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05 Sep 2010 15:05

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Politics: Protip: California’s Prop. 23 designed by big oil to block regulation

  • Live in California? You should read this. One of the propositions currently on the ballot for November is Proposition 23, an oil-company pushed piece of legislation that would prevent a landmark environmental bill from getting passed unless California had four straight quarters below 5.5 percent unemployment. This is a marker that the state has rarely hit over the last 35 years, and likely won’t for a long while due to the current unemployment levels, hovering above 12 percent. And big energy is backing it. Check it out:
  • bad The bill is backed by two of the biggest polluters in the state, oil-hawkers Valero and Tesoro.
  • worse The Koch brothers (remember them?) are pushing it financially with $1 million in help. source

10 Aug 2010 10:12

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World: Bad timing: Moscow’s mayor on vacation during huge smogout

  • 700people have died per day in Moscow this Summer source
  • what Moscow has been under a huge cloud of smoke for months, causing heavy smog.
  • why A bunch of peat bogs fires near Moscow have led to record high levels of pollution.
  • reaction After a sports injury, mayor Yury Luzhkov took a three-week vacation to rehab. Oops.