Year: 2013

City Governments Going After Food Trucks (And Who’s Behind It)

Various publications have talked about the rise of food trucks for the past few years. Reporters from New York to Los Angeles to Salt Lake City to Indianapolis to Syracuse to Boise have written articles remarking on the increase of these mobile culinary venues in their cities. And their popularity is nothing to shake off either: In a 2010 survey by …

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Record Rise In US Oil Production

From the BBC: A report has revealed that 2012 saw the largest single-year increase in US oil production ever recorded.   US production grew due to an increase in techniques such as fracking, a method for extracting shale oil and gas, the report by oil giant BP said.   Overall, global energy consumption grew by 1.8% …

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GOP Congressman Says Rate of Pregnancies From Rape Is Very Low

  Here we go again. Another GOP politician says something stupid and just blantantly false about rape and pregnancy. Another Republican congressman ventured into the realm of rape and pregnancy Wednesday, saying at a committee hearing that incidences of pregnancy from rape are “very low.” Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), whose measure banning abortions after 20 weeks …

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