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California Lands Commission Kills Enviro-Supported Oil Dealnew
The California State Lands Commission voted down a potentially historic deal between Plains Exploration and Production (PXP) oil company and a cadre of Santa Barbara environmental leaders that would have granted new oil drilling permits within California state waters for the first time in 40 years.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Ethan Stewart |
02-02-2009 |
Environment
Montreal Company Pops the Smoothie Market with Fair Guarananew
What makes Goarana different, says Jerome Pelletier, is that it tries to maintain respectful relations both with the producers and the environment of the Brazilian Amazon, where the plant is grown.
Montreal Mirror |
Matt Jones |
01-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
Steve Ganaway: Business Mogul or Nashville's Numbers King?new
Listening to Nashville businessman Steve Ganaway talk earnestly about community development, it's hard to believe he's a man with the time — much less desire — to run a sprawling numbers game. Then again, Ganaway's business is show business, where perception and reality have always been worlds apart.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
01-30-2009 |
Business & Labor
Tricks of the Horror-Shop Businessnew
When you absolutely, positively need that dead baby overnight, BJ Winslow is the man to see.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
01-30-2009 |
Culture
Tags: BJ Winslow, horror shops
A New 'Ban' Would Allow 20 Areas Citywide Thick With Billboardsnew
The Los Angeles city planning department’s proposed outdoor-advertising rules and billboard ban is not much of a ban at all.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
01-30-2009 |
Housing & Development
Pot Reform Backlash in Massachusettsnew
Since the state's 2008 ballot initiative lowering penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana passed resoundingly, local law enforcement has been scrambling for unofficial overrides.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Farone |
01-30-2009 |
Drugs
Will a New Safety Law Bankrupt Small Businesses?new
Many manufacturers and retailers of children's products, along with book publishers, artisans, concerned parents and consumers, even the American Library Association, have begun to panic about the monumental scope of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act's impact.
Arkansas Still Awaits the Biodiesel Boomnew
While production of biodiesel has exploded nationally -- largely because of federal subsidies -- the industry is off to a slow start in Arkansas: the Natural State remains a top 10 producer of soybeans, but it ranks only 20th in biodiesel production capacity.
Arkansas Times |
Paul Barton |
01-29-2009 |
Environment
An A-to-Z Guide to Gov't Contracting Under Bill Richardsonnew
The following guide to pay-to-play is not meant to be complete. Why focus on Richardson? Simple: He is the state's top dog. And his administration is already under investigation for possibly rewarding campaign donors.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Corey Pein |
01-29-2009 |
Politics
An Odyssey Into the Multiple Confusions of Smog-Checking Your Carnew
The harrowing story of the Nevada smog-check conundrum: a lot of good intentions and different agendas that come down to making a thin slice of sense.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Stacy J. Willis |
01-29-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Nevada, automotive safety
Good Night, Sleep Tight: But What If the Bedbugs Eat You Alive?new
Washington is just now waking up to a bunch of little problems under the sheets. Bedbugs are the vampires of the insect class -- nocturnal, sanguivorous, and legendarily hard to kill.
Washington City Paper |
Audrey Dutton |
01-29-2009 |
Environment
Tags: Washington DC, bedbugs
Economic Woes Land Washington Clinic in Councilman's Sightsnew
Washington's Whitman-Walker Clinic slashed facilities and employees in the face of stagnant private donations and widespread government budget deficits. Just something you have to accept in these times, right? Not for At-Large Councilmember David A. Catania.
Washington City Paper |
Mike DeBonis |
01-29-2009 |
Economy
Obama's War on Humornew
It's one of the most talked-about, most written-about subjects of the presidential transition period. It's been argued in editorials, political cartoons and internet screeds. The looming crisis: Barack Obama isn't very funny.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
01-29-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: Barack Obama, political humor
John Yoo, War Criminal?new
The chances that the notorious UC Berkeley law professor will be investigated for war crimes appear to have increased in recent weeks.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
01-28-2009 |
Crime & Justice
The Hypocrisy of the American Pro-Life Movementnew
For pro-lifers to consistently and enthusiastically vote for leaders whose foreign policies will admittedly lead to the deaths of thousands of civilians — women, children, babies — in order to achieve political objectives is something I cannot understand.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
01-28-2009 |
Commentary
