Shawn Lang (CT AIDS Resource Coalition) and Matt O’Connor (SEBAC) of BetterChoicesforCT.org discuss advocacy efforts at the state capitol to create a more progressive and egalitarian state budget.

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Interview with Sarah Uhl, Coordinator of the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut.  Uhl discusses the Coalition’s upcoming legislative agenda, which focuses on phasing out toxic chemicals such as Bisphenol-A (BPA) from consumer products.

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(New York Times) “Five hundred thousand dollars — the amount President Obama wants to set as the top pay for banking executives whose firms accept government bailout money — seems like a lot, and it is a lot. To many people in many places, it is a princely sum to live on. But in the neighborhoods of New York City and its suburban enclaves where successful bankers live, half a million a year can go very fast.”
More at the New York Times Fashion section.

Interview with Caitlin Corner-Dolloff about the costs and consequences of bottled water.  For more info, visit Thinkoutsidethebottle.org

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Caitlin Corner-Dolloff wants you to think outside the bottle, the water bottle, specifically those plastic ones.  Corner-Dolloff has brought the global fight against corporate water privatization to Connecticut.  She is the Field Organizer for Corporate Accountability International (CAI), a 30+ year old non-profit dedicated to fighting corporate abuse. Read the full story

The slumping economy has not affected Exxon Mobil, the largest of the large US oil companies.  AP Business reports that the petroleum giant “shattered its own record for the biggest profit from operations by a U.S. corporation, earning $14.83 billion in the third quarter.”  This adds to historic profits at the Irving, Texas based conglomerate.   For more details, click here.