Today, French President Sarkozy announced the creation of a carbon tax of 17 Euros per tonne of CO2 emitted. He called it “a fiscal revolution”. “If things don’t change, it will be your children who pay the price,” said Sarkozy. The new tax will be on oil, natural gas, and coal consumption. The carbon tax [...]
The EPA fined a California company for failing to inform them that the their products had toxic chemicals.
Today, the Supreme Court met to hear an argument that could literally transform American politics. The Supreme Court could reverse almost 100 years of legal precedents that have blocked corporate spending on candidates running for Federal elections. If the law is changed, corporate money would flood the electoral process and give even more power to [...]
“He may come off as gruff or abrupt, but he’s got a big heart. And he’s really happy to do this.” That’s what Dominick Dunne’s assistant said as we finalized plans for the author’s radio interview with me in 2002. I was hosting the afternoon drive talk show on WGCH in Greenwich, Connecticut and Dunne was covering the Skakel murder trial in Stamford for Vanity Fair and Court TV.
Today, the Israeli human rights group B’ Tselem published its findings on the number of Palestinians killed in Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip. According to B’ Tselem’s comprehensive investigation, Israeli forces killed 1,387 Palestinians during the course of the 3 weeks military operation. Of these, 773 did not take part in the hostilities [...]
