Economist Dean Baker (co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and one of the good guys in that dismal profession) takes up one of m...
solveclimate.com | Posted 03.25.2009 | Green
Usually, you will find Professor Daniel J.H. Greenwood teaching in a classroom at the Hofstra University School of Law. He's spent a good part of his ...
TPMDC | Elana Schor | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green
We've been talking about this for a while now, but mass transit is getting woefully little attention in the economic recovery proposals released so fa...
Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green
According to this summary on the House Appropriations Committee Web site, the package includes: *$11 billion for investment in smart-grid technologie...
Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green
How's this for a stimulus plan? A trio of senators introduced legislation today allowing owners of gas-guzzlers to trade their vehicles in for thousa...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago
Impeachment notwithstanding, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a bill this week that will send another $18 million down the "clean coal" rabbit hole in Illinois. The delusional symbolism couldn't be more obvious.
New York Times | CORNELIA DEAN | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
Mr. Blumenauer, a passionate advocate of cycling as a remedy for everything from climate change to obesity, represents most of Portland in Congress, w...
Reuters | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson said on Thursday it would be difficult to meet President-elect Barack Obama's goal to significantly boost U.S. alternati...
Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
On Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama called for doubling production of alternative energy in the United States over the next three years as part ...
Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green
Shovel-ready is what everyone seems to want Obama's green stimulus plan projects to be. As in projects that are ready to go right now, today, 2009. As...
Bob Ostertag | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green
What I want from my new administration this year: a program to address climate change that is stunning in its breadth and scope. The weird thing is: I might get it.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
Even if we take into account the rest of our red ink, and we actually hit the dreaded "trillion-dollar deficit" in 2009, how extreme would this be?
Jesse Jenkins | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green
With green jobs now positioned as "the solution" to both the economy and the climate, Obama has cover to take the politically expedient route of short-term green stimulus while ignoring serious climate policy.
Grist | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green
Grist: While we're hearing people talk about green stimulus and green economy and all of that, you still hear people argue that we can't afford it, th...
ABC News | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green
To secure its future, Toledo, once known as the Glass City, embraced its past; Toledo is where glass was first mass-produced for bottles, buildings, a...
AFP | Sun Dec 14, 6:19 Pm ET | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green
Australia will bring forward millions of dollars in funding for solar and other renewable energy sources, in part to help boost the economy, Prime Min...
New York Times | John M. Broder | Posted 01.04.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama and leaders in Congress are fashioning a plan to pour billions of dollars into a jobs program to jolt the e...
GreenBiz | Leanne Tobias, December 2, 2008 | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green
You'd already guessed it ... but now it's official: The U.S. has been in recession since December 2007. The official announcement was made Monday, fol...
Bloomberg | Posted 01.02.2009 | Green
President-elect Barack Obama is considering a stimulus package that will include a heavy dose of spending on environmentally friendly projects aimed a...
Nathan Gardels | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
I spoke with Laura D'Andrea Tyson, a top economic adviser on Obama's transition team who headed Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, about the need for a "green stimulus."
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
On This Week, McCain again mentioned "offshore drilling" as part of a plan to reduce dependence on foreign oil. And he got away with it.
Grist | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green