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EPA enforces regulations, blocks coal plant

In a welcome reversal from the do-nothing days of Bush’s EPA, new EPA administrator Lisa Jackson revoked an air permit granted by the Bushies for a coal plant in South Dakota. The Sierra Club said “EPA is signaling that it…

Madoff, greed, and rumors of front running

Reader Joe Hartley comments on our post asking why did so many people put all their money with Madoff. An old Midwestern saying: pigs get fat, but hogs get slaughtered. Too much hoggish behavior of late. I also fail to…

New greeting cards from CaraScissoria.com

Cara Scissoria has twenty three new greeting cards online now, including this Valentine’s Day card that reflects Cupid having to cope with our teetering economy. (I’m webmaster of the site. Yes, it’s old school now, but in a month or…

Waste Management to power trucks via landfill methane

Not only does Waste Management, “the largest garbage hauler and landfill operator in North America”, plan to convert landfill methane into electricity, they also will run some of their trucks on CNG produced from that methane. A crucial point, they…