Burnett: Plastic Bag Bans Hurt Shoppers, Retailers and Workers

By H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D.
January 19, 2012, Exclusive for JunkScience.com

A small but increasing number of cities are in a frenzy to ban plastic shopping bags. More than two dozen cities nationwide have either banned plastic grocery bags (and in some cases, paper bags) entirely, or have imposed a fee for using them in order to encourage the use of reusable bags. However, such policies have hidden costs few seem to recognize. Continue reading Burnett: Plastic Bag Bans Hurt Shoppers, Retailers and Workers

Solar credit crash, gas glut catches solar chumps by surprise

“But now, knowing it’s — at best — a break-even proposition, we’re not so comfortable telling other people to do it.” Continue reading Solar credit crash, gas glut catches solar chumps by surprise