Yearly Archives: 2021
A leaking oil refinery on St. Croix gives Biden his first environmental justice test
Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for the closure of a controversial oil and gas facility that has sickened residents of the U.S. Virgin Island.
What’s up with the herd?
The United States won’t achieve herd immunity because a significant portion of the herd is suffering from mad cow disease.
Tax on Amazon’s pandemic profits could pay to vaccinate 580 million people worldwide: Oxfam
“A small number of corporate CEOs and wealthy investors have profited in the midst of this pandemic. Even more galling, these same rich companies and wealthy executives have not contributed their fair share in taxes.”
‘Government money that’s gone into vaccine development is being privatized by a handful of...
CounterSpin interview with James Love on Bill Gates & vaccine politics...
How an Indigenous scientist studies global change
Dr. Danielle Ignace has found a way to unify her Native American and Western science identities to better understand big ecosystem changes.
USDA may allow genetically modified trees to be released into the wild
“Our natural forests that support wildlife and the economic sovereignty of rural communities will rapidly be replaced with tree plantations for wood pellets, paper and more, leaving environmental and climate injustice in their wake.”
Judge rejects NRA’s bankruptcy bid, allowing New York’s lawsuit against the gun group to...
The bankruptcy case exposed weaknesses within the NRA’s internal management structure as well as its strategy to avoid legal exposure.
A pesticide linked to brain damage in children could finally be banned
A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety.
In blow to NRA, federal judge dismisses group’s bankruptcy case
The judge ruled that the powerful gun lobby declared bankruptcy in an attempt to avoid facing a New York state lawsuit that accuses the organization of fraud and seeks to disband it.
Fracking 101: What you should know
Modern fracking emerged so quickly, faster than its impacts were understood.