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We Ain't Broke, So Let's Fix It

Michael Brune | Posted 04.16.2012 | Green
Read More: Clean Energy, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil Subsidies, Economy Green Energy, Green Jobs, Story of Stuff, Energy Economy, Big Oil Subsidies, Politics Campaign Finance, Story of Broke, Politics Energy, Green News
Michael Brune

The United States is still the wealthiest nation in the world -- we're far from broke. What's broken, though, is the way we allocate our considerable national resources. That's the message of The Story of Broke.

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Energy Politics Supercycle Falters

Peter Gardett | Posted 02.14.2012 | Business
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Peter Gardett

Without gathering around principles that can guide future decisions based on market realities as well as the inevitable role played by political perception, energy companies will have no one to blame but themselves.

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A Time for Moral Reckoning

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Jim Wallis

Theologically, we are witnessing a massive despoiling of God's creation. We were meant to be stewards of the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, we are watching the destruction of all that. Why?

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Congress to Finally See the National Broadband Plan

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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Ramon Nuez

Today the FCC sent the National Broadband Plan to Congress. They have also made the plan publicly available -- it's a big read. Details inside.

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A Step Toward Recovery from Our Oil Addiction

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Jim Wallis

Moving toward a "clean energy economy" will require more than just a re-wiring of the energy grid; it will also take a re-wiring of ourselves -- a conversion, really, of our habits of the heart.

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