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TVM Dialog List 1256
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A listing of the TVM Dialog in date uploaded / date modified order

Food / Environment
Tuna / Sustainable Fishing
Greenpeace ranking of tuna brands with respect to sustainable fishing and procurement practices
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Company / Product
Nestle / Bottled Water
Since 2001, Swiss-owned Nestlé has removed more than 4 billion gallons of water from three wells in Michigan's Muskegon River watershed for a paltry $200 annual fee per well. And now it's trying to take more.
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Climate
Heat and Health
Why millions are at risk from a silent killer: heat
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Climate
Reducinmg heat in urban areas
Cool roofs: beating the midday sun with a slap of white paint ... Reflecting the sun saves a building’s energy but it can also affect surrounding temperatures and offset carbon emissions
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Climate
Urban Albedos
Text ... Report (2009) about Global Cooling and the impact world-wide urban albedos might offset impact of CO2 and global warming
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Energy / Jobs
Not coal but renewables
President Trump, it's time we left coal behind ... Coal isn’t the future of the American economy – it’s renewable energy. The sooner Donald Trump realizes that, the better
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Corporate Behavior
Dumb, arrogant and stupid
United Airlines and Borussia Dortmund: No Mere Accidents ... Two tales, same story of corporate abuse and consumerism.
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Military
Can never win and deliver peace
How to Lose the Next War in the Middle East ... The best result is 'don't invade.'
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Media
Speaking Trust to Power
Mother Jones ... Here's what O'Reilly called us--and why we're proud of it.
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Climate Change
Huge Change Needed
Eelco Rohling ... We need to get rid of carbon in the atmosphere, not just reduce emissions
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Climate Change
Hansen etal
Young People's Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions
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Place
Understanding Place is Foundational
Sanusi Is Killing Softly Northern Nigeria's Alibi By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo ... What ails Northern Nigeria, like what ails other parts of Nigeria, is deeper and more complex than outsiders often imagine.
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Environment
Toxic paint / other toxins
LEAD'S HIDDEN TOLL ... Across Los Angeles, toxic lead harms children in neighborhoods rich and poor
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Environment
Land Use / Forests
The Conversation ... The state of US forests: Six questions answered
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Financial Economy
Unwarranted Trust
Mid 2016 ... Central Bank Balance Sheet Assets Hit Record High!
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Waste
Waste Flows
Waste Flows through the economy
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Climate Change
Impact of Natural Disaster
BOOK ... An Intimate Look at Some of the Recent Global Natural Weather Disasters ... Stan Cox and Paul Cox describe the destructive force of nature in the context of climate change.
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The Trump Presidency
Reality is real
Is the Deep State Our Only Control Over Trump? ... When you actually try to govern, reality has a way of pushing back. Who knew?
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Country / Issue
Zimbabwe / Climate change
Climate change ... Resettled Zimbabwe farmers left high and dry
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Climate ... Drought
Famine / African Risk Capacity (ARC), a mutual insurance company
A tale of two droughts: one killed 260,000 people, the other none. Why? ... Disaster insurance offers a new model for economic self-sufficiency. In African countries, every $1 invested saves $4.40 in the aftermath of an emergency
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Sustainable Development
Major Trends
Six megatrends that could alter the course of sustainable development ... As the world works to achieve the sustainable development goals, a recent UN report identifies six issues that challenge ambitious targets
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People
Dr. Hugh Hunt
The engineer who keeps the clock ticking ... Dr Hugh Hunt, keeper of the Trinity College Clock.
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Banks / Impact Investing
UBS / Rethink Impact

A $2.7 trillion money manager is preaching sustainable investing to its 7,000 financial advisors
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People Behavior
Distraction
How to Clear Your Computer of Focus-Draining Distraction
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Company Character
Ability to Innovate
Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate and what they can do about it
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The Trump Presidency
Reality TV ... or just plain reality
The Trump House: Season 1 ... A proposed new reality TV show could transform how we view American politics.
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JOBS / EMPLOYMENT
More Jobs ... Less pay
The Shocking Reality of a Future of Shrinking Jobs ... A stunning 94 percent of the 9 million new jobs created in the past decade were temp or contract-based gigs.
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Geopolitics
American NeoCon Disinformation
Pundits Who Helped Sell NATO's Destruction of Libya Push for Trump to Lead Syria Regime Change ... Human slaves are now being sold in Libya, after NATO regime change. The pundits who backed it now have their sights on Syria.
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Energy -v- Environment
BP Pollution in Alaska
BP Oil and Gas Leaks Under Control, but Alaskans Want Answers ... Activists want to know what triggered the blowout at BP's Prudhoe Bay oil well and whether 'this is something that could be more pervasive.'
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Energy -v- Environment
Old infrastructure
Alaska Oil and Gas Spills Prompt Call for Inspection of All Cook Inlet Pipelines ... One of the pipelines is still leaking into the inlet, Alaska's oldest oil and gas producing region, where much of the infrastructure is more than 50 years old.
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Climate Change
Carbon Control Incentives
Carbon Credits Likely Worthless in Reducing Emissions, Study Says ... Schemes allowed by the Paris climate agreement won't help countries reach their reduction targets, European report says, and should be phased out.
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Company
Patagonia
HOW PATAGONIA BALANCES SOCIAL VALUE AND BUSINESS VALUE ... IN THIS EXCLUSIVE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW, PATAGONIA VP RICK RIDGEWAY REVEALS WHAT PATAGONIA'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MEANS IN PRACTICE.
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Ice Melt / Sea Level Rise
Changes in Antarctica
Antarctica Is Covered With Flowing Water, And That Worries Scientists
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Sustainable Energy
Circular Economy
Cherry Tree Inspiration Wins Start-Up $4 Million Energy Grant ... LanzaTech has developed a system for harnessing the power of living organisms
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Religion
The Anglican Church
Half of England's Anglican cathedrals could close amid funding crisis
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The Trunp Presidency
People and Performance
West Wing infighting has ripple effects across the government ... Top-level vacancies frustrate Trump's administration
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Initiative
Restore the Earth
Images for the Logos of Supporting Companies
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Renewable Energy
US Solar
America Now Has 27.2 Gigawatts of Solar Energy: What Does That Mean?
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The Trump Presidency
Top Advisers
Ivanka & Jared: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Basic Income
The U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network
The Basic Income Guarantee is an unconditional, government-insured guarantee that all citizens will have enough income to meet their basic needs
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The Trump Presidency
Discounting Natural Capital
Executive Order is first step towards opening protected lands to Big Oil
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Banking and Finance
Regulation
Mnuchin offers Volcker rule fix ... Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has begun sketching how to define compliance with the Volcker rule.
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Shipping
Container shipping companies merge
The world's biggest container shipping company Maersk Line will pay $4.02 billion (3.7 billion euros) for its acquisition of smaller German rival Hamburg Süd, it said on Friday.
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Banking and Finance
Regulation
How Do We Fix Finance? ... The United States needs to put monstrous and mostly self-serving financial institutions in proper check.
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Activism
Bushkill PA
Democracy for America ... Host a DFA Resistance LinkUp in May!
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US Public Sector
The US Mail
NEWS & POLITICS ... Hightower: The Postal Service Is Doing Great, Despite Lies and Distortions From the Right-Wing ... Contrary to the Washington Post's report, the nation's public post offices racked up a $610 million operating profit last year, and a $1.2 billion profit the year before.
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The Trump Presidency
Jobs ... Jobs ... Jobs
LABOR ... The Great Job Exodus Is Upon Us: Trump's Promise to Save American Labor Is Already a Bust ... At least 12,000 positions have moved or are in the process of being moved abroad since late January.
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Climate Change
'A stitch in time'
ENVIRONMENT ... Climate Change as Genocide: Inaction Equals Annihilation ... It would cost just $4.4 billion to save 20 million African lives, but the world won't pony up.
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The Trump Presidency
White House Staff
NEWS & POLITICS ... The Trump Administration After 100 Days: A Second-Rate Salesman Surrounded by Con Men and Losers ... Trump has staffed the West Wing with low-grade hucksters, and his deal-making skills are just bad poker bluffs.
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