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America Has an Industrial Policy – It’s Run by the Pentagon
recession, growth, employment, military budget, militarization, clean energy, emissions, defense policy, industrial policy, Robert Pollin
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Court Says Regulators Must Evaluate Dangers of Nuclear Waste
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission acted improperly when it failed to consider all the risks of storing spent radioactive fuel onsite at the nation's nuclear power facilities, so ruled a …
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Facebook’s Long-Term Problem
Facebook went public a week ago, to great embarrassment. NASDAQ creaked under the strain and, more important, the price dropped from an offer price of $38 to as low …
In Illinois, There Is No Budget Crisis: There Is a Regressive Taxation Crisis
Sad to say, nothing they're doing or talking about in the General Assembly will have a significant impact on the state's chronic budget crisis. Not draconian Medicaid cuts, not …
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With Energy Efficiency, We All Win
Just as hybrid cars are using advanced engineering to cut gasoline bills, technology can cut the cost of heating, cooling and lighting America's buildings. A hybrid car's better mileage …
Greening the Knowledge Economy: A Critique of Neoliberalism
The postmodern critique of neoliberalism is not merely a negative account of neoclassical assumptions or simply an updating of economics according to the debates of the 1980s and after. …
Speaking Truth to Chevron: An Interview With Nigerian Eco-Feminist Emem Okon
Antonia Juhasz: I interviewed Okon shortly after the protests to learn how the women of the U.S. can emulate the women of Nigeria in standing up to one of …
Not Wasting the Waste: Creating Environmental Sustainability
Zero waste re-examines consumption with an ethical, economic, and environmental eye.
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Over Six Million Young Adults Insured Thanks to Obama’s Health Care
A recent poll also showed that about 71 percent of Americans view the provision favorably.
TransCanada’s Latest Extreme Energy Export Pipelines in the US and Canada
TransCanada was once in the limelight and targeted for its Keystone XL pipeline project. Now, with few eyes watching, it is pushing along two key pipeline projects that would …