Yearly Archives: 2021
HSBC to phase out coal financing after shareholder vote
“We’re delighted that our campaign has resulted in a binding commitment by HSBC to phase out coal, but the devil is in the detail and the next six months are crucial to ensure that this commitment is translated into robust sector policies.”
Crocodile tears on corporate taxes
“Outrageous,” screeched the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “It doesn’t feel fair,” whimpered a top corporate executive.
The wailing by those...
Humans are forcing plants to adapt at the fastest rate since the last ice...
New research published May 20, 2021 in Science found that humans have stressed plant ecosystems more severely, and for longer, than previously thought.
‘A $753,000,000,000 Defense Budget Is a Failure’: Biden Pentagon Request Rebuked
Progressive anti-war campaigners and lawmakers blasted President Joe Biden's call Friday for a $753 billion military budget for fiscal year 2022, a...
To grow our economic pie, cut more equal slices!
Back in the 1980s, eagle-eyed economists began reporting out a pair of phenomena you actually didn’t need eagle eyes to see: America’s...
Colombia’s protests and the coming revolt against authoritarian neoliberalism
It leaves one wondering whether the Andean country is becoming more like its most important ally as many in the western press insist, or if the politics of the United States and its allies are becoming more like those of Colombia.
Bayer considers putting an end to US glyphosate sales
“Removing glyphosate from residential use would be a step in the right direction.”
Major tire companies explore the use of dandelions for a more sustainable rubber
Dandelion rubber tires will lessen the amount of landfill waste, decrease deforestation and reduce the economic burden of rubber tree cultivation, experts said
3 Tacoma cops charged with killing innocent man
Pierce County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Clark determined Ellis’s death to be a homicide caused by hypoxia due to physical restraint.
Most Americans don’t approve of animal testing—will the U.S. Congress finally pass legislation to...
The Humane Research and Testing Act seeks to move the U.S. toward more ethical methods of researching human disease that don’t involve animals.