Yearly Archives: 2021
To help Democrats survive 2022, Biden should legalize marijuana right now
Legalizing marijuana allows President Joe Biden to address important issues without Congressional approval and could help Democrats stave off major losses in 2022.
Senate urged to reject Biden’s ‘poor choice’ for FDA chief over ties to Big...
"The Senate... must reject Califf's nomination and demand that Biden nominate an individual who has been dedicated to advancing public health."
Six areas where action must focus to rescue this planet
In the next three decades, the world must dramatically decrease greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to return to a more stable climate.
AI that will bite us in the butt
The latest dystopian tech craze: Robotic police dogs.
Scientists find Appalachian mountaintop removal coal mining put endangered species at risk thousands of...
Since 1985, streams and rivers have repeatedly suffered “acute” levels of toxic chemicals in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, despite U.S. efforts to paint a rosy environmental image abroad.
Wildfires could be pumping 3x more soot to the Arctic than previously thought, new...
The new findings are an example of how the impacts of the climate crisis build on each other.
Saving our planet requires systemic and behavioral change
For the environmental emergency to be faced with the intensity needed, and healing to occur, a dramatic shift is required.
Natural Asset Companies and the plan to financialize the commons
"Are we fighting to save ourselves and our living planet or are we fighting to maintain business as usual?”
The fate of the US wolf heads to federal court
Wildlife advocates are hoping to put wolves back under the Endangered Species Act while government attorneys are claiming wolves are resilient and will bounce back easily and do not need to be put under federal jurisdiction.
How to cut $1 trillion from the Pentagon
A CBO report requested by Bernie Sanders lays out three options for a modest Pentagon trim over the next decade. Can we pull it off?