>>this facility embodies a new, green economy i have championed for years now. >>how has australia handled the floods and the biggest cyclone in its history - we talk to finance minister wayne swann >>so the australian economy is in pretty good nick. we took a hit, but we are going to bounce back. >>hello and welcome. i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. just weeks after kazakhstan's parliament approved a referendum to extend the president's current term to 2020, nursultan nazarbayev vetoed the decision, instead calling for a snap election to put his future in the hands of the people. this will not only be an important forerunner to next year's parliamentary elections, but a test for the leader who has ruled the country since the breakup of the soviet union. >>reporter: at a state-run stable out on the vast steppe outside the capital of kazakhstan, amanzhol khassenovknows a good race when he sees one -- as he trains 200 horses >>it's not just the astana public that saddle up here bu

students learned about the sector of the green economy and the event was sponsored by the s just js u career center. >> i think it is nice to hear from people working in the job, what those jobs were like, how you get started. what better way to find information, and from the source. >> one of the panel was sjsu alum is. students were able to meet with the panelists and said they would appreciate more events like this, in the future. >> no matter how much the panel tried to bring across their., there is a limited amount of time. and if the information gets repetitive, it is useful for students to catch the whole thing 2001. >> students who still want to learn more are always welcome to stop by the career center the and the administration building. >>> the university project is a collaborative effort designed to bootstrap a community. sjsu citizens manned the operations. kyle stephens has the report. >> reporter: political science students showed up saturday for a day of learning just off highway 101 in the district known as five rivers. >> they enjoy this beautiful trail from williams

the green economy is happening.nd the fact that these system changes are taking place are pretty awesome and pretty profound. it means our coalition is in engaged in how to make certain those systems work well for communities that of been left out of the mainstream in the past. the second issue that i worry about is when you look at those prior economic eras that we were in, they were considerable in equity. it is very clear that the agrarian economy grew out of slavery and indentured servants. it is clear that there were considerable inequities in the workplace standards that did not exist before we had a labor unions. it is very clear that the suburban economy grew because there were certain people who could not live in a suburb. how do we make certain that this new green economy is in fact able to support a different kind of society? there are three things that we are working on that were in the paper produced by policylink. we are refraining the conversation. --reframing the conversation. what is the problem? is

the green economy is happening to the question is, how fast, at what scale, and how we shape it to beore equitable. it is a profound in it means that we have engaged in making certain that those systems work well for communities that have been left out of the mainstream in the past. the second issue that i worry about is that when you look get though -- at the entire economic era that we were in, there is considerable inequities. those economies grew over 50 years, but it is very clear that the agrarian economy grew out of slavery and indentured servants. there is considerable inequities in industrial economies, with workplace standards that did not exist before we have labor unions, and the suburban economy grew because of inequalities and certain people cannot live in the suburbs were investments were taking place. how do we make certain that in the screen economy, it is able to support -- in the green economy, it is able to support all societies. this is in a paper being produced. we are reclaiming the kahne superstation. -- we are reclaiming -- reclaiming -- reframing the conversa

important to ensure that unemployed people and potentially homeless people can be trained in the new green economy and green jobs. there is also a lot of other types of work force development being done, but i think it has to be targeted at some of the lowest income, highest vulnerability populations in our city, and that would help prevent homelessness from growing. but i hope that as we look at homeless policy, we take a man approached that does not blame homeless people for their own predicament but looks at how we can improve the economy, jobs, and educational opportunities for many people who are currently homeless. >> you started to touch on this a little bit as the city's housing needs. what do you think the board of supervisors should be doing to address some of those needs? supervisor mar: even as we will be holding a hearing on senior housing needs in a few weeks, we did a study with the budget analyst office that shows that there is a huge need for housing, especially for affordable housing for the lowest income population, but even for our middle-income, aging population, there is nowh

basis please and again correct me if i mis characterizing my recollection of your words and that a green economy for example that president obama laid out during the campaign could provide the basis for that in the last six months two of the three largest solar companies in the united states one has moved builder manufacturing facilities china the other just moved a hundred thousand or more square foot r. and d. facility to china how is it going to be possible for us to rebuild and industrial base in united states or any kind of a base that is non bubble based on speculation and speculation based as long as we have as long as we don't have some sort in some way some sort of protectionist system or like we had from seventy nine hundred three to the to the to the one nine hundred ninety s. are you. well i think of one has to recognize that china exists it's not going to change and it's not going to go away we have to live in a world where the. the the chinese economic engine is present and so our responsibility is to work out how to have a successful economy given that fact and i think we could do

access to clean water and uncontaminated foods in this country are right we need to restart the green economy the jimmy carter birth and ronald reagan put to death just a few years later and we need to understand that rights have only one guarantor government no corporation will ever protect your rights it's not their job while today's republican party is once again in power thanks to this big government lie tomorrow's political leaders will be the men and women who have the courage to stand up to the plutocrats who created that lie the first political party is willing to take on these corporate special interests address our nation's dangerous wealth inequality recognize the importance of labor unions reform our global trade strategy make health care a right and not a privilege and kick big oil out of our national energy strategy that party will be the party that wins hearts and minds in the next american election let's start telling the truth and put an end to this lie for good. and that's the big picture now for more information on the stories we covered please visit our website at thom har

. >> reporter: the federal government will help stimulate the green economy and will also help the state meet its clean energy requirement by the end of the decade. we're at the flextronics fabrication plant, christien kafton. >> and today the federal loan guarantees $1.2 billion. it will generate 2,200 mega watts. that is enough energy to power 60,000 homes and avoid putting 430-tons of carbon dioxide in the air. >>> and homes not vails took over a vacant three story buildings on ohaire. they said they were trying to bring attention to san francisco's housing crisis. the building is owned by kaiser permanente and they says the unfit. >>> crawling out the back door of his apartment -- the fire started in the man's apartment on g street this morning. clifford perry says he was wrapped in a blanket in front of a space heater when he suddenly saw a huge fame and somehow made his way out through a back door. his pants were singed but he was not seriously hurt. gary is blind and using a walking dog to get around. nobody was hurt. >>> and nato says they will continue to use air strikes to supp

money, but in california we need leading very smart venture capitalists making big bets on the green economy, and, of course, there's an element of david versus go goliath here. could we get two new electric car ideas and how this competes as a driver on middle east product? with learning by doing and enough progress, even without a carbon tax, i'd love there to be a gas tax. the electric car could compete better against big oil if there's significant green tech progress. >> other views? lawrence or mark want to add to that? >> well, you know, this thing about the evil ole gar kyes, it could be true, but it's just to counterproductive to approach issues in that way. >> to arrest the criminals? >> yeah, yes, to use the kind of rhetoric they're using is -- >> rule of law is illegal. >> yes, all of that is counterproductive. what you need to do in this world is understand where people are coming from and so -- and treat them with respect and find out what everybody's point of view is and try to work this out in a way that answer people's issues. i've been writing about -- i don't only write abo

and when you take money and taxpayers' money and subsidize green jobs, that money could have gone elsewhere into the economy into more productive use. so subsidizing green jobs was misallocateding it from more competitive uses. so not only are you misallocating labor and capital to build these but also forcing pricier electricity on the consumers right now. host: so should green jobs remain in the private sect center guest: yes. the more the government gets out of the way, and again, for all energy sources, the more it allows these resources to be moved more productive use and promotes competition and benefits the consumer through lower prices and that's how we can rebuild our economy. host: waldorf, maryland. caller: here's what i don't understand. the heritage foundation is so -- government subsidies for alternative energy sources. but we have subsidized the airline industry. we subsidized the ag industry. we subsidized the pharmaceutical industry. we subsidize our highways, you know, our airport construction. we subsidize the energy companies. all of our big businesses have been subsidized. and you know,

and doing so risks not only our health and that of future generations, it risks the promise of a green economy built on green energy jobs, energy efficiency, innovations and reduced waste and pollution. so i urge my colleagues to stop the effort to gut the clean air act. i urge my colleagues to defeat this amendment. let's make sure that we bequeath to future generations the ability to have an air that ultimately we can collectively breathe, that doesn't sicken our families and doesn't undermine our collective health. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor and observe the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator arkansas is recognized. a senator: mr. president, i rise today -- the presiding officer: is quorum call is in effect. a senator: i ask for unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: thank you. thank you, mr. president. i rise today to express my strong support for the mcconnell amendment. this amendment prevents

. >> we hear a lot about green jobs and the green economy. do you break it down by that as well? >> we have not in the past, but we are in the process of doing that. we have a new initiative where we have done a fair amount of research into finding green jobs and we will start collecting data on th later this year. next year we will start producg some of this same data we are seeing now, but broken down by industries that are primarily producing green products. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> it is always good to see you, and particularly good to see you when you bring good news. i want to just pick on where my -- pick up on where my colleague left off a moment ago. a lot of people seem not to fully apprecie the law of the credit market and how it does affect small business is big time. in my district, a few months ago we had small businesses of all kinds come together and talk about the reserve. what they said was, we have opportunities, but we cannot get lines of credit. they have been torn down and we don't have them. that is very, very significant. i think the more we can open

. >> we hear a lot about green jobs and the green economy. do you break it down by that as well? >> we have not in the past, but we are in the process of doing that. we have a new initiative where we have done a fair amount of research into finding green jobs and we will start collecting data on that later this year. next year we will start producing some of this same data we are seeing now, but broken down by industries that are primarily producing green products. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> it is always good to see you, and particularly good to see you when you bring good news. i want to just pick on where my -- pick up on where my colleague left off a moment ago. a lot of people seem not to fully appreciate the law of the credit market and how it does affect small business is big time. in my district, a few months ago we had small businesses of all kinds come together and talk about the reserve. what they said was, we have opportunities, but we cannot get lines of credit. they have been torn down and we don't have them. that is very, very significant. i think the more we ca

a green and sustainable economy. i think it's very important to understand that what this legislation does is in fact eliminate regulation for the small businesses and farms in my district and i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and to reject the underlying legislation. thank you and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky. >> do we have the right to close? the chair: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman from kentucky has three minutes remaining. the gentleman from wisconsin has a half minute remaining. the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. >> ial point -- i apologize but i have to say, word burning under the environment is terrible, particular pollutant. i don't think anybody involved in air pollution issues would ever point out that wood burning is something we want to point to. mr. bilbray: it may be renewable and i appreciate you saying that. it's very good that you said. that because i think we mix renewable with

. >> reporter: you know, the weather may not say it, but spring is here, and certainly the economy, the green shoots are really starting to sprout. this is unmitigated, unadult rated good news on the jobless front. you talk about symbolism, it's more than that. these are concrete facts. the unemployment rate has dropped a full point in the last four months, and the last two months, it's crossed a 200,000 jobs added threshold, and the reason that number is important economists say, when you get above 200,000, you really start to bring down the unemployment rate. in fact, that's what we have seen in the last quarter, as a matter of fact. let's look at the numbers. down to 8.8%. as you reported the net job gains, 216,000 jobs when you take away losses in the public sector. professional business services added 78,000 jobs. health care was up 37,000 jobs. ditto for leisure and hospitality up 37,000. manufacturing jobs up 17,000. the trend is your friend when you're talking about the white house and the economy and the jobless number going down as it has. not only for some 14 million americans who

. >> we hear a lot about green jobs and the green economy. do you break it down by that as well? >> we have not in the past, but we are in the process of doing that. we have a new initiative where we have done a fair amount of research into finding green jobs and we will start collecting data on that later this year. next year we will start producing some of this same data we are seeing now, but broken down by industries that are primarily producing green products. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> it is always good to see you, and particularly good to see you when you bring good news. i want to just pick on where my -- pick up on where my colleague left off a moment ago. a lot of people seem not to fully appreciate the law of the credit market and how it does affect small business is big time. in my district, a few months ago we had small businesses of all kinds come together and talk about the reserve. what they said was, we have opportunities, but we cannot get lines of credit. they have been torn down and we don't have them. that is very, very significant. i think the more we ca

this team of year brings in a whole lot of green to downtown san jose. crucial in this economy. kimberly tere is there with a look for us. >> reporter: hello, diane. the playoffs mean big business for businesses, especially in the downtown area, including the los gatos brewing company here which on a normal saturday night might serve 150 dinners tonight. a playoff game, they plan on selling 400 dinners to its guests tonight. when the puck drops in about an hour from now, businesses surrounding the shark tank will be in full swing and also fully staffed. there is beer to be sold, pizza to be delivered, a slew of fans looking for teal playoff apparel and souvenirs. the los gatos brewing company opened in san pedro square six months ago. the playoffs have really helped their bottom line with crowds coming in before, after and during the games. fans say they are thrilled their team is in the playoffs and are willing to shell out the dough to be a part of it. >> it's unbelievable. it increases our sales, daily sales about $7,000 to $10,000 on a day. so we're superexcited to have as m

environmentally friendly scenario that you might look at is this green one down here, and the more carbon intensive fossil fuel economies are these. this is not the, co2 content this is the flux of, co2 into the atmosphere, so this scenario has emissions increasing to the middle part of the century and for a variety of reasons. probably the variety resembles the variety of reasons people are talking about in imagining their water supply portfolio. we also have a care upon supply portfolio to the atmosphere. so, there's been a number of climate experiments and to a large extent hinge on these scenarios of what's being loaded into the atmosphere. so that's lying behind what you see. in the recent california assessment, we used three of these scenarios. or at least models that were based on those to guide us in assessing what might happen in the state of california in sort of a broad base of different impacts ranging from water resources to forest, human health, beeches, coasts, agriculture and so on. let's go on to the next one. okay this is kind of one of those tricky power point graphs and this is where i pretend i'm al

economy. there's a report on our keep. walking back to spotlight i'm al green knob and just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is franco buster nini ad of the pan european club of long term investors and a former minister in the italian cabinet. something that they many. countries are governed by right wing politician right wing parties are in power they are becoming increasingly unpopular and as far as i understand this is the case in italy for one you are a former minister in the left wing government and i guess you are you are still a left wing admirer i mean well you stand for the for the left rather than for the right in politics so can you tell us do the left have an alternative that they are ready to propose i mean in the economic policy for governing european countries will let's take a little you know in the infective italy the government now is an item popular but the opposition. the center left opposition vx dreamlifter position and the center pollution. even worse is that even even even one so the then your problem is that now. the last. t

having said that, because our economy is changing, as you know, we have been working hard to attract technology, green tech jobs for the city. i want to announce today yet another revelation. it is not just twitter. is zenga with their game and many other companies in the on- line game industry that is coming, that is beginning to expand their offices here in the city. it has been buying up 14 acres in mission bay because we have done the right thing in building that infrastructure. those kinds of technologies are still coming. they're still being attracted to our city. as of today, i wanted to make sure that you know that the other company has been here a while, but they are expanding. auto desk technologies, and their online entertainment software, is expanding. today, they just told me that they're adding some 16,000 more square feet to their offices that will invite another 75 people to work in the city to add to their 575 persons already. that is another indication that people have hope in our city. as long as we are headed in the right direction, we will get those jobs going. i do want to say to

economy where power is more widely dispersed around the world but also an economy that can deal with climate change and make a green transition that we need so we this is a fitting place to have a conference at this time and we have this short term challenge in this longer term challenge that requires global cooperation and the bric countries are going to have to play a role in both of those respects police car countries that are have been less affected by the crisis than have the european countries the united states and these are countries that are going to continue to grow if not rapidly at least moderately the rest of europe and the united states seems to be mired in in crisis of course you can get more of the bretton woods conference as well as commentary and analysis from our washington bureau and our. economic experts fear america's financial crisis could worsen as massive u.s. corporations get creative with their accounting to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. also online with their computer hackers who are happy with the state of the gaming industry. taking on sony at its best selling place. and in

economy where power is more widely dispersed around the world but also an economy that can deal with climate change and make a green transition that we need so we this is a fitting place to have a conference at this time and we have this short term challenge in this longer term challenge that requires global cooperation and the the bric countries are going to have to play a role in both of those respects you alluded to a new economic system or a new economy if you will in your opinion what problems or even institutions in the current economic system pose the greatest threat to global stability now. well the banking system the financial system worldwide is still very vulnerable and still is likely to create similar kinds of problems in the future that we had in the recent past there's been an attempt to reregulate the financial system. even though some of the efforts of have been positive like the dodd frank bail and so forth the political power of finance so strong both in the united states than in europe and other international floors that they're trying to block the implementation of the regulations that are real

definitely a positive transformation for the region's economy to reason among the big winners environmentalist in their concerns they gave the green light to the project in two thousand and seven just to keep an eye on construction works for any possible damage. well. one of the main problem for russians was not the climate but the environmentalist did you i'm sure you did have problems with with environment quite well with environmentalists how did you deal how did you cope well it's a good question i mean we set out very early on to make sure that we damage the environment so the absolute minimum extent weird we're talking about it in a city site so we have a very challenging environment. post-industrial environment so there wasn't much ecology on our site but that which we had we certainly treated very carefully and we worked very closely with the n.g.o.s from from day one so we're very transparent we tell everybody that you what's going on and we work with stakeholders very carefully do you feel that you or your environmentalist are happy or are they never happy well i think their job is to be slightly are slightly unhappy bec

confidential as is the case with many groups including green place but these lakes ninety ninety eight budget reveals just how much money citizens for a sound economy were saved from a wide variety of donors. more troubling was the fact that citizens for a sound economy took money there on astroturf campaigns directly on behalf of a number of. then there was they work for the tobacco industry thanks to a major legal settlement in the light ninety ninety millions of internal tobacco industry documents have been made public the documents showing how citizens for a sound economy and other free market groups secretly paid millions of dollars to fight tobacco taxes and regulations using what i called a retail sales effort they pitched this to their own members as a tax on individual freedoms by big government the idea being that while people may not be moved to fight on behalf of big tobacco or blue almost anything to protect their own freedoms one can kind of secure the relevance with the lading role citizens for a sound economy played in killing the last major attempt to reform the health care system with the clinton administration posing a new tobacc

both our local and national economy, it would be good for competition and choice in the broadband hdtv marketplace and broadband access is essential for a sustainable and green world. we believe there is an economic fast lane and economic slow lane and i hope that -- [bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening. my name is adele and i've been a resident of san francisco for 57 years and my daughter and i have been waiting for uverse service for years in the sunset district. and i voted for a number of you and i'm hoping that you'll consider voting yes tonight. thank you. >> how you doing, board of supervisors? my name is eric butler representing district 10 and i'm here to ask you to don't take our rights away from having prominent professional technology in our neighborhoods because my children use computers and they're more computer literate than i am but as far as being a parent that has to afford to pay for the internet, at&t seems to have the best package deal that i might need to be able to not have my children at a disadvantage for the future. thank you. >> good evening, board of supervisors, president. my name is rodney hansen jr.,

green in more ways than one. panels made at this plant can help california meet that goal. the governor says renewable energy is good for the environment and the economy. >> every time you fill your car with oil, you're sending money out of the country. to the middle east, to venezuela, somewhere. every time you invest in a solar plant, you're buying sun, mediated through california industry. >> more good news here. secretary of energy steven choo is offering a conditional commitment. $1.2 billion lone. a guarantee for california solar ranch progress. that will generate 350 new jobs. >>> next at 11:00 the jump at the pump. why your gas prices have taken off. and when they might go down. >>> the first, you know, they got married. it didn't work out. and you move on. and they have kids. >> the changing face of the family dynamic. one mom, two dads, in a family structure some say is better than the traditional setup. >>> and then, a pat-down at the airport, for a 6-year-old. tonight, the t.a. says, good work. >>> good evening, much cooler today on the coastline. san francisco with 55. warmer in the south bay. san jose topped out at 54. details on showers

green states are paying $3.50 a gallon. julie watts has more on how high prices is changing the way people drive. >>> yeah elizabeth, everyone is talking about it. the price of gas. as the economyas been improving experts have been predicting that the demand for gas would go up further driving up those prices. turns out the economists may be wrong. drivers are actually cutting back but that's not necessarily good news for gas prices. >> well, it'll be probably over $100. >> reporter: fed up over filling up has consumers cuts down. >> it's made me cut down on extra trips and consolidate trips within city boundaries. >> going by $30 worth, $40 worth. >> reporter: you don't run to the store as often. you're going to make it on the way home rather than during the job. >> reporter: from those in construction to the stay at home mom, cutting down is happening. >> whether it's mass transit, car pooling. biking to work. >> reporter: but mike tria warns reduced demand doesn't necessarily mean reduced prices. >> it's not just what's happening in the united states, it's what's happening around the globe. the prices are being largely driven by investors that not necessarily buy those tradi

>> i think there's no question that aviation is a green engine of the economy. i think jim albaugh really captured that and painted a picture without may be saying it quite that way. in his remarks. 2% of the world view that we drive four to five times that amount of the global gdp depending on whether you include all direct and indirect. that's a pretty remarkable record. 110% fuel efficiency from the u.s. improvement from u.s. airlines, 1978. so what, that's like taking 19 million cars off the road each year since 1978. so, we've got a great record. but what we're looking at now is not just the past but it's the future. we see aviation alternative fuels as a big part of our future. you heard the last panel, mr. bronczek in particular, talking about a worldwide aviation commitment to fuel efficiency and carbon neutral growth from 2020, and they need to push measures, technology, operations and infrastructure to get there. and alternative fuels as the slide shows you is one of the pieces of that package. i think carol really hit the right thing overall for the c

green alternative to a western centric world is. the for. the for the. wealthy british scientists. cut that. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy was much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on. the goals of the. bringing you the latest in science technology from around the world. we've got the future covered. kick him. two peoples as stated all the involvement in monday's terror attack on the minsk metro has been arrested peloponnesus president claims the case has been solved the country is observing a day of mourning for the trial told people the rights of the. befalls does a growing economy all come together to have their say on the most profitable global it's the heads of russia brazil india china and south africa are covering tools and poor job brains finds the world's trade. and the u.s. prepares to spend around seven hundred billion dollars on its military machine yeah more than any other country in the wrong but with budget cuts we need plans in social programs for the safety of the child. even saying now when i get to see you in a proper. favors in the champions

green lower killed in total. case solved in two days after the deadly terror attack on the minsk metro about the russian president claimed the two people arrested have admitted responsibility. goals falls this growing economies come together to have that say on the most pivotal global exceeds. brazil russia india china and south africa put a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. as the u.s. defense budget escapes on top of a series of sweeping cuts its social programs the better profits. and i guess you were paul's believe he's now considering selling out of that highly lucrative chance a venture this is also his business says about twenty minutes time it's very. very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow i'm elements of the president's. case has been sold prospects arrested by and he's following monday's attack have admitted responsibility let's cross live now to all of these catherine like about you all but for all the latest on this i've just been told that we've actually lost our force in minsk that in that virtual bow we will. become the nice time about you know the details of that deadly metro blast in minsk. this

green fleets they're called at a u.p.s. shipping facility. this tour comes on the same day this labor department released positive news about the nation's economy. the unemployment rate fell to 8.8% last month. that's the lowest point in two years. >>> today is the last day to see the peak period of the cherry blossom festival. the national park service shortened this year's peak bloom to three days instead of the usual five. that's when 70% of the trees around the tidal basin have blossomed. will you have to dodge raindrops today to get out and see the cherry blossoms? tom kierein is here to tell us. >> i don't think so. i think we're done with the rain for the day. >> that's great. any sunshine? >> a little sun breaking out now. we're seeing that live view. there's actually a little blue at the top of the screen. we're getting breaks in the clouds. that's certainly welcome, enhancing your mood. we've certainly been needing some sunshine. right now, though, chilly, if you are going to be heading to the tidal basin or just taking a walk to enjoy the spring color in your own neighborhood, you'll need a couple of layer to stay comfortable. those

our kids and economy can't afford to wait. >> announcer: today goes green is brought to you by starbucks we are kicking off a series on what we can do to help the environment in hon of earth week. >> one california family is taking recycling to a new level. they are not just separating their trash, they're not throwing away anything at all. >> surprised you haven't asked what's for dinner. >> reporter: a family that throws nothing away, but they are not hoarders. quite the opposite. fay and scott johnson focus on not creating any garbage at all. zero waste. >> this is trash from the last six months. >> reporter: they are not living off the grid. they have cars, jobs, television and two growing boys. >> we're as normal as anyone else. we just happen not to have trash. >> reporter: the secret is simple. just don't buy anything with packaging. >> zero waste really starts outside the home. whatever you bring in from the outside into your home will become your problem. >> reporter: groceries come from the farmer's market or in the bulk section at stores like whole foods. mesh bags work for pr

green states are paying $3.50 a gallon. on the consumer watch julie watts reports that high prices are finally changing the driving habits. julie in. >> everyone is talking about the price of gas. as the economy improves, experts predict that gas consumption would actually increase, further increasing the price of gas. it turns out those experts may have been wrong. drivers are trying to cut back. but that doesn't necessarily mean good news for gas prices. >> they are filling up near record gas prices have consumers cutting back. >> it has made me cut back on some extra trips and consolidate trips within the city boundaries instead of filling up and kind of going by $30 worth and $40 worth. >> you don't run to the store or the parts house as often. you know, you are going to make it on the way home rather than during the job. >> for those in construction to stay at home moms conserving gas is commonplace. according to mastercard spending polls gas prices have fallen for five straight months. gas stations are report ag three% decrease. >> as gas prices go up they look for mass transit, can a carpooling or biking to work. >> reduced demand doesn't necessarily mean reduced prices. >> not just wh

economy is not fully healed, i don't think that this recovery is sufficiently robust so i'm a believer in government invest in infrastructure and i think a lot of great investments could make in green infrastructure. not to be a doomster here but what i found worrying in the jobs numbers to the point of peter to the vulnerability of the high oil price a drag in the future, is the number of newly-unemployed people. 59,000 people are newly unemployed. they lost their jobs in the past four weeks and that number was going down since december and now spiked up so i don't think we're out of the woods yet. >> yeah. i agree in the sense, peter, and i suspect you, too, a normal economy not shattered by a financial crisis and the things we have talked about the past few years, this would be a very tepid number but again compared to where we have been we'll take anything right now. if you were to look at the underbelly here, newly unemployed, young people, new entra entrants, long-term unemployed how does the guts look? >> not very good at all. folks that left the labor force to come back with a prospect of finding a job, you get 16% number that you pointed out. but you know, we have millions

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