Yearly Archives: 2021
Sanders wants big oil CEOs to testify at Senate climate hearing
“These companies are producing a significant percentage of the carbon that we use, which is destroying our planet, and we want to know what they are doing to transform their companies away from fossil fuel.”
Young Indigenous organizers are taking the fight against oil pipelines to Biden
With the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines threatening Indigenous land, youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes ran 2,000 miles to deliver a powerful message to the new administration.
2.3 million Americans exposed to high levels of strontium in drinking water
High strontium in drinking water is linked to rickets in children, an extremely rare skeletal condition causing soft, sometimes deformed, bones.
Pandemic recovery will take more than soaring growth – to fuel a more equitable...
Countries seeking to explicitly counteract the negative effects of the pandemic need a good compass to guide their recovery plan. And that won’t be GDP.
As giants in my life fall, I toast a best friend & best partner
A tribute to David Fletcher, high end audio wizard...
New study finds correlation between specific pesticides and central nervous system tumors in children
"Policy interventions to reduce pesticide exposure in individuals residing near agricultural fields should be considered to protect the health of children."
Toxic air pollution has dropped over the last two decades in California
Better refined fuels, moves toward electric vehicles, and better public transportation can make the air pollution issue even better over the next decade.
‘Wall Street is a primary villain’ in climate crisis, analysis shows
DeSmog’s investigation found that at least 65% of directors from 39 global banks had 940 connections to “climate-conflicted” industries.
Back to the future at the Pentagon
Why 2021 looks so much like 1981 — and why that should scare us...
How Cuba beat the pandemic: From developing new vaccines to sending doctors overseas to...
For decades, Cuba has heavily invested in its medical and pharmaceutical system, in part because of the six-decade-old U.S. embargo.