Tag Archives: Business

The double-edged sword of boycotting disposable fashion

The recent Bangladesh factory collaspe sparks qustions about cheap clothes.

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Survey shows 70% of Americans think global warming should be a priority, but…

Let’s pretend that there’s someone with a gun to your head, and he gives you a hard quantum mechanics problem with two answers, only one of which is correct.

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Ontario public television network pulls video game it funded after criticism from oil industry

If any of its critics had bothered to play the game they’d see it, apparently by accident, works almost as an endorsement of pipeline development.

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Tobacco Plants Pulled From Window Boxes, Under Threat of Fines

Governmental overreach or sensible enforcement of the rules? A business owner is accused of “promoting tobacco and smoking to children”.

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Finalize Tier 3 Tailpipe Standards — For Our Kids, Our Health, and Our Future

New vehicle emission and fuel standards proposed by the EPa will reduce pollution, save gas, protect public health, and create jobs.

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Why Keystone XL pipeline must be stopped

The New Yorker’s Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the Keystone XL pipeline must be a line in the sand for a livable future.

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Flat-packs from Parsons are designed for shipping

They all fit in standard UPS boxes or tubes

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Why Environmental “Hypocrisy” Is Irrelevant and Inevitable

Accusations of hypocrisy against environmentalists because they too use fossil fuels are a dangerous and counterproductive distraction.

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Happy Eightieth Birthday, Tennessee Valley Authority

It may be old, dirty and coal powered now, but it was once a vision of a brighter future, was a giant stimulus project and helped win WWII.

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Comedy video spoofs Facebook’s Keystone XL support

With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook “Mess” Everything Up Department.

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