Rural Hospital Closings Reach Crisis Stage, Leaving Millions Without Nearby Health Care
How rural hospital closures have serious knock-on effects.
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The Cost/Benefit Analysis of No Deal
Looking at the contours of a No Deal Brexit.
Read more...To Save Our Oceans, We Have to Change What We Do on Land
The IPCC issues a new, grim report about the health of oceans.
Read more...Iran’s Ultimate Middle East Power Play
An overview of Iran’s grand strategy.
Read more...Wolf Richter: How Employees & Employers Get Bled by Health Insurance
Health insurance costs will kill you if your medical issues don’t get you first.
Read more...Brexit: All Eyes on Boris
Why Johnson may not be over.
Read more...Want To Reduce Suicides? Follow The Data — To Medical Offices, Motels And Even Animal Shelters
A new effort at reducing suicides by understanding them better is showing promising results.
Read more...India to Ban Single-Use Plastics; Global Recycling Market Still Chaotic
India will soon announce details of its single-use plastics ban; will it be seduced to courting the recycling fairy to address the waste management problems of other countries who don’t understand recycling isn’t a long-term sustainable option.
Read more...Brexit: Past the Event Horizon
Slouching towards Brexit.
Read more...North American Bird Populations Plunge 30% Since 1970
Study reports 30% drop in North American bird populations since 1970 – a loss of 3 billion birds.
Read more...Documentary “Blowout” Follows Climate Cost of Oil Boom from Fracking to Exports
This RNN interview reminds us that the fracking catastrophe didn’t originate under Trump: his predecessor rescinded the energy export ban.
Read more...Iran Doesn’t Want Conflict, Says Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, But Any US-Saudi Attack Would Spark ‘All-Out War’
Iran once again has to tell the West what it ought to have figured out by now.
Read more...The Fed Has Not Covered Itself in Glory: Fed Funds Mess Edition
Why the Fed should be embarrassed.
Read more...Why Degrowth Is the Only Responsible Way Forward
Why degrowth is necessary and potentially attractive.
Read more...Urgent Culture For A Foot-Dragging Congress
A climate change museum tour for Congress.
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