Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
The Sustainable Energy and Economy Network works in partnership with citizens groups nationally and globally on environment, human rights and development issues with a particular focus on energy, climate change, environmental justice, gender equity, and economic issues, particularly as these play out in North-South relations.
- November 30, 2011
Uprising Radio
Visit the publisher's websiteThis week climate negotiators have so far been unable to resolve the same thorny issues that previous talks have been plagued by. A major point of contention is how to fund an independent fund of money designated to combat global warming.
- November 29, 2011
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
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Straight Goods features article “A Blizzard of Bad Climate News”
Visit the publisher's website • See the article - November 28, 2011
Public News Service features report “America Is Not Broke”
Visit the publisher's website • See the reportSarah Anderson, global economy project director with the Institute, contributed to the report.
"We identified a number of fiscal reforms that could raise as much as $824 billion a year and do it in ways that could make our country stronger, as well as putting people back to work." - November 27, 2011
Kansas City InfoZine features report “America Is Not Broke”
Visit the publisher's website • See the report - November 26, 2011
The Salt Lake Tribune features report “America Is Not Broke”
Visit the publisher's website • See the reportThe progressive think tank based in Washington, D.C., contends that the country’s financial resources have been misdirected, and it identified several reforms to make the United States “more equitable, green and secure.”
- November 23, 2011
WBAI 99.5 FM-Pacifica features report “America Is Not Broke”
Visit the publisher's website • See the reportJohn Cavanagh, IPS Director, discusses the "America Isn't Broke" report on the federal budget on WBAI's "Wakeup Call, a morning news magazine featuring in-depth coverage of local, national and international news, social and cultural issues and events. "Wakeup Call" brings voices and perspectives that are excluded from mainstream media. While the topics are serious and important, portions of the program are entertaining.
- November 22, 2011
KBOO Portland, Oregon features report “America Is Not Broke”
Visit the publisher's website • See the reportAs we reported last night, the Congressional Supercommittee has failed to reach an agreement on one point two trillion dollars in budget cuts. To understand the implications of this failure, and examine alternatives to the partisan impasse, KBOO’s Crystal leighty spoke with Sarah Anderson. Anderson co-authored the report ‘America isn’t Broke’, which lays out a plan for reform that would generate seven times the total savings that the supercommittee was supposed to identify.
- November 22, 2011
Truthout features report “America Is Not Broke”
Visit the publisher's website • See the reportTruthout posts the transcript of Amy Goodman's interview with Sarah Anderson on Democracy Now. IPS's "America Isn't Broke report, says Anderson, "reminds people that we’re a rich country, we’ve just been spending too much money on war and handing out tax breaks to rich people and corporations, and we identify a number of fiscal reforms that could, as you said, save—-create $824 billion in savings while making the country stronger by making us more equitable, by having a cleaner environment and making us safer."
- November 22, 2011
Free Speech Radio News features report “America Is Not Broke”
Visit the publisher's website • See the reportThe congresstional supercommittee fails to reach a deal on the debt. John Cavanagh, IPS Director, discusses what's next, moving beyond the debate.
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