Wisconsin: state governor had power taken
vendredi 11 janvier 2019 à 01:00Wisconsin's Republicans have taken away the principal power of the state governor, except for those in the state's constitution which is harder to change.
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Wisconsin's Republicans have taken away the principal power of the state governor, except for those in the state's constitution which is harder to change.
The fossil fuel companies' power over the Poland climate conference was so strong that they got the UN officials in charge to censor the terms "dirty energy" and "fossil fuel companies".
The town of Whistler, in Canada, has asked fossil fuel companies to pay the expenses that global heating is causing it.
The planet-roaster representative who said that it seems strange to single out specific planet roasters for this request has a valid point. The right way to handle this would be with a world-wide carbon tax, which would increase every year until it is clear that net emissions will go sufficiently negative.
However, their other hand just blocked all real progress at the Poland climate conference, which was unable to agree on targets that would do the job, or specific measures to take.
Given their intentional wrongdoing, they have no valid argument against any plan to hold them responsible.
Hungary's nominally democratic government has passed a law allowing companies to demand 400 hours of overtime annually from a worker, and not even pay for it until years later. (Which perhaps means never, if the company is shut down.)