Corporate Hating™

There is a famous misquote ‘what’s good for General Motors is good for the country’ that is true in that it sums up the hubris that has always been rampant in the US auto industry.  The long history of wiping … Read More

Iraq’s announcement that it plans to put 40% of it’s estimated 115 billion barrel oil reserve up for bidding has ignited the fire of conspiracy theorists who have long speculated that multi-national oil corporations pushed Britain and the US government … Read More

    Funny how a television network that has a whole site, Think, dedicated to environmental activism and news would actually be responsible for clearing a rain forest, trashing it, and then leaving it that way after filming its newest … Read More

Bisphenol A, the plastics chemical in everything from baby bottles to the liners of soda cans was recently declared safe by the FDA after much public concern due to media reports of its dangers to human health. This updated report … Read More

You have spent hours and hours of company time thinking about it, you do it in your dreams, anymore it’s the only thing you ever think about. So why don’t you just go ahead and do it, that’s right, walk … Read More

Fans are getting disgruntled at the NFL because of some baffling new regulations that don’t seem consistent with the league’s history of laissez faire live and let dog fight   attitude. While NFL players can get lit and sexually assault or … Read More

Here’s some more research findings to make you want someone to shout “rein in that rabid dog” when anyone mentions the chemical industry. Researchers at the University of Washington published findings in the journal Environmental Impact Assessment Review detailing the … Read More

It probably doesn’t come as a surprise that textiles from several major U.S. clothing labels have recently been found to be produced by severely underpaid and exploited Chinese workers. The somewhat surprising news is that the factory was in queens. … Read More

It is an ambitious plan, and it is being pursued for all the right reasons, but that does not mean that vertical farming is a viable alternative to traditional agriculture. Dr. Dickson Despommier of Columbia University is credited with the … Read More