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The Conflicted Consumer
An excerpt from Robert Reich's new book "Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life" (Alfred A. Knopf) says, "The awkward truth is that most of us are two minds: As consumers... ...
Dollar Falls to Record Low Against Euro as U.S. Growth Falters
The dollar fell to a record low against the euro and declined versus the yen on speculation economic reports will show U.S. growth is losing momentum, adding to pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest... ...
The party's over for American consumers
The new numbers on consumer confidence are out. They show American consumers very confident that the economy is going down the tubes. http://seattletime s.nwsource.com/html/opinio n/2003879888_harrop12.html Pensions... ...
Bush Administration Ramps Up Secrecy
William Fisher reports for Truthout: "The Bush administration is continuing its campaign to keep the public in the dark about the federal government's policies and decisions and to suppress discussion... ...
Protest Australia's Ancient Forest Logging and Climate Change Eco-Hypocrisy
ACTION ALERT PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! By Climate Ark & Forests.org, projects of Ecological Internet http://www.climateark.org/ and http://forests.org/ Augus t 25, 2007 TAKE ACTION Dramatic efforts... ...
How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society
The Century of the Self The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming... ...
When consumers feel the heat, Big Oil makes cold cash
Mother Jones by Brian Beutler 08/13/07 A gallon of gasoline contains a certain number of molecules, which combust in your car’s engine to provide it with energy. If you heat up that gallon of gasoline... ...
Stop Ocean City, New Jersey from Using Ancient Rainforest Timbers for Boardwalk Decking
ACTION ALERT PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! By Rainforest Portal, a project of Ecological Internet, Inc. http://www.rainforestporta l.org/ August 13, 2007 TAKE ACTION An important precedent must be set that... ...
If Climate Change and Global Ecology Are Really So Bad, Where Is the Urgency?
Earth Meanders -- http://earthmeanders.blogs pot.com/ A series of personal essays by Dr. Glen Barry August 10, 2007 Hate to say it, but I told you so. Global ecological collapse is upon us and the... ...
The Double Standard on Trading Contaminated Chinese and US Consumer Products
Dr. Samuel S. Epstein and Ronnie Cummins write for the Environmental News Network about the contradiction of the US in overlooking its own dangerous consumer product exports. Epstein and Cummins write,... ...