http://www.greenchange.org/ Green Change is a community of people with Green values: justice, grassroots democracy, sustainability and non-violence. http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5578 <div class="text blurb">Of the 1,000 likely voters surveyed Feb. 5-6, 75 percent said they were either “very” or “somewhat” angry with the “current policies of the federal government.” Forty-five percent said they were “very” angry. </div> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5578 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5577 <div class="text blurb">Tobacco smoke contamination lingering on furniture, clothes and other surfaces, dubbed thirdhand smoke, may react with indoor air chemicals to form potential cancer-causing substances, a study found.</div> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5577 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5576 <div class="text blurb">Banking is based on trust. The banks get our paychecks and hold our savings; they know where we spend our money and they keep it private. If we don't trust them, the whole system breaks down. Yet for years, Wall Street CEOs have thrown away customer trust like so much worthless trash. </div> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5576 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5575 <div class="text blurb">The Obama administration is reaching out to business-friendly Democrats to win support for free-trade policies that divide the party.</div> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5575 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5574 <div class="text blurb">"That is an incredibly muscular vision of when you would overrule precedent," which usually guides justices in new cases, Harris says. "That makes it look like this is a court that's ready to go."</div> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5574 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5573 <div class="text blurb">Thousands of tons of trash are thrown into the sea each year, endangering humans and wildlife. A classified German government report obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE indicates that efforts by the United Nations and the European Union to clean up our oceans have failed entirely. </div> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5573 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5572 <div class="text blurb">The chances of default on the government-backed loans are "very high-well above 50 percent," according to the Congressional Budget Office. "If they go belly-up, taxpayers get to pay it," said Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist at Beyond Nuclear. "</div> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5572 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5571 <div class="text blurb">A trio of House lawmakers yesterday introduced a bill to block U.S. EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases, marking the latest in a string of bipartisan attacks against forthcoming climate rules.</div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5571 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5570 <div class="text blurb">While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma and ADHD epidemics, they should ask why the FDA approved a livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs, according to angry farmers who phoned the manufacturer.</div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5570 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5569 <div class="text blurb">The US Treasury in conjunction with the Department of Housing and Urban Development should put in place for the next 18 months a home price insurance program providing a form of catastrophic loss protection for homebuyers taking a chance on the current housing market.</div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5569 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5568 <div class="text blurb">Adm. Mike Mullen, the nation's top uniformed officer, made a strong appeal for allowing gays to serve openly in the military, a shift that highlighted the Pentagon's growing support for lifting the "don't ask, don't tell" law.</div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5568 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5567 <div class="text blurb">While many in the public and on Capitol Hill have been angered by outsize paydays at financial firms, the AIG retention bonuses have been especially rankling because the company has received a federal rescue package of about $180 billion in loans, stock investments and other commitments from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department.</div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5567 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5565 <div class="text blurb">A key bloc of Democrats has a climate Plan B: Ditch cap and trade for an energy bill filled with industry giveaways.</div> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5565 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5564 <div class="text blurb">The reduction goals announced by the nations responsible for the bulk of the world's greenhouse gas emissions are likely to fall short of what many scientists say is needed to limit the disastrous effects of climate change, a U.N. official said Monday.</div> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5564 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5563 <div class="text blurb">Howard Zinn, the people's historian, speaks about the need for civil disobedience to resist war, racism, and other government-sanctioned wrongs.</div> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5563