San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]
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A common soil pesticide cut wild bee reproduction by 89% – here’s why scientists are worried
By Philip Donkersley | – When you think of bees, a hive humming with activity probably comes to mind. But most of the world’s 20,000 […]
The Real Threats to America are the Pandemic and Poverty; why Give Ever More Money to the Pentagon?
By Mandy Smithberger | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – This country is in a crisis of the first order. More than half a million of us […]
The 7 Deadly Sins of Today’s Conservatives
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – That someone at the conservative political convention, CPAC, thought it a good idea to put up a gilded statue of […]
World Leaders, including President Biden, need to Step up on Yemen, before Millions Die
Afrah Nasser | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Imagine what it is like to live in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis: You are in […]
Will the Khashoggi Killing stand in the way of Bin Salman acceding to the Throne of Saudi Arabia?
By Amira Abo el-Fetouh | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The Biden administration has finally authorised the Director of National Intelligence in Washington to […]
Decline of Coal shows Gov’t Policy, Renewables crucial to Reducing Carbon Emissions: The Market isn’t Enough
By David Drake and Jeffrey York | – The big idea People often point to plunging natural gas prices as the reason U.S. coal-fired power […]
Morocco beats U.S. in Green Energy Future Index with Massive Saharan Solar Plant
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The MIT Technology Review has released its Green Future Index. Among Middle Eastern countries, Morocco ranks number one, and it […]
Why the Opponents of a $15 Minimum Wage are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Conservatives in both political parties want citizens to believe opposition to an increase in the minimum wage […]
Where does the 10 Million Tons of Plastic we put into the Oceans Annually actually go?
By Bruce Sutherland, Michelle DiBenedetto and Ton van den Bremer | – Of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste we produce each […]
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