Climate scientist Robert Koop argues for national investment in universities analogous to that of long-standing cooperative extension programs but applied to scientific climate risk management.
Read more...Review of the Midwest flooding, history of the New Deal and flood control, and the Green New Deal and flood control.
Read more...Unicef reports diarrhea causes more childhood deaths in conflict zones than outright violence. Bangladesh’s recent history shows even the poorest countries can reduce fatalities from diarrheal disease.
Read more...Tropical cyclone Idai may be a harbinger of further catastrophic coastal storms; climate change projections suggest the number of intense hurricanes will rise.
Read more...An update by Jomo Kwame Sundaram on how China and the US are faring in their use of trade and development policy to foster growth and project power.
Read more...Bezos admits he and other squillionaires didn’t do the “heavy lifting” of building the infrastructure on which tech enterprises depend….yet tries to depict a space venture as a greenfield project. Help me.
Read more...Senators Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal, and Durbin, has asked the DHS IG to expand an investigation into misallocation of funds budgeted for repair of hurricane-damaged homes and profit-skimming in Puerto Rico
Read more...The Post Office, its Universal Service Obligation, privatization efforts, how (and possibly why) those efforts are stalled.
Read more...By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Last week, there were three (major) California wildfires in the news: The Camp Fire, which destroyed the town of Paradise in Northern California, and the Hill and Woolsey fires in Southern California, which are still burning, not entirely contained. Here is a map: And here is a shot of the […]
Read more...Passing through JFK is a necessary purgatory for passengers; the Cuomo plan doesn’t address many problems.
Read more...The Maine two-footers were great. Why not revive them?
Read more...Advocates exaggerate claims that privatization would reduce governments’ fiscal problems while ensuring more efficient, productive, and competitive economies by promoting private entrepreneurship, innovation, and investments.
Read more...Government of Puerto Rico presents report to Congress acknowledging 1427 Hurricane Maria details– more than twenty times the previous estimate it had given. Meanwhile, prospects for meaningful debt relief remain slight.
Read more...The court ruled that the city’s ban on new fossil fuel terminals within its borders did not violate the Commerce Clause, which is the main argument the oil industry has used against bans like the ones in Portland, Oregon and other cities.
Read more...Climate change, aging cars, signals, and tunnels, plus looting by the political class and the bankers.
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