More than a year after reckless Wall Street gambling collapsed the economy, no employee of a major American bank or financial institution is behind bars. This fact is all the more astounding when it comes to AIG.AIG was at the

Copenhagen, Out of the Frying Pan, Pt. 7 On my way to the final day of the Conference I stopped off at an exhibit called the Climate Maze. If you ever wanted to get lost in a labyrinth of hedges

Copenhagen, Out of the Frying Pan, Pt. 6 I stopped in on an event moderated by (the fine columnist from UK's "The Guardian" newspaper ) at dealing with how things are going and how we should proceed. He was taking

Connecticut Senator has for universal health care. In August, 2000 he signed on to the , a policy agenda that promoted Americans' universal access to health care. As recently as September, 2009, Lieberman gave an to a Connecticut newspaper in

Copenhagen, Out of the Frying Pan, Pt. 5I walked into the hall and saw a group of newly arrived Bolivians organizing themselves near the entrance. I had just read some great quotes from South American leaders--Venezuela's saying if the climate

In a final end-game bid, the governments of Saudi Arabia and Australia are frantically trying to shoe-horn support for the experimental (CCS) technology into a final agreement from the conference in Copenhagen. By the end of the first week of

The is sponsoring online to try and generate the appearance of ""opposition to health care reform. The ads tell readers that if they complete a survey and give their names and personal information, they will get a $150 American Express

Whatever the outcome of the final hours of wrangling at the conference in Copenhagen, the odds are that the leaders of some of the world's richest countries will earnestly declare that they are working hard to stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide

California's third largest auto insurer, , created a called (Cal-FAIR), to advance a ballot initiative that, if passed, would allow insurers to slap surcharges on drivers who allow their auto insurance coverage to lapse for any reason. Cal-FAIR shares the

The approach the world has taken to tobacco control holds many lessons for the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. A (available with free registration) summarizes the many similarities between tobacco control and climate policy, and how the lessons learned from

This week the is highlighting commentary and news about the conference in Copenhagen and the continuing issues coming out of the financial crisis. On the latter, one thing you can do is sign our petition to "repo the dough" from

One of the major flaws with the financial reform bill that passed the House last week is that it does nothing to stop behemoth banks from growing even bigger.

Today, the House voted on a long-awaited financial reform package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced: "The legislation says very clearly to Wall Street: the party is over." But is it?The strongest part of the bill is the section that creates

In a stunning report that will give every fired Joe and failed small businessman pause, a new Public Citizen review shows that the CEOs of 10 failed Wall Street firms were paid an average of $28.9 million per year in

Copenhagen, Out of the Frying Pan, Part 4 Allow me to apologize for the delay in filing this report, but as we were walking back to our base in Christiania, we were blocked by shoulder to shoulder police and their

The may be a in Copenhagen, but no one disputes that they have had an effect, however hard to quantify. British Prime Minister, , recently against the public being distracted by the "anti-science, flat-earth climate skeptics" while Australian Prime Minister,

Two years after won control of the , the paper's news pages have shifted to the right under the combined influence of Robert Thomson, the editor, and his deputy editor, Gerard Baker. David Carr writes in the that Thomson and

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), a European lobbying industry watchdog, notes that the largest non-government delegation at the conference in Copenhagen is the 486-strong squad from the (IETA). IETA's delegation is headed by the group's CEO, , and includes representatives from

Copenhagen Out of the Frying Pan, Part 3Walking to the starting point of the demonstration and march we felt lucky that for the 12th of December it was a pretty nice day. It seems quite important now to show big

Copenhagen Out of the Frying PanI walked into the alternative to the , "," with a specific question I wanted answered: "in what practical way can the activists here be successful in the effort to avoid catastrophic climate change?" I