Environment
Copenhagen or bust?
November 21, 2009Much sheer speculation has been written about the upcoming Copenhagen climate negotiations, and we will see much more over the next few weeks. What is this conference about?
Read more10 years after the ‘Battle in Seattle’
November 20, 2009SEATTLE (PAI)—Ten years ago on Nov. 30, 1999, 50,000 people protested a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle.
Read moreAre we left behind in the ‘green production’ revolution?
November 20, 2009Institute for America's Future experts: China has a national industrial strategy. We do not. And we better come up with one soon.
Read moreFeeling heat, U.S.-China firms say they’ll build turbines here
November 19, 2009Under pressure from the nation’s biggest manufacturing union, a U.S.-China energy partnership said it would build a factory here, creating 1,000 jobs.
Read moreCoal poses major health threat, physicians group warns
November 18, 2009Coal plays a role in four of the top five causes of death in the U.S. - heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases - says a report by Physicians for Social Responsibility.
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