Federal Reserve propping up foreign banks now too

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“The Fed has made good on most of its investments over the years, but increasing its exposure and that of the U.S. government to foreign banks is a moral-hazard problem,” said Edward Royce of California, the third most-senior Republican on the House Financial Services Committee. “We are effectively incentivizing U.S. money-market funds to [...]

Installed solar in the US still a blip compared to fossil fuel, nuclear

U.S. Solar Market Insight: 2nd Quarter 2011

U.S. Solar Market Insight: 2nd Quarter 2011

Greentechmedia highlights the booming installation of solar PV in the past 18 months. But at the risk of being a Grinch, the total installed is about 1.5 GW. There are individual coal and nuclear plants that output considerably more than [...]

Solar Decathlon. New Jersey universities

Built from pre-cast insulated concrete panels. This allows for fast building and absorbs heat during the day to be released at night. The electrical, plumbing, heating and a/c are contained in a single modular core.

Advice for tense protests like Occupy Los Angeles

A friend in L.A. asked on Facebook what to prepare for if she goes to Occupy Los Angeles, “What defense tactics have been employed for when LAPD corral us and mace us in the face like New York PD did last week?”

I helped organize many L.A. protests when living there, some of which got [...]

Occupy Los Angeles. October 1

From Mark Lipman via Clay Claibourne’s listserv.

I just got out of a meeting with 100 organizers in downtown and we’ve got a huge action coming up Saturday, October 1st. In solidarity with the building movement against corporate greed and actions taking place in NY and other cities across the country, we are going [...]

Solyndra bankruptcy and its inevitable impact on California renewable energy

Solyndra executives, CEO Brian Harrison and CFO Bill Stover, were pummeled in a Congressional hearing last Friday, mostly by Republicans who wanted to know what happened to the $528 million in federal loan money and why the loans were made subordinate to a $75 million private loan. Democrats were also unhappy.

Rep. Diana DeGette [...]

Solyndra Loans as Liar’s Loans, William Black

William Black is a Certified Polizeros Hero for his work in exposing control fraud and working tirelessly for regulation of financial derivatives. He is the author of The Best Way To Rob A Bank is To Own One. When he say Solyndra loans were liar’s loans, I listen.

Lehman engaged in extensive accounting and securities [...]

Cornell West at Occupy Wall Street

Solar Decathlon. Univ. of Wellington, New Zealand

Solar hot water, PV panels, hydronic drying for clothes using hot water only, passive heating and cooling, more.

Canoe stolen by Lewis and Clark returned to Indian tribe

Descendants of Clark and others donated money to have a replica canoe built to replace the one stolen from Clatsop Indians in 1806.

Ray Gardner, chairman of the Chinook Nation’s tribal council, said the return of the canoe is a ‘good place to begin healing.’

‘It’s nice to see a circle completed,’ Gardner said.

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