Carmakers and California Agree on Emissions Rules
Carmakers agree to comply “voluntarily” with California’s tightened emissions standards – thus thwarting Trump plans to rollback proposed nationwide rules.
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‘People are Dying’: Bernie Sanders Heads to Canada With an Insulin Caravan
Sanders puts the hot lights on the disgrace of insulin prices in the US.
Read more...As Risky Finances Alienate Investors, Fracking Companies Look to Retirement Funds for Cash
Latest DeSmogBlog coverage of fracking follies: the still unprofitable industry turns to pension funds and private equity for capital.
Read more...How the Government Can Steal Your Stuff: 6 Questions About Civil Asset Forfeiture Answered
Sad but necessary, a primer on civil asset forfeiture.
Read more...Brexit: Boris Johnson’s Impossibility Theorem
No one is blinking in the Brexit staredown.
Read more...Trump Promised Massive Infrastructure Projects—Instead We’ve Gotten Nothing
Even budget hawks ought to embrace infrastructure spending, since those projects typically produce $3 of tax revenues for every $1 spent when there’s a backlog, as we clearly have in the US. So what is Trump’s excuse?
Read more...Nobel Economist Angus Deaton: Inequality is Destroying Democratic Capitalism
Angus Deaton argues that the present level of inequality is a threat to “democratic capitalism” but contends that historically, even more severe inequality has been reversed.
Read more...The Politics of CEOs
Quelle surprise! CEOs back parties with an eye to increasing their own power.
Read more...John Helmer: MH17 Evidence Tampering Revealed by Malaysia – FBI Attempt To Seize Black Boxes; Dutch Cover-Up of Forged Telephone Tapes; Ukrainian Air Force Hid Radar Records; Crash Site Witness Testimony Misreported
The Malaysian government has come out against the findings of the JIT in the MH17 crash, charging US, Urkainian, and other offiicials with lying and engaging in evidence suppression and tampering.
Read more...Syriza, R.I.P.
The rule of the “radical left” Greek party Syriza came to an end earlier this month after it had abandoned its promise of reform.
Read more...Trump’s Peace Plan and the Future of Palestine
Trying to cut through the noise of Trump’s Palestine deal-making efforts.
Read more...“The Ten Brexit Questions No-One’s Giving a Straight Answer To”
A short Brexit update and some questions on the state of Labour.
Read more...Why Are Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos So Interested in Space?
There are good reasons to be leery of billionaires colonizing a public sector activity like space exploration.
Read more...The Numbers Are In, and Trump’s Tax Cuts Are a Bust
Why Trump’s tax “reforms” didn’t deliver on growth, just on rentierism.
Read more...CalPERS Sleaze Watch: Showcases Criminal Ex-General “Betray-Us” as Keynote Speaker at Offsite
CalPERS demonstrates its lack of interest in ethics and propriety.
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