Green New Deal

We Need a Green New Deal

Marcy Winograd | Posted 12.19.2009 | Los Angeles


Marcy Winograd

We need a Green New Deal that would fund jobs to develop renewables in solar and wind, and build light rail in all the major metropolitan areas, particularly sprawling Los Angeles.

Obama Must Tame Finance at G-20 Summit: Here's How

Ann Pettifor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Ann Pettifor

We are in the middle of a monumental political conflict with very high stakes. On one side: politicians and regulators battling for the interests of middle-class Americans. On the other: the banks.

Suffering in El Centro: Cigars in Sacramento

Ann Pettifor | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business


Ann Pettifor

California's economy is in free fall. This appears to be of little concern to Governor Schwarzenegger, who instead prefers to focus his energy, attention and political capital on the ballooning state budget.

We Need a Green New Deal

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green


Norman Solomon

Seventy-five years after the start of the New Deal, and nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, the need for basic change on behalf of social justice and ecology is clear.

America: The Bank-Owned State

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business


Ann Pettifor

The US administration has itself been hijacked, and America is now, effectively, a Bank-Owned State. Democracy has been usurped by what Abraham Lincoln called 'the Money Power'.

Public Pressure Made A Difference At The G20 - Here's Why

Paul Hilder | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


Paul Hilder

It's far from time to go home and chill in satisfaction. But unprecedented processes have been put in motion to fix global finance.

UN's Green New Deal: Rich Should Work On Energy, Poor On Water

AFP | 16 Hours Ago | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green


The United Nations called Monday on rich nations to forge a "Global Green New Deal" that puts the environment, climate change and poverty reduction at...

"Green New Deal" For South Korea: $38.1 Billion

AP | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green


SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Tuesday it will invest 50 trillion won ($38.1 billion) over the next four years on environmental projects ...

Ban Ki-moon: We Need A Green New Deal

The Independent | Posted 01.15.2009 | World


Together, we face two crises: climate change and the global economy. But these crises present us with a great opportunity - an opportunity to address ...

Yes We Did! But There Is a Lot More to Do

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

Obama has not hit a home run; he has merely earned the right to step into the batter's box.

A Green New Deal Would Require A Broad Coalition

The Nation | Van Jones | Posted 12.04.2008 | Green


In the New Deal period, it was a broad electoral coalition that moved the government onto the side of ordinary people, not FDR alone. Farmers, workers...

White House Whistle-Blower Reveals Bush Admin's Environmental Foibles

New York Times | Felicity Barringer | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green


Jason K. Burnett, Washington's environmental whistle-blower du jour, is an example of a once rare, now almost common, phenomenon: a political appointe...

Remember Global Warming? That's Okay, Most People Apparently Don't, Either

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

What has the public reaction to the Bush administration's decision to pass the buck on global warming for a year (a year we may not be able to spare) been? Vast silence.