And on the fifth day, I learned how not to compost. It was a sunny mid-November morning when I found out that potato peels, celery tops and other vegetable pieces — in other words, most of the 7 pounds of organic matter I had been saving in my refrigerator’s crisper drawer for the past four days — were, in fact, still food.
A subsidiary of Iran\’s Swiss-based national oil company is the latest firm to be sanctioned under new U.S. measures.
The Republican Party platform endorses positions at odds with those of most Jewish voters — but not when it comes to Israel.
Experts are saying that talk of an Israeli strike on Iran is a key part of what\’s unsettling already volatile oil markets.
Everyone\’s heard that old story about the scientist who invents a \”magic pill\” that turns water into gasoline — with the invention eventually getting into the hands of the oil companies that bury it, fearing they will be driven out of business when word gets out about their competition
Joy Horowitz\’s \”Parts Per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School\” (Viking) is a dense 350-page book detailing a four-year fight between 1,000 litigants who claimed oil wells at the school caused diseases, such as cancer, and defendants — including the oil companies, the city of Beverly Hills and school officials — who said there had been no harmful effects from the (profitable) derricks.
Biodiesel itself has the consistency, smell and, yes, taste of Mazola. Made from food oils and alcohol, it disintegrates into harmless organic matter when spilled. It\’s as toxic as table salt.
It is estimated that this year, American Jews will send approximately $660 million to Saudi Arabia.
You didn\’t fold a piece of cardboard or stuff an envelope, but the commitment was as good as a pledge. Maybe even better.
Next month, California voters will take sides in what has been an epic battle over Proposition 87, called the Clean Energy Alternative Act.
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