Late in the Bush administration, the president lifted an executive order banning offshore drilling. A few months later, facing skyrocketing gas prices, Congress allowed a congressional moratorium, dating back to 1982, to lapse. Offshore drilling has been blatantly polarizing national politics ever since. In mid-February, the Obama administration road blocked the new offshore drilling plans […]
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President Obama estimates a deficit of $1.75 trillion, equal to 12.3 percent of U.S. gross domestic product. He also delivered a $3.6 Trillion Budget Blueprint.
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Why not prohibit [mortgagebankers] from writing off abandoned houses as complete losses? This would certainly cut down on foreclosures and the need for tax payer, as required by Obama’s Plan, to pay bankers to restructure loans.
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Good news for homeowners? Those with loans guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac could be eligible to refinance — even if they owe more than their home is worth.
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Switzerland has historically been a tax haven for Americans (and citizens of other nationalities) however this is about to come to an end as UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland, has agreed “to divulge the names of well-heeled Americans whom the authorities suspect of using offshore accounts at the bank to evade taxes. The bank admitted conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and agreed to pay $780 million to settle a sweeping federal investigation into its activities.” (New York Times)
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Congress is on track to vote on the stimulus bill today.
The stimulus plan is now estimated at $787 billion by the Congressional Budget Office
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President Obama has come under the radar. Publications like the Huffington Post and the Financial Times are questioning whether he has failed already. Why? Because Tim Geithner has proposed a bailout plan for zombie banks that capitalists believe should be allowed to fail.
Does The Bank Bailout Spell Socialism? Why Won’t Geithner Let “Zombie Banks” Fail? Read More 👉
The World Trade Organization will meet in Brussels Monday (Feb. 9, 2009) to head-off the rising wave of protectionism.
Trade Wars: Can They Disrupt World Renewable Energy Cooperation? Read More 👉
Think Globally – Act Locally. Green Municipal Bonds offer the opportunity to rescue the economy and the environment. Local governments are needlessly watching their economies disintegrate, waiting and begging for handouts from Washington D.C., while all along the power to save their economies and help the environment lies in their hands – Green Municipal Bonds.
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In an effort to make Environmental Law more accessible, Harabara, a green business consultancy and LexSite, an online legal resources website will jointly launch a new Environmental Law Database for India.
According to a recent UNESCO study, fresh water supply is expected to drop by one-third within 20 years. UNESCO points out that up to 7 billion people could face water shortages by 2020 as global warming will affect water supply in more than 50 countries.
Water as a priority in national strategic discourse is not new but its prominence in recent years illustrates the emergence of a new battlefront. A broader acceptance of climate change associated with global warming has led to the reassessment of fresh water’s priority.
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KPMG’s International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting came out over a month ago, but at 118 pages, it has taken me a while to go through it. If you’d like to check it out, download the report from the KPMG site. But if you’d like a quick summary, here are some highlights that stood out
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If we dared to complain about the stratospheric price of houses, we were told, “Hey, it’s just the natural law of supply and demand!”
Madoff Greatest Ponzi Scheme? Real Estate Magnitudes Greater. Read More 👉
On November 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has established safe levels of melamine and an analogue, cyanuric acid, in infant formulas and associated products.
5 million $10,000 deposits on EVs and PHEVs could focus automakers on building the solution
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The White House and Congress are near a bailout for the “Big Three” auto manufacturers with a $15 billion loans. This is supposed to be a bridge loan to tide them over until the market improves. Will the market improve enough to pay back the loan or is this a bridge to nowhere? Daimler-Benz wrote
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Watch this video in which Heather Zichal, a member of the Obama-Biden Transition’s Energy and Environment Policy Team, responds to questions submitted to http://www.change.gov on topics ranging from increasing the number of hybrid cars on the road to making the White House green.
What Are The Chances That President-elect Barack Obama Will Make The White House Green? Read More 👉
Barack Obama wants to aggressively follow a new and sustainable energy and environment policy. Green jobs, renewable energy, clean water and air are just a few of what he wants to create as part of our clean energy future.
Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how President-elect Obama’s Transition Team is approaching climate issues.
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In the final presidential debate, the issue of the economy was all-pervasive. It was up to each candidate to use the final debate to lay out his vision for the country and promote his economic policies while drawing differences with his opponent.
McCain addressed his comments to Joe Wurzelbacher, a plumber who confronted Obama about his tax policies at a recent Obama rally in Toledo, Ohio. For a considerable amount of time, McCain and Obama debated over who would do a better job for “Joe the Plumber.”
Obama vs. McCain: Who Will Better Support Joe The Plumber? Read More 👉
It’s official, according to the New York Times, the bailout proposition has been rejected by the House of Representatives. The Dow Jones just plunged more than 400 points and America is standing up for itself as the bastion of free market economics!
According to the New York Times, “supporters of the bailout proposal had argued that it was necessary to avoid a collapse of the economic system, a calamity that would drag down not just Wall Street investment houses but possibly the savings and portfolios of millions of Americans. Opponents said the bill was cobbled together in too much haste and might amount to throwing good money from taxpayers after bad investments from Wall Street gamblers.”
Bailout Rejected: Will Free Market Economics Sustain Us After All? Read More 👉
Editor’s note: We’re pleased to launch the fifteenth blog in the Green Options Media blog network today: The Inspired Economist. A counterpart to Ecopreneurist and other blogs in our Business & Technology channel, The Inspired Economist will cover the broad world of green and conscious business. Please welcome lead writer and founder John-Paul Maxfield to
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The results of last week’s election will increase the chances of new energy legislation in 2007, predicts the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a Washington D.C.-based energy think tank. "The new House leadership will advance energy policies that did not get airtime in the last Congress, and some of these have shown support
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The Millennium Development Goals represent a global partnership that has grown from the commitments and targets established at the world summits of the 1990s. Responding to the world’s main development challenges and to the calls of civil society, the MDGs promote poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality, and aim at combating child mortality, AIDS
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Social compliance audits are a key tool in assessing factory workplace conditions. Buyers also use audits to assess security and environmental conditions in factories. Nevertheless, there is no comprehensive process for managing or sharing social compliance audit information. Many laudable efforts to create a widespread process have resulted in multiple, duplicative systems. To help address
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