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Tue, 2011-08-30 10:17 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on sustainable economics and financial balance within resilient social ecologies.

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Jack Lew To Congress: Debt Limit Will Be Reached On Oct. 17

Wed, 2013-09-25 22:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew says debt ceiling will be reached Oct. 17

huffingtonpost.com - by Luke Johnson - September 25, 2013

WASHINGTON -- The debt ceiling will be reached Oct. 17 and the Department of the Treasury will have less cash on hand than it previously estimated, said Secretary Jack Lew in a letter released Wednesday.

"Treasury now estimates that extraordinary measures will be exhausted no later than October 17. We estimate that, at that point, Treasury would have only approximately $30 billion to meet our country's commitments," he said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

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Utility Companies Launch Attack Against Rising Rooftop Solar Market

Sun, 2013-09-08 15:24 — Maeryn Obley

Solar panels on a rooftop

Image: Solar panels on a rooftop

http://ecowatch.com - September 3rd, 2013 - Marc Gunther

Issues of electricity regulation typically play out in drab government hearing rooms. That has not been the case this summer in Arizona, where a noisy argument—featuring TV attack ads and dueling websites—has broken out between regulated utilities and the rooftop solar industry.

An internet web video attacks the California start-up companies that sell rooftop solar systems as the “new Solyndras,” which are spending “hard-earned tax dollars to subsidize their wealthy customers.”

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Book Launch: When the Money Runs Out, The End of Western Affluence by Stephen D. King

Fri, 2013-06-28 17:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

as-coa.org

July 08, 2013

Registration: 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Presentation and Discussion: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

AS/COA
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY

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Please join Americas Society/Council of the Americas for the launch of Stephen D. King’s latest book When the Money Runs Out, The End of Western Affluence.

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New Regional Bank Aims to Grow Appalachian Economy

Thu, 2013-06-20 12:16 — Gina Angiola
By VICKI SMITH Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. June 14, 2013 (AP)

Mike Hurley had a great opportunity: He could multiply sales and staff by converting his metal-stamping business from one that made brackets for the automotive industry into a top-tier supplier of satellite dishes to DirecTV.

He also had a problem: Highlands Diversified Services is headquartered in small-town Appalachia, a place where big banks readily lend money for houses, cars and refrigerators but shy away from business loans. Louisville, sure. But not London, Ky., population 8,000.....

 

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HHS Launches $1B Healthcare Innovation Effort

Sat, 2013-05-18 10:39 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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thehill.com - by Elise Viebeck - May 15, 2013

The federal Health department announced a new initiative to bring down healthcare costs and improve care delivery through $1 billion in grants and evaluations.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the second round of Healthcare Innovation Awards will target new areas for improvement, including care for special needs populations.

The awards are also meant to reduce costs for Medicare and Medicaid patients in outpatient hospital settings, test new care and financial models for specific provider groups, and ensure care delivery accounts for preventive and population health.

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Symphony of the Soil - a remarkable film for all ages

Wed, 2013-05-15 19:06 — Gina Angiola

This film is a great tool for community-building ...and is transformative...

http://greenwheaton.org/environmental-film-symphony-soil/

 

 

" By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time. Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights possibilities of healthy soil creating healthy plants creating healthy humans living on a healthy planet."

Report Outlines Vast Variations in Hospital Costs

Sun, 2013-05-12 21:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

healio.com - May 9, 2013

The amount charged by hospitals for inpatient services varies significantly based on region, and large disparities even exist within individual communities, according to a report released this week by the federal government.

“Consumers don’t know what a hospital is charging them or their insurance company for a given procedure, like a knee replacement, or how much of a price difference there is at different hospitals, even within the same city,” Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a press release. “This data … will help fill that gap.”

The data — available on the CMS website, cms.gov — compares costs for services associated with the 100 most common Medicare inpatient stays.

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Medicare Provider Charge Data
http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/index.html

The other-worldly philosophers

Fri, 2013-05-10 19:02 — Maeryn Obley

Article illustration by Brett Ryder

Image: Article illustration by Brett Ryder

economist.com - July 16th 2009

Robert Lucas, one of the greatest macroeconomists of his generation, and his followers are “making ancient and basic analytical errors all over the place”. Harvard's Robert Barro, another towering figure in the discipline, is “making truly boneheaded arguments”. The past 30 years of macroeconomics training at American and British universities were a “costly waste of time”.

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It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors

Tue, 2013-05-07 18:56 — Gina Angiola

Truthout.org -- by Ellen Brown -- March 29,2013

Confiscating the customer deposits in Cyprus banks, it seems, was not a one-off, desperate idea of a few Eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to salvage their balance sheets. A joint paper by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Bank of England dated December 10, 2012, shows that these plans have been long in the making; that they originated with the G20 Financial Stability Board in Basel, Switzerland (discussed earlier here); and that the result will be to deliver clear title to the banks of depositor funds.  

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15401-it-can-happen-here-the-confiscation-scheme-planned-for-us-and-uk-depositors

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Getting Serious About a Texas-Size Drought

Sun, 2013-04-28 21:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

nytimes.com - by Kate Galbraith - April 6, 2013

 . . . “Texas does not and will not have enough water” in a bad drought, the state’s water plan warned last year. More than two dozen communities could run out of water in 180 days, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Looking ahead, the already-dry western half of the state is expected to be hit particularly hard by climate change. . .

. . . Wes Perry, an oilman who doubles as Midland’s mayor, put it this way recently: as valuable as oil and gas are, he said, “we are worthless without water.”

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