Notes On The News: Paying For Pollution
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(90 sec.) U.S. states are crafting policy to contain company carbon emissions.
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The latest from Times reporters in the field and sources on the Web:
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To the editor:    In response to the Wednesday story, "Commission OKs water rate increase":  No, your pants aren't on fire, it's just our elected county officials blowing smoke as they squeeze us to ensure developers' continued profits.
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Here&#39;s a news flash: spending hours every week stuck in grinding traffic - getting very little exercise and breathing polluted air â-an make you sick.
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By J.N. Bull  I READ the increasing number of articles appearing in the NST and other media on environmental issues with increasing cynicism.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Official Urges Legislature To Hold Governments Accountable for Pollution" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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Scots DIY enthusiasts will now pay for plastic bags as a big chain tries to cut pollution.
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Today's top news stories are global warming and Exxon's $40 billion 2006 profits. Oil companies should use some profits from the activities that cause global warming to develop fuel-efficient, low-emission tech. In Autopia.
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Plus: Taxicab chats threatened by technology. [News.com Extra]
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I recommend a couple of articles chronicling the unintended consequences of the war on drugs. One, by Ethan Nadelmann, is a global look at the damage done by prohibitionist policies. The other, by Radley Balko, is a look at a doctor convicted for prescribing opioids â and this case is in some ways more troubling [...].
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Calli Schmidt of NAHB, +1-202-266-8132, cschmidt@nahb.com   WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.
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By Tommy Tomlinson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--Google is being modest.   For proof, just Google the phrase "unbelievably one-sided deal." You'll get links to the Kyoto environmental accords and a few terrible basketball trades.
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By Jonathan Fenby  China is finally coming clean about the cost to its economy of its huge pollution problem.
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I read the March 4 story "Water woes" about Rhode Island's problems with fresh water with great interest. My view on this issue may be oversimplified, but there was no mention of harnessing the state's greatest resource, our proximity to the ocean.
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By Reid J. Epstein And Rick Brand, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 6--Sen.
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RE the letter from an ex- Scottish Gas customer, I have the same problem.  I pay my son's electricity bill on the internet, and had a message that his payment was to rise by pounds 14 per month, despite the fact that I opted for the capped bill until 2010.
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Blog: Add carbon dioxide, water, heat. Serves cars.