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Cap and Trade What?

Wendy Gordon | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Aces, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Global Warming Pollution, American Jobs, Global Warming, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Cap and trade is a familiar, effective means to reduce pollution. In the 1990s, the U.S. acid rain cap and trade program achieved 100 percent compliance in reducing sulfur dioxide emissions.

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The Death of GM: A Much Needed Wake-Up Call

Bobbie Wasserman | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

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Bobbie Wasserman

This is not a worker problem, it's a management problem. Autoworkers produce quality products. It was management that decided what those products would be.

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Some advice for Aneesh Chopra, Obama's New CTO

Don Tapscott | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Web 2.0, Politics, Internet, Obama Appointments, Cto, Chief Technology Officer, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama CTO, Techonology Health Care, American Jobs, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Obama Technology, Politics News
Don Tapscott

President Obama has announced the long awaited choice for his Chief Technology Officer -- Aneesh Chopra. Says Tim O'Reilly "Aneesh Chopra is a rock s...

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Manufacturing a Dream and a Recovery

Scott Paul | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus, American Manufacturing, Taxes, U.S. Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Manufacturing, Community Organizer, Jobs, Credit Crisis, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, US Economy, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street Crisis, Job Cuts, Wall Street, Chicago, South Side of Chicago, Community Organizing, American Jobs, Housing Bubble, Politics News
Scott Paul

If the destruction of capitalism and the arc of history were responsible for American manufacturing's steep decline, there would be a legitimate debate about whether it's worth saving.

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