Trump administration soon to allow massive trains to transport LNG in unit trains 100 cars long and for the express purpose of moving LNG to export facilities – with scant regard for safety consequences.
Read more...Plus ça change….
Read more...New study finds unsafe level of glyphosate residues in breakfast cereals, against a backdrop of accelerating (and so far successful) product liability lawsuits against Bayer.
Read more...CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam says, “As most of the world’s markets and market regulators are taking steps towards assessing and mitigating the current and potential threats of climate change, we in the U.S. must also demand action from all segments of the public and private sectors, including this agency.”
Read more...The company hasn’t just lost its business compass—gone is its moral one as well.
Read more...Why some of the poor get all the attention.
Read more...IEA’s annual market report predicts continued growth in demand for natural gas; Justin Mikulka discusses report Oil Change International debunking contention that natural gas can serve as a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy future.
Read more...A recap of the issues surrounding the Finance Curse, the advanced economy economy analogy of the resource curse.
Read more...In the unlikely event the Amazon drone delivery service gets to be anything other than for show, some ideas for how to protect your rights.
Read more...The authorities have come to realize that monopolists like Google and Amazon aren’t good for the health of the economy or even (despite their tech sheen) “innovation”.
Read more...Interior administration official promises to offer fossil fuel leases for sale in 2019 to allow drilling in previously pristine Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to commence.
Read more...Glyposphate use increases throughout the Midwest, and Bayer loses its third Roundup case. The company appears confident that higher US courts will reverse pro-plaintiff verdicts.
Read more...Trump administration continues to follow the self-regulation gospel – this time in the area of rail safety. This case study in corporate capture of American regulation is yet another area where the accidents are just waiting to happen.
Read more...The legislative war to end balance billing moves forward in California.
Read more...Why Trump ‘s narrowly nationalistic trade agenda, combined with his nostalgia for a 1950s style economy, will undermine U.S. economic prosperity and U.S. global hegemony.
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