Robert Reich’s take on the financial failure… Just when you thought Wall Street couldn’t sink any lower – when its myriad abuses of public trust have already spread a miasma of cynicism over the entire economic system, giving birth to Tea Partiers and Occupiers and all manner of conspiracy theories; when its excesses have already [...]
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Posted in abuse, analysis, banking, chaos, commerce, disasters, investigation, poverty, repository, standards, world
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Also tagged disasters
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“Theoretically deserts of the Southwest could power the entire nation.” But, Stacy, that would require sharing!
“And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good — Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?”
Nuclear power plants are low-carbon sources of electricity. Bill Gates is investing in a technology that potentially could reduce other negative consequences of choosing nuclear power.
More Madcap Moments, or How to Add Pranks to Our National Climate Policy
If it’s solar, make it bolder. If it’s black, it needs a tax.
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Posted in advocacy, climate, control, design, environment, finance, framework, intervention, world
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Also tagged climate, coal, control, emissions, petroleum, science
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The countries that met behind closed doors and produced a “modest agreement” are the major polluters, responsible for 80% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
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Posted in climate, danger, denial, energy, environment, finance, forecast, framework, intervention, monitor, survival, world
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Also tagged Brazil, China, climate, coal, conferences, danger, denial, India, intervention, monitor, petroleum, science
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Weatherization is a pretty safe topic. Photo voltaic systems are a hot topic because of a concerted attack from powerful special interests.
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Posted in advertising, analysis, climate, development, economics, energy, environment, finance, forecast, framework, investigation, monitor, persuasion, policy, politics, thermodynamics, world
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Also tagged development, electric power, heating, intervention, monitor, solar power
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AND, they’ve got lots and lots of solar panels to sell.
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Posted in conversation, denial, environment, finance, forecast, intervention, monitor, standards
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Also tagged China, emissions, intervention, monitor
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An English word of Yiddish origin meaning nothing of value, significance, or substance.
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Posted in anger, climate, control, denial, environment, framework, negotiation, thermodynamics, trust, world
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Also tagged conferences, denial, emissions, thermodynamics, world
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