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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Type: Organization

Name: Rockefeller Brothers Fund

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Nonprofit InsideClimate News goes from small blog to Pulitzer winner

Published on Current.org May 17, 2013The nonprofit InsideClimate News won this year’s National Reporting Pulitzer Prize for its investigative series The Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You’ve Never Heard Of.Reporters Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa ... [Published Current Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: David Sassoon, Oil Spill, The Energy Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Ford Foundation

The Anti-Globalization Movement and the World Social Forum. ?Another World is Possible??

The World Social Forum operating under the banner of “Another World is Possible” was founded in 2001 at its inaugural venue of Porto Alegre. Brazil.From the outset in 2001, the WSF has been upheld as an international umbrella representing grass roots ... [Published Global Research - May 15 2013]

Entities: Tunis, Anti-globalization, Ford Foundation, Libya

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

National College of Arts

Rahilla Zafar: Uncovering the Artistic Heart of Pakistan

Today marks Pakistan's historic elections. It's significant because since the country's birth in 1947, it's the first time there's been a transition from one civilian government to another. Whether Pakistan is under military or democratic rule, the creative ... [Published Huffington Post - May 13 2013]

Entities: Ghulam Hussain, Pakistan, National College of Arts, Mohsin Hamid, Lahore

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Steve Case

People in the News (5/05/13): Appointments and Promotions

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has announced the appointment of MARK ADIEDO as director of human resources. Adiedo, most recently human resources manager at Church World Service, has worked/consulted for a number of New York City nonprofits focused on ... [Published The Foundation Center - May 05 2013]

Entities: Appointment, Steve Case, The Tinker Foundation, Harold Holzer

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Viral Videos and the State of Democracy

There's a video making its way around the internet that has been watched 5.6 million times.No, not the one showing the Louisville basketball player fracturing his leg during the NCAA tournament — it's about the state of wealth distribution in America. ... [Published Independent Sector - May 03 2013]

Entities: Democracy, Declination, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

How Rockefellers Battle the Keystone Pipeline

Americans concerned about gasoline prices were encouraged by the Pew Research Center's new poll, whose headline blared, "Keystone XL Pipeline draws broad support." A score box showed 63% supporting and only 23% opposing the pipeline that would transport ... [Published Family Security Matters - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Oil Sands, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

The public needs to know: let us celebrate good environmental journalism

News Editor, Energy and Environmental Management Magazine at Ten Alps Publishing http://www.eaem.co.ukThe Pulitzer prize for National Reporting journalism in America was won last week by InsideClimate News, for uncovering the story of the worst onshore ... [Published Energy and Environmental Management - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Environment, Environmental Management, Oil Spill, Ten Alps Plc, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Art and free expression in Pakistan – Gallery Opening

Editor’s note: Khuram Hussain is a 2011 Acumen Fellow. His organization, Ilham, has its inaugural exhibition, “In Transit”, opening in New York on May 2nd at chashama, 303 10th Ave (b/w 27th and 28th Street) featuring the four Pakistani artists – Ghulam ... [Published Acumen Fund Blog - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Ghulam Hussain, Lahore

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

RON ARNOLD: How rich Rockefellers battle the people’s pipeline

Americans concerned about gasoline prices were encouraged by the Pew Research Center’s new poll, whose headline blared, “Keystone XL Pipeline draws broad support.” A score box showed 63% supporting and only 23% opposing the pipeline that would transport ... [Published Cleveland Advocate - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Ron Arnold, Oil Sands, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 2 reports

Dot Earth Blog: On Pipelines, Pulitzers and Independent Online Journalism

I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch and weigh in on the illuminating online chat I had yesterday with Inside Climate News publisher David Sassoon, editor Susan White and reporter Lisa Song.We explored the comprehensive series of articles on ... [Published New York Times - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Pipeline, David Sassoon, Climate, The Energy Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Old and new media land Pulitzers

28 min 18 sec agoNEW YORK — While traditional media continued to dominate the Pulitzer Prizes awarded on Monday — The New York Times won four — a sign of the changing news business was evident when an independent non-profit organisation based in Brooklyn, ... [Published Today Online - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: New Media, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, David Sassoon, The New York Times Company

First reported Mar 22 2013 - Updated Mar 23 2013 - 2 reports

Let’s count the ways Keystone approval helps us

Shutterstock So, why do we want President Obama and Secretary John Kerry to approve construction of the Keystone pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico? • Because it will allow Canada to double and then triple production of tar sands and send ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Mar 23 2013]

Entities: Canada, Oil Sands, Barack Obama, Climate, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Quotes

...Hussain points out how his family considers weaving a way of life rather than seeing it as art. "Art is in a way that sense of newness. It's innovation that may be so familiar but when it goes somewhere else it becomes art and that's really interesting to me" he explains

Rahilla Zafar: Uncovering the Artistic Heart of Pakistan [Published Huffington Post - May 13 2013]

...Instead of supporting Big Oil, the reviewers found the study flawed on a number of fronts. For example, the BCG report missed "positive effects on the health and welfare of the citizens of California that could result from the implementation of AB32." The review panel also said the BCG study understated the benefits of AB32 on the economy; overstated the cost of industry compliance; and overstated...

Read This: BIg Oil's favorite anti-clean energy study knocked down by review panel [Published Autoblog Green - May 13 2013]

...cutting edge of the use of technology and big data to bolster the work of nonprofits around the world," said foundation president Renate Rennie, "and his considerable experience in Latin America's civil sector will be a particular asset to us at the Tinker Foundation." Related Links

People in the News (5/05/13): Appointments and Promotions [Published The Foundation Center - May 05 2013]

...conscious decision that political and business and other leaders made about the kind of country they wanted to have and to live in," Stephen said. "The result has been a declining middle class, declining rates of social mobility, and in my view, a morally unacceptable level of poverty in a wealthy nation."

Viral Videos and the State of Democracy [Published Independent Sector - May 03 2013]

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Nonprofit InsideClimate News goes from small bl... [Published Current Online - May 17 2013]
The Anti-Globalization Movement and the World S... [Published Global Research - May 15 2013]
Rahilla Zafar: Uncovering the Artistic Heart of... [Published Huffington Post - May 13 2013]
Read This: BIg Oil's favorite anti-clean energy... [Published Autoblog Green - May 13 2013]
People in the News (5/05/13): Appointments and ... [Published The Foundation Center - May 05 2013]
Viral Videos and the State of Democracy [Published Independent Sector - May 03 2013]
How Rockefellers Battle the Keystone Pipeline [Published Family Security Matters - Apr 30 2013]
HOW ROCKERFELLERS BATTLE THE KEYSTONE PILELINE [Published Montana News Association - Apr 29 2013]
The public needs to know: let us celebrate good... [Published Energy and Environmental Management - Apr 27 2013]
Art and free expression in Pakistan – Gallery O... [Published Acumen Fund Blog - Apr 25 2013]
Boeing to Qualcomm Pressed to Reveal Secret Pol... [Published BusinessWeek - Apr 25 2013]
On the InsideClimate News Pulitzer Prize for in... [Published Climate Science Watch - Apr 22 2013]
RON ARNOLD: How rich Rockefellers battle the pe... [Published Cleveland Advocate - Apr 21 2013]
Media Oxpecker: April 19, 2013 [Published Alt Weeklies - Apr 19 2013]
Dot Earth Blog: On Pipelines, Pulitzers and Ind... [Published New York Times - Apr 19 2013]
Pipelines, Pulitzers and Independent Online Jou... [Published New York Times - Apr 18 2013]
Something fishy about offshore hacking scandal [Published Russia Today - Apr 18 2013]
InsideClimate News's Pulitzer a New Direction f... [Published US News & World Report - Apr 17 2013]
Pulitzer Winner's Surprising Stories [Published National Geographic - Apr 17 2013]
InsideClimate News Hopes to Build on Pulitzer [Published New York Times - Apr 17 2013]
A Pulitzer Prize, but Without a Newsroom to Put... [Published New York Times - Apr 17 2013]
Old and new media land Pulitzers [Published Today Online - Apr 16 2013]
InsideClimate News wins Pulitzer [Published Washington Post - Apr 16 2013]
Times Wins Four Pulitzers; Brooklyn Nonprofit I... [Published New York Times - Apr 16 2013]
John F. Ince: What's the 'Next Big Thing' in th... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 15 2013]
Vivian Krause: Joyce Murray’s real backers are ... [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Apr 08 2013]
Rockefeller vs. Canada: U.S. billionaires pour ... [Published Ezra Levant - Mar 26 2013]
Let’s count the ways Keystone approval helps us [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Mar 23 2013]
Let’s Count the Ways Keystone Approval Helps Us... [Published Think Progress - Mar 22 2013]
Rockefellers behind ‘scruffy little outfit’ [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Feb 15 2013]

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Read This: BIg Oil's favorite anti-clean energy... [Published Autoblog Green - May 13 2013] Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants , Carbon Offset , Legislation and Policy Oil companies and other supporters of the fossil fuel status quo have been using a study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to attack California's landmark clean energy bill ...
Art and free expression in Pakistan – Gallery O... [Published Acumen Fund Blog - Apr 25 2013] Editor’s note: Khuram Hussain is a 2011 Acumen Fellow. His organization, Ilham, has its inaugural exhibition, “In Transit”, opening in New York on May 2nd at chashama, 303 10th Ave (b/w 27th and 28th Street) featuring the four Pakistani artists – Ghulam ...
Vivian Krause: Joyce Murray’s real backers are ... [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Apr 08 2013] Conventional wisdom has Justin Trudeau winning the federal Liberal leadership race by a landslide. But Joyce Murray has told The Toronto Star that she is in the lead with even more registered supporters than Trudeau. Murray’s team brought in “tens of ...
Rockefeller vs. Canada: U.S. billionaires pour ... [Published Ezra Levant - Mar 26 2013] The front page of the Washington Post is generally reserved for news, but Monday it ran a headline more accurately called olds: “Within mainstream environmentalist groups, diversity is lacking.”You don’t say.The Post gave the example of Robert F. Kennedy ...
Let’s count the ways Keystone approval helps us [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Mar 23 2013] Shutterstock So, why do we want President Obama and Secretary John Kerry to approve construction of the Keystone pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico? • Because it will allow Canada to double and then triple production of tar sands and send ...