EPA Proposes Tougher Emissions Standards For Trucks
The Biden administration today proposed the first emissions standard upgrade for heavy duty trucks, vans, and busses since 2001.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2022
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Plastic Waste Treaty: Expert Q&A on the Promise of a Global Agreement to Reduce Pollution
Details of a proposed global plastic treaty, plus a Q and A.
Read more...America Shoots Its Own Dollar Empire in Economic Attack on Russia
The US is gambling with its superpower status by putting its dollar hegemony in play to hurt the Russian economy.
Read more...Where Did You Go, Vice President Joe? Biden Retreats from Bashing Looting, Um, Buybacks
Yet another Biden hypocrisy: refusing to curb stock buybacks when he flagged it as an abuse when he was Vice President.
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Calls Mount to Cancel Student Debt as Biden Weighs Longer Payment Pause
Despite polling showing student loan cancellation to be popular, even among those who don’t hold such debt themselves, Biden is unlikely to cancel all student debt outright.
Read more...Russia’s Economic War Front, The New Tributary System & The Russian Kowtow
A look at economic sanction options for Russia.
Read more...Why Don’t We Treat All Refugees as Though They Were Ukrainian?
Who’d have thunk it? Advanced economies are mighty bigoted about which refugees go to the head of the line.
Read more...Book Excerpt: The Lockdown Diaries of Wuhan
An on-the-ground report from the early days of the Wuhan lockdown.
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Will the World Soon Be Ready for Central Bank Digital Currencies? The IMF Seems to Think So
The move towards central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) “is gaining momentum, driven by the ingenuity of Central Banks.”
Read more...Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It
A Biden plan to improve nursing home care looks like too little, too late.
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