On the eve of the 4th anniversary of President Obama signing the historic financial reform law, Better Markets released a national poll of likely 2014 voters to gauge their opinion of Wall Street, big banks and what leaders in Washington, D.C. are doing to protect them from another financial crash: What …
Capitalism’s greatest crash now likely within a few years
Embargoed for 00:01 hours, 26 September 2013 Capitalism’s greatest crash now likely within a few years Energy industry set to follow in footsteps of financial industry Big Energy is guilty of enculturated risk blindness that, unless action is taken, will lead to an inevitable global crash according to Jeremy …
Forget owning a solar panel, buy a stake in one instead
SmartPlanet Daily September 30, 2013 Your must-read morning briefing from SmartPlanet, delivered five days a week. From the Desk of … Over the weekend, SmartPlanet switched to a format in which all weekly feature stories will be published and ready for perusal by Sunday morning. This daily newsletter …
Other News: United Nations Still Popular in Most Countries
United Nations Still Popular in Most Countries By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Sep 18 2013 (IPS) – On the eve of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, a newly released survey of 39 countries shows that the world body remains relatively popular around the globe. …
Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity Bulletin – Vol. 88 No. 4 – Seventh Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity – Final Summary
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Green Economy Coalition: October Update
On the 7th of October, the eve of the 3GF, founders and friends of the GEC met in Copenhagen to decide on ‘what next’? Our members agreed that Green Economy is pushing innovation all over the world and civil society must be an equal co-architect with business and government as …
When Financial Needs Meet Political Realities: Implications for Climate Change in the Post-2013 EU Budget
On the eve of budget proposals Over the last two years, there has been growing recognition that the EU budget after 2013 needs to engage more with those issues which are going to be critical for Europe in the coming decade. These include combating climate change and building a green …