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Example from a line that received a 2010 Innovation Award from the Ethical Fashion ForumOver President’s Day, I wrote about how environmentally destructive something as simple as a pair of jeans can be when taking into consid

The derivatives industry is squeezing Washington like a python. Desperate to control the tone and thrust of derivatives regulation, industry lobbyists have been swarming over the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of which is writing derivatives rules as mandated by the Dodd-Frank reform law.

NASA's OMEGA SystemWe hear a lot about solar, wind, and geothermal as alternative energy sources, but what about algae?

The problem of American democracy isn't solely that there's too much money in our politics. It's that the money comes from a narrow (and extremely rich) slice of the electorate.

Ahead of Earth Day 2012, here's a brief sampling of some of the best posts on Sustainability issues at PolicyShop:

The Difficulty Of Climate Messaging 

Regulation is such a dirty word these days that it's easy to forget what a big difference it can make in the lives of ordinary people.

Take, for instance, the Federal government's successful push to ban refund anticipation loans.

1. The government has collected less in taxes as a proportion of the economy in the past three years than it has in any three-year period since World War II, and tax rates are at historic lows.

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A Conversation with Rakim Brooks