Green deconstruction job may end up costing too much greenRockford Register StarThis work, which is part of a job-training program run by CCS, shouldn't be subject to prevailing wage laws, he said. Representatives from Carpenters Local …
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Stimulus Fail: Green Your Home for $57000 – Heritage.org (blog)
Stimulus Fail: Green Your Home for $57000Heritage.org (blog)Under that law, the grants may only go to projects that pay a “prevailing wage” on par with private-sector employers. The Department of Labor spent most of …Have Obama's federal government weatherize your home for only $57362 <em>each</em>Los Angeles Times (blog)The anger buildsNew York Post
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Stimulus Fail: Green Your Home for $57000 – Heritage.org (blog)
Stimulus Fail: Green Your Home for $57000Heritage.org (blog)Everything, to start, but in this instance it is the government's red tape: [T]he Recovery Act included so-called Davis-Bacon requirements for all …Report: Stimulus Weatherization Program Bogged Down by Red TapeABC NewsHave Obama's federal government weatherize your home for only $57362 <em>each</em>Los Angeles Times (blog)
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Rising food prices: Green signal or smokescreen? – Economic Times
Rising food prices: Green signal or smokescreen?Economic Times… says prices will stay at “good levels” in coming months despite high inventories because financial markets are lifting copper prices. …
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Rising food prices: Green signal or smokescreen? – Economic Times
Rising food prices: Green signal or smokescreen?Economic TimesYet aluminum prices are up almost 40%. China is producing copper at record levels while demand from developed nations is weak. Even so, prices reached a …
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San Francisco Joins the Club of Green Financiers – New York Times (blog)
San Francisco Joins the Club of Green FinanciersNew York Times (blog)In a somewhat similar vein, President Obama proposed a federal program in December — nicknamed “Cash for Caulkers” by commentators — that gives homeowners …
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