Tag: science
ExxonMobil’s climate disinformation campaign is still alive and well
The company is still very much engaged behind the scenes in trying to stymie any government attempt to seriously address climate change.
GOP sides with Monsanto, threatens to cut off WHO funding for...
Several Republicans once again side with Monsanto and put American's health on the line.
Record number of scientists to run in 2018 election to combat...
“The sheer number is really astonishing ... science is and always should be above politics."
How much does climate change cost? Try $1.5 billion (and counting)
There are two choices: spend money on trying to reduce the problem or spend money on cleaning up the catastrophes.
Pruitt’s plan to debate climate science paused as science confirms human...
“What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic; it affects the rest of the planet.”
Trump administration bans CDC from using these words
A CDC analyst said he was unable to recall a previous time when words were banned from budget documents because they were considered controversial.
I am a 30-year veteran scientist from the US EPA: I...
As scientists, we must stand up for science and ensure that it is not tossed aside in public policy and decision-making.
Scientists: Climate change may wipe out third of world’s parasites, with...
The loss of species of lice, fleas and worms could have profound ripple effects on the environment and might pave the way for new parasites to colonize humans and other animals with disastrous health outcomes.
What to do when you see science denial at the science...
I went to DC’s Smithsonian Museum of Natural History expecting to learn about the history of our planet. Instead, I stumbled upon a Koch-funded climate denial disaster.
Trump administration says it isn’t anti-science as it seeks to slash...
The Office of Research and Development has been at the front line of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.
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No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.