Green bundler with the golden touch

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

Investor Steve Westly straddles the worlds of venture capital, presidential fundraising and government advising

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"… me a $700,000 federal grant, crucial to expanding a RecycleBank program in Philadelphia. In December 2009, the Energy Department awarded stimulus grants of $20.4 …"

"… nia.A $700,000 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, filtered to Philadelphia in 2009, helped RecycleBank expand its recycling benefits program in the c …"

IMPACT: Refinery's use of toxic chemical spurs hearing

By Jim Morris

Politician to ask about safety at a Philadelphia refinery

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"… ease.Citing the investigation, state Rep. Maria Donatucci, a Democrat from Philadelphia, said in a news release that she has been “pressing for verifiable assur …"

"… of these refineries, operated by Sunoco, is located just south of downtown Philadelphia, near the city’s professional sports complex. An HF release from the pla …"

"… nion, which represents a number of Sunoco workers, and the director of the Philadelphia Project on Occupational Safety and Health.A Sunoco spokesman did not respo …"

IMPACT: In Philadelphia, plea for safer alternative at refinery

By Jim Morris

IMPACT: No harm from clouds of toxic acid, refiner says — to skepticism

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"… g that the 125-year-old Sunoco complex, located in densely populated South Philadelphia, is among 50 U.S. refineries that use HF to make high-octane gasoline desp …"

"… the refinery but urged ending reliance on HF.State Rep. Maria Donatucci of Philadelphia said that Sunoco “must look to safer alternatives.”Diane Heminway, a h …"

"… e measures to make sure no HF escapes from its 1,400-acre refinery in Philadelphia. “We have many layers of protection,” he said, including sensors that …"

"… cal releases.People living near the refinery also expressed concern. South Philadelphia resident Cathy Brady complained that Sunoco doesn't co …"

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Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

By Michael Hudson

Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

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"… uritzation of garbage loans” from an array of lenders, Irv Ackelsberg, a Philadelphia-based consumer attorney who investigated Ameriquest and other subprime len …"

Do Trump's assertions about Obama's birthplace add up?

By FactCheck.Org

Donald Trump renews unsubstantiated claims about whether President Obama was really born in the United States

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"… that Obama was born in Kenya had just been thrown out of federal court in Philadelphia. In a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Berg sought an "emergency" co …"

During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

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"… t, why didn’t he? That needs to be evaluated” said Stephen Sheller, a Philadelphia class action attorney instrumental in the Zyprexa settlement. “Bill …"

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Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter looks at the GOP budget plan

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"… re to the public.Four years ago, in a secret insurance industry meeting in Philadelphia, I saw numbers that were similar to those in the NBC/Wall Street Journal p …"

Philadelphia Housing Authority spent millions improperly

By Aaron Mehta

The agency in charge of low-income housing for Philadelphia paid $30.5 million to outside law firms over a three-year period and couldn’t fu

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"… .’ I’d add untenable.” …"

"… o a new audit.The Housing and Urban Development inspector general said the Philadelphia Housing Authority, which made payments to 15 law firms between April 2007 …"

"… ismanagement at more than 3,000 public housing agencies across the country.Philadelphia’s Housing Authority is the fourth largest public housing authority in th …"

Use of toxic acid puts millions at risk

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A 2009 explosion in Corpus Christ sheds light on danger of toxic acid cloud

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"… h HF also are located in or near cities including Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia, as well as in rural parts of Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kentucky, and other state …"

"… ny’s worst-case scenario.As far back as 1975, Rick Engler, then with the Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health, a coalition of unions and …"

"… hree accidents involving HF releases in 2009 — at the Sunoco refinery in Philadelphia, the ExxonMobil refinery near Joliet, Illinois, and the Citgo East refiner …"

"… in penalties by the time the switch was made in January 2008.Activists in Philadelphia, after obtaining the worst-case scenario for the Sunoco refinery -- on the …"

Democrats desperately seek their own Rove

By Peter H. Stone

For chastened Democrats, ‘a lesson and a beating’; Republicans hone tactics that brought in secretive millions last year...

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"… n — otherwise corporations will run the country.”Peter Buttenweiser, a Philadelphia bundler who raised more than $500,000 in 2008 for Obama, predicted that th …"

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