Archive: Jun 2009 (page2)

Senate Still Contemplating Unpopular Pop Tax

Nanci Hellmich reports in USA Today that the Senate Finance Committee is still considering a proposal that would force soda drinkers to help pay for an overhaul of the…
PostedJune 15, 2009 at12:00 am

People’s Republic of Mercury: China, Part Four

The Ninth International Conference on Mercury as a Global pollutant has officially “wrapped,” and the 540 scientists in attendance have all gone back to their home countries—but not before…
PostedJune 12, 2009 at12:00 am

Clip of the Week: The Worst Cover of All TIME

Reason.com compiled a thorough list of TIME magazine’s worst-ever cover stories. Of course, the No. 1 spot went to our favorite old chestnut: the obesity epidemic. “Overcoming…
PostedJune 12, 2009 at12:00 am

People’s Republic of Mercury: China, Part Three

As we’ve been telling you this week, the big mercury conference going on in Guiyang, China is the place to be if you’re looking for answers to those…
PostedJune 11, 2009 at12:00 am

People’s Republic of Mercury: China, Part Two

The Ninth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant has been heating up the Chinese city of Guiyang this week, and we’re continuing to absorb the latest…
PostedJune 10, 2009 at12:00 am

Greenpeace Called Out On Amazonian Hype

Today, online magazine Spiked is taking a scalpel to Greenpeace’s claim that British retailers of meat and leather are responsible for Amazonian deforestation. In a recent interview with…
PostedJune 9, 2009 at12:00 am

People’s Republic of Mercury: China, Part One

Three years ago we brought you reports from inside the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, held in Madison, Wisconsin. (Click here, here, here, and here to relive…
PostedJune 8, 2009 at12:00 am

Food Inc.: Same Old Complaints, No New Solutions

  At the New York premiere of the new documentary Food Inc. last night, a panel of celebrity activists agreed: “We’re in a moment.” After years of taking culinary…
PostedJune 5, 2009 at12:00 am

Save the Lab Rats! (Kill the Humans?)

According to the FBI, terrorism in the name of animal rights is on the rise. Whether it’s the firebombing of a UC Santa Cruz researcher’s home or sending…
PostedJune 4, 2009 at12:00 am

Starbucks Whispers Sweet Nothings. Literally.

Starbucks Coffee has always wanted to have its half-caf, vanilla, skim latte and drink it too. But sometimes it tries too hard. That’s the case today. The international food…
PostedJune 3, 2009 at12:00 am