Author Archives: Danielle Park

Toxic air most pressing reason to curb fossil fuel use

Denying and discounting fossil fuel impacts on climate and water systems is one thing, ignoring toxic air is harder to do.  Air pollution made in China and other developing nations does not stay within national borders, of course.  On planet … Continue reading

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Special interest groups writing cut and paste laws in their favor

When powerful special interest groups are allowed to write preferrential laws for themselves and their industries, damaging public policy is the norm evident in most countries today. Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, … Continue reading

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Canada maxed out

A decade of ultra-low interest rates and lax lending enabled Canadians to borrow and spend their way into a state of extreme financial fragility.  Today Canadian households are world leaders in terms of average household debt that is 180% of … Continue reading

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