Category Archives: Economy

Broad Coalition Criticizes Climate Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2009

Joint statement by:

Greenpeace USA * Friends of the Earth * Public Citizen * Citizen Power * Center for Biological Diversity * Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana * TURN-The Utility Reform Network * Sustainable Energy & Economy Network * Green Delaware * Massachusetts Environmental Energy Alliance * Massachusetts Forest Watch * Coal Moratorium Now!

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Alert 650: Nutty nuclear schemes to be presented in Legislative Hall–April 9, 2009, 4:00 pm

Green Delaware Alert 650

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“PSE & G To give a presentation on nuclear power” in Legislative Hall, Dover, Wed, April 9, 2009 4:00


Delaware faces tremendous opportunities but also the danger of making horrible mistakes.  The state is a small place with a limited talent pool and limited resources.  We can’t afford to get it wrong.

Can Markell and his people tell the good ideas from the bad ones?  Will they listen to non-brownnosers?

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Alert 649: In Washington, DC, signs of change. In Delaware….every backbone counts

Green Delaware Alert 649
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(note:  Some versions of this Alert were incorrectly numbered 648)

Fossil Fools Day
Obama and the auto industry
Opportunity knocks, but can the environmental movement step up to the plate?
In Delaware, “The more things change, the more they stay the same….”
In a small place, every backbone counts ….

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“[Former GE head] Welch denounces corporate obsessions”

Welch denounces corporate obsessions

By Francesco Guerrera in New York

Published: March 13 2009 02:00

Last updated: March 13 2009 02:00

Jack Welch, who is regarded as the father of the “shareholder value” movement that has dominated the corporate world for more than 20 years, has said that it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share price gains.

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