By Adam Williams •
February 25, 2009
Yesterday I posted here about plastic bag fees and bans being frozen in — or before reaching — legislatures. Supposedly that’s due to economics, though reality seems to be more connected to politics. That, coupled with a post here by Low Impact Living about the green benefits of the stimulus plan signed by President Obama recently, got me thinking about a potential solution to our financial woes.
Maybe we don’t need to argue along partisan lines about small versus big government, or about a trillion-dollar stimulus plan versus whatever it is the Republicans think President Obama should be doing. Maybe instead of tax credits and billionaire bailouts, we need to impose a fresh idea of corporate social responsbility: cost-of-living increases + merit salary increases.
By Timothy B. Hurst •
February 24, 2009
The Republican National Committee released the full Republican address entitled “Americans Can Do Anything,” given by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal after President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress:
By Timothy B. Hurst •
February 24, 2009
Jon Stewart pokes a little fun at a coalition of Republican governors who deplore the money they are getting from the economic stimulus, so much so, that they are taking just about every penny of it.
By Amanda Peterka •
February 22, 2009
The economic stimulus plan provides incentive for homeowners to install solar panel systems, but solar companies are taking big hits in the stock market.
By Timothy B. Hurst •
February 21, 2009
There are a couple ways to try and get the sought-after Colbert Bump, one of which is naming an animal or mascott after the Comedy Central kingmaker.
By Mridul Chadha •
February 15, 2009
Saudi oil minister feels that renewable energy systems are not yet ready to replace the fossil fuels and that our “overly optimistic expectations” from renewable energy sources could lead to a “nightmare scenario” in the energy sector.
By Timothy B. Hurst •
February 7, 2009
Fox News Glenn Beck likens the youth climate movement of today to the Hitler Youth. And who else is responsible for this brainwashing and indoctrination. Al Gore, of course.
By Timothy B. Hurst •
February 2, 2009
Czech President Václav Klaus used his bully pulpit while speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, to peddle his anti-global warming rhetoric and apparently hawk some books while he was at it.
By Timothy B. Hurst •
January 29, 2009
Mason’s take sounded a lot like the line of argument I heard from Sarah Palin about five months ago.
By Timothy B. Hurst •
January 28, 2009
Dennis Miller on the O’Reilly Factor pulls out the rather tired ‘Al Gore’s thermostat is the problem’ argument and dismisses Gore by wondering if the former Vice President has ever thought he is wrong about global warming.
By Richard Elen •
January 25, 2009
Some UK charities and vision experts are calling into question the European Union decision to phase out traditional incandescent light bulbs in favour of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs).
