Coast to Coast, Legislation Protecting Communities Gains Momentum Posted: 22 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PDT Every day, communities across the country are taking action to protect themselves against the harms of industrial fracking. These efforts are illustrated by events like the string of successful bans and moratoria that …
Earth Policy Institute: Moving Up the Food Chain
Moving Up the Food Chain Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch3 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, empty plates November 25, 2013 For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers. The share of the human diet that came from hunting versus gathering varied with geographic …
Earth Policy Institute: Moving Up the Food Chain
Moving Up the Food Chain Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch3 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, empty plates November 25, 2013 For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers. The share of the human diet that came from hunting versus gathering varied with …
reader supported news: Matt Taibbi | Chase Isn’t the Only Bank in Trouble
Reader Supported News | 06 November 13 AM It’s Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Matt Taibbi | Chase Isn’t the Only Bank in Trouble Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: “There are multiple scandals blowing up right now, including a whole set of ominous legal cases that …
The Globalist: Carried Away by the Shale Gale
October 22, 2013 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ U.S. shale mirage Carried Away by the Shale Gale Prakash Loungani | Is the so-called shale boom in the United States just hype? U.S. Shale Gas: All It’s Cracked Up to Be? Stephan Richter | The shale boom in the United States …
crowdsourcing.org: Luis von Ahn’s Duolingo Makes Splash with CNN, BuzzFeed Partnerships
Wednesday, October 16 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Duolingo Community Now Translating CNN, BuzzFeed Articles — Crowdsourcing translation and language learning company Duolingo announced this week that it’s partnering up with media outlets CNN and BuzzFeed to translate content into French, Spanish, and Portuguese. We take a look at Duolingo’s …
The Globalist: American Power in Global History: Three Perspectives
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Today’s Top Stories from GFI: Russia’s offshore cash switches seas in search of a new tax haven
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Interactions between Small- and Large-Scale Corruption in China Increasing [Amicable] Cooperation on Offshore Tax Evasion Income Inequality, Wealth, and Illicit Financial Flows in Asia Taxcast Episode 19: July 2013 Looking Forward: Poverty in 2015 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communique Released Clips Tax …
European Energy Review
Friday 19 July 2013 Welcome to our weekly Digest. In this free newsletter you will find an overview of all the articles published by EER in the previous week. To get access to the full content, you need to sign up as Premium Member. You can now try our Premium Membership for free for …
NewNet Daily Newsletter: Deal round-up: America powers ahead with solar deals as rest of world flounders
NewNet Daily Newsletter 28 May 2013 Looking for green investment opportunities? Subscribe to New Energy World Networkand see all the latest prospective financing rounds Deal News Deal round-up: America powers ahead with solar deals as rest of world floundersPREMIUM Tidal Lagoon Power confirms community share offer next month PREMIUM Real Goods Solar …