Debunking the ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ – Interview # 3: Diane D’Riggo, Radioactive Waste Project Director for the Washington, DC based Nuclear Information Resource service ( www.nirs.org ), talks about the mounting risks from radioactive waste and the many reasons that the claim that a new generation of nuclear power plants is a necessary response to global climate change is a dangerous fallacy. She summarizes the findings in a NIRS report she recently co-authored with Mary Olson, OUT OF CONTROL…ON PURPOSE: DOE’s Dispersal of Radioactive Waste Into Landfills and Consumer Products.
The financial sector’s leading role in the Great Recession has prompted calls for a re-write of their rules of conduct. The previous regulatory regime did not include sufficient safeguards to protect consumers nor prevent a near total collapse of the national economy. The Obama Administration has proposed stronger consumer protections enforced by a newly created independent agency. The House has already has passed a sweeping reform bill that includes the establishment of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency and Senate deliberations are ongoing. As the debate unfolds, the specifics of this proposal deserve scrutiny as well as the underlying principles which should govern a safer and sustainable marketplace for financial services.”Banking is based on trust,” according to Elizabeth Warren, and the key to meaningful reform is ensuring that consumers have access to transparent credit products with short, comprehensible contracts that allow for real product comparison.” She argues that these connections have broken down and continue to threaten the entire economy. Can trust be resurrected once again? Can this be done without a new consumer watchdog? What stands in the way of successful reform? Join the New America Foundation’s Asset Building Program for a lively discussion of the connections between consumer protections and financial sector reform. www.newamerica.net
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The consumer products and retail worlds are changing. And the speed of change is rapidly accelerating. To understand why and what the impact will be, Capgemini surveyed over 2000 consumers. In this film we present our key findings from the “Future Consumer” report and hear from many consumers themselves.
