Carbon Pipelines in the Hawkeye State
A new, enormous boondoggle?
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Build Back Better Verges on Collapse as Manchin Attempts to Kill Child Tax Credit
How Manchin is putting a lump of coal in Biden’s Christmas stocking.
Read more...Amazon’s Deathtrap Warehouse in Edwardsville, IL: Will Bessemer, AL Be Next?
Social murder in Edwardsville.
Read more...The Romance of Shipping Containers
How international standards enabled containers to be stacked and shipped.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Is This the End of the Unreformable Democratic Party?
Have the contradictions of the Democratic Party’s overarching strategy finally become untenable?
Read more...COP26: Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?
COP26 revealed climate activists have a very long way to go, and not necessarily in the way they think.
Read more...‘Manchin Is a F**king Snake’: Progressives Urged to Keep Pushing for Both Bills
Jayapal is “letting the president” handle Manchin after he says he won’t budge on the reconciliation package.
Read more...“Want to See a Modern Country Commit Suicide? Take a Hard Look at Britain”
Post Brexit Britain is not doing at all well, and things are not going to take a turn any time soon.
Read more...Swimming With Sharks in the Maldives
Maldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem.
Read more...Rural Alaska Has a Bridge Problem as Permafrost Thaws and Crossing River Ice Gets Riskier with Climate Change
In Alaska, bridges face a unique and growing set of problems as the planet warms.
Read more...Indigenous Resistance Instrumental in Stopping High-Profile Fossil Fuel Projects, Says Report
“The longer you fight them, the better chance you have.”
Read more...There’s One Surefire Way to End Big Sewage Spills: End Big Sewage
Massive, centralized facilities make for massive, centralized catastrophes — and the risk of public health and ecological disasters.
Read more...Removing Urban Highways Can Improve Neighborhoods Blighted by Decades of Racist Policies
Urban planning has been used to classify, segregate and compromise people’s opportunities based on race. Highway removal can improve urban neighborhoods.
Read more...Northeast Pummeled with Colossal Flooding, Destructive Tornadoes
Ida’s epic flooding is likely to become part of an extreme weather new normal.
Read more...The Fragility of the New York City Subway System
What if Hurricane Sandy was only the beginning?
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