By Brittany Wallman13 September 2012 (Sun Sentinel) – By 2060, residents of the posh Las Olas Boulevard community in Fort Lauderdale could find seawater lapping at their doors. Parts of Hollywood, Hallandale Beach and Dania Beach also could be wading in water at high tide, county officials warn. Agreeing that Broward County is at risk […]
By Derek Thompson16 September 2012 Here’s a brief economic history of the last quarter-century in taxes and growth. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush raised taxes, and GDP growth increased over the next five years. In 1993, President Bill Clinton raised the top marginal tax rate, and GDP growth increased over the next five […]
Graph by Tamino, 19 September 2012 By Rick Ungar17 September 2012 David Corn of Mother Jones Magazine has obtained a video recording of Mitt Romney speaking to a small group of wealthy contributors at a fundraiser wherein the Republican candidate reveals what he really thinks of people who he expects to vote for President Barack […]
Caption by Adam Voiland19 September 2012 Wildfires have burned throughout the western United States for months. Major blazes first emerged in New Mexico in May, then began to turn up in Colorado and Idaho in large numbers. Most recently, fires have surged in California and Washington. […] The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s […]
18 September 2012 (CBS NEWS) ASPEN, Colorado – Colorado wildlife officials predicted drought conditions this spring indicated a deadly summer for bears. Now it’s known just how bad the year has been, CBS station KCNC reports. Colorado Parks and Wildlife had to kill more than 30 bears this summer after animals foraging for food ventured […]
18 September 2012 (Climate Central) – The 2012 wildfire season isn’t over yet, but already this year is shaping up to be the one of the worst on record in the American West. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, with nearly two months still to go in the fire season, the total area already […]
By Erika Bolstad17 September 2012 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (McClatchy Newspapers) – It was just six words, but when President Barack Obama gave a shout-out to global warming in his acceptance speech this month, he reintroduced an issue that had all but disappeared from the political debate. “Climate change is not a hoax,” Obama said, an […]
By Michael Mann17 September 2012 Breaking: A victory for science! ATI loses ATI/UVa FOIA case. Judge issues final order. Affirms the university’s right to withhold scholarly communications and finds that the documents & personal emails of mine demanded by ATI were indeed protected as the university had contended. I am gratified for the hard work […]
By Marques G. Harper 14 September 2012 JONESTOWN – Struggling with the economic effects of a two-year drought, Jonestown has shed its police chief and head librarian. With revenue down — fees from boat launches and building permits have dropped significantly, officials have said — the Lake Travis community’s City Council late Thursday unanimously approved […]
Contact: Alan Barber (202) 293-5380 x11528 August 2012 Washington, D.C. (CEPR) – Unionization in the United States has been on the decline since the 1960s. While many reasons have been offered to explain this drop in the rate of unionization, a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research highlights the roles that […]
