The Obama administration is expected to name carbon dioxide a pollutant today – which makes it easier to regulate without Congressional approval. According to second grade science class, carbon dioxide is one of the essential ingredients for life – plants need it for photosynthesis. Still, too much of anything is bad, which begs the question of whether dihydrogen monoxide – a substance which can now be found on over three quarters of the Earth’s surface – is next:
Tag: environment
Office Paper Police
On Tuesday, October 7, the building managers are sending inspectors through the office where I work. Their mission: to look at how much paper we throw away. I’m not making this up.
Our office manager just made the rounds to alert us that our company could be fined up to $2,000 if we have white office paper in our trash buckets rather than our recycling buckets.
But we don’t have recycling buckets. Where do you think we get those? Well, luckily, the building management is selling recyclying buckets. Who says there aren’t free market solutions to environmental challenges?
Jim Eltringham 