Posts Tagged ‘obama’
President Obama Meets with Power Shift Youth Clean Energy Leaders
Immediate Release: April 15, 2011 Contact: Trevor FitzGibbon 202-406-0646 Brianna Cayo Cotter 415-305-1943 President Obama Meets with Power Shift Youth Clean Energy Leaders Leaders Urge President to Protect Clean Air Act, the EPA, and Rethink "clean" Energy Policy More than 5000 to Rally Outside of White [...]
Who is Influencing Obama’s Budget Proposal? Follow the Funders.
An article from New Deal 2.0 Monday, 02/14/2011 - 1:40 pm by Robert Johnson How the brave new world of money in politics is compromising America’s future. President Obama is a smart man. When Gallup surveys suggest that unemployment is around 10 percent — and that unemployment plus underemployment is 19 percent of the workforce — [...]
[WRI's EarthTrends Delivered] Climate and Energy Charts and Figures
As the U.S. Congress has struggled to pass comprehensive climate change legislation, observers in the United States and abroad have asked what greenhouse gas emissions reductions are possible under existing federal laws and through state action. Can the U.S. meet the Obama Administration’s Copenhagen commitment to reduce greenhouse gas [...]
Banking Under the Dodd-Frank Act from The Baseline Scenario
Banking Under the Dodd-Frank Act Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:33 AM PDT By Simon Johnson President Obama’s signing of the financial reform bill yesterday does not end our intense debates over banking – rather it just moves them to a new sphere. Instead of arguing about legislation, the next arena is the action (and perhaps inaction) of [...]
The Upshot of Obama’s Offshore Drilling Bombshell
By Sam Hopkins | Thursday, April 1st, 2010 When I heard Obama's offshore oil drilling announcement Wednesday, I furrowed my brow a bit. Then, right away, I checked the Oil Services HOLDRS ETF (NYSE: OIH). That index of companies, all of which bring crude oil up out of the earth, should benefit nicely from new fields in a stable geopolitical [...]
More Advice for Summiteers on Reforming the Global Casino
By Hazel Henderson © 2009 Prepared for the Emergency Congress – "From Crisis to a Just and Sustainable World Economy" London, February 23-25, 2009 The following is a presentation to the emergency congress in London co-sponsored by Tomorrow's Company, the South African Human Rights Commission and Rights and Humanity, Feb. 23rd-25th, 2009, [...]
