September 4, 2008: The November Elections May Decide Organized Labor’s Future
An op-ed in The HuffingtonPost argues that “our elections this November could decide the future of organized labor in the United States,” but the subject has received little attention.
A Wall Street Journal op-ed piece asserts that big business’s opposition to legislation like the Employee Free Choice Act is “a big part of the reason why wage-earners no longer rise as the economy grows.”
A new survey finds that one in six American employees who took time off for illness were fired.
Campaign Watch: A New Energy Finance study concludes that Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have significantly different records on energy.
Bloomberg looks into Republican rifts on energy and the environment.
Barack Obama answered 14 science and technology questions for Science Debate 2008.
A new television spot from the McCain camp pits Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin against Barack Obama.
The American Wind Energy Association said Wednesday that America doubled its wind power generating potential since 2006 and now leads the world in wind energy production.
The U.S. Department of the Interior is set to lease the outer continental shelf to offshore wind power companies.
Dakota Wind Energy, LLC - a community-owned wind energy project - acquired land rights to more than half of the acreage it needs to run a 750 megawatt wind farm.
–Christopher Greenspan
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