Published on Jan 20, 2014
Amazon Watch teams up with Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Fiore once again!
ACP's Vision provides the focus point for people who act from awareness on issues of accountability and community.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Exxon Researched Climate Change in 1977 | FRONTLINE
Published on Sep 16, 2015
A short FRONTLINE film about Exxon's early research into climate change produced in collaboration with InsideClimate News.Produced by Tom Jennings
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
"Super lice" a concern as kids return to school
From: CBS News
Treatment-resistant "super lice"
have been found crawling through children's hair in at least 25 states.
As the new school year resumes, parents and schools are concerned the
problem could spread.
Maria Botham's daughter was found to have lice in a routine school checkup.
"Lucia started school a week ago, and I meant to do it two weeks ago,
which I really wish I did, but here we are," she told Danielle
Nottingham of CBS News.
Botham, who makes a living treating other
children for lice at her salon in Los Angeles, was hunting down the live
bugs and lice eggs, called nits. "I found a louse on her already, and
it's a pretty big guy." MORE
Mutant lice are probably coming! But first, the hype
From: CNN
by Carina Storrs,Special to CNN
COMMENT - We know the over the counter products are toxic, as are those prescribed by your physician. But it is clear Super Lice are on the way.
Wed August 19, 2015
by Carina Storrs,Special to CNN
COMMENT - We know the over the counter products are toxic, as are those prescribed by your physician. But it is clear Super Lice are on the way.
Wed August 19, 2015
(CNN)Head
lice are a lousy part of the school year or summer vacation for an
estimated 6 to 12 million children in the United States every year.
Infestations can lead to itchy scalp, irritability and poor sleep.
To
make matters worse, there are hints we could be losing some of our
easiest and cheapest defenses against these insect interlopers. Studies
suggest many lice may no longer be killed by over-the-counter treatments
such as Rid shampoo or Nix rinse.
Newer
generation lice-fighting chemicals are an option if the usual
treatments fail, but they are often more expensive. A number of parents
are taking their children to "nitpickers," who manually remove the
insects from hair using combs and sometimes just their fingers. MORE
Friday, September 11, 2015
Brazil cut to 'junk' credit rating by Standard & Poor's
COMMENT: We'll tell you why this matters to Santa Barbara - and Exxon - soon. Check back for the answer. - Ed.
From: BBC
The
US rating agency said mounting political turmoil and the difficulties
faced by President Dilma Rousseff's government in tackling growing debt
was behind the decision.
Brazil was awarded an investment-grade rating by S&P in April 2008, when the country's economy was on the rise.
However, sliding commodity prices and austerity have created a recession. MORE
From: BBC
 |
| Getty photo - Ms Rousseff had tried to head off a downgrade with austerity measures |
Brazil has lost its investment-grade credit rating following a downgrade by Standard & Poor's to "junk" status.
Brazil was awarded an investment-grade rating by S&P in April 2008, when the country's economy was on the rise.
However, sliding commodity prices and austerity have created a recession. MORE
Monday, September 7, 2015
How our screwed-up CEO pay system makes climate change worse
on 2 Sep 2015
Runaway CEO pay at the 30 largest U.S. public fossil fuel
corporations rewards short-term actions, with disastrous results for the
world’s climate, a new report finds.
CEOs at big oil, gas, and coal corporations are rewarded for a
short-term fixation on pumping up quarterly share prices. They receive
pay perks for expanding carbon reserves and building unnecessary fossil
fuel infrastructure. Share prices can get a temporary boost from
corporate lobbying to maintain government subsidies and block renewable
energy initiatives, and from campaign donations that help elect climate
deniers to Congress.
In 2014, the average CEO pay package at the 30 biggest oil, gas, and
coal companies was $14.7 million, 9 percent higher than average CEO pay
on the S&P 500. These pay trends are documented in “Money to Burn: How CEO Pay Is Accelerating Climate Change,” a report I coauthored for the Institute for Policy Studies. MORE
Friday, August 7, 2015
Impact Analysis Of CA Pipeline Spill On Plains All American: Investor Over-Reaction
From: Seeking Alpha
Summary
- Protracted total long-term costs of pipeline spill are now knowable: less than $250mm.
- When measured against EBITDA and Net Income, total impact is not large.
- Overall loss of 2% long-term Net Income, but stock is sold off over 6% - not commensurate.
Introduction
On May 19, 2015, a 24-inch diameter on-shore crude oil pipeline owned and operated by Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE:PAA) (NYSE:PAGP), ruptured causing a grand total of approximately 2,000 bbl of crude oil liquids to be released along the shoreline spanning the area between the townships of Goleta and Santa Barbara, CA. This was a significant event for the region and local regulatory agencies immediately became involved. While not massive, the rupture is the largest onshore incident along the California coast in 40 years.
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Financial Impact Assessment
On May 21, 2015, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation ordered the ruptured pipeline to be shutdown (the 24-inch diameter line 901), pending an intensive inspection of its structural integrity and remediation of any faults.
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