Greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. were up by 1.4 percent in 2007, after a decline the previous year, according to newly released figures in a report from the Energy Information Administration, the statistics arm of the Energy Department.
The picture was grim this week as the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education released a report predicting that a college education could soon become unaffordable for most Americans. In the past 25 years, the cost of college has increased by 439 percent. [The New York Times notes that this figure is not adjusted for inflation.]
The Urban Institute, Civic Ventures, and Public Agenda
Public Agenda president Ruth Wooden was among the panelists for "Rethinking Retirement: Opinions, Obstacles, Opportunities," a panel discussion on new ways to think about retirement and aging, in the light of both demographic trends and the realities of the federal budget.
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