NewsRack: flenvcenter/Economics-and-Jobs_Independent

Bob Burnett: No Depression in Heaven - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Bob Burnett — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Recent news about the contraction of the economy confirmed what many of us have suspected: the recession has morphed into a depression. Given that so...

Top Climate Skeptic Reverses Course, Now Urges Bold Action - Environmental News Network

RP Siegel — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Bjørn Lomborg may not be a household name around here, but that's through no fault of his. In November 2001, this Danish environmental author and economics professor was selected "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum. Controversy may as well have been his middle name, especially after his book The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World came out in 2001. However, Lomborg has a new book entitled Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits in which he proposes an aggressive $100 billion annual fund specifically targeting global warming solutions...

Interview with Greens MP elect Adam Bandt: 'I'll give a voice to the movements' - Green Left Weekly issue #780

peter_b — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Fri, 03/09/2010 Adam Bandt, the MP elect for the seat of Melbourne (long considered a “safe Labor seat”), and the Greens' first House of Representatives member to be elected in a general election has been very busy since August 21. He says he left the triumphant Greens' election night party at 11pm thinking that he would have to do some media the next day so should get a good night's sleep. He woke up the next morning and after a couple of hours having coffee and reading the paper, the situation sunk in. read ...

One More Reason to Boycott Nike: Exploiting Mountaintop Removal and Dead Coal Miners - AlterNet

Joshua Frank, AlterNet — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Leave it to Nike to make an ad for football gear so incredibly offensive.

Dave Johnson: Romer Says More Stimulus Needed; Right Says Stimulus Killed Recovery - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Dave Johnson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Under conservative policies everything was spiraling downwards. The stimulus clearly worked and stopped the death sprial, but was not enough.

David Cote Is Second Deficit Commission Member To Come Under Fire - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Ryan Grim — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A second member of the deficit commission is coming under fire from an ally of President Obama, as the Steelworker Organization of Active Retirees is...

Ken Blackwell: What Is President Obama Thinking? - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Ken Blackwell — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Why has the Obama administration dug in its heels on the Joint Strike Fighter? Is it an example of successful lobbying? Could a single defense contractor really have that much influence over the Obama administration?

Marketing to Consumers: Don't Think Green - GreenBiz.com

Andrea Learned — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In most cases, brands and organizations should have long since crossed the line from needing to point out their green-ness to working to integrate it throughout their operations.

Diane Dulken: Joyride: Bicycling Our Way to Safe and Splendid Communities - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Diane Dulken — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-dulken/joyride-bicycling-our-way_b_696058.html Let's make our communities healthy places with freedom to move in a landscape that is not polluted and congested but alive with activity and beauty.

The Economy Is the Number on Your Paycheck, Not the Stockmarket's Ups and Downs - AlterNet.org: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The stock market has as much to do with the real economy as the weather has to do with geology.

Robert Reich: The Stock Market Rally Versus the World's Economic Fundamentals - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Robert Reich — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Pay no attention to the stock market. The real economy is jobs and paychecks, what people buy and what they sell. And the real economy -- even viewed from a worldwide perspective -- is as precarious as ever, perhaps more so.

Public Transit Projects Create More Jobs than Highways - Commondreams.org Newswire

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2010 US PIRG New data released today by the Transportation Equity Network reveals that investment in public transit can create hundreds of thousands more jobs than highway projects. More Transit Equals More Jobs examines official project lists from 20 federally authorized Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and concludes that “if [they] shifted 50 percent of their highway funds to transit, they would generate an additional 184,801 jobs over a five-year period without spending any more money.” read ...

Robert Reich | The Stock Market Rally Versus the World's Economic Fundamentals - Truthout - All Articles

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What passes for business reporting in the United States is too often a series of breathless reports about the stock market. When the Dow rises precipitously, as it did today (Wednesday), the business press predicts an end to the Great Recession. When the stock market plummets, as it did last week, the Great Recession is said to be worsening.

Letter From Flint, Michigan - Truthout - All Articles

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

It began on December 30, 1936, at Fisher Body No. 1 in Flint, Michigan: workers occupied General Motors factories, launching one of the key struggles in U.S. labor history. A Women's Emergency Brigade brought them food; when the police tried to drive out the strikers with tear gas, the women broke the windows to give them fresh air. After 44 bitter winter days, the sit-down strike forced GM to recognize their union, the United Auto Workers. It was no accident that Flint was the scene of this historic battle. read ...

Can You Say, Fascism? The Political Consequences of Stagnation - Commondreams.org Views

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Walden Bello

My apologies to T. S. Eliot, but September, not April, is the cruelest month. Before 9/11/2001, there was 9/11/1973, when Gen. Pinochet toppled the Allende government in Chile and ushered in a 17-year reign of terror. More recently, on 9/15/2008, Lehman Brothers went bust and torpedoed the global economy, turning what had been a Wall Street crisis into a near-death experience for the global financial system.

Nescafé Targets Coffee Sustainability with $350M Investment - Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

GreenBiz Staff — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Nestlé is investing nearly $350 million over the next decade to expand its reach into sustainable coffee farming, make its factories more efficient and reduce its packaging. Beyond the Cup: The Nescafe Plan is the company's global project that adds onto the nearly $200 million already spent on coffee project in previous years.

Amy B. Dean: Labor Day's Legacy: A More Inclusive America - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Amy B. Dean — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

At some point in their lives, almost all parents think about making a will to ensure that their assets are passed on to the next...

UL Acquires TerraChoice in Green Standard Consolidation - Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

Matthew Wheeland — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

ULC Standards, part of the Underwriters Laboratories family of companies, has acquired the managers of Canada's EcoLogo program in a move that will expand both group's reach in the universe of green certifications.

Hector E. Sanchez: The Latino Community's Stake in a Clean Energy Economy - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Hector E. Sanchez — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The risks of climate change due to excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are significant for everyone, and are an even greater concern for working Latino families.

Overworked and Underpaid? Productivity Increases, But Wage Growth Declines - Common Dreams: Headlines

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Akito Yoshikane

As Labor Day approaches, many Americans are breathing a sigh of relief for the extra day off. On a day that celebrates unions and the eight-hour work day, many workers are feeling like their hard work isn’t exactly paying off the way it used to.

Guatemalan indigenous need rights protected, UN official says - ICT - Latin Indigenous

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Due to human rights violations affecting the indigenous peoples of the country, Guatemala risks becoming “ungovernable” according to the U.N. official in charge of indigenous rights after a visit in June.

Creating 625,000 jobs and saving $64 billion through energy efficiency - Grist Magazine

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Joseph Romm. Energy efficiency is THE core climate solution . It’s the biggest low-carbon resource by far. “ Efficiency Works ” [PDF], a major new report by Bracken Hendricks ,        Bill Campbell,        and Pen Goodale, finds that a straightforward set of policies aimed at upgrading just 40 percent of the residential and commercial building stock in the United States would: What follows is a cross-post of the report summary : The United States is mired in an urgent jobs crisis. Despite some early signs of a sustained economic recovery, in many parts of the country, the debilitating fallout from the Great Recession on employment remains a painful fact of daily life. Few ...

In Search of Real Security, Part Two: Societies, Like All Living Things, Need Air and Light to Live - Truthout - All Articles

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

“Your Majesty, please…I don’t like to complain,
But down here below, we are feeling great pain.”
- Dr. Seuss, Yertle the Turtle

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Is the UK's First Green Cell Phone Rating System Bending the Rules? - TreeHugger

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Is the UK's First Green Cell Phone Rating System Bending the Rules?

Meet Obama's Deficit Commission Appointee David Cote - the Most Dangerous Man in America - Truthout.com

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A lot of attention recently has been focused on one of President Obama's top advisors on Social Security - Former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) after he described Social Security as being "a milk cow with 310 million tits" . Perhaps attention should be focused instead on a much more sinister one of President Obama's personal appointments to serve on his deficit commission. read ...