How Much Will It Cost to Address Climate Change? Pennies Compared to the Alternative
Not surprisingly, climate change, if not checked, will have catastrophic economic effects.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 2/25/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Trump, Sanders, Clinton, AOC, reparations, Democrat consultants, national activity, manufacturing, wholesale trade, moderation and its scaling woes, climate emergency, carbon tax/cap-and-trade, selling the GND, pay gap, the 152nd Pokémon, Tomi Ungerer
Read more...Skilling Released from Prison After A Decade of Doing Time: A Reminder of a Not So Distant Past, When the Rule of Law Applied to Corporate CEOs
Jeff Skilling, former CEO of Enron, was released Friday after doing twelve years of prison time: a reminder that corporate officers once were once prosecuted and sent to jail for corporate criminal activities.
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The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’
Renewables have become the low-cost fuel source for new power generation much faster than most anticipated, killing arguments to use natural gas as a bridge fuel away from coal-fired power generation. This is great news for the climate.
Read more...Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
New report by Center for International Environmental Law warns: “Plastic is a Global Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight.”
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Bills Criminalizing Pipeline Protest Arise in Statehouses Nationwide
Comprehensive overview of eight state-level initiatives promoted by oil and gas industry lobbyists to criminalize pipeline protests.
Read more...Taxcast: The #LuxLeaks Tax Deals – Still No investigation? Plus Amazon’s $0 Federal Tax Payment
This month’s Taxcast focuses on why the LuxLeaks deals are getting a free pass, the financialization of aid, and Amazon’s tax machinations.
Read more...Why a Focus on “Fake News” and Facebook Misses the Internet’s Real Problems – and Solutions
MP’s new ‘fake news’ report largely ignores other platforms like Google and YouTube, and surveillance capitalism itself – and risks sending regulation in the wrong direction.
Read more...Easter Eggs and Trojan Horses in the Democrats’ Flagship Bill, H.R. 1 (“For the People Act of 2019”)
HR 1 will increase the Democrat’s institutional power (and the power of the intelligence community as well).
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: 2020 and open thread (for now).
Read more...How Stupid Do They Think We Are? – Plutocrats Using Logical Fallacies to Defend the Health Care Status Quo
Shredding bad excuses for a bad health care system.
Read more...Striking Teachers in Denver Shut Down Performance Bonuses – Here’s How That Will Impact Education
Denver teachers were able to put an end to a performance bonus system they argued was capricious. What impact might this change have?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/21/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Sanders, Harris, the Obama Presidential Center, US internal migration, durable goods, manufacturing, leading indicators, jobless claims, home sales, Amazon, Facebook, antitrust, lawns, forests, apples, permafrost, cooperation, slavery, wages, crapification
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