Seventeen States Sue EPA for Allowing California to Set Tougher Vehicle Emissions Standards
Seventeen Republican AGs sued to overturn EPA waiver allowing California to set tougher vehicale emissions standards.
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The Super Immunity of Our Fabulously Wealthy Corporate Dictators
Ralph Nader on corporate legal immunity.
Read more...Inflation Freakout and Possible Fed Overshoot
There’s a lot of nattering about inflation and not enough insight.
Read more...What the Next Australian Government Must Do to Save the Great Barrier Reef
After four bleaching events in the last seven years, is it too late to save the Great Barrier Reef? Time is running out to get serious about climate change.
Read more...As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.
Read more...Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT
In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of DDT and its lasting impact.
Read more...Time Is Running Out to Save Sri Lanka from Total Economic Collapse
Once hailed as South Asia’s ‘success story’, Sri Lanka has faced months of escalating violent unrest.
Read more...More Oil From U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Heads To Europe
The use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve looks like three card monte.
Read more...Exile
A personal account of exile.
Read more...New York Times, Defense Intelligence Agency Go Wobbly on Ukraine Prospects as Militias + Russia Continues to Grind Down Opposition in Donbass
It’s becoming hard for the West to pretend that Russia will fail at its aims in Ukraine, most importantly, destroying its abilty to wage war.
Read more...Russia Announces Initial Retaliatory Sanctions Targets; Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Russia has started rolling out its retailiaory “special economic measures”. But it’s still not clear what they amount to in practice.
Read more...Sanders: GOP Ended Filibuster to Pack Supreme Court, So Dems Must End It to Save Abortion Rights
Sanders is pushing for a path for preserving abortion rights. Funny he doesn’t have much company.
Read more...What Blew Our Financial Bubble So Big?
Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.
Read more...Calling All CalPERS Long-Term Care Policyholders! Kaiser Health News/New York Times Want to Hear Your Stories
CalPERS long-term care victims, um, policyholders: the press is interested in your plight! Use the link in this post to a NYT contact form.
Read more...What You Need To Know about Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands story of great power competition in the South Pacific is part of a much older one of colonial conceit and neglect.
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