Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	Go To Them: New Energy Jobs and the Populism We Need
Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog . It’s not just about framing—“new energy jobs” are the best and only shot at bringing down the political impasse between America and the energy policy it needs. The effort to pass a sensible climate and energy policy is not...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	Go To Them: New Energy Jobs and the Populism We Need
Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog . It’s not just about framing—“new energy jobs” are the best and only shot at bringing down the political impasse between America and the energy policy it needs. The effort to pass a sensible climate and energy policy is not...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	A Pivotal Moment
Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog and WattHead - Energy News and Commentary .. With Americans focused on energy prices as never before, a game-changing shift is occurring in the American political climate. The time has come for climate and clean energy advocates to...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	A Pivotal Moment
Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog and WattHead - Energy News and Commentary .. With Americans focused on energy prices as never before, a game-changing shift is occurring in the American political climate. The time has come for climate and clean energy advocates to...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Aug 25, 2008	Marxism in Sri Lanka, RIP
The museum of Communism in Prague. The entrance is through McDonald's. (A pic by udijw ) The Rajapakse Administration won, despite some irregularities, a genuine victory over the UNP in the recent provincial council elections . Perhaps the most exciting thing about the last...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Aug 24, 2008	Why we should listen to economists
Scot Adams makes the case . (yes, he's the guy who created Dilbert , but he majored in economics in college and nowadays runs a stellar blog ). Scott writes, If a weather expert tells you what the weather will be on a specific day next year, you can safely ignore him. If he tells...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008	Porn, Dogs, Federalism and other stuff I would have blogged about
I am in London stuck in a 12 hour transit, catching up on some reading I've missed during the last couple of weeks. There's a bunch of people I know in the city, but the immigration chaps won't let me go out, because, I'm um, Sri Lankan. In any case, now that I'm coming home , regular programing...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Aug 11, 2008	SE Convergence locks down at Richmond Bank of America
August 11 Richmond, VA Despite a massive police presence throughout the city and our major action plan derailed by law enforcement harassment, 50 activists snaked their way through Richmond today in an un-permitted march, paying visits to several climate criminals. Carrying banners...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Aug 4, 2008	In Loving Memory of the Hummer
The consumer production of the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (aka HMMWV or “Humvee”) by General Motors appears to be coming to an end. The revolting Hummer H1 , insidious Hummer H2 and despicable Hummer H3 lines will no longer be produced by General Motors,...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Aug 4, 2008	In Loving Memory of the Hummer
The consumer production of the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (aka HMMWV or “Humvee”) by General Motors appears to be coming to an end. The revolting Hummer H1 , insidious Hummer H2 and despicable Hummer H3 lines will no longer be produced by General Motors,...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Jul 31, 2008	Oil Addiction
sweet sountrack. ... [view]

Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa
Submitted By:   bukamu Website:  http://www.yaldafrica.org Phone:  +267 72104029 E-mail:  yaldafrica@gmail.com	Vision:   The Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (Yalda) envisions an international network of inspired, empowered and proactive young African leaders who hold influential decision-making positions, are running......   [view]

Submitted By:   R0BERT Event Date:  Mar 18, 2008 Event Location:  Confederation College [view]

Green North Eco Conference

Submitted By:   pfogarty Event Date:  Apr 29, 2008 Event Location:  Valhalla Inn [view]

Regional Economic Development Conference