Month September 2003

I do NOT want to…

I do NOT want to live next door to coalbed methane  Via Deep Audit, a truly horrific report about coalbed methane Coalbed methane: gas boom, environmental bust The coalbed methane boom that is spreading across parts of the Powder River…

Speaking of coal

Speaking of coal 50% of the electric power for the City of Los Angeles comes from coal. That’s right, coal. It’s against the law to burn coal for power in California so the coal is burned in Arizona, Utah, and…

Bush prepares to shoot self…

Bush prepares to shoot self in foot The message of Bush’s much-anticipated address <to the U.N. today> will be unbending, U.S. officials told NBC News. “We will be successful in Iraq with or without the U.N.,” one of the officials…

Dollar gets whacked

Dollar gets whacked The dollar hit a near three-year low on Monday against the yen after markets read a Group of Seven call for flexible exchange rates as a sign that Japan may hesitate to weaken its currency to boost…

No one expects the Spanish…

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Attorney General John Ashcroft today made it tougher for federal prosecutors to strike plea bargains with criminal defendants, requiring attorneys to seek the most serious charges possible in almost all cases.