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- Sea Dust, pt 1
[Salt mounds at the Toronto port, near Cherry Beach. photo by katalogue on flickr.]
On January 21, Thomas L. Viola was charged with the theft of some 135 tons of road salt in Aurora, Illinois. Viola had (intentionally) sold the road salt, which did not belong to him, on October 1 at the bargain price of [...]
- Goodbye Global
[International Shipping Trade Routes] via UNEP/GRID-Arendal
A recent article by The New York Times and a report by CIBC World Markets suggest that rising oil prices are fundamentally changing the dynamics of international trade, as shipping costs rise. The cost of moving goods, not the cost of tariffs, is the largest barrier to global trade today. [...]
