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MarketWatch of April 23, 2004, says the
the novel has "some very funny moments," and that the
non-fiction mixes "global statistics and first-person
accounts." The Washington
Post
of March 15, 2004, calls Predatory Bender: America in
the Aughts "the first novel about predatory lending;" the
London
Times of April 15, 2004, "A Novel Approach," said it "has
a cast of colorful characters." See
also, "City
Lit: Roman a Klepto [Review of ‘Predatory Bender’]," by
Matt Pacenza, City Limits, Sept.-Oct. 2004. The Pittsburgh
City Paper says the 100-page afterword makes the
"indispensable point that predatory lending is now being
aggressively exported to the rest of the globe," and opines that
that the "novel Predatory Bender: A Story of Subprime
Finance may, in fact, be the first great American lending
malfeasance novel" including "low-level loan sharks,
class-action lawyers, corporate bigwigs, hired muscle, corrupt
politicians, Iraq War veterans, Wall Street analysts, reporters
and one watchdog with a Web site." And environmental
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August
8, 2022
This
past week
before jetting
to Japan UNSG
Antonio
Guterres
intoned that
his UN has
broken from
fossil "fools"
companies.
False. They
are all over
his "Global
Compact."
Guterres is a
climate
hypocrite.
August 1, 2022
An
analysis has
listed
celebrities
causing the
maximum
private jet
pollution and
American
singer Taylor
Swift has
topped the
list. Boxing
legend Floyd
Mayweather is
second while
rapper Jay-Z,
former
baseball
player A-Rod
and American
singer Blake
Shelton are
among the top
five. Steven
Spielberg, Kim
Kardashian,
Mark Wahlberg,
Oprah Winfrey
and Travis
Scott are also
on the list.
Looks like the
UN and some
others are
immune from
coverage -
watch this
site.
July
25, 2022
A
stench that
has fouled the
air in the
Carolinas near
Charlotte NC
sparked a
lawsuit Friday
that accuses a
paper mill of
not gettinga
pollution
permit and of
shutting down
a key piece of
equipment that
was vital to
controlling
odors. Seven
South Carolina
residents who
say they’ve
been affected
by noxious
odors from the
New-Indy paper
mill say the
company never
applied for a
key air
pollution
permit as it
turned off a
device called
a steam
stripper. The
federal suit
asks a court
to order
New-Indy to
eliminate the
odors and cut
pulp
production
until the
company
obtains the
air pollution
permit. Known
as a
prevention of
significant
deterioration
permit, the
air pollution
license is
needed by
major new
industries or
big industries
making major
changes to a
plant.
July
18, 2022
Under Clean Water Act Riverkeeper Sues Bronx Scrap Yard in SDNY With Settlement Predicted
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book
BBC-Guardian
UK - Honduras
- NY
Mag
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, July 16 – Riverkeeper sued Pascap,
which owns a scrap metal processing facility
by the Hutchinson River in The Bronx.
On July
14, 2022 U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge Denise L. Cote held
a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.
Counsel
for the defendant quickly disclosed he is the
judge's neighbor. She recognized the name of
his wife, as a former classmate.
It's a small
world, and the two counsel resisted setting a
trial date, saying they anticipate settling.
July
11, 2022
More
than 8.5
billion
gallons a year
of pollution
is estimated
to be
discharged off
the west coast
of Canada by
cruise ships
on their way
to and from
Alaska
July
4, 2022
Wright Pled To Carbon Credits Fraud Now Gets 52 Months Jail and $16 Million Restitution
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY Courtroom
Exclusive, July 1 – Roger
Ralston, Christopher Wright and Steven Hooper
all faced a joint wire fraud conspiracy trial
on May 12, 2022.
On February 18, U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York Judge Jed S.
Rakoff held a lengthy in-person oral argument.
Inner City Press went and covered
it.
Among
the issues raised is whether the trials should
be severed. Hooper proffered to the US
Attorney's Office for some 18 hours and almost
got a cooperator's deal. Now, counsel for
Ralston argues, Hooper's information could
never be effectively "Bruton-ized" at
trial.
June
27, 2022
Portuguese
Foreign
Minister Joao
Gomes Cravinho
confirmed
Russia's
participation
in the
upcoming (June
27) UN Oceans
conference.
"Russia is a
member of the
UN and will
take part in
the
conference,"
he announced.
UNSG Antonio
Guterres, who
assured that
Russia would
not inviade
Ukraine and
then ordered
to staff to
not say it was
happened,
supports Gomes
Cavinho - and
the conference
being in
Lisbon, home
of Guterres'
Vaz and banks,
he will also
be there..
June
20, 2022
The
Oregon
Department of
Environmental
Quality has
revised the
Port of
Morrow’s
groundwater
contamination
fine to $2.1
million after
finding
additional
wastewater
violations.
On Friday, the
agency added
$800,000 to
the Port’s
original $1.3
million fine
for
over-applying
nitrogen-rich
wastewater on
agricultural
fields in the
Lower Umatilla
Basin
June
13,
2022
EPA
says it will
distribute $60
million among
12 states that
have waterways
that flow into
the
Mississippi
River to help
them control
farm runoff
and other
pollution that
contribute to
a dead zone in
the Gulf of
Mexico. he
money will be
distributed
over the next
five years to
Arkansas,
Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Ohio,
Tennessee and
Wisconsin
June
6, 2022
Deutsche Bank Raided for Greenwashing After US Is Told Of Need Crackdown On Banks
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book
BBC-Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN NY
Mag
SOUTH BRONX /
SDNY, May 31 – With the
mega-merger horse largely out of the barn in
the US, Citibank too big to question for its
business in Russia even as JPMorgan Chase
admits gambling a billion dollars they while
closing branches in NYC, the smallest of
regulators had started a review. But
where is the Community Reinvestment Act in
mergers?
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, with
jurisdiction mostly over small banks not
members of the Federal Reserve System with the
exception of the ironically named Truist, has
a public comment period on mergers.
With
the FDIC's request for information comment
period set until May 31, here,
Fair Finance Watch on April 11 submitted a
first comment, below.
Now at the
deadline on May 31, action - but non US
regulators, in Germany: Authorities in Germany
raided the offices of Deutsche Bank and its
subsidiary DWS on Tuesday following claims
that it was exaggerating the sustainable
credentials of some of the products it
sold. A former manager
in charge of sustainability at DWS has claimed
that the asset management firm exaggerated the
environmental and climate credentials of
certain funds — referred to as
greenwashing. “The measures of the
Public Prosecutors are directed against
unknown people in connection with greenwashing
allegations against DWS,” Deutsche Bank said
in a statement.
May
30, 2022
Coal-fired
plants emit,
on average,
802 tons of
CO2 per
GW/hour of
electricity
generated,
against 720 in
oil-fired
plants and 490
in gas-powered
plants.
Nuclear ones
cause indirect
emissions of 3
tons, less
than wind and
solar (4 or
5), hydro (34)
and biomass
(78)
May
23, 2022
For Withholding Lead Removal Work Records Ruilova Is Sued By EPA Now Seeking to Settle
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book
BBC-Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN NY
Mag
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, May 16 – The EPA sued Edison
Ruilova and others for failing to provide
records about lead paint abatement
work.
On May 16, U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York Judge Gregory H.
Woods held a conference. Inner City Press
covered it.
Ruilova
intially wasn't present; only his bookkeeper
was. But the bookkeeper contacted him and he
appeared.
Thereupon the
EPA said they are working on a resolution, at
least with this defendant.
Judge Woods
gave the parties until July 1 to submit a
joint letter regarding the status of any
anticipation.
May
16, 2022
In
a study
published this
week by the
National
Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration
in the journal
"Science
Advances,"
scientists
said they
found that a
reduction in
particulate
air pollution
over the past
40 years led
to an increase
in tropical
cyclone
activity in
the Atlantic
Ocean
May
9, 2022
A
U.S. District
Court Judge in
Delaware has
sentenced the
owner and
operator of a
foreign-flag
tanker to pay
a $3 million
criminal fine
for
obstructing
justice and
concealing
deliberate
pollution from
the
vessel.
U.S. District
Court Judge
Richard G.
Andrews for
the District
of Delaware
sentenced
Liquimar
Tankers
Management
Services Inc.
and Evridiki
Navigation
Inc. after
they were
convicted at
trial on all
charges,
including
violating the
Act to Prevent
Pollution from
Ships,
falsifying
ships’
documents,
obstructing a
U.S. Coast
Guard
inspection and
making false
statements to
U.S. Coast
Guard
inspectors