Wachovia's Dirty Secret: Millions in Narco-Dollars Still Undiscovered?
August 4, 2010 5 min. read

How much more of the $378 billion transmitted via the casa de cambios and inserted into Wachovia accounts represents criminal revenue is anyone’s guess, because no further inquiries into the origin of these funds has been undertaken.

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No New Nukes – Last Word (For Now)
May 17, 2010 4 min. read

So at this point I have the score, in a sane world, about ten to nothing against nuclear power.  (See previous two posts below.)  Here are a few more points against: Perhaps the most telling argument against nuclear power, in market economies anyway, is the failure of nuclear power to compete.  Amory Lovins, in his […]

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The United Kingdom's Changing of the Guard
May 11, 2010 2 min. read

I was a fan of Gordon Brown on climate change.  Among other virtues, he was outspoken about the Denialists and he picked up the ball on climate finance and ran with it after Copenhagen.  He is leaving No. 10 today and David Cameron will soon be the new Prime Minister.  See this from the AP. […]

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Tar Sands – More Opposition
April 15, 2010 1 min. read

Here are some updates on the carbon-intensive Alberta tar sands projects.  First, the FT’s “Energy Source” blog reports on recent analysis from Citigroup that says, among other things, “It is not a fuel source that sits naturally within a low carbon economy and is unlikely to be a strategic winner as climate regulation tightens, albeit […]

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