Sustainable Energy and Economy Network

What could be done to bring energy production into line with the survival of life on this planet? This is both a political and a technology question, and both are discussed here by Janet Redman and the Old Mole's Bill Resnick.

The Institute for Policy Studies puts the savings from overseas base closures as high as $184 billion over 10 years.

“What some see as inaction is in fact a demonstration of the palpable failure of our current economic system to address economic, social or environmental crises”, said Janet Redman, of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies. “Banks that caused the financial crisis are now making bonanza profits speculating on our planet’s future. The financial sector, driven into a corner, is seeking a way out by developing ever newer commodities to prop up a failing system.”

Janet Redman, of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies, said: “What some see as inaction is in fact a demonstration of the palpable failure of our current economic system to address economic, social or environmental crises.

“Banks that caused the financial crisis are now making bonanza profits speculating on our planet’s future. The financial sector, driven into a corner, is seeking a way out by developing ever newer commodities to prop up a failing system.”

A Democracy for America panel discussion of the Institute for Policy Studies report "America is Not Broke -- How to Pay for the Crisis While Making the Country More Equitable, Green, and Secure" (www.ips-dc.org) detailing 24 policy suggestions to secure $824 billion of deficit reduction every year.