Yearly Archives: 2021
Oil industry ‘net-zero’ pledges are an attempt to delay climate action, new paper warns
Fossil fuel companies, experts say, “cannot be relied upon to decarbonize at the speed and scale needed” to tackle rising global emissions.
Learning to live with COVID – the tough choices ahead
To decide what is acceptable on the suppression strategy, we have to confront the fundamental conflict between values in the COVID trilemma.
Kapos of the American Empire
The empire has its political Kapos, the public servants who do NOT serve the public, rather the rulers of empire.
The hawks who want war with Iran are working overtime
As the saboteurs of diplomacy hope for a violent escalation, let’s keep in mind, and hope Iran agrees, that the best revenge would be a revived JCPOA.
California’s fracking ban fails in the Senate
While California is a major U.S. oil producer, urban democratic senators were hoping to change the state's course and take a lead on the climate crisis.
Fourth officer charged in excessive force case
The maximum penalty for the deprivation-of-rights offenses is 10 years of imprisonment and the maximum penalty for false report offenses is 20 years of imprisonment.
Denis Halliday: A voice of reason in an insane world
Since 1998, Denis has been a powerful voice for peace and for human rights around the world.
Federal court ends Trump effort to open 128 million acres of Atlantic, Arctic oceans...
“As the Biden administration considers its next steps, it should build on these foundations, end fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters, and embrace a clean energy future.”
Living near a toxic waste site could lower life expectancy by a year, study...
“The long-term effect of the flooding and repetitive exposure has an effect that can transcend generations.”
Making sense of a viral military
A military spouse’s perspective on the Pentagon’s flawed response to the pandemic.