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...council's June 14 revision was something of a compromise. It removed the cap on licenses, but it also made getting one more difficult. Applicants have to submit a five-year employment and educational history. The town reserves the right to determine whether any consumer complaints have been filed against applicants, to investigate any criminal and probationary record, to revoke licenses, and to impose fines of up to $100. The new statute also affirmed the right to hold psychic fairs...
...Though there's no technological silver bullet, there are policy options available to manage air travel emissions such as carbon cap and trade schemes. But those won't be simple: Air travel was left out of the Kyoto Protocol on curbing emissions in part due to the complexity of assigning national responsibility for gases spewed by international flights. Just getting governments to share air space more freely, which would allow planes to fly more direct routes and cut fuel consumption, has proven to be an ongoing headache...
Acting Chairman Nancy Nord, who announced the Mattel recall of 9 million toys last week, touted the CPSC's "effective system of checks and balances to prevent unsafe products from being sold." But even she has recommended reforms to Congress, including a new civil penalty cap of $10 million. Her proposals are among the many to strengthen the CPSC as the challenge presented by Chinese-made toys has underlined its weaknesses. PIRG's Mierzwinski recommends a simple first step: "Why doesn't the President nominate a safety advocate...
...think there's any way you can manage for a global effect locally," says Bruno, the author of the UNC report. He thinks the root cause of disappearing coral is, in the end, climate change, which can be addressed only by a worldwide effort to cap fossil-fuel use and pass stringent climate change legislation. "If we only manage locally, [we] will be totally overwhelmed over the next century...
...many checks in the past. Without a bank to cash their checks--a service generally free to account holders--the unbanked rely on check cashers, which charge up to 10% for a handwritten check. Despite decades of criticism from consumer advocates about these high fees, only 25 states cap rates...