Yearly Archives: 2017
Yet another Koch cadet hired to push fossil fuels at Trump’s energy department
The Koch network is continuing to push their “pro-human” case for fossil fuels.
Power dynamics changing in world order
The U.S. has dominated the world for too long and must learn to become a cooperative partner.
Nuclear weapons: Barbaric tools of insecurity
Sustainable security is not created through threats and the cultivation of fear, but by building relationships, cooperating and establishing trust.
American workers seek trade enforcement, not protection
A good first step would be imposing Trade Expansion Act penalties that are as strong as American defense must be.
Latest figures reveal that the world uses 500 billion plastic bottles annually
Plastic bottles will soon take over the entire Earth, literally.
Pyrrhic victory in Mosul
If a reconciliation cannot be achieved between Iraq’s Sunni and Shia populations, it’s almost a certainty that the country will continue to be afflicted by Daesh or some successor group.
The Founding Fathers would renounce, condemn America’s endless wars
They would decry the current situation in which a succession of U.S. presidents has usurped that power, probably the greatest violation of the Constitution in the history of this nation.
Mexico’s methane emissions threaten the environment
In 2013, Mexico emitted 126 million tons of methane into the atmosphere.
World unites against Trump on climate
Donald Trump is learning the hard way that he cannot thwart the entire world on climate change and expect to continue with business as usual.
Native Americans sue frackers over manmade earthquakes in Oklahoma
“If an earthquake comes through here and destroys the buildings, we can rebuild. But if you pollute our water, we’re done."