Daily Archives: March 4, 2009

AGW Today: Jacking Taxes With C&T While Warming Is On Hold

From the “Good Move, Slick!” files President Barack Obama’s proposed cap-and-trade system on greenhouse gas emissions is a giant economic dagger aimed at the nation’s heartland — particularly Michigan. It is a multibillion-dollar tax hike on everything that Michigan does, including making things, driving cars and burning coal. The president is asking for a system […]

Wombat Poo Paper Is Coming!

Because we all need a break from politics now and then, and, seriously, how fun is it to read and write “wombat poo?” A north-west Tasmanian company is launching a product made from wombat poo. Creative Paper attracted worldwide interest for its ‘roo-poo’ paper in 2005. Darren Simpson from Creative Paper says the paper is […]

NY Times: Job Losses All Over The Place

The Grey Lady does the job (somewhat) in breaking down who is losing their job and where What does the worst recession in a generation look like? It is both deep and broad. Every state in the country, with the exception of a band stretching from the Dakotas down to Texas, is now shedding jobs […]

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