"Are GOP Pledges To Nix Agencies Undoable?"
As GOP primary candidates compete with claims over who can destroy more US government agencies, a small problem arises: they could not do what they promise.
As GOP primary candidates compete with claims over who can destroy more US government agencies, a small problem arises: they could not do what they promise.
Despite Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, some global oil prices fell. It turns out Iran's influence on the international oil market may be weak, and its threats more an effort to head off international sanctions that will harm its own weakened petroleum economy. Shipping lanes are just one of many major strategic factors affecting the global oil market. Iran has, however, offered spurious ammunition to U.S. politicians crowing for US acts of war against it. Right now, the news media are taking Iran's threats more seriously than the oil market is.
"ALBANY, N.Y. — While health and environmental groups are praising the Environmental Protection Agency for reining in mercury emissions from power plants, a New York group says discarded thermostats remain a major source of mercury contamination in the state."