Economists to President: Protecting public lands is good business
Kern Valley Sun Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:40 AM PST
Lori Abbott/Special to the Sun MILL VALLEY, Calif. - Investing in California's federally-protected public lands is good for business. That's what more than 100 economists and academics from across the nation, including 11 from California, are hoping to impress upon President Obama. They've sent a letter urging him to consider the importance of wilderness areas, national parks and monuments to ... |
Boehner Signs On to Payroll Tax Deal Amid Isolation, Attacks
BusinessWeek Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:24 AM PST
Deserted by many of his fellow Republicans, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner surrendered to attacks from President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats and agreed to a two-month extension of a payroll tax cut that he derided hours earlier. |
AP survey: Economy to pick up but still vulnerable
The San Francisco Examiner Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:19 AM PST
DEREK KRAVITZ AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 â€" if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists. Unemployment will barely fall from the current 8.6 percent rate, though, by the time President Barack Obama runs for re-election in November, the economists say. The three dozen private ... |
Plan to use Amtrak as fallback for high-speed rail criticized
Los Angeles Times Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:15 AM PST
Federal rules require another use for the track if the high-speed project unravels. But Amtrak officials have concerns about changing their popular Central Valley route. When the Obama administration gave California $3.4 billion in startup money for a high-speed rail system, it insisted on a guarantee that the project would not become a white elephant â€" something critics could brand as a train ... |
Solyndra: Politics infused Obama energy programs
Denver Post Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:12 AM PST
Linda Sterio remembers the excitement when President Barack Obama arrived at Solyndra last year and described how his administration's financial support for the plant was helping create hundreds of jobs. |
Investment in GM not paid off yet
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:09 AM PST
General Motors, saved by the Obama administration with a $50 billion bailout, is making more money than it has in its history, adding jobs and gaining market share. It's still a headache for the White House. |
NOAA issues draft study for Arctic Sea oil drilling
Summit County Citizens Voice Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:06 AM PST
Obama administration under political pressure to permit new drilling in fragile Arctic Ocean ecosystem; public comment taken through Feb. 13 By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY â€" Federal officials say plans to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska will cause only “minor to moderate†impacts to rare [...] |
47 percent Americans approve Obama's job
New Kerala Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:38 PM PST
Washington, Dec 27 : More Americans approve of the job that President Barack Obama is doing than disapprove for the first time since this summer, according to the latest Gallup tracking poll. |
U-M will sponsor Cuba trip for alumni
Detroit Free Press Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:37 PM PST
The University of Michigan Alumni Association was awarded a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to offer trips to Cuba, the university announced last week. The Obama administration eased travel restrictions on Cuba earlier this year. But there are many limitations, and only groups are allowed. |
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