Follow up.

Hiring managers relate how you follow up after an interview to how you would respond to clients and key stakeholders if you were to get the job. Be sure to:

1. Thank the person for their time.
2. Show your interest in the role.
3. Always ask about the next steps.?

Furthermore, if something imperfect occurred during the interview, such as the interviewer bringing up a skill that you don't have, address it in the follow-up email (Koller says email is best).?

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I'm Not Lowering My Standards on Marriage Just Because the World Is

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Last week, an article in the New York Times, Till Death, or 20 Years, Do Us Part,?explores whether a 20 year contract should be considered for marriage. ?The author, Matt Richtel, ?got the idea from 5 year marriage contract proposal that was proposed, but not passed, by lawmakers in Mexico a year ago.

The basic premise is that divorce rates are high with marriages failing half of the time. So, why not give people an opportunity (or out) to reassess their commitment after 20 years of being together? ?In 20 years, a couple would have raised kids (if any) and then they could assess whether they want to continue on in the marriage.

Richtel asked several marriage and divorce experts about his 20 year marriage idea and surprisingly, many of them agreed that at a minimum that some type of marriage reform is needed. ?People are living longer; there are many negative influences as a result of technology; couples are not living close to their families and marriage support systems; gay marriage is now on the scene; and people are choosing to co-habitat. ?All of these factors, lead to the question: ?Is there another way to do this.?

Richtel wrote the following about what he learned from the experts and authors:

?BETWEEN Dr. Coontz and Dr. Rutter, I began to see the crystallization of alternatives. Dr. Coontz is talking about a new way of packaging the age-old solution of accepting and working through imperfect unions. Romance, hard hats and pickaxes, and compromise.

Dr. Rutter is talking about getting more real still. Eliminating the fantasy of marriage, or curtailing it sharply. On its face, it does sound like the most obvious side effect of acknowledging the reality that marriages often fail. But as I followed the logic, I found myself not wanting to.?

?My personal opinion about the 20 year marriage proposal is that it is not a good idea. ?My belief is that you go into marriage with the idea that divorce is not an option. ?And then you take on the mindset that you are going to work on and manage any problems that arise in your marriage. ?My fear is that if people have an option to get out in 20 years, then perhaps they will not totally put in the effort that it takes to work on their marriage.

We live in a world where almost anything is acceptable. If I followed the standards set by the world, then I would allow my young daughter to dress any way she wanted because that is what she sees even on some of the popular kid?s channels, to start dating boys at a young age because they do that on the shows too, and watch any amount of trash on?TV?because her friends are watching it too. ?But the standards set by this world, by television and by?celebrities?are not going to dictate how I parent. ?And they certainly are not going to dictate the standards for my marriage.

If anything, it should make you work that much harder to protect all that is good about the institution of marriage.

BMWK ? Checkout the article to see all of the input from Richtel and the experts that he interviewed. ?Let us know how you feel about a 20 year marriage proposal? Does the institution of marriage need to be reformed??

About the author

Ronnie Tyler is the co-creator of BlackandMarriedWithKids.com and co-producer of the films Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage, You Saved Me, Men Ain?t Boys and Still Standing. The proud mom of 4 has been selected by Parenting Magazine as a Must-Read Mom and is one of Babble?s Top 100 Mom Bloggers.

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Source: http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/2012/10/im-not-lowering-my-standards-on-marriage-just-because-the-world-is/

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Tolerance for ambiguity explains adolescents' penchant for risky behaviors

ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2012) ? It is widely believed that adolescents engage in risky behaviors because of an innate tolerance for risks, but a study by researchers at New York University, Yale?s School of Medicine, and Fordham University has found this is not the case.

Their findings show adolescents appear to differ from their older peers in the taste for the uncertain. When faced with situations that have highly uncertain outcomes, most age groups react with distaste; adolescents, by contrast, often find these uncertain situations quite tolerable. Rather than having a taste for risk, as is commonly thought, the risky behaviors of adolescents stem from their comfort with the ambiguous.

These findings, which are reported in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, point to basic differences between adolescents and adults and offer new insights into how to communicate about risk to teenagers and pre-teens.

?Our findings show that teenagers enter unsafe situations not because they are drawn to dangerous or risky situations, but, rather, because they aren?t informed enough about the odds of the consequences of their actions,? explained Agnieszka Tymula, a post-doctoral researcher at NYU?s Center for Neural Science and one of the study?s co-authors. ?Once they truly understand a risky situation, they are, if anything, even more risk averse than adults. The study also offers new possibilities for communicating with this age group?providing adolescents with statistics highlighting the risks of dangerous behaviors or training that allows them to learn about risks in a safe way, which may be effective in limiting them.?

?What we found was that when risks were precisely stated, adolescents avoided them at least as much, and sometimes more, than adults,? added Ifat Levy, an assistant professor of comparative medicine and of neurobiology at the Yale School of Medicine and one of the study?s co-authors. ?Adolescents were, however, much more tolerant for ambiguity: when risks were not precisely known, they were more willing to accept them compared to adults. Biologically this makes a lot of sense: young organisms need to be open to the unknown in order to gain information about their world.?

Studies have previously established that adolescents are more likely than are their older and younger peers to engage in behaviors that, on rare occasions, lead to terrible consequences. Less understood is why this is the case.

To explore this question, the researchers conducted a series of experiments using both adolescents (12-17 years old) and adults (30-50 years old). To isolate age as a factor in the decision-making process, the researchers accounted for differences in non-age demographics, personality type, and intelligence.

In the multi-stage experiment, the subjects had to make a series of financial decisions, with each decision carrying a different degree of risk. In each trial, subjects had to choose between a guaranteed payoff of $5 and either a risky or ambiguous lottery, in which the payoff ranged from zero to several times the guaranteed payoff.

In each trial, subjects were informed how much they could win in the lottery?$5, $8, $20, $50, and $125. In the risky-lottery trials, subjects were told the exact probabilities of winning the lottery?13 percent, 25 percent, 38 percent, 50 percent, and 75 percent. By contrast, in the ambiguous-lottery trials they were not given precise probabilities of winning, thus making uncertain the level of risk.

Somewhat surprisingly, adolescents accepted significantly fewer risky lotteries than did the adults ? they were more risk-averse when the risks they faced were well understood. However, adolescents were significantly more willing than were adults to accept ambiguous lotteries ? they chose financially dangerous situations as long as they did not have complete information about the exact risks they faced. The ambiguous-lottery results held even after controlling for other demographic variables, such as gender and personality type, which gauged an individual?s propensity to engage in risky behaviors.

?It is not that adolescents actually choose to engage in risks, but, rather, they are willing to gamble when they lack complete knowledge,? the researchers wrote.

The study?s other co-authors were: Paul Glimcher, a professor in NYU?s Center for Neural Science and director of NYU?s Center for Neuroeconomics; Lior Rosenberg Belmaker, Lital Ruderman, and Kirk Manson of Yale University?s School of Medicine; and Amy Roy of Fordham University?s Department of Psychology.

The study was supported by a grant (5R01AG033406) from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Dodgers edge Giants, stay alive for October

By BETH HARRIS

AP Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 12:59 a.m. ET Oct. 2, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Since manager Don Mattingly had a few choice words for his team last week in San Diego, the Los Angeles Dodgers aren't going away quietly.

Elian Herrera singled in the go-ahead run with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Dodgers to a 3-2 victory over the NL West champion San Francisco Giants on Monday night that kept their postseason hopes alive.

"It's really exciting," Herrera said, grinning after his first career walk-off hit and fourth game-winning RBI of the season. "They are playing so good. They just have to keep playing like that."

The Dodgers' sixth consecutive victory tied a season high and kept them two games behind St. Louis for the second NL wild card. Their win prevented the Cardinals from clinching a playoff berth after St. Louis beat Cincinnati 4-2. The Dodgers and Cardinals each have two games remaining.

"Hopefully the Reds can get out to a good lead and turn it over to their bullpen, which is very strong," A.J. Ellis said.

Los Angeles' winning streak began after opening a three-game series in San Diego with a 2-1 loss last Tuesday. Mattingly talked to his players in a meeting described by Ellis as "pretty tough."

"He called us on the carpet," Ellis said. "Since then, guys have looked themselves in the mirror stronger."

Mattingly's message involved having "players take more accountability," the catcher said.

"I'd like to be clinched at this point," Mattingly said. "But the guys have kept fighting. We'll take care of our business and hope for help."

Hanley Ramirez led off the ninth with a single off Santiago Casilla (7-6), advanced on a sacrifice by Shane Victorino and was held up at third on Luis Cruz's single. Ellis was intentionally walked and Herrera lined an 0-1 pitch off the glove of second baseman Marco Scutaro for the winning run.

"That ball was smoked," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of Herrera's liner. "We were in a tough situation there. Marco made a great effort."

Brandon League (2-6) got the win after pitching a scoreless ninth inning.

"The energy has really picked up this week," Dodgers starter Aaron Harang said.

The Giants tied the game 2-2 in the eighth. Angel Pagan doubled to deep right with one out, and Scutaro singled off Kenley Jansen and took second on the throw. Scutaro extended his hitting streak to a major-league and career-best 18 games.

After scoring 18 runs in a three-game sweep of Colorado, the Dodgers' offense stalled. Slugger Matt Kemp went 0 for 4 after hitting homers in his previous two games.

Los Angeles rallied to take a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Andre Ethier hit his 20th homer - a two-run shot - on the first pitch from Matt Cain after Mark Ellis singled to open the inning.

San Francisco led 1-0 in the first on Buster Posey's double to deep left field with two outs, scoring Scutaro who had walked.

Harang allowed one run and two hits in six innings, struck out three and walked two while facing the Giants for the first time this season. He finished the regular season with his lowest career ERA of 3.61.

Cain gave up two runs and four hits in five innings, struck out two and walked one. He is scheduled to start the Giants' playoff opener.

"It was a good overall season, but it's something that I don't want to be sitting on," he said. "I want to have a good bit more starts in the postseason."

NOTES: Ethier's homer was the first Cain has allowed since Sept. 2 against the Chicago Cubs, a span of 30 1-3 innings. ... Ethier has 20 or more homers for the fourth time in five seasons. ... The Giants had their three-game winning streak at Chavez Ravine snapped. ... Dodgers 1B Adrian Gonzalez hit his career-high 47th double in the sixth, extending his hitting streak to 13 games, tops on the club this season. ... Posey was replaced by Eli Whiteside in the bottom of the eighth because of back spasms. ... Cain turned 28 on Monday.

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Source: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/49251682/ns/sports-baseball/

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The story behind the stingray photobomb

(Kendall Harlan)

An image of three seemingly terrified women being "photobombed" by a man with a giant stingray went viral last week after it was posted online, catching the women in it by surprise.

"Our phones just started going off," Kendall Harlan, one of the women, told Yahoo News. "Friends were texting us [things] like, 'Did you know you were just on "Good Morning America"?'"

The photo?showing a tour guide in the water behind the women lift the stingray onto their backs just as the photo was taken?was snapped during a 2008 spring break trip to Stingray City, a popular tourist destination in the Cayman Islands, when the trio (Harlan, Sarah Bourland and Natalie Zaysoff) were sophomores at Texas Christian University. They uploaded the photo to Facebook, where it was shared by friends. But it did not achieve viral status until last week, when a former classmate posted it on Reddit.com.

[Related: Stingray photobomb goes viral]

Harlan, now a 24-year-old advertising executive in Austin, Texas, says a picture taken right before the now-famous photobomb shows the co-eds smiling while posing in the water with a stingray. The tour guide threw another stingray up behind them, and the rest is Internet history.

Bourland, Zaysoff and Harlan pose with a stingray shortly before the "photobomb." (Kendall Harlan)

Harlan added that she did not know the two older women in the photo who appear to be laughing as the three recoil in terror.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/stingray-photobomb-story-behind-204729980.html

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At least 36 people dead after Hong Kong ferry collision

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested six crew on Tuesday after a ferry and a company boat carrying more than 120 staff and family celebrating the mid-autumn festival collided, killing 37 people as the boat sank.

The boat, belonging to Hongkong Electric Co, controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, was taking passengers to watch fireworks in the city's Victoria Harbor on Monday when the two vessels collided near the picturesque outlying island of Lamma.

Five children were among the dead. More than 100 people were taken to hospital, with nine suffering serious injuries or in critical condition, the government said in a statement.

"We suspect that somebody did not fulfill their responsibility, that's why we made the arrests," Police Commissioner Andy Tsang said. "We do not rule out the possibility that further arrests will be made."

The arrests involved crew of both vessels.

The collision sparked a major rescue involving dive teams, helicopters and boats that saw scores plucked from the sea. A large crane on a barge was connected to the stricken boat.

"Within 10 minutes, the ship had sunk. We had to wait at least 20 minutes before we were rescued," said one male survivor, wrapped in a blanket.

Survivors said people had to break windows to swim to the surface. "We thought we were going to die. Everyone was trapped inside," said a middle-aged woman.

The fireworks marked the mid-autumn festival, when the moon is full, and China's National Day. Hong Kong returned to Chinese from British rule in 1997.

Hongkong Electric, a unit of Power Assets Holdings which is controlled by Asia's richest man Li, said the boat had capacity to hold up to 200 people.

The tragedy was the worst to hit Hong Kong since 1996 when more than 40 people died in a fire in a commercial building.

"OUR CAPTAIN IS NOT WELL"

The ferry, owned by Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry Holdings, suffered a badly damaged bow in the collision but made it safely to the pier on Lamma, an island popular with tourists and expatriates about a half-hour away from downtown Hong Kong.

Several of its roughly 100 passengers and crew were injured.

"After the accident, it was all chaos and people were crying. Then water began seeping in and the vessel began to tilt to one side and people were all told to stand on the other side and everyone started putting on life jackets," a passenger said.

Hong Kong is home to one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, but serious accidents are rare. The city is known for its high-quality public services and advanced infrastructure.

A spokeswoman for Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry said the company was trying to assess what happened.

"Our captain is not well and we have not been able to talk to him so far," the spokeswoman told local television.

A Hong Kong Fire Services official said the search was hampered by the vessel being partly sunken, poor visibility and too much clutter. The search for survivors was continuing on Tuesday.

Teams of men in white coats, green rubber gloves and yellow helmets carried corpses off a police launch in body bags.

At one of the city's public mortuaries, around 50 grieving relatives gathered, some crying, while others were called in to identify the dead.

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying visited survivors and pledged a thorough investigation. He declared three days of mourning starting on Thursday.

Thousands of Hong Kong residents live on outlying islands such as Lamma, which lies about three km (two miles) southwest of Hong Kong Island.

(Additional reporting by Stefanie McIntyre, Donny Kwok, Farah Master, Venus Wu and Tyrone Siu; Writing by Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Nick Macfie)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/least-36-dead-hong-kong-ferry-sinks-following-023616524.html

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Everything you need to know about where Obama and Romney - Grist

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Clean energy is an important part of the economy of Colorado, which is the location of the first presidential debate on Oct. 3.

Colorado?s robust wind industry and 70,000 jobs in green goods and services could suffer if the Production Tax Credit for wind isn?t extended by the end of 2012. The presidential candidates differ on this, as well as other energy issues. Hopefully the Denver debate, scheduled to focus on the economy, will also address energy policies so vital to Colorado and the nation.

The United States is in the midst of significant changes in our energy outlook. We are producing and burning more natural gas for electricity, while reducing coal use. Domestic oil production is at a 15-year high while oil imports are at a 15-year low. Renewable electricity doubled over the past four years, while worldwide carbon pollution and the impacts of climate change grow. The next president will face these and other serious challenges posed by a changing energy world.

President Barack Obama?s first term featured the adoption of essential toxic and carbon pollution reduction measures to protect public health. In addition, he modernized fuel-economy standards for the first time in two decades, which also helped the auto industry; invested in energy efficiency and renewable electricity; and created tens of thousands of jobs.

Gov. Mitt Romney?s energy agenda couldn?t be more different. He would undo new safeguards from mercury, carcinogens, soot, and smog from industrial sources. He opposes the improved fuel-economy standards, and would continue and expand tax breaks for big oil companies, while openly disparaging clean energy and investments in wind power.

In short, there are stark differences between the two presidential candidates that must be discussed on Oct. 3 so Americans have a clear view of the energy path each candidate would lead us down.

Below is a more detailed direct comparison of their positions on the most visible energy challenges facing the nation. Following this chart is documentation on the candidates? positions:

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Oil and gas production

Obama:

• Oil imports lowest since 1997; dropped by 15 percent during term to 42 percent; vowed to cut current oil imports in half by 2020. (Energy Information Administration, June 2012)

• Domestic oil production is the highest in 15 years. The United States has more drilling rigs at work than the rest of the world combined. (Center for American Progress Action Fund, Sept. 13, 2012 [PDF]; Energy Information Administration, Sept. 11, 2012)

• Crude oil production from federal lands and waters was higher in 2009, 2010, and 2011 than in any of the last three years of the Bush administration. (EIA, March 14, 2012 [PDF])

• Raised worker and environmental safety standards for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, strengthening well design, testing, control equipment, and workplace safety. The Gulf Coast region was not hurt economically by a temporary moratorium, which has the same unemployment as two years ago and had rising personal income in 2011. (White House, March 30, 2012 [PDF], NOLA, April 15, 2012)

Romney

• Would open the Florida portion of the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic and Pacific Outer Continental Shelves, public lands, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to new drilling. Would accelerate drilling permits, short circuiting health and environmental reviews. (MittRomney.com,?2011 [PDF])

• Defense Department concerned about Florida and Virginia drilling expansion since it could interfere with military training. (Panama City News Herald, April 4, 2012)

• Called the temporary moratorium on drilling in the Gulf following the Deepwater Horizon disaster ?illegal.? (CBS News, March 9, 2012)

• See ?Public lands protection?

Big Oil tax breaks

Obama:

• Calls on Congress to end $4 billion in oil tax breaks and to invest in clean energy instead. (White House, March 28, 2012)

• Pledged to cut subsidies for oil, coal, and natural gas internationally, along with G20 nations. (Economist, Oct. 1, 2009)

Romney:

• Romney supports the House Republican budget, authored by his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), which preserves $40 billion in tax breaks for the oil and gas industry over a decade. (CAP, March 20, 2012)

• Romney?s economic plan would give the big five oil companies ? BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell ? an additional $2.3 billion annual tax cut on top of existing tax breaks they currently receive. (CAPAF, July 26, 2012)

• Romney?s plan cuts the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, but does not make specific mention of oil and gas loopholes which let oil companies pay much lower effective federal rates. (MittRomney.com,?2012)

• Asked directly in an interview about whether he is for or against subsidizing Big Oil, Romney responded: ?I?m not sure precisely what big tax breaks we?re talking about.? (Fox News, April 3, 2012)

Clean energy

Obama:

• Federal government invested billions of dollars in renewable energy projects, creating tens of thousands of jobs; doubled generation of (non-hydropower) renewable electricity to 6 percent. (EIA, July 1, 2012 [PDF])

• Supports extension of the production tax credit for wind-generated electricity. (White House, May 22, 2012)

• ?Governor Romney calls [renewable sources of energy] ?imaginary.? Congressman Ryan calls them a ?fad.? I think they?re the future. I think they?re worth fighting for.? (Climate Progress, Aug. 28, 2012)

• ?I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China or Germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here.? (State of the Union, Jan. 24, 2012)

• Transforming the Pentagon energy use by reducing the military?s dependence on fossil fuels that cost the Pentagon up to $20 billion annually. (National Journal, April 11, 2012)

Romney:

• Opposes the extension of the production tax credit for wind energy, which could cost 37,000 jobs in the industry. (Des Moines Register, July 30, 2012)

• ?In place of real energy, Obama has focused on an imaginary world where government-subsidized windmills and solar panels could power the economy. This vision has failed.? (Columbus Dispatch op-ed, Aug. 8, 2012)

• ?You can?t drive a car with a windmill on it.? (ThinkProgress, June 3, 2012)

• Endorses the House-passed budget authored by Ryan, which gives a 60 percent funding increase to coal, oil, and natural gas, while it decreases funding for research on vehicle batteries and solar projects, and loans to companies to retool to build fuel-efficient cars. (Politico, April 17, 2012)

Reduce oil use and imports with efficient vehicles

Obama:

• New modern standards require cars and light trucks to achieve an average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. This, combined with the first round of standards, will save 3.1 million barrels of oil per day in 2030. This is equivalent to the amount of oil we currently import from the Persian Gulf, Colombia, and Venezuela combined. (CAP, Aug. 28, 2012)

• Invested in fuel-efficient vehicle and advanced battery research and development to spur job growth and increase international competitiveness; increased affordability and reliability of electric vehicles. (CAP, Aug. 28, 2012)

• Proposed a ?race to the top? for communities to seek federal investment in public electric vehicle recharging infrastructure. (White House, March 30, 2011 [PDF])

Romney:

• ?Gov. Romney opposes the extreme standards that President Obama has imposed, which will limit the choices available to American families,? said campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul. (LA Times, Aug. 28, 2012)

• Disparaged the first plug-in hybrid electric Chevrolet Volt as ?an idea whose time has not come,? and said, ?I?m not sure America was ready for the Chevy Volt.? (Michigan Live, Dec. 23, 2012, MSNBC, April 5, 2012). EPA says the Volt gets at least 94 miles per gallon.

• Advocates ending the federal loan program helping companies develop and produce efficient cars. (Orange County Register, Oct. 24, 2011)

• Supports House-passed budget authored by Ryan that would slash investment in alternatives to gasoline-powered cars. (House Budget Committee, FY 2013 [PDF])

Gasoline prices

Obama:

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission should increase market oversight of Wall Street speculators who have driven up oil prices and increase penalties for illegal activity. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes rules to limit commodities speculation by Wall Street speculators that do not affect commercial end users. (CNN, April 17, 2012; Media Matters,?April 18, 2012)

• Favors investments in alternatives to gasoline, including electric vehicles and public transportation. (CAP, Aug. 28, 2012; American Public Transportation Association, Feb. 13, 2012)

Romney

• Would repeal Dodd-Frank and opposes reining in Wall Street speculators, calling Obama?s move ?gimmickry.? (MittRomney.com, April 17, 2012)

• Supports House-passed budget authored by Ryan that would cut Commodity Futures Trading Commission funding by nearly $40 million; cuts would hinder the CFTC?s ability to police the oil and other markets that the commission oversees. (House Budget Committee FY 2013; White House, April 17, 2012)

Green jobs

Obama:

• Historic level of investment in green jobs sector now with 3.1 million Americans employed, according the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (AP, March 22, 2012)

Romney:

• Repeatedly called green jobs ?fake,? such as calling them ?illusory? in an op-ed on his energy plan. (Orange County Register, Oct. 24, 2011)

• ?[Obama] keeps talking about green jobs; where are they?? (OC Register, Oct. 24, 2011; League of Conservation Voters, Sept. 15, 2011) The Economic Policy Institute estimates that there were nearly 1 million clean energy jobs created or saved by the Recovery Act. (BlueGreen Alliance, Feb. 17, 2011)

Public lands protection

Obama:

• Approved 17 major solar energy installation projects on public lands that are generating 6,000 megawatts of power; will expedite permitting process to increase development in Western states. (Department of Energy, July 24, 2012)

• Announced he would ?allow the development of clean energy on enough public land to power 3 million homes.? (White House, Jan. 24, 2012)

• Signed a sweeping public lands bill in 2009 that designated 2 million acres of wilderness and created three national parks. (AP, March 31, 2009)

• Used the 1906 Antiquities Act to create three national monuments ? Fort Monroe, Va.; Fort Ord, Calif.; and Chimney Rock, Colo. These monuments will bring tourists and economic development to these places.(ClimateProgress, Sept. 20, 2012)

Romney:

• Romney?s energy plan would give states the authority to allow drilling in National Park Service units and other public lands within state borders. The New York Times noted that ?states, as a rule, tend to be interested mainly in resource development.? (NYT, Aug. 18, 2012)

• The Romney plan significantly increases the likelihood that drilling could take place in 30 National Park units, including the Flight 93 Memorial and Everglades National Park. (Center for American Progress, Sept. 12, 2012)

• Romney said ?I haven?t studied ? what the purpose is of? public lands. But he finds it unacceptable when conservation is ?designed to satisfy, let?s say, the most extreme environmentalists, from keeping a population from developing their coal, their gold, their other resources for the benefit of the state.? (McClatchy, Feb. 16, 2012)

• Fully embraced the House-passed budget, authored by Ryan, which would sell off 3.3 millions of acres of national parks and public lands. (ThinkProgress,?March 21, 2012)

Climate change

Obama:

• ?My plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet ? because climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They?re a threat to our children?s future.? (Climate Progress, Sept. 6, 2012)

• Finalized the first ever carbon pollution reduction rules for motor vehicles, which will cut carbon pollution from vehicles built between 2012 and 2025. The standards will slash billions of tons of carbon pollution. (White House, Aug. 3, 2012 [PDF])

• Proposed the first carbon pollution reduction for new coal-fired power plants. (NPR, March 27, 2012)

• State Department is leading a group of countries in a program that cuts global warming pollutants like soot, methane, and hydrofluorocarbons. (NYT, Feb. 16, 2012)

Romney:

• Romney made fun of Obama?s commitment to fighting global warming at the Republican National Convention when he said ?President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. MY promise is to help you and your family.? (Climate Progress, Sept. 19, 2012)

• ?There remains a lack of scientific consensus on the issue ? on the extent of the warming, the extent of the human contribution, and the severity of the risk ? and I believe we must support continued debate and investigation within the scientific community.? (NYT, Sept. 5, 2012)

• ?I oppose steps like a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system.? (ScienceDebate.org, Sept. 4, 2012)

• Says the Clean Air Act doesn?t apply to carbon emissions: ?My view is that the EPA in getting into carbon and regulating carbon has gone beyond the original intent of that legislation, and I would not take it there.? Would overturn Supreme Court decision by blocking EPA from setting carbon pollution reduction standards. (Politico, July 18, 2011; MittRomney.com, 2012)

Protect public health from mercury, toxic air pollution

Obama:

• Finalized historic standard that limits harmful mercury and air toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants. Proposed rules to reduce mercury and toxic air pollution from industrial boilers, incinerators, and cement manufacturing. Together, these initiatives will result in $187 billion in annual health benefits and would prevent 21,600 premature deaths, 199,000 cases of asthma, and 12,540 hospitalizations annually. (CAPAF, Sept. 18, 2012)

• Proposed cross-state air pollution rule that would save up to 34,000 lives, and $280 billion in economic benefits, annually; rule was struck down in 2-1 federal appeals court decision, but EPA could appeal. (CAPAF, Sept. 18, 2012)

Romney

• Would promptly issue an executive order that ?directs all agencies to immediately initiate the elimination of Obama-era regulations that unduly burden the economy or job creation.? (MittRomney.com, 2011 [PDF])

• ?Aggressively? develop all our coal sources. ?Coal is America?s most abundant energy source. We have reserves that ? at current rates of uses ? will last for the next 200 years of electricity production in an industry that directly employs perhaps 200,000 workers.? (MittRomney.com, 2011 [PDF])

• Against new EPA regulations of harmful mercury and air pollutants from coal: ?I think the EPA has gotten completely out of control for a very simple reason. It is a tool in the hands of the president to crush the private enterprise system, to crush our ability to have energy, whether it?s oil, gas, coal, nuclear.? (The Hill, Dec. 5, 2011)

• Romney?s campaign spokesperson falsely claimed that the mercury pollution-reduction standard ?costs more than $1,500 for every one dollar reduction in mercury pollution.? The EPA projects ?that for every dollar spent to reduce pollution, Americans get $3 to $9 in health benefits in return.? (Climate Progress, Aug. 21, 2012)

Keystone XL pipeline

Obama:

• Delayed decision to permit construction of Keystone XL pipeline in November 2011 until a new route was identified and evaluated. The original proposed pathway crossed Nebraska?s Sandhills, the recharge zone for the Ogallala Aquifer that supplies water for nearly one-quarter of American agriculture. Nebraska?s Republican Gov. Dave Heineman also opposed this route. Obama noted that the original route could ?affect the health and safety of the American people as well as the environment.? (White House, Nov. 10, 2011; NRDC, July 11, 2011; Nebraska Government, Aug. 11, 2011)

• Congress forced Obama to decide whether to approve or deny the Keystone XL in January 2012 before a new route was selected. He denied it because a new route had not been identified or analyzed. The president said that ?the rushed and arbitrary deadline insisted on by congressional Republicans prevented a full assessment of the pipeline?s impact, especially the health and safety of the American people, as well as our environment.? (White House, Jan. 18, 2012)

• Approved the Cushing, Okla., to Gulf of Mexico leg of Keystone XL in March to address the overstock of oil in Cushing due to lack of transportation capacity; promised to ensure that construction and operation will proceed in an environmentally sensible way. (CAP,?May 5, 2012)

• Obama will decide whether to approve TransCanada?s new proposed northern pipeline route in 2013, after the Nebraska state government and the State Department assess the environmental impacts of the new route. (U.S. Department of State,?May 4, 2012)

Romney:

• ?If I?m president, we?ll build it if I have to build it myself.? (Huffington Post, May 4, 2012)

• Used his first TV ad of the general election to say he would approve Keystone XL on ?day one? if elected. (The Hill, May 18, 2012)

Source: http://grist.org/climate-energy/everything-you-need-to-know-about-where-obama-and-romney-stand-on-energy-policy/

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