ASBC Launches Companies for Safer Chemicals Coalition & Other Updates

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Trendspotting, Wealth of Networks

Urgent Campaign Actions   Companies for Safer Chemicals Coalition  A group of leading consumer brands, led by asbc and Seventh Generation, announced the creation of a coalition to ensure Congress modernizes the nation’s out-of-date chemical laws, and to counter the narrative that businesses desire a weakreform bill. The story has …

Your Inbox: Occupied. OWS Updates for the Week of May 2

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

GET THIS FROM A FRIEND? SUBSCRIBE SHARE:    The May Day celebrations here in NYC were full of joy!   To give you just a taste of what transpired, many Occupiers helped organize andtook part in a Free University in Cooper Square Park, outside of Cooper Union, the art school besieged by their …

Gas Prices Up Because of LEGAL Speculation; Not Manipulation, Consumer Advocate Says

kristyResource Efficiency

An article from Yahoo! Finance By Stacy Curtin | Daily Ticker – Mon, Apr 25, 2011 1:48 PM EDT The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline stands at $3.86 — more than 30 cents higher than just one month ago, according to AAA’s fuel gauge report. In …