Why Everyone Should Support Cutting Methane Emissions
Why a US measure to reduce methane emissions, while a step forward, is still in “less than meets the eye” terrain.
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British Medical Journal: “Researcher Blows the Whistle on Data Integrity Issues in Pfizer’s Vaccine Trial”
A new BMJ article raises serious questions about how Pfizer ran its Covid-19 clinical trial.
Read more...866-662-3339: The “Equifax” Verification Fraud as Illustration of Pervasive Scamming in the US
How fraudsters at 866-662-3339 pretend to be affiliated with Equifax but scream otherwise with their conduct, plus how to mess with them.
Read more...The New Coal: Pushing Plastics Worsens Climate Change
Climate change campaigners will be locked in a whack-a-mole contest with fossil fuel interests, as they seek to address upcoming challenges, including increasing plastics production.
Read more...‘The Supreme Court Could Destroy the Planet’: Review of EPA Power Triggers Alarm
“This is the equivalent of an earthquake around the country for those who care deeply about the climate issue.”
Read more...Why the US Supply Chain Crisis Is Intractable and Will Get Worse
The US supply chain problem will only get worse in the absence of aggressive Federal action….and we know how likely that is.
Read more...War on Cash: NYC Enforces its Cashless Business Ban
NYC sides with those who want to use cash and enforces its cashless business ban, hitting ice cream shop Van Leeuwen with $12000 in fines.
Read more...Emergency Room Doctors’ Lobbyist Admits to Large-Scale Medicare Billing Fraud by Members, Criminal Corporate Practice of Medicine by PE Firms
Private equtiy stealing from babies…um, oldsters….um, Medicare. Who’d have thunk it?
Read more...Medicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost
On the Medicare Advantage bait and switch.
Read more...Tiny Leaks, Big Impacts: New Research Points to Urban Indoor Methane Leaks
A new carbon reduction target: Researchers in Boston find buildings’ indoor sources emit much more methane than most experts thought.
Read more...Net Zero, Insulation, Boilers, and English Dampness, or Symbol Manipulators Versus Existing Conditions
The English gas boiler as a microcosm of Anglosphere elites’ inability to come up with realistic carbon reduction schemes.
Read more...The Last Days of The Romanovs at the Port of Los Angeles (and Where Is Everybody?)
Cutting the Gordian knot at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach. Or not!
Read more...Joe Biden Is in No Position to Lecture the World on Climate Change
The US president’s administration has lots of rousing climate change rhetoric but has taken little action.
Read more...Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst
Famed short-seller Jim Chanos is more concerned with political fallout from China’s Evergrande than economic/financial woes.
Read more...Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans
The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.
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