Consumer Law & Policy Blog

The latest climate change information from NASA

The folks at EcoNews are reporting on the latest climate change data from NASA. Click here or on the embedded vido below to view a 15-second NASA time-lapse video that depicts the warming of the planet since 1950. Note that parts of the Arctic and Siberia have warmed as much as two to four degrees farenheit above a long-term average (data from 1880 to the present). NASA also says that nine of the planet’s 10 warmest years have occurred since 2000.

 

NCLC: "Tax-time consumer troubles"

The National Consumer Law Center has issued Tax-time consumer troubles, which warns consumers about a host of problems that they may encounter from largely worthless (but expensive) refund-anticipation products and from abuse and incompetence in the tax-preparation industry. We posted last December on NCLC's comprehensive report on that industry, which included specific proposals for reform.