Yearly Archives: 2021
To hell with the filibuster
Representative democracy based on majority rule is logical; anything else is utterly illogical and self-defeating.
Despite pressure from US and Bayer, Mexico will ban glyphosate
“Our rationale is based on the precautionary principle in the face of environmental risks as well as the right of the Mexican government to take action in favor of the public good.”
Reclaimed water could be the solution to farming in a drier future
A California farm is making sure wastewater no longer goes to waste.
Investigation into chemical exposure from fracking in Pennsylvania provokes call for rapid phaseout
“Pennsylvania’s children should not be used as laboratory rats,” said biologist Sandra Steingraber, who called fracking “an uncontrolled human experiment” that involves “toxic exposures.”
Why Trump’s takeover of the GOP is great for Biden and the Democrats (but...
One of its two major parties is centered on a Big Lie that threatens to blow up the nation, figuratively if not literally.
Fossil freeze: Deadly Texas catastrophe shows how natural gas systems can fail when demand...
Climate scientists warn that what lies ahead for all of us isn’t simply “global warming,” it’s what some call global weirding.
Pandemic may have left over 250 million people with acute food shortages in 2020
With the future looking ever more uncertain due to the climate crisis — one of President Biden's top priorities — adapting to new ways of producing and transporting food will be key to our survival.
Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats should ignore the Senate Parliamentarian and pass $15 minimum wage...
“I don’t know any part of this country where someone can survive on $7.25.”
It didn’t take long for this new president to play Commander in Chief
Joe Biden goes to war...
Could the left withstand a coup attempt if it ever won the presidency?
Two of the organizers who trained Americans to defend against a Trump-led coup explain how to minimize the threats to democracy going forward.