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CommonDreams.Org | How to Wreck a Planet 101: Three Energy Developments That Are Changing Your Life
Here’s one simple fact without which our deepening energy crisis makes no sense: the world economy is structured in such a way that standing still in energy production is not an option. In order to satisfy the staggering needs of older [...]
The Washington Post | If we need taxes, why not pollution taxes?
In case that graph's too tiny, America's way over there on the far left, getting slightly less than 3 percent of its revenue from measures to discourage pollution. The average industrialized country gets about 6 percent. That's mainly due to the [...]
NYTimes.com | Are Taxes in the U.S. High or Low?
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that federal taxes would consume just 14.8 percent of G.D.P. this year. The last year in which revenues were lower was 1950, according to the Office of Management and Budget. The postwar annual average is [...]
Boulder Reporter | Flagstaff tree thinning: threat level still high
To perhaps help inspire you to write to Open Space yourself, check out the pages of photos of the destruction the Forest Service is visiting upon the Ceran St. Vrain trail above Jamestown (through a contract with a private logging company). [...]
denverpost.com | More Denver residents embrace car-sharing
The pain of gas prices and a desire to do good for themselves and the environment are pushing more people to ditch their personal wheels and rely on car-sharing. Read the entire article at DenverPost.com: More Denver residents embrace car-sharing [...]
The Colorado Independent | Dems blast bill that would make dramatic changes to Governor’s Energy Office
“But it also strikes wherever it’s ‘renewable energy’ and it’s now ‘innovative energy,’ which is code for coal, oil and gas, so it’s a drastic change in direction for the state. It turns us 180 degrees and has us marching straight [...]
CommonDreams.Org | All Hail the PUBLIC Library
Privatization can undermine the public library’s mission: protecting the public’s access to information. The public library is a non-profit organization controlled by representatives of the users of the library. The mission of private [...]
Denver Post | Jeffco talks to Spanish firm about toll road
Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority officials said Monday that they are talking to a Madrid-based construction firm Isolux Corsán about financing, building and operating the 10-mile toll road in Jefferson County.The authority has touted the [...]
The Orange County Register | Taxes reach historic low
While Republican lawmakers appear unified against tax increases and many Tea Party activists want existing rates rolled back, statistics consistently show that federal taxes are at a historic low. For the past two years, a family of four earning the [...]
The Colorado Independent | Renewable energy falling in price and becoming more readily available
"The reality is that all forms of energy are subsidized. Some are subsidized through tax credits. Some are subsidized through their externalities,” he said, citing the pollutants of nitrous oxide, sulphur dioxide and mercury, all of which are [...]
