(May 11, 2009, The San Francisco Chronicle)
We all realize it’s a tough economy and restaurants are dealing the best they can. Yet sometimes they go too far, at least that’s what one reader thinks.
Here’s his e-mail to me (edited for space):
When I go to a restaurant I expect a fork, a plate, a napkin [...]
(March 30, 2009, Reuters)
New York City Comptroller William Thompson on Monday proposed using federal stimulus money and other solutions to spare city water ratepayers from another rate hike.
The city’s Water Board is scheduled to meet on Friday to consider raising rates. The board approved a 14.5 percent increase in 2008 and forecast another double-digit rate [...]
(March 9, 2009, Reuters)
From cotton farms to factories that make high-tech computer chips, companies face huge risks from droughts like those searing California and Australia and that recently parched the U.S. Southeast.
Climate scientists say droughts will become more common as higher temperatures evaporate water supplies and overuse drain aquifers faster than they can be replenished [...]
(March 7, 2009, CBCNews)
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has asked Canadian cities and towns to phase out the sale and purchase of bottled water on municipal property.
The federation board of directors passed the anti-bottle resolution at a meeting in Victoria on Saturday.
The move carries no legal weight and aims simply to encourage municipalities to speak [...]
