Rendell is special counsel to a firm that touts its work “on the forefront” of the development of the Marcellus Shale, where natural gas is now extracted via fracking
Rendell is special counsel to a firm that touts its work “on the forefront” of the development of the Marcellus Shale, where natural gas is now extracted via fracking
what’s holding small business back is not regulation, it’s the fact that they don’t have sales. There’s no correlation.”
Bill Maher delivered a blistering critique of modern libertarianism on Friday’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, slamming adherents for developing a “creepy obsession” with author Ayn Rand.
by Theodoric Meyer ProPublica, April 4, 2013, 9 a.m. Judge Victor Marrero last week became the latest federal judge to question a time-honored tactic of federal regulators: negotiating settlements in which companies pay millions of dollars in penalties without...
According to a Coquille Police Department press release and as previously reported here, officers investigated a complaint of animal neglect at a N Baxter residence located near the courthouse. The apartment in question was found full of trash and animal feces spread...
Coquille Police have opened a full investigation into a case of severe animal neglect at a Baxter Street duplex. Around 10PM last evening, after repeated complaints from neighbors, police rescued a severely malnourished dog living amidst its own waste for as long as a...
In Joseph Tainter's textbook The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) the author examines the societal and political demise of great societies like the Habsburg Monarchy, the Roman Empire and the Mayans. Failure of long established societies is...
We are facing a $6 trillion carbon “bubble” over the next decade unless regulators, governments and investors re-evaluate our carbon-dependent energy business model
a recent survey conducted by the Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) at George Mason University found that 62% said they felt America should be taking steps to address climate change.
The dark money giant Crossroads GPS told the IRS it raised almost $180 million in 2012, including one donation of $22.5 million but won’t say who its from
Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams confronted a Toronto City Council member over the council’s inability to get Mayor Rob Ford out of office despite the increasing public spectacle surrounding him.
US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks warn Washington the Saudi “kingdom’s crude oil reserves may have been overstated by as much as 300bn barrels
As we have reported previously aging transformers and towering transmission towers are especially susceptible to the effects of solar flares.
Time for a little mea culpa. Eight years ago, of the two choices available, I considered Bob Main the most likely candidate to represent the populist view. The county's assessor at the time, I even felt Main might be slightly more reasonable when it came to...
Commissioner John Sweet bristles whenever anyone dares to note the similarities between the newly created position of finance director and a county administrator. The latter, as everyone will remember, was brought before the voters in 2012 asking whether the county...