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Today's Climate: August 3, 2009 - (USA)
Australia's Wong Rejects Carbon Trade Changes (Reuters) Australian laws for carbon trading appear to be headed for defeat in parliament's upper house Senate next week. Climate Change Minister Penny Wong today rejected nine proposed opposition amendments. Aviation Industry Expects Certified Biofuel within 2 Years (Business Green) The aviation industry is on target to certify the first jet biofuels for commercial use by 2011, according to a senior executive at one of the world's larg
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090803/todays-climate-august-3-2009
Biodiesel: A Book Review - (USA)
Biodiesel is one of the most intriguing of those new possibilities...crops of soybeans and rapeseed and maybe even algae, grown by present day farmers, processed into a diesel fuel substitute that works just fine in modern Volkswagons and Mack trucks and school buses--even in the oil-burning furnace down in the basement. It is potentially a truely sweet solution, offering a new market for hard-pressed local farmers even as it begins to help solve some of our most pressing environmental problems.
http://moleprogressive.blogspot.com/2008/11/biodiesel-book-review.html
December 22 Is Deadline to Apply for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans - (USA)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for economic injury as a result of the severe storms and tornadoes that occurred March 14-16, 2008. The deadline to file applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) is December 22, 2008.Small businesses and small agricultural cooperatives that suffered substantial economic injury in the following counties are eligible to apply to the SBA: Bartow,
http://georgiafrontpage.blogspot.com/2008/11/december-22-is-deadline-to-apply-for.html
Youth Cooperative Education - (USA)
River Valley Market Food Co-op in Northampton, MA writes: Attention Teachers and Youth Program Leaders: Do you teach teenagers about economics, business, or social movements? Would you like to include cooperatives in your curriculum? We can help! We invite you to checkout the new website for youth oriented cooperative education: www.coopsrock.coop . We welcome school tours in our co-op ! Contact us: info@rivervalleymarket.coop for information about how we can support your eff
http://hilltownfamilies.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/rvm-2/
The 10 Leading Sports Equipment Stores in the USA - (USA)
Academy Sports & Outdoors, The Sports Authority, Inc. and Dick Sporting Goods are amongst the leading Sports Equipment Stores in the USA The 10 leading sports equipment stores in the USA are discussed here. Academy Sports & Outdoors This specialty company is known to be among America’s largest and most popular sporting goods sellers. With more than a hundred chains operated all over the southeastern region of the country, Academy Sports + Outdoors shops furnish the sports aficionados
http://www.mygr8blog.com/sports/the-10-leading-sports-equipment-stores-in-the-usa/
Why I Believe That The Insurance Reform Is A Debacle - (USA)
In yesterday’s post I said that I feel that the health care reform proposed as currently proposed will become the Democrat’s Medicare Part D, a boondoggle of enormous proportions, and one that will short circuit true reform. GeorgeSorwell called me out to back up this claim, so here I go. First of all, here is a great tool by Kaiser that shows the key points of different proposals side by side. I am going to focus exclusively on the actual bills that will be voted on (i.e. the ones out of
http://themoderatevoice.com/42256/why-i-believe-that-the-insurance-reform-is-a-debacle/
Mindanao's First Credit Surety Funds - (USA)
Ruby Anne M. Rubio of GMANews.TV reported that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will introduce the first credit surety funds in Mindanao, which will guarantee loans of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from banks in lieu of collateral. The report also mentioned that the central bank will forge a memorandum of agreement with the provincial governments of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley with the launching of Davao del Norte Credit Surety Fund (DavNor CSF) and Compostela Val
http://seeknomore.blogspot.com/2009/08/mindanaos-first-credit-surety-funds.html
Healthcare Reform Obstructionists Can No Longer Be Taken for Serious Players - (USA)
Companies that hope to impede the extension of care to more people or impede the improvement of care, even as costs come down, have no credibility in negotiating the fine points of reform, because they are rejecting the principle that caring for people’s health is about those people’s health, first and foremost. Doctors, patients and the government all share this particular interest, and groups diametrically opposed to that principle are more a problem than a solution. This is undisputed among t
http://www.casavaria.com/cafesentido/2009/08/06/3913/healthcare-reform-obstructionists-can-no-longer-be-taken-for-serious-players/
Celebrating the Day of Fertility, the 1886 Haymarket Massacre, and a speech from 1961 by Fidel Castr - (USA)
“ The first of May was originally celebrated by pagans throughout Europe as the beginning of summer , which was recognised as a day of fertility (both for the first spring planting and sexual intercourse). A maypole was oftentimes erected for young women and men to dance around and entwine the ribbons they carried with one another to find a mate... at least for the night. The ancient Celts and Saxons celebrated the day as Beltane, the day of fire, in honor of the god of the sun; beginning thei
http://www.chycho.com/?q=May_Day
Ricardo Semler: Set Them Free - (USA)
Ricardo Semler: Set Them Free
http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,1569009,00.asp
Credit unions glow in media spotlight (Part IV) - (USA)
Back in September, as the economy began disintegrating, an unusual trend began to emerge. The media — who had been ignoring credit unions for decades — all of a sudden started talking about these member-owned financial cooperatives that had managed to avoid the economic catastrophe. Hundreds of articles later, it doesn’t appear that the trend will stop anytime soon. Reality Check: The biggest PR bonanza to hit credit unions — ever — will come to a screeching halt if they take TARP bailout mo
http://thefinancialbrand.com/2008/11/20/media-on-credit-unions-part-4/
The Hindu : National : Amul: over to natural vanilla - (USA)
http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/18/stories/2008031859411300.htm
Is Carbon Legislation Too Complex For Its Own Good? - (USA)
It's going to be tough getting any bill that reduces U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions through Congress in the next two years, and scores of different legislative strategies to do so are no doubt being dreamed up as we speak. As we've been reporting here, Democrats like Barbara Boxer and Jeff Bingaman have talked about the need to put out a "streamlined" cap-and-trade bill that's less complex than the 548-page Lieberman-Warner behemoth that died in the Senate this summer. But what exactly would a s
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/environmentandenergy/archive/2008/11/21/is-carbon-legislation-too-complex-for-its-own-good.aspx
Rabobank Foundation announces 10m INR in funding for AOFG India to boost capacity building of region - (USA)
/India PRwire/ - Rabobank Foundation announces 10m INR in support for the Agricultural and Organic Farming Group (AOFG) India over the next three years in recognition of its work with farmer-owned partner company Zameen Organic. AOFG India, a network organisation consisting of farmer associations and grass root development and community organisations, helped set up Zameen Organic in 2006 to improve access to markets for small and marginal farmers. Initially working with 300 farmers in the Vidar
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/financial-services/2009081131199.htm
Rich Default on Luxury Homes Like Subprime Victims - (USA)
May 6 (Bloomberg) — Chuck Dayton put down a quarter of the $950,000 purchase price when he bought his house in Newport Beach, California, in 2004. He was making $500,000 a year with his drywall company and he expected home values to keep rising.Then the mortgage market collapsed, new construction stopped and builders no longer needed his services. Dayton, 43, went into default four months ago because he couldn’t afford payments on the three-bedroom home, located within a block of the Pacific Oce
http://www.nwotruth.com/rich-default-on-luxury-homes-like-subprime-victims/
Mobile ITC for Agriculture: Cell Phones Helping BOP Rural Farmers - (USA)
Bottom of the Pyramid, Mobile Technology, and Rural Farmers The issue of mobile phones in rural development and agriculture is an increasing focus of social entrepreneurship at the bottom of the pyramid.. Pride Africa via Drumnet for instance offers a host of fantastic services to farmers via mobile: DrumNet will be providing currently available information to farmers on leading production methods for the most profitable crops thereby enabling members to grow the right crops using t
http://compassioninpolitics.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/mobile-itc-for-agriculture-cell-phones-helping-bop-rural-farmers/
USDA temporarily increases dairy support prices - (USA)
SALEM, Ohio — A bleeding U.S. dairy sector received a small bandage July 31 as the USDA announced plans to increase dairy price support levels, but the reactivated Congressional dairy caucus is still pushing for a long-term solution to historically low milk prices that are driving many milk producers out of business. Dairy price support From August through October, the USDA will increase the amount paid for dairy products through the Dairy Product Price Support Program . (link opens
http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/usda-temporarily-increases-dairy-support-prices/12755.html
2008's Worst Corporations of the Year - (USA)
The Multinational Monitor, in alphabetical order, lists the ten worst corporations in 2008. Only one is in finance. Here's a brief summary.American International Group. Money for Nothing. "Why did AIG - primarily an insurance company powerhouse, with more than 100,000 employees around the world and $1 trillion in assets - require more than $100 billion ($100 billion!) in government funds? The company's traditional insurance business continues to go strong, but its gigantic exposure to the world
http://lehighvalleyramblings.blogspot.com/2008/11/2008s-worst-corporations-of-year.html
Benedict on Business: What’s Love Got to Do With It? - (USA)
Irving, Texas. Since its beginnings with Aristotle and Plato, the study of economics has always been regarded as a branch of philosophy, a colony of politics and ethics. But all that changed in the late 19 th century, when economists attempted to make of what was then called political economy the pure science of economics . By “pure,” they generally meant a science modeled on physics, where markets moved according to strict laws in the same way that the stars did, and where moral conside
http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5070
Mandatory Insurance for Contractors and Developers Seen as a Solution to Defunct Companies - (USA)
In New Jersey, new home builders are not required to have general liability insurance. As a result, purchasers of new homes and condominium units are sometimes left without recourse in the event that their home was not constructed properly. As discussed in several Superior Court opinions, the New Home Warranty Program is ineffectual at best and is rarely an advisable option. Therefore, homeowners and condominium associations are often times forced to sue the developer of their property in
http://www.njlawblog.com/2009/04/articles/community-associations/mandatory-insurance-for-contractors-and-developers-seen-as-a-solution-to-defunct-companies/
Insurance Industry Fights Back Against Democratic Party Smears - (USA)
If you enjoy the attack against the insurance industry, you are going to be a very happy person. The wonks at the White House have decided the only way to turn around the negative reaction to Obamacare, is to make the insurance industry the ultimate villain. That's why Nancy Pelosi sent home her "Can't make a Judgment for themselves" congress with orders to blame the Insurance Industry for everything (except for the economy--for that they have to continue blaming Bush). The fact unacknowledged
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2009/08/insurance-industry-fights-back-against.html
Eco-tourism for El Salvador - (USA)
Calling it "Central America’s most undiscovered ecotourism destination," an article on the website of TerraCurve describes a new web portal for eco-tourism in El Salvador:El Salvador is emerging, leaving its conflictual past behind and reinventing itself as an adventure and cultural destination. The Eco-Experiencias project is helping Salvadoran communities, workers cooperatives, NGOs, and private landowners to interpret themselves to create one of a kind, sustainable experiences that highlight
http://luterano.blogspot.com/2008/11/eco-tourism-for-el-salvador.html
Obama "Open" to Co-ops in Place of Public Option - (USA)
So says Nancy-Ann DeParle in an interview with Bloomberg : Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama may accept nonprofit health-insurance cooperatives in place of a new government-run plan as long as consumers are guaranteed more choice and competition in buying insurance, a top aide said. “We would be interested in that” if those conditions are met, Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s “Conversatio
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/7/763238/-Obama-Open-to-Co-ops-in-Place-of-Public-Option
Bingaman Fades; The Corrupt Core of the U.S. Senate Comes Into Full View; Is Obama One of Them? - (USA)
« Espanola Mayor Joseph Maestas Weighing Run as NM Lt. Guv | Main Something tells me that, UNLESS I SEE DEMOCRATS FIGHTING and ADVOCATING PUBLICLY FOR THE PUBLIC OPTION AND REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM, I'll be one of those people at the handful of town halls we'll be offered who'll be chanting JUST SAY NO. For different reasons than the teabaggers, but just about as vehemently. What is being agreed to now by corporate shills in the dark recesses of the Capitol cannot be all
http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/democracy_for_new_mexico/2009/08/bingaman-fades-the-corrupt-core-of-the-us-senate-comes-into-full-view-is-obama-one-of-them.html
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Insurers fighting back quietly - (USA)
WASHINGTON -- Cast as a profit-hoarding villain by Democratic foes, the insurance industry still has a fighting chance to fend off the part of a health care overhaul it most despises - creation of a government-run plan to compete with private insurers . Industry lobbyists are using influential allies, a thick wallet and a strategy of avoiding blatant confrontation to block or weaken the proposal, which Democrats say would drive down costs by offering an alternative to private companies. Insure
http://www.mashget.com/2009/08/06/the-influence-game-insurers-fighting-back-quietly/
Birthday Greetings to Hans-Hermann Hoppe - (USA)
Sean Gabb Professor Hoppe was sixty on the 29th July. At a private celebration of this occasion in America, he was presented with a Festschrift – that is, a book of essays by those he has influenced. One of these essays is by me, and I republish it here. The whole book can be found here: http://www.stephankinsella.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/hulsmann-kinsella_property-freedom-society-2009.pdf On behalf of the Libertarian Alliance, I wish Professor Hoppe a happy birthday, and ma
http://libertarianalliance.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/birthday-greetings-to-hans-hermann-hoppe/
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