| Oct 31, 2011 | Environment / HealthNational Nurses United, America’s largest union of RNs, is sounding an alarm. We’ve organized rallies in New York, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, as well as in Minnesota, Michigan, Texas, Florida, and other states...
| Oct 17, 2011 | Environment / HealthThe seven members of Congress who signed a strongly worded letter to an Obama cabinet official on October 5 raised serious concerns about the administration’s cozy relationship with a high-profile energy company. “Rather than acting as fair arbiters of...
| | Environment / HealthWhatever else you think about tea-party-infused Republican leaders in Congress, at least they’re consistent in their opposition to big government intrusion in the economy, right? Absolutely. Unless you count intrusions of taxpayer funds into corporate projects...
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| Oct 10, 2011 | Environment / HealthWhen is it not enough to have too much? Apparently, when you’re a giant oil corporation. Big Oil’s avaricious honchos are always searching for another dime they can slip into their corporate pockets, no matter whom it hurts. A crude example of their...
| Oct 3, 2011 | Environment / HealthYou may have heard about Solyndra, the solar start-up that went belly up in August. Solyndra received a $535 million loan guarantee in September of 2009 from the embattled Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program. Announced with much fanfare, it was the first...
