Yearly Archives: 2017
The Republican Party’s sickness of the soul
There is, indeed, a “poverty of spirit” at work here.
World’s first commercial carbon sucking machine turns greenhouse gas into fertilizer
“It is clear today that we won't be able to achieve zero gigatonnes by the end of the century without the use of carbon removal technologies.”
Trump’s rollback of civil rights
Trump has made clear his priorities: Benefit the most comfortable Americans and stick it to the most vulnerable.
Newly leaked documents reveal insane counterterrorism tactics used against Standing Rock water protectors
Surveillance tactics used by the company include social media information harvesting, aerial surveillance and radio eavesdropping and infiltration of camps and activist circles.
The reign of Trump: Understanding crazy in Washington
The only way that Republicans will abandon Trump is if he actually becomes so much of a public embarrassment that he jeopardizes the re-election prospects of Republican senators and Representatives.
Coal is in a death spiral as India cancels new plants and solar prices...
The renewable energy sector in India already accounts for 60,000 jobs, and will add a similar number by 2022.
Officer who killed Tamir Rice fired for lying on job application
City officials and the police department insist that the officers were punished for administrative violations – not for the killing of a 12-year-old boy.
America’s Iran hysteria
The irrationality of Iran vilification.
Electric trains everywhere: A solution to crumbling roads and climate crisis
Transportation accounts for nearly a third of the country’s carbon emissions.
DeVos budget robs from poor kids to fund schools that discriminate
What Trump and DeVos are proposing in this budget is not only to take resources away from students, but to turn around and give more money to schools that would potentially discriminate against them.