Category Archives: policy

a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government. in representative government, choices are made between various alternative policies after analysis as to which will most achieve a given set of goals, in light of the relations between the policies and the goals. Policy analysis can be divided into two major fields. Analysis of policy, which is analytical and descriptive, attempts to explain policies and their development. Analysis for policy is prescriptive.

137 Contaminated Coal Waste Sites in 34 States

2010-8-27 – 7:29 pm

The coal industry destroy the land, pollute the air and water, impoverish communities, and sicken tens of thousands of people a year.

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Deteriorating Narrative

2010-8-18 – 1:45 pm

BP applying a scientific approach to the disaster: “Fishermen hired by BP are still finding tar balls–and being instructed to hide their discoveries.”

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National Ambient Air Quality Standards

2010-8-13 – 5:59 pm

Hi, we work for Emperor Fossil and our job is to see to it that more children have asthma attacks. Yes, your child. But, it’s for the Greater Bottom Line, er, Good.

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John Minor Wisdom

2010-8-11 – 10:41 pm

Judge Carl J. Barbier said his ownership of debt instruments issued by Halliburton and Transocean does not give him a financial interest in these companies.

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Mr. Macondo from the BP Do Right Transition Team

2010-8-1 – 11:13 pm

What’s Good for BP is Good for BP

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A Model of Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-7-27 – 12:00 pm

Will somebody please turn off those alarms, we’re trying to sleep the sleep of the Just here.

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Not sure it FITs with state goals

2010-7-22 – 9:57 am

To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over, and we don’t own the sun or wind.

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Zombie Doctrine

2010-7-16 – 8:01 pm

$30 billion in aid to the unemployed is unaffordable, but 20 times that much in tax cuts for the rich doesn’t count.

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Honey, Does Fort Chipewyan Have a Chinese Restaurant?

2010-7-12 – 5:48 pm

In Fort Chipewyan, one hundred of the town’s 1,200 residents have died from rare cancers and auto-immune diseases since 2000.

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Teshekpuk Safe For Now

2010-7-11 – 10:43 am

Just another The Arctic is Melting post, nothing to protect here citizen, just keep on singing those Niger Delta blues so fine

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