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France's right wing government is pumping green stimulus funds into its economy

14 hours ago ago from Open Left

Even rightist governments want a Keynsian stimulus for their economies. (Kinda makes all the IMF crap seem extra cruel to poorer countries now doesn't it) Makes yopu wonder how loing it will be before America can have a few real job creating bucks now that the first stimulus has saved a half million of the seven million jobs we need. Sarkozy unveils 35 billion public spending spree - LINK French President Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled ...

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Nurturing Employment Recovery

12 hours ago ago from Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places

President Obama's quick exit from Oslo and late arrival in Copenhagen suggest he's finally ready to shift focus from Nordic adulation and fighting climate change and diplomacy to fixing the American economy. About time. As former Clinton adviser Bill Galston observed recently , the president needs "to pivot and make 2010 the year of jobs." White House operatives, as well as the Democrats in Congress, know high unemployment could bring ...

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Survival Cant Wait

43 minutes ago ago from Forest Justice

By Laura Comer Copenhagen Forest Justice Reporter We've been talking to a lot of international youth this week. I know that this movement is important to me. As a young person, clean energy is a matter of my health and the strength of the American economy, but that is nothing from what youth from the Global South have to deal with. This is about survival for them. They are depending on us, on Obama, to provide them with the emission ...

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World Bank Launches ‘Green’ Index of Businesses in Emerging Markets

12 hours ago ago from Nigeria Climate Reports

Compiled by Etim Imisim Copenhagen : December 10, 2009 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, today launched the first ever eco-friendly stock market index that allows investors to track the carbon efficiency of companies doing business in emerging economies. According to UN wire service, IFC established the Investable Emerging Markets Index which it is expecting to mobilize more ...

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Ideology is Holding America Back from a Green Revolution

7 hours ago ago from Not So Humble dot net || Proud Member of the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

Oh, I have to let this article speak for itself. The title is strong on its own, but it's true it is ideology that's holding back a green revolution in this country there are more technologies and cottage industries and new products and businesses to count, but something is holding them back something is keeping this entire market from breaking the surface. Let's take a look at what it is: American competitiveness is severely hobbled by ...

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Preservation Recommended - Ideas - Dwell

20 hours ago ago from Dwell

Theo Prudon is a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University and the president of the modern conservation organization Docomomo U.S . I see two main pressures exerting themselves on the future of preservation: density and temporality. Around the world, most of the population is along the coasts, and as populations increase, we re going to be putting more pressure on places that are not ...

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