By Michael Bastasch Democrats are working hard to convince the public that regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions are necessary to avoid economic and ecological catastrophe, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post. The memo from Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, tells members how to talk about global warming’s budgetary…
By Michael Bastasch The Environmental Protection Agency has kicked off its week of field hearings on its Clean Power Plan. Thousands have signed up to speak, but others got notices from the EPA saying they would not get a time slot to testify before agency officials. The EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) seeks to cut…
By Peter Fricke Private investigators hired by local cab companies succeeded in bypassing the Uber app and negotiating rides with several drivers directly, according to Houston’s KHOU News.The cab companies say this demonstrates the danger that ride-sharing services pose to consumers, since Uber’s insurance only applies to rides arranged through its app. In a press release,…
By Jonah Bennett According to President Barack Obama, companies that use cross-border mergers to avoid U.S. taxes are in effect revoking their citizenship, CNN reports. On Thursday, Obama is set to pressure Congress to close corporate tax loopholes, which allow for mergers to take place in familiar tax havens like the Cayman Islands. The process, called…
By Connor D. Wolf Forward Seattle announced Wednesday that they failed to collect enough signatures to subject the city’s $15 minimum wage to a November vote. The group, which represents local businesses in Seattle, stated in a press release that they “didn’t qualify its referendum, falling 1,237 signatures short of the 16,510 required to compel…
A supermarket store in the United Kingdom has gone off the national electricity grid by recycling its own rotting food. The Sainsbury’s store in Cannock is running entirely on electricity that is generated from refuse. It’s the first time a grocer from a major retailer is not relying on the national grid for power. Outsideonline…
By Connor D. Wolf Published: July 23, 2014 The president of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) accused Congress and Wall Street Tuesday of manufacturing a financial crisis in order to privatize the post office. “A congressionally manufactured financial crisis is being used to justify new assaults on postal jobs and on the 239-year old public…
By Peter Fricke Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim called for a shorter work week at a business conference in Paraguay,the Guardian reports. Slim proposed reducing the workweek to three days, but at the same time lengthening the workday to 10 or 11 hours and raising the retirement age to 70 or 75, saying the change would…
SOMERSET, KY – A small town in Kentucky is experimenting with socialism by opening a public gas station that uses taxpayer funds to sell fuel at lower prices. The municipal-run filling station sells gas at $3.36 a gallon in order to try to drive down prices, but some are saying this is going to drive…
By Jonah Bennett A new survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, released on the fourth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank banking regulations, shows that most Americans want a tougher crackdown on Wall Street. Following the call for stronger state action is the patent distrust of the financial industry by Americans. Approximately 64 percent of voters and 62 percent…