Category Archives: standards

The Wall Street Scandal of all Scandals

2012-7-7 – 3:56 pm

Robert Reich’s take on the financial failure… Just when you thought Wall Street couldn’t sink any lower – when its myriad abuses of public trust have already spread a miasma of cynicism over the entire economic system, giving birth to Tea Partiers and Occupiers and all manner of conspiracy theories; when its excesses have already [...]

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America’s Headed Back to the Robber-Baron Era

2012-7-4 – 5:37 pm

“Over the past 40 years, corporations and politicians have rolled back many of the gains made by working and middle-class people over the previous century. ‘

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Global Carbon Emissions Bigger That Previous Estimates

2012-6-24 – 7:10 pm

“China, which in 2006 took over the U.S.’s historical position as the world’s biggest emitter, raced ahead in 2010, emitting 9.1bn tons – up 15.5 percent on the previous year, and a 240 percent increase since 1992. That makes China alone responsible for about one-quarter of global carbon emissions from energy, emitting about 48 percent more than the U.S.”

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4 Million Tons of Radioactive Debris

2012-6-5 – 4:21 pm

“Over 90% of that debris is still waiting to be disposed of”

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Brown’s Ferry Nuclear Power Plant Has to Shut Down Again

2011-8-9 – 1:22 pm

How so very French

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Iberdrola

2011-7-25 – 2:03 pm

Mitigation, Adaption and Suffering, eh?

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Further Assault by the Pollutocracy upon the EPA

2011-7-7 – 12:19 pm

The Pollutocracy wants their servants to ensure that environmental degradation plays favorites.

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Just an Oil Spill into the Yellowstone River

2011-7-7 – 9:23 am

Just more damage to the planet, nothing to concern yourself with citizen. Move along in your petrol powered vehicles.

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Pencil Whip This

2011-5-13 – 12:12 pm

Germany and Japan have scrapped plans for mo’ NU-klee-ar, and not the good ole U.S.A. boyz.

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Taxi of Tomorrow

2011-5-4 – 12:15 pm

New York Taxi and Limo Commission chose the Nissan NV200 over the Ford Focus Hybrid, which has been tested extensively since 2005 and also over the Turkish Karsan.

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