Topic: Trading Air

3 chapters across the catalog

Episode 512 34:29 - 39:32

512: Club Sub

EPA Regulatory Power, Clean Air Act Strategy

The Environmental Protection Agency is utilizing the Clean Air Act to bypass Congress and implement strict regulations on coal-fired power plants. Senator James Inhofe has challenged the EPA's "endangerment finding," alleging the agency failed to follow its own peer-review procedures and relied on IPCC data to justify cap-and-trade policies.

Taylor Swift Sucks
Episode 103 5:09 - 7:52

103: Taylor Swift Sucks

Air France Flight 447, Arms Trade Consultants Disappearance

Two passengers on the missing Air France Flight 447, Pablo Dreyfus and Ronald Dreyer, were prominent consultants involved in tracking the international illegal arms trade. Dreyfus worked with Brazilian authorities to stop weapons flow to drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro. The aircraft's tail has been located, and search teams are looking for the flight data recorders before the pingers expire.

Yahoo+Microsoft=Britney Spears
Episode 36 21:05 - 24:33

36: Yahoo+Microsoft=Britney Spears

Carbon Credits and VCR Plus Marketing Schemes

The concept of a "carbon footprint" is characterized as a marketing scheme designed to facilitate the trading of carbon credits. This is compared to the "VCR Plus" system of the 1990s, which used simplified codes to help users program video recorders. Both are viewed as artificial constructs created to generate licensing fees and manage consumer behavior.