Posts tagged climate change
The Case For the Green New Deal: Summary and Reflection of Key Points

As the world braces to deal with global warming, there is much focus on Green New Deals that can stimulate the economy, provide good paying jobs, and transition our economies away from fossil-fuel intensive production and towards sustainable production. Economist, activist, and co-founder of the Jubilee 2000 campaign (to forgive Third World Debt) Ann Pettifor describes how a Green New Deal might be funded by government financing and how it must radically transform our economies to be sustainable and equitable. This information deck summarizes her key ideas as well as critically evaluating them.


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International Headlines: Science and the Environment

• Criticism Mounts Over South Korea’s Efforts to Contain MERS Outbreak
• Pope Makes Ethical Case for Action on Climate Change
• Brazil Prosecutors Call for Halt to Amazon Dam Evictions
• FDA to Limit Trans Fats in Food
•Can These Panties Disrupt the $15 Billion Feminine Hygiene Market?

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