Just look at the sheer number of conservative think-tanks that contradict their findings.
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More than just profits: Ben and Jerry’s Becomes Latest B-Corps
One of the fundamental problems with the current corporate structure is that for-profit corporations are legally required to maximize profits. With profit as the primary objective, anything that takes away from it (like higher wages or stronger environmental practices) leaves the corporation vulnerable to being sued by its shareholders. Henry Ford was famously sued in […]
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The Climate Silence Continues
During a long discussion of energy in last night’s presidential debates, never once did either Mitt Romney or President Obama say anything about climate change. Instead, the energy discussion seemed to revolve around who would drill more for oil and gas and who could promote coal the most. In commentary after the debates, MSNBC host […]
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Want to Create 2 Million Jobs? Invest in Water Infrastructure
As we celebrate the anniversary of the Clean Water Act, we should also focus on how to increase the number of waterways that are clean enough for fishing or swimming. As we wrote earlier this week, the CWA doesn’t cover nonpoint sources of pollution, which is caused by rain or snowmelt runoff that carries wastes […]
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Alternative Metrics Show We Need More than Growth for Progress
The 4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Power begins tomorrow in New Delhi, India and will bring together roughly 1,000 participants to talk about alternative metrics beyond GDP. The theme of this year’s conference is, “Measuring Well-Being for Development and Policy Making.” The conference will build on the Better Life Initiative, which looks […]
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40 Years Later, Clean Water Act Still Working
But court-ordered “cost-benefit analyses” have given polluters a lever to turn it back.
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Missing from the Election: Climate Change
Well, Romney did mention ‘healing the earth’ once
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More than Meets the Eye: New Report Shows Value of Green Jobs
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows how investments in the green economy produce results far beyond sustainability gains. EPI took the BLS green jobs data and matched it with current employment trends. By doing so, they found: Green industries grow faster than the overall economy States with higher shares of employment […]
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Really Want Jobs? Invest in Clean Energy
Energy policy came up pretty quickly in last night’s debate. Mitt Romney actually listed energy independence as his first plan for economic growth and job creation in his opening. While energy independence and investments in energy production are good economic engines, how much economic growth will occur depends on what we are talking about when […]
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No Middle Ground on Fracking
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his administration are trying to walk a fine line on the future of fracking in the state. A few months ago, word leaked from the Cuomo administration that fracking might be allowed on a limited basis in towns that approved the practice. Then, a few weeks ago, the Department […]