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...People think that Americans are notorious consumers and will shift very quickly back to their old habits, but we're not so sure about that," says Eshelman. He speculates that because of the number of jobs that would need to be added each month, it will likely take five to 10 years for employment to return to 2007 levels. In December 2009, the country's seasonally adjusted employment was at 129.5 million, down 8.5 million jobs from its peak in December 2007. Even if 150,000 jobs were added every month, it would take five years to return...
...think the picture is overwhelmingly one of a retail recovery," he says. While he acknowledges that the sales increase is off weak 2009 numbers, he's nevertheless optimistic. "A broad retail recovery is in play," he contends. "There is a fair amount of pent-up demand ... and we're only seeing the beginning of that...
...National Press Club in Washington. The EPA will "try to minimize, if not end, any environmental degradation to the water" caused by mining, she said. "We fight for clean water under the Clean Water Act. So our role is limited to ensuring that these [mining] projects, if they're approved, do not have a detrimental impact on clean water. We'll continue to do that...
Although other types of surface or underground mining are less environmentally destructive than mountaintop mining, they're also more expensive, so companies like Massey are reluctant to alter current practices. Going forward, however, Massey has pledged to monitor water quality; periodically it assembles a 30-member environmental review arm to do so. The EPA is also keeping tabs on mining's impact, while Obama has pledged to support the development of clean energy. Activists like Bonds say attention from the top levels of the current administration helps them continue fighting at this crucial time. But for the former residents...
...We’re pretty anti-hierarchical here,” he says as he sits in the Co-op’s library, which evokes the organization’s historic connections to Harvard’s liberal underground...