Not all students have the means or good fortune of attending a four-year institution. To that end, community colleges are a place of learning ideal for individuals on tight budgets in search of more academic opportunities.
The Obama administration is continuing its pledge to reach out to these More…
The following chart tells you everything you need to know about the United States’ trading relationship with China on green technology, an issue that you’ll be hearing about a lot during the next several months.
In addition to taking jobs and increasing crime, anti-immigration groups have argued, immigrants are bad for their environment. For groups like the pro-enforcement Center for Immigration Studies, reports on how illegal immigrants contribute to climate change and overcrowding are fairly common, and usually cite statistics claiming More…
In a last-ditch effort to build support in the Senate for a comprehensive climate bill this July, President Obama told the White House press corps that a failure to pass the legislation could help cement China’s position as the world clean energy industry leader.
[Environment1] “We can’t stand by as More…
Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) have introduced an energy tax incentives bill that they are urging the Senate to pass before the end of the year. The bill includes tax incentives for homes and businesses that invest in energy efficiency, manufacturers of clean energy technology and developers More…
In a 240-172 vote, the House passed yesterday a bill that would give Americans who live in rural areas loans to make their homes more energy efficient.
It turns out that an economy-wide cap on carbon emissions really is necessary to spur investment in what President Obama likes to call the “clean energy economy.” At least for Deutsche Bank.
Politico pointed today to an Aug. 11 Reuters story that says Deutsche Bank will funnel the $6 billion More…
Billions of dollars of stimulus funds created in the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act remain in state coffers, Alec MacGillis reports at The Washington Post. On the downside, that means funds have not yet boosted the economy; on the upside, the funds remain to help boost the More…
If you cannot sell your house, you cannot move to a city or town with more jobs. It is an obvious point, but an important one for explaining the sustained, high rate of unemployment. Michael Fletcher explains today in The Washington Post:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just announced that he has a “rough draft” of an energy bill, and he hopes to introduce it the week after next. Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, he said the bill has four titles:
- Oil spill response
- Clean energy job creation More…
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