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Al Gore was able to get most people to forget the money he took from the tobacco industry and Buddhist monks by winning both the Nobel Prize and an Oscar for his work on educating the world about the dangers of global warming and other problems that affect the environment...
Gore's problem is that in this economic climate he cannot get himself arrested even for chaining himself to the entrance of a coal-fired electrical plant. The interest in supporting policies that will improve the environment is trumped by the necessity of corporate survival. (See pictures of Al Gore...
Companies are not the only organizations that do not have the money to advance the cause of the environment in an economic downturn. Charities such as Greenpeace or The Sierra Club are probably suffering from a reduction in donations which will decrease their ability to accomplish the goals they have...
McDonald's (MCD) did so well with its dollar menu that Wal-Mart (WMT) decided it will create one, too. The difference is that the Wal-Mart version will be merchandise and not food. McDonald's philosophy of selling very inexpensive food in a clean, well-lit environment served by...
Steps away, thousands of protesters, including students from right-leaning private universities, marched in front of the presidential palace, carrying signs calling Colom an "assassin" and demanding his resignation. The competing protests are the most visible sign of a politically charged environment that has the potential to cause Colom to...