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Posted in Government Gone Wild, Paternalism on May 31st, 2012
And then they came for the large sodas: The proposal – expected to be announced formally on Thursday in a City Hall briefing – would take 20-ounce soda bottles off the shelves of the city’s delis and eliminate super-sized sugary soft drinks from fast-food menus. … The administration’s proposal would impose a 16-ounce limit on […]
Posted in Environment, Math, You Can't Have it Both Ways on May 31st, 2012
I don’t know whether economics or climate reporting produces the most garbage. Here’s today’s candidate for “best” article of the week: He contends temperatures have not risen since 1998, which was unusually hot. Temperature records contradict that claim. Both 2005 and 2010 were warmer than 1998, and the entire decade of 2000 to 2009 was the […]
Posted in Environment, You Can't Have it Both Ways on May 31st, 2012
You may have heard that Vermont is the latest place to ban fracking. I find this unfortunate for the people of Vermont, a famously cold place. Why? Natural gas prices have plummeted and it has been estimated that a typical homeowner’s heating and electric bill has fallen by over $1,000 per year as a result […]
