Surprise, surprise. Biden’s Supreme Court commission fails to endorse any plan to expand the membership if the Supreme Court.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Plastics Use in Farming Threatens Food Safety and Human Health, FAO Warns
The UN’s FAO publishes first effort report on how the use of plastics in farming erodes the health of soils, threatening food safety and human health.
How Congress Loots the Treasury for the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex
Sixty years after Eisenhower’s warning about the military-industrial complex, the “weight of this combination” of corrupt generals and admirals, the profitable “merchants of death” whose goods they peddle, and the Senators and Representatives who blindly entrust them with trillions of dollars of the public’s money, constitute the full flowering of President Eisenhower’s greatest fears.
Climate Change: Adapt for the Future, Not the Past
Climate adaptation in the global South needs to be addressed through development. Moving from de-risking to diversification requires a developmental state committed to ‘green’ industrial policy – involving investment and technology.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/7/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
The Romance of Shipping Containers
How international standards enabled containers to be stacked and shipped.
Gravel or Green: What Will Become of Alaska’s Coastal Plain?
Oil companies and regulators must bolster nascent efforts to repair the damage that has already been done.
Why An Open, Transparent, Informed Debate About Mandatory Vaccination Is All But Impossible in the EU
There’s just too much murkiness for anyone, including MEPs, to reach anything like an informed decision on the issue.
The PR Industry Has Been a ‘Major’ But ‘Overlooked’ Influence in Climate Politics for Decades, Says Study
PR firms have played a key role in obstructing action on climate change over the past 30 years.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/6/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Biden’s Faltering Speech on His Covid “Winter Plan”
Faltering on policy, faltering on politics, faltering in speech.
Just Say No: IKEA to Phase Out Plastic Packaging By 2028
IKEA pledges to phase out plastics packaging; federal and state lawmakers should impose a similar bank on all U.S. companies
