We all know about the environmental benefit of using reusable bags, reusable mugs, driving cars with good gas mileage, installing energy saving appliances, but how many of us have thought about the environmental impact of disposing of our bodies on our death. Which is more “environmentally correct” – cremation or burial? Mother Jones, a nonprofit [...]

After months of unrelenting deliberations about the source of our economic meltdown, we know that much of it was caused by subprime loans that were then sliced and diced and sold off by the original lenders in pieces to other investors. As these investors now attempt to foreclose on homes where the homeowners are in [...]

On Earth Day, Revenge Is… wants to celebrate some of the eco-heros who are making the planet a better place. The 2009 winners of the Goldman Environmental Prizes were recently announced. The Goldman Environmental Prize, now in its 20th year, is awarded annually to grassroots environmental heroes from each of the world’s six inhabited continental [...]

This is our first issue of the Revenge Is…  revised newsletter format.  We have redesigned our website to include lots of information about current issues, resources, volunteer organizations and other information we think you will find useful.   We also hope you will find our articles informative.  Visit us here regularly at www.revengeis.com for our new [...]

This is our first issue of the Revenge Is…  revised newsletter format.  We have redesigned our website to include lots of information about current issues, resources, volunteer organizations and other information we think you will find useful.   We also hope you will find our articles informative.  Visit us here regularly at www.revengeis.com for our new [...]

Our automobile companies are racing fast and furious to develop the next generation of electric cars.   From the Chevy Volt, the Ford Fusion to the Tesler Roadster, they are all relying on lithium ion batteries to obtain the desired clean energy and high miles per gallon.  However, does this mean that we are on the [...]

When you think it couldn’t get any worse ….   In recent years, UBS, a Swiss bank, helped engineer blatant tax evasion by an estimated 52,000 US taxpayers who, with UBS’s help, hid an estimated $14.8 billion of unreported taxable income in confidential Swiss bank accounts and evaded US tax.    Last fall, USB  agreed to pay [...]