FDA Bans Antibacterial Ingredients From Soap
Some antibacterial washes can no longer be marketed, and there’s no evidence they are any better than plain soap and water, FDA says.
Politics
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Can We Accept An Inconvenient Truth?
An Inconvenient Truth, is the 2006 Academy Award winning documentary about climate change and the ominous state of our planet. For some, it was a frightening wake-up call; for others, a sad reaffirmation of what they already feared…our planet is in trouble. Here we are, eight years later, but despite advances in our collective ecological […]
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EPA Regulations Set To Increase Natural Gas Prices By 150 Percent
Environmental Protection Agency policies resulting in the shutdown of coal-fired power plants will contribute to a 150 percent price hike for natural gas Natural gas prices will increase 150 percent over 2012 levels MATS is one of the costliest EPA regulations ever crafted, costing about $10.2 billion annually. The rule aims to lower mercury emissions […]
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Prepare for Electricity Price Shocks
In January 2008, Barack Obama said, “Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Coal-powered plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.” Unable […]
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Electricity shortage is the major obstacle for investors
Mr. Isamu Wakamatsu, Director of Asia Pacific Ocean of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) said these words on meeting with journalists of ten ASEAN nations at the headquarters of JETRO, Tokyo on 11 December. At present ASEAN+10 is the biggest trade partner after China and the regional bloc have traded over US $ 90 billion […]
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Electricity Prices Highest on Record for May
Per (CNSNews.com) – The price of electricity in the United States for May was 13.1 cents per kilowatt hour (KWH), which is the highest it has been on record for that month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which tracks the price going all the way back to 1984. Thirteen cents […]
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Obama planning to sidestep Congress for next phase in climate change agenda
President Obama will announce Tuesday he is planning to sidestep Congress to implement a national plan to combat climate change that will include the first-ever federal regulations on carbon dioxide emitted by existing power plants, despite adamant opposition from Republicans and some energy producers. In a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, Obama will announce he’s […]
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Obama Successfully Kills Off Another 3,900 Jobs at Texas Power Plant
Barack Obama’s EPA just killed off another 3,900 energy jobs in Texas. The Examiner reported, via FOX Nation: Chase Power, the parent company behind the $3 billion Las Brisas coal power plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, announced yesterday that it was cancelling the project. “Chase Power … has opted to suspend efforts to further permit […]
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President Obama’s Energy Tax Plan a Version of the Failed European “Cap and Trade” Global Warming Fiasco
President Obama’s energy tax plan — a version of the failed European “cap and trade” global warming fiasco — may cost families $1,800 yearly in higher utility bills, far exceeding his promised $800 a year tax cut for 95% of Americans. While campaigning, Obama admitted that his energy plan would cause electric bills to “skyrocket.” […]
