| May 20, 2015 | Environment / HealthNewfangled carbon-capture power plants supposedly burn coal without poisoning the planet. They don’t. Extracting coal from the ground and disposing of its toxic byproducts makes a dirty mess no matter how it’s burned. But this “clean coal” ruse is conjuring up...
| Feb 10, 2015 | Economy / BusinessHow about this year’s Super Bowl, huh? You may know that the final score in this nail-biter was 28 points for the Patriots to 24 for the Seahawks. Let me add: minus 2 million for the city of Glendale. Two million dollars, that is. That’s the amount that Mayor...
| Dec 3, 2014 | Economy / BusinessGetting something for nothing is a pretty sweet deal — at least if you’re the one getting something. Not so much if you’re the one receiving nothing in exchange. Oil and gas companies are extracting gas from federal lands and paying nothing for much of it, according...
