Tag: science
Science is objective—but are all scientists objective?
Science might be objective—but that doesn’t mean all scientists are.
Great mask furor: Monkey trials redux. Faith alone vs. science and...
How much disease and death is enough to force this nation to learn from failure, reject T.V. magic shows and return to sane science?
EPA has been captured by fossil fuel interests, democratic senators tell...
Rampant cronyism, conflicts of interest, and corruption?
Scientists, climate experts endorse Joe Biden as 2020 presidential candidate
"On Earth Day, we speak with one voice: we must elect Joe Biden the next president of the United States—for all our sakes."
Meet the climate science deniers who downplayed COVID-19 risks
American Council on Science and Health is one of several organizations promoting climate science denial that are now spreading misinformation on the coronavirus, with potentially deadly consequences.
EPA updates plans to limit use of science in decision-making
"They're putting in nonscientific criteria to decide what science the agency can use."
Trump administration to strip clean water protection putting the country’s water...
"Waters that have been protected for almost 50 years will no longer be protected under the Clean Water Act."
The well-funded, well-orchestrated climate change-denial movement
"The climate change counter movement, as I call it, is really an add-on to the already-existing conservative movement in the United States."
Science-advisory board says Trump administration’s policies run counter to established science
"EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler must immediately withdraw these unlawful proposals that threaten the health and well-being of all Americans."
The Trump administration’s latest attempt to undermine science – and how...
A bill that is gaining bipartisan momentum in the House would protect the science that protects the public.
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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.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.