Posted by martianmelaine on June 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Department of Energy finances $2.6 billion solar project with NRG Energy and Prologis. by CNN Money: Bank of America has secured a federal loan guarantee that will allow it to finance the world’s largest single effort to put solar panels on rooftops, the company said Wednesday. The total cost of the project is $2.6 billion, and … Read more
Category Human News · Tagged with Department of Energy, energy, environmentalism, jobs, NRG Energy, Prologis, solar energy, solar energy information, solar government subsidies, solar power, solar work
Posted by martianmelaine on May 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Google vows to fight antipiracy bill– even if passed. by CNET: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said today in London that the company is prepared to go on fighting the bill should it become law, according to published reports, Schmidt said: “If there is a law that requires DNS [domain name systems, the protocol that allows users … Read more
Category Human News · Tagged with American Civil Liberties Union, anonymous, anti piracy, antipiracy bill, chamber of commerce, Electronic Frontier Foundation, free expression, Google, google antipiracy bill, piracy, protect ip act, RIAA, stop coica, u.s senate protect ip act
Posted by martianmelaine on May 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Texas bans TSA “grope” searches. by Outside the Beltway: Texas has become the first state to ban intrusive airport security pat downs. The bill, passed late last night, aims to make touching travellers in an ‘inappropriate’ way during searches a criminal offence. The measure makes it illegal for anyone conducting pat-downs to touch ‘the anus, … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on March 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Online petition pressures Dutch CEOs to have bonuses revoked. by The Guardian: ING customers mobilised on Twitter and other social networks to protest at bonuses paid to bosses at the bank, one of the biggest in the country. The threat of direct action raised the spectre of a partial run on ING, terrifying the Dutch … Read more
Category Human News · Tagged with activism, bank bonuses ceos, banks, citizens take back bank bonuses from ceos, dutch, dutch activism, dutch bankers, dutch protests, dutch protests banks, dutch revoke ceo bonuses to banks, europe, politics, progressives, protests, the netherlands, unions
Posted by martianmelaine on March 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Mexico’s government requests details over U.S funneling guns to cartels projects. by Mexico VG Crime: The government of Mexico asked the United States for details of the ATF under Project Gunrunner, Operation name “Fast and Furious“ implemented by the U.S. Department of Justice that allegedly allowed thousands of weapons into the Mexico. The Ministry of … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on March 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Wisconsin voters launch recall of GOP senators. by Think Progress: Today, a group of Wisconsin voters took the first step towards invoking this recall process. According to a Wisconsin Democratic Party e-mail that was obtained by ThinkProgress: This morning citizens from around the state took the first steps by filing recall papers against key Republican … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on February 18, 2011 · 2 Comments
Wisconsin unions take to the streets to boycott Gov. Scott Walker as rumors of GOP recall swirl. by Think Progress: Every day, the Wisconsin GOP has dismissed the protests saying they won’t last another day, but each day the protests get bigger by estimates of about ten thousand people each day. These protests have been … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on February 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Wisconsin protests Gov. Walker’s (R) Workers’ Rights Repeal Bill (video). by Gawker: Wisconsin’s new Republican governor, Scott Walker, wants to get his austerity budget rammed through the state’s new Republican legislature, by introducing a proposal to eliminate workers’ collective bargaining rights for wages, pensions, and other benefits while sharply raising their required contributions. And if these … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on February 10, 2011 · 47 Comments
U.S Chamber of Commerce used hackers to smear political opponents. by Think Progress: According to one document prepared by Team Themis, the campaign included an entrapment project. The proposal called for first creating a “false document, perhaps highlighting periodical financial information,” to give to a progressive group opposing the Chamber, and then to subsequently expose … Read more
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Posted by martianmelaine on February 7, 2011 · 2 Comments
Anonymous hacks security consultant planning on selling fake information to FBI. by Forbes: On Sunday evening, just when the Super Bowl was kicking off in Dallas, Texas, five supporters of Anonymous’ elite arm AnonOps brought down the Web site for HBGary Federal, a small, Washington D.C.-based security services firm. They then hacked into the Twitter … Read more
