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Recent Featured ArticlesFeatured Articles August 18, 2010 BP to stop handling most Gulf claims - video
Source:CNN
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP has picked Wednesday as the deadline for accepting claims from people and businesses affected by the Gulf oil disaster. After that, the oil giant will direct people to the Gulf Coast Claims... August 17, 2010 Centrists – They don’t believe in anything?
Source:Ken Cynar, Executive Vice President of the Governance & Accountability Institute
“In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 72 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the job Congress is doing. Sixty percent rate the ‘overall performance and accomplishments of this year’s Congress’ as below average...[more] August 17, 2010 What, we worry? Directors see no problem with exec pay
Source:Crain's New York Business
If the economic crisis has shown anything, it's how poorly the link grew between executive pay and performance. Yet the folks best able to remedy this situation -- corporate board members -- don't think much needs to be done at... August 17, 2010 EPA to Release Draft Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits for Heavy Trucks
Source:NY Times
The Obama administration is preparing to issue new fuel economy standards and the first-ever greenhouse gas limits for large trucks and buses. U.S. EPA and the Transportation Department sent draft rules Friday to the White House... August 17, 2010 Deep-Water Drilling to Be Subject to Environmental Reviews After BP Spill
Source:Bloomberg
The U.S. released environmental guidelines subjecting oil and natural-gas drilling in deep water to full environmental reviews while offering assurances that operations in shallow waters can proceed. August 16, 2010 Preparing for Regulatory Changes, Top U.S. Companies Act on Corporate Governance, Compensation Priorities
Source:PR Newswire
NEW YORK-- With the specter of dramatic regulatory changes hovering over them, U.S. public companies have been acting aggressively to streamline corporate governance practices and establish their executive compensation... August 16, 2010 8 Revolutionary Socially Responsible Companies
Source:The Huffington Post
There is no shortage of examples of excess, risk taking and abysmal leadership in today's corporate ranks. But the success stories of socially-minded capitalism, while decidedly less common, are still out there. The uneasy state... August 16, 2010 Why Bernanke Isn't Doing More to Boost the Economy
Source:Michael Grunwald, Time Magazine
It's not generally a good idea to act like a jerk during an interview. Especially when your bosses are conducting the interview. With the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Whom they are about to name TIME's Person of the Year.... August 13, 2010 Senate Strikes Bipartisan Agreement on Food Safety
Source:Food Safety News
The pending Senate food safety bill inched forward yesterday as key lawmakers released a bipartisan, compromise agreement, a step which should make it easier to bring the bill to the floor for a vote after recess. August 13, 2010 For the Everglades, a Dream Loses Much of Its Grandeur
Source:NY Times
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — In the end, Gov. Charlie Crist’s effort to buy huge swaths of sugar company land for the Everglades restoration was just too much: too much money, too much land to handle, and too much of a fight with... August 13, 2010 CO2 pricing key to cutting coal wastes, panel says
Source:Boston Globe
WASHINGTON — The key to developing technology to store coal plants’ pollution underground is charging them for the carbon dioxide they release into the air, a presidential task force says. August 13, 2010 Democrats losing two streets: Wall and Main
Source:Fortune
FORTUNE -- Democrats staring down steep midterm election losses got a fresh reminder of a worrisome trend this week when the Center for Responsive Politics reported that Wall Street donors, once a reliable ATM for the party, have... August 12, 2010 Long hot summer of fire and floods fit predictions
Source:AP
NEW YORK — Floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: From smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Pakistan and the High Arctic, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown. It's not just a portent of things to come,... August 12, 2010 For Parched Farmers, a Crop of Electrons
Source:NY Times
In an article in The New York Times on Wednesday, I wrote about an ambitious plan to build one of the world’s largest solar energy complexes on 30,000 acres of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley of California. August 12, 2010 We Should Worry About Growing Debt
Source:Robert R. McMillan
While the story is all over the news, I want to provide some details about our growing debt which should be of concern to all of us without regard to which side the political aisle we belong.[more] August 11, 2010 CSRwire Member Spotlight: Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. an Interview with G&A CEO, Hank Boerner
Source:By CSRwire Contributing Writer Francesca Rheannon
In the wake of the global financial crisis, ESG factor (Environmental/Energy, Social, and Governance) and Sustainability have become ever more important to asset owners' portfolios and therefore to investment professionals,...[more] August 11, 2010 8,000 People? E.P.A. Defers Hearing on Fracking
Source:NY Times Green Blog
After successfully holding hearings around the country on the impact of the natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, officials with the federal Environmental Protection Agency ran into a hurdle this week in New... August 11, 2010 H1N1 in post-pandemic period
Source:World Health Organization
The world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert. We are now moving into the post-pandemic period. The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course. These are the views of members of the Emergency Committee, which was...[more] August 11, 2010 Report on Health Impacts of Oil Spill Issued
Source:Food Safety News
How will the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico impact human health? The short answer: we don't know. At the direction of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the Institute of Medicine recently held a workshop... August 11, 2010 European Economic Governance: What does the future hold?
Source:FinFacts - Ireland
European Economic Governance: Deutsche Bank Research says that following the major storm it’s now time for Europe to seriously address changes in the systems and procedures which were shown to have been inadequate both before the... August 11, 2010 Statement from Federal Open Markets Committee
Source:US Federal Reserve
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months. Household spending is increasing gradually, but remains...[more] August 10, 2010 Is it CSR if the product is unsustainable?
Source:Just Means
Bottled water has been getting a lot of bad rap and for good reason. The production of bottled water is a very energy intensive process and it involves huge amounts of plastic. The water that you paid so much money for because... August 10, 2010 BP well could be permanently sealed by end of week - video
Source:CNN
The disaster of epic proportions in the Gulf of Mexico still is on track to be resolved at the end of this week, according to the federal point man in the region. A relief well is expected to start the final shutdown within days,... August 10, 2010 Climate change 'partly to blame' for sweltering Moscow - video
Source:BBC News
Global climate change is partly to blame for the abnormally hot and dry weather in Moscow, cloaked in a haze of smoke from wildfires, say researchers August 10, 2010 SAM publishes new study on the global water market
Source:SAM
SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, published its second water study today, “Water: a market of the future.” The study demonstrates that the global watermarket continues to experience...[more] |
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