Category Archives: Politics

Waste Watch: New EPA Reports Document Chemical and Plastics Contamination in Compost

In two August reports documenting the presence of PFAS and plastics contaminants in compost, the EPA tags food waste as the source.

A Climate Disaster Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes—And Politicians Still Refuse to Take Action

Tropical storm Ida reminds us how little U.S. politicians have done to address climate change since Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans in 2005.

US as Failed State: Covid Booster Shot Mess

The booster situation has developed not necessarily to the Biden Administration’s advantage.

US Has No Intention of a Global Military Retreat Despite Biden’s Promise

The US military-industrial complex will promote remote warfare as a myriad of risks diminish worldwide security.

The Two Satans of Afghanistan – And Jimmy Carter’s Lips Are Sealed

How the Carter Administration nudged the USSR into its Afghanistan mire.

Red List: More than a Quarter of Species Worldwide Face Extinction; Meanwhile, a Local NYC Group Protects Piping Plovers

Political and scientific leaders meet in Marseille to debate the biodiversity crisis; meanwhile closer to home, a NYC volunteer group moves to help protect nesting piping plovers.

An Entire Generation of Americans Has No Idea How Easy Air Travel Used to Be

While air passengers today might someday see the eventual end of the COVID-19 public health security measures, they’re far less likely to see a return to pre-9/11 security levels at airports.

Waste Watch: Russia, UK Adopt Single Use Plastics Bans

Russia and the UK take limited steps to slow the plastics juggernaut.

Allow Least Developed Countries to Develop

Optimal economic policy for LDCs requires their goverments to resist aping Washington and OECD fads.

Neoliberalism Is Dying – Now We Must Replace It

From taming Big Tech to competing with China, Western governments are retreatig from neoliberalism. But what comes next?

‘America Has a Monopoly Problem’: Coalition Backs Legislation to Break Up Big Tech

Anti-monopoly interests have proposed a series of bills to give regulators more power, particularly with respect to tech.

CalPERS Election Dirty Tricks: Hit Piece Depicts Board Member Margaret Brown as Safety Harrasser

A safer CalPERS in your future?

Northeast Pummeled with Colossal Flooding, Destructive Tornadoes

Ida’s epic flooding is likely to become part of an extreme weather new normal.

Michael Hudson v. George Soros on China’s Rejection of “Market” Capitalism

Soros has a hissy over China’s Xi no longer wanting to play nicely with foreign investors.