After being extended last month, the rebate program known as “Cash for Clunkers” (a.k.a CARS) is finally over due to overwhelming demand. With almost $1.9 billion in rebates, the U.S. government has been taken a bit by surprise in terms of the success of the program, leading to delays in payments to car dealerships, and [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 28th, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
Tagged with: CARS, cash for clunkers, consumer, Environment, Fuel economy, government, jobs, opportunities, President Obama, success, sustainability
In a new analysis conducted by The Nature Conservancy, scientists predict that the states that will experience the greatest impacts of rising temperatures are not entirely coastal, as most generally assume. Instead, states like Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska will apparently see the biggest increase in overall temperatures, an unexpected consequence that could be potentially disastrous [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 28th, 2009 @ 1:02 pm
Tagged with: agriculture, analysis, climate change, economy, farming, global warming, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, President Obama, Waxman-Markey Act
While I’ve found the media coverage of the health care debate to be overly sensational thus far, in a way I don’t really see any other way of covering it, primarily because of the passions it engenders on people from either side of the aisle.
For those who believe the government shouldn’t take on too much [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on August 18th, 2009 @ 2:46 pm
Tagged with: affordable coverage, co-op plan, government, government-sponsored public insurance, health, insurance, media, President Obama
With the tense debate raging over how best to overhaul the healthcare coverage infrastructure, the White House has launched an offensive today against what it refers to as “viral whisper campaigns” designed to harbor dissent and negativity against the healthcare agenda.
Having taken many lessons from last year’s presidential campaign, the administration will be using the [...]
Filed under: News on August 5th, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
Tagged with: bipartisanship, communication, David Axelrod, health, healthcare, insurance, internet, leaders, Obama, PR offensive, President Obama, progress, Rick Scott, Robert Gibbs, strategies, strategy, success, US
Known as the leading manufacturer of computer chips, it was only a matter of time before Intel set its sights on the mobile technology industry.
With China’s plans to spend billions on healthcare reform, a great deal of financial resources have been set aside to go into technological upgrades.