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The Long Historic Tale Of Aug. 28
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:15:00 -0400
When Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination in his bid to become the first African-American president, he'll join icons who made history on Aug. 28, including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Emmett Till and even John Hinckley Jr.
What Exactly Went Wrong For Clinton
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400
In any other year, Hillary Clinton would have won the Democratic nomination, says Politico.com's Roger Simon. He breaks down the Clinton campaign's missteps — at the forefront, a simple lack of staff experience.
In Minnesota, Two Dreams
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400
On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech, we meet with two families — each striving for the American dream. Though they live just 10 miles apart, they face very different circumstances. One is well off, the other poor; one is black, one white. But they both value education and want a better life for their children.

The Talk of the Town

Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley.
Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . .
James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?
James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .
Hendrik Hertzberg: What Barack Obama is up against.
Hendrik Hertzberg Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The week before the week before this week’s scheduled gathering of the delegates and their media camp followers in Denver, the nominee-presumptive of the Democratic Party did something that is strongly recommended, and ought to be mandatory, for anyone who has just logged a year and a half’s worth . . .

 

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Buckminster Fuller Institute - Located in Sebastopol, California, BFI hopes to empower site visitors to see the big picture and exercise individual initiative so that everyone on board our Spaceship Earth can live abundantly and successfully on an ecologically sustainable basis.
Meta Description: [ Founded in 1983, the Buckminster Fuller Institute serves a global network of design innovators., Founded in 1983, the Buckminster Fuller Institute serves a global network of design innovators. ]

California Institute of Public Affairs - Research, convening and public information on California issues and international environmental affairs. Founded in 1969 and affiliated with Claremont Graduate University.

Community-University Connections - Explores the use of science in social and environmental policy and advocates precautionary and community-based research approaches. Provides information and resources on projects, current activities and research.

Conservation Law Foundation - Uses law, economics and science to solve the environmental problems that threaten the people, natural resources and communities of New England.

Energy Probe Research Foundation - Comprised of Probe International, Energy Probe, Environmental Bureau of Investigation, Environment Probe, Urban Renaissance Institute, Consumer Policy Institute, and Margaret Laurence Fund. One of Canada's leading environmental and public policy research institutes.

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) - Researches renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate change, smart growth, alternative fuels, and advanced vehicle technologies.
Meta Description: [ EESI focuses on renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate change, smart growth, alternative fuels, and advanced vehicle technologies. ]

Environmental Technology and Public Policy Program - ETP was created to conduct research on how government policies affect the development of new environmental technologies.

Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment - FREE advances conservation and environmental values by applying modern science and America's founding ideas to policy debates.
Meta Description: [ FREE is a non-profit organization in the montana rocky mountains, seminars for federal judges, environment / public environmental policy, park reform. free. ]

Interstate Technology and Regulatory Cooperation - ITRC is a state-led national coalition dedicated to better environmental protection through innovative technologies. ITRC helps reduce the technical and regulatory barriers to the deployment of new environmental technologies.

Leonardo Academy - Policy and technical analysis of energy and environmental issues as well as environmental education. Explores both market mechanisms and traditional approaches to achieving environmental improvement, energy efficiency, and sustainability. [Mainly lists of links but a few reports]
Meta Description: [ Leonardo Academy is a nonprofit organization that develops practical solutions to environmental and energy problems ]

National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition - A broad based coalition of roughly 200 member organizations, representing millions of individuals across the United States, that is dedicated to bringing balance back to the Endangered Species Act.

National Wilderness Institute - Free-market environmentalist organization. Site features online publications, studies, and reports.

Political Economy Research Center - Think tank in Montana seeking market solutions to environmental problems. Research and policy analysis covers endangered species, forestry, fisheries, mining, parks and park reform, public lands, property rights, Superfund, user fees, water marketing, wildlife and environmental education.
Meta Description: [ PERC is a non-profit, environmental think tank in Montana seeking market solutions to environmental problems. Our research and policy analysis covers endangered species, forestry, fisheries, mining, parks and park reform, public lands, property rights, Superfund, user fees, water marketing, wild... ]

Resources for the Future - Researches environmental and natural resource issues and policy questions - rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences.
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Rocky Mountain Institute - An independent, nonprofit research and educational foundation with a mission to foster the efficient and sustainable use of resources as a path to global security. Research areas are energy, transportation, green development, climate change, water, economic renewal, corporate sustainability, and security.
Meta Description: [ At Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), we create abundance by design. That is, we change how people approach design to maximize efficiency; we use whole-system thinking to get vastly more productivity out of energy and resources. RMI is a “think and do tank” that works with individuals and organiza... ]

Science and Environment Health Network - Began in 1993 when members of the scientific community met to respond to virulent attacks on the environmental agenda. It was clear that science was being misrepresented and misused in environmental public policy.

500 The Heartland Institute - Provides information on research and commentary on sound science and market-based environmental protection.

Thoreau Institute - Seeks ways to protect the environment without regulation, bureaucracy, or central control.

Waste Policy Center - WPC deals with environmental management and policy issues related to both business and government organizations.

World Commission on Protected Areas - To promote the establishment and effective management of a worldwide, representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas as an integral contribution to the IUCN mission.
Meta Description: [ UICN Sur - Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza ]

World Resources Institute - WRI believes a healthy environment and healthy economy can coexist. Uses information and knowledge as tools to move human society to live in ways that protect the Earth's environment and its capacity to provide.
Meta Description: [ WRI believes the remedy to global environment and development problems lies not in reducing growth, but in breaking the connection between expanded prosperity and depleted resources. WRI tries to build bridges between ideas and action, meshing the insights of scientific research, economic and ins... ]

Worldwatch Institute - Analyzes interdisciplinary environmental data from around the world, providing information on how to build a sustainable society. Website has articles on a broad range on topics.