Fifty Coral Reefs Selected as ‘Arks’ to Survive Climate Crisis
Australian scientists employ modern portfolio theory to target conservation priorities and generate a list of fifty priority coral reefs.
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The Campaign to Protect Christmas Profits from Omicron
Omicron updates along with some of the considerable noise.
Read more...The NRA Could Be Winning Its Long Gun Game Even as It Appears To Be in Dire Straits
The NRA may have done its job. Gun support may not longer depend on its aggressive lobbying.
Read more...Probable Vaccine-Escaping Covid Variant Sequenced in Gauteng, South Africa and Spreading Rapidly; Press Underplaying Downside Risk
A very nasty new variant is spreading rapidly and looks to evade monoclonal antibodies and current vaccines. Assume the brace position.
Read more...Gerrymandering Is a Climate Problem
How the upcoming round of gerrymandering is likely to impact climate change remediation campaigns.
Read more...Climate Injustice at Glasgow Cop-Out
How the largely optical, pro-business gestures at addressing climate change were an affront to developing countries.
Read more...The Costs of War (to You)
An overview not merely of the egregious spending on America’s wars, but also on how it is fraud-friendly, apparently by design.
Read more...Goodbye Glasgow: What’s Next for Global Climate Action?
After COP26, and as the debate on whether Glasgow represents a success or a failure dies down, what next for global climate action?
Read more...Why the UK (and US) Left Is Wrong To Be So Dismissive of Non-Violent Struggle
Some voices on the left advocate violent tactics. Is this recommendation well informed or desperate?
Read more...New, Radically Different Covid Variant Getting Footholds Now as Media and Officials Remain Complacent
A very different Covid variant has made its way out of Africa into Europe and the US. How worried should you be?
Read more...COP26: Climate Pledges Don’t Match Up With Policies—or Consumer Behavior
The ink is barely dry on COP26 pledges, and it’s not hard to see that they are largely for show.
Read more...We Need Far More Radical Thinking Than Any COP26 Deal To Save the Planet
Recognizing that COP26 is not remotely ambitious enough is a step in the right direction. But it is still only a small step.
Read more...Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
A reprise of Mark Ames’ biting fundraiser classic.
Read more...On the Duty to Obstruct
A recap of the progressive punt on the Build Back Better bill and the contention that duty demands much more radical action.
Read more...The Climate Fight Over Line 5, or the Upper Peninsula and Canada Versus Greenhouse Gas Absolutism
The fight over shutting down Line 5, a major oil pipeline, could set an important precedent.
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