A federal judge ruled today that an Ohio utility violated the Clean Air Act when it failed to install better pollution controls at a coal-burning power plant.
Only regulations that put a very high price on carbon, they say, will give the companies the incentive to install significant environmental controls at a faster pace.
Rogue Traders Every year seems to bring news of a major trading loss as a result of a breakdown in the internal controls at a major financial institution.
[Reuters] After months of pressure from environmental activists, Apple agrees to a jointly monitored audit of pollution controls at a circuit-board supplier's factory in China.
In addition, "every year seems to bring news of a major trading loss as a result of a breakdown in the internal controls at a major financial institution".
Critics say that online gambling is the equivalent of putting a slot machine in every home, providing an easy chance to lose money with a few mouse clicks, all without the social controls at a bricks-and-mortar casino.
Michael Buckley, chief executive of Allied Irish, tried to deflect questions about the bank's controls at a news conference here today, declaring: "On the one hand, you could say this was an absolute lack of controls.
British Nuclear Fuels had been plagued by problems over safety ranging from falsification of safety documents about reprocessed nuclear fuel shipments sent to Japan to mismanagement of safety controls at a reprocessing plant in northwest England.
President Obama's fleeting mention of the need for stronger gun controls at a presidential debate last month was hardly the kind of forceful political statement needed to address the scourge of gun violence in this country.
In contrast, Beijing will not rush into full renminbi convertibility — part of the push to make it a global currency — by dismantling capital controls at a time when volatile capital flows in emerging markets are raising concerns about economic stability.
Meanwhile, tame inflation allows the Federal Reserve to keep the key interest rate it controls at a record low of nearly zero percent in an effort to bolster economic growth.
