October 11, 2022 archive

Biden’s agreement rejected by rail union raising specter of a strike

  The Biden White House might be getting nervous over the temporary agreement it reached last month to avert a possible nationwide railroad strike, after the country’s third-largest freight rail workers union rejected the deal this week. It means there still could be a strike next month after the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division …

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Not kidding—New Zealand wants tax on farting cows

  The idea that farting cows are adding to greenhouse gas emissions of the world was so preposterous when promoted by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, she was nearly laughed out of the U.S. House. But the government of New Zealand has taken the discussion a giant step further by actually proposing to tax the greenhouse gasses …

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