Saturday, June 2, 2012
Second Romney-Backed Solar Company Files For Bankruptcy
Second Romney-Backed Solar Company Files For Bankruptcy: On Thursday, Mitt Romney campaigned at the headquarters of Solyndra — the first renewable energy company to receive a federal loan under the stimulus — and reiterated his debunked claims that its bankruptcy symbolized the corruption and cronyism of the Obama administration. But just one day later, a solar panel developer “that landed a state [...]/ Read More Here
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Honest John - Deregulation Is for Suckers
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Economics,
Honest John,
Right Wing Agenda
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Papantonio: Voter Rights Conspirators Have Gone to Prison
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Right Wing Agenda,
Voting
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Extreme Weather Roundup: Earliest Second Named Tropical Storm, Record-Smashing Heat Wave, Widespread Drought
Extreme Weather Roundup: Earliest Second Named Tropical Storm, Record-Smashing Heat Wave, Widespread Drought: The U.S. is being pummeled by a climate system on steroids. For the year to date, new heat records continue to beat cold records by a staggering 14.7 to 1, which trumps the pace of the last decade by a factor of 7! And the U.S. southeast is being whipsawed from brutal drought to deluge (via [...]/ Read More Here
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Memorial Day, 2030
Memorial Day, 2030: The worst direct impacts to humans from our unsustainable use of energy — over the next few decades — will, I think, be Dust-Bowlification and extreme weather and food insecurity: Hell and High Water. But all of the impacts occurring simultaneously will have an even more devastating synergy (see “An Illustrated Guide to the Science [...]/ Read More Here
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
'The Swerve': When an Ancient Text Reaches Out and Touches Us
Watch 'The Swerve': When an Ancient Text Reaches Out & Touches Us on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
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Is Private Equity Inherently Bad?
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Economics
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IEA: Global CO2 Emissions Hit New Record In 2011, Keeping World On Track For ‘Devastating’ 11°F Warming
IEA: Global CO2 Emissions Hit New Record In 2011, Keeping World On Track For ‘Devastating’ 11°F Warming: First the bad news from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Thanks to a huge jump in Chinese emissions, “global carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached a record high of 31.6 gigatonnes (Gt) in 2011.” The worse news is that, “The new data provide further evidence that the door to a 2°C trajectory is about to close,” according to IEA [...]/ Read More Here
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