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2013: EXPECT A RAFT OF NEW ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
Obama’s Environmental Regulation
During his first term, President Obama was widely critized for the number of new regulations which were introduced. Critics attacked the President for introducing regulations that were hampering business and costing jobs.
However, the President is set to introduce even more regulation in 2013. A report released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Minority Committee, has listed many more Enterprise Prevention Agenda regulations to be passed this year. The reported entitled “A Look Ahead to EPA Regulations for 2013: Numerous Obama EPA Rules Placed on Hold Until After the Election Spell Doom For Jobs and Economic Growth” numerates additional restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, tougher water guidelines and tightening of the ozone standard. The report explains that these measures would push up taxes for businesses and individuals, as well as cost jobs.
Many environmental groups had hoped Obama would have done more in his first term to help green issues, but President Obama’s former climate czar Carol Browner told several green groups not to worry because “President Obama has a big green ‘to-do’ list for 2013 so they’ll get what they want.”
Read More: Forbes
DALAI LAMA COMING TO NEW ORLEANS IN 2013 FOR POST-KATRINA WORK
The Dalai Lama and an entourage of Tibetan monks are heading to New Orleans in May 2013 in a rally of support for communities still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
The 77-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner is expected to make at least two public speeches while he’s in the city on May 16-18.
The visit of the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader will be sponsored by Tulane University’s School of Social Work. Additional details of the visit will be released at a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
DALAI LAMA TO VISIT PORTLAND IN 2013
by Frank Mungeam, KGW.com Staff
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 5:29 PM
Updated Thursday, Nov 15 at 9:44 AM
PORTLAND – The Dalai Lama will visit Portland in May 2013 for a series of public talks and discussions.
His Holiness, now 77, has events scheduled over the course of three days from May 9 to 11. The tentative schedule includes a public talk on Saturday, May 11 as well as a symposium and several panel discussions with spiritual, environmental and scientific leaders.
Maitripa College is hosting the visit, and several of the events are being held in conjunction with the University of Portland.
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COULD U.S. ECONOMY BE HEADING FOR RECESSION IN THE NEW YEAR?
Merry Christmas and a recessionary new year | FT Alphaville.
Strategist with Societe Generale, Albert Edwards, believes the US econonmy will head into recession early 2013. He argues that falling corporate profits mean the US economy is not as healthy as some may want us to believe. He also points to the trend that for the four years first quarter growth has been disappointing. The graph shows that in each first quarter, economic growth has been slower than the fourth quarter of the previous year. If this pattern continues into Q1 of 2013 we may see the economy contracting.
With current growth in the US low, it would not take much to cause the economy to slip back into recession.