Denmark Introduces Fat Tax

Denmark has introduced a fat tax that will make food items such as hamburger meat and butter more expensive, in an effort to discourage excessive consumption of saturated fat(s). According to a Christian Science Monitor article, the move is aimed at increasing the average life expectancy, which currently sits at 79. That said, one has [...]

Too Vain To Be Green: Is Copenhagen A Waste?

The irony of the global environment debate, one that was recently the focus of the massive United Nations convention in Copenhagen, is that while the developed nations seem the most proactive, they are in reality looking for a way to fix all the damage they’ve done, damage that will hurt the developing nations the most. [...]