By Ralph Nader | September 18, 2019 Dear America: Costly complexity is baked into Obamacare, and although it has improved access to healthcare for some, tens of millions of Americans still cannot afford basic medical care for their family. No healthcare system is without problems but Canadian-style single-payer — full Medicare for all — is simple, affordable, […]
Press TV – September 17, 2019 A major deal for exports of gas from Iran to Pakistan has been revised after several years of uncertainty surrounding the project, shows a report in the Pakistani media. The Express Tribune said in a Monday report that national gas companies from Iran and Pakistan had inked an agreement […]
Sputnik – September 5, 2019 According to marketing professor Magnus Söderlund, the consumption of human flesh is an important issue when it comes to climate and sustainability. Swedish channel TV4 has taken its viewers aback by seriously discussing the idea of eating other people “to save the climate”. The feature about the Stockholm fair Gastro Nord, touted […]
By Michael Shellenberger | Quilette | August 15, 2019 Democratic Presidential candidates and the New York Times rightly condemned the use of inflammatory words like “invasion” by President Donald Trump and Fox News hosts to describe the desperate people coming from Latin America to seek a better life in the U.S. Such language is irresponsible […]
By Nick Cunningham – Oilprice.com – August 21, 2019 The U.S. could “drown the world in oil” over the next decade, which, according to Global Witness, would “spell disaster” for the world’s attempts to address climate change. The U.S. is set to account for 61 percent of all new oil and gas production over the […]
By Matthew Ehret | Strategic Culture Foundation | August 10, 2019 A vast sweeping change towards a “green economy” is now being pushed by forces that may make an educated citizen rather uncomfortable. Of course, news reports flash daily showcasing the brave young movement of “eco-warriors” led by Sweden’s 16 year old Greta Thunberg or […]
Sputnik – August 1, 2019 Prince Harry, who became a father this year, prompted a Twitter storm after he professed a desire to only have two children in order to help save the planet. After mouthy UK journalist Piers Morgan mocked him over the statement, his colleague Julia Hartley-Brewer also weighed in with a critical […]
Scientists have mapped a huge aquifer off the US Northeast (hatched area). Solid yellow or white lines with triangles show ship tracks. Dotted white line near shore shows edge of the glacial ice sheet that melted about 15,000 years ago. Further out, dark blue, the continental shelf drops off into the Atlantic abyss. Credit: Gustafson […]
By Eric Worrall | Watts Up With That? | May 18, 2019 One of the most intriguing takeaways from the 18th May Federal Election in Australia is how poorly Labor’s climate action political campaign focus played in working class areas: Scott Morrison has earnt a permanent place as a Liberal Party legend — returning the […]
By Matthew Ehret | Strategic Culture Foundation | May 9, 2019 Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has become a bit of a living parody of everything wrong with the detached technocratic neo-liberal order which has driven the world through 50 years of post-industrial decay. Now, two years into the Trump presidency, and five years into […]
