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Alabama is considering levying a tax on overweight people. It’s being dubbed a fat tax. The description is none too kind -- but neither is heart disease nor any of the ailments that go along with being obese.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Foreign nations are reportedly purchasing land outside their borders to grow food.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Ronald Reagan liked to use the phrase “trust but verify” in dealings and discussions with and about the Soviet Union. Recent events involving Russia and Georgia have reason to bring that phrase back into fashion, albeit by eliminating the first two words.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
A new legion of leaders is seeing green beyond the dollar signs. MBA students are opting for curricula that include more "green" courses so they can be better prepared to join a business world they perceive will be more socially conscious.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Want to profit off the environment in a good way? Invest in bioplastics. At least that can be the take away from new data from the European Bioplastics Association. In a new report it says a million tons of bioplastics will replace traditional petroleum-based plastic products by 2011.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Legislators and investors are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt policy that would require publicly traded companies to disclose their financial risks from climate change.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A recent nuclear reactor leak in France proves that the world needs a clean and reliable source of alternative energy -- not power that produces hazardous waste.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
George Bush is right: India and China need to sign on to a carbon-emissions agreement that will hold them to pollution limits. George Bush is wrong: We don’t have to wait for Indian and China to sign on to a carbon-emissions agreement that will hold them to pollution limits.
Frankly Green (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Commentary: Water, water, everywhere, but so is the need to curb speculators By Thomas Kostigen, MarketWatch Link to Article SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- A majority of U.S. mayors voted to stop paying for bottled water with taxpayers' money. Instead,...
