{"id":32057,"date":"2013-05-08T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/it-aint-easy-being-green-nor-does-it-matter-much\/32057\/"},"modified":"2013-05-08T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T15:03:00","slug":"it-aint-easy-being-green-nor-does-it-matter-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/it-aint-easy-being-green-nor-does-it-matter-much\/","title":{"rendered":"It Ain\u2019t Easy Being Green … Nor Does It Matter Much"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite many efforts on a personal level to maintain \u201cgreen\u201d lifestyles, fossil fuels are ingrained in the global energy system; psychiatry is undergoing revolutionary changes since the National Institute of Mental Health denounced the field\u2019s canonical manual of mental disorders; and, newsflash, President Obama\u2019s re-election has not changed his ways, as evidenced by his recent Cabinet choices. These discoveries and more below.<\/p>\n

On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that have found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why Your \u2018Green Lifestyle\u2019 Choices Don\u2019t Really Matter<\/a>
Fossil fuels don\u2019t care which brand of paper towel you use.<\/p>\n

Oz and Us<\/a>
At Wannabe U, a research university that I have been observing for years, the provost and president have announced that it is time to create a new academic plan.<\/p>\n

Penny Pritzker\u2019s Commerce (Part One)<\/a>
For those who\u2019ve been waiting for Barack Obama, unfettered from the constraints of re-election, to emerge from his chrysalis and take wing as the true liberal they have always known he was, well, here we are: a proposal to cut Social Security benefits via a cost-of-living adjustments (candidate Obama in 2008 said John McCain suggests \u201cthe best answer for the growing pressures on Social Security might be cost-of-living adjustments or raise the retirement age. Let me be clear: I will not do either.\u201d)<\/p>\n

The Potential Perils of Rapid-Fire Urbanization<\/a>
Former mayor of Barcelona Joan Clos has an easy manner and tousled white hair, like an amiable uncle.<\/p>\n

The Uncertain Future of Public Roads<\/a>
A few weeks ago, the Colorado Department of Transportation reached a 50-year deal with a private investment group to handle the improvement, maintenance, and operation of US 36 between <\/p>\n

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