The logjam in the U.S. Congress has meant essentially zero progress of environmental sustainability, and climate change mitigation in particular. This is hardly a surprise, due to the demands of the billionaire class and the stranglehold it has over our …
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Our School Teachers Are Suffering, and So Are We
As we watch the rapid devolution of the United States into a country of hateful morons, it’s hard not to feel sorry for the people who tried their best to make it stop. Some had the courage to teach us …
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Sustainable Food Packaging
It’s always good to see progress being made in the form of reducing the use of plastics. These leaves and fronds have a really nice look to them, as well. This would be hard to pull off in the U.S., …
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Congressional Republicans Growing Cross with Trump and His Monumental Selfishness
Here’s an article entitled: ‘He’s making everything all about him’: Republicans furious Trump is disrupting their plans. It begins: According to a report from the Guardian’s Ed Pilkington, Republican leaders are begging Donald Trump to put aside his complaints that the …
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Impoverishment
A few years ago, I was speaking with a man who is, I believe, the most intelligent person I’ve ever known, Dr. David Doty. The discussion turned to human rights, and he told me that freedom from impoverishment should be …
Germany To Cut Ties with Russian Coal and Oil
From this article on Germany’s energy scene: Germany will completely stop buying Russian coal in August and Russian oil by the end of the year, marking a major shift in the source of the country’s energy supply, Joerg Kukies, state …
Environmental Regulations Work
It’s easy to become cynical about environmental responsibility when we see the U.S. Supreme Court hamstring the EPA re: greenhouse gas emissions. Yet we need to remind ourselves of how effective such regulations have been in the past, and what’s …
Following Cult Leaders Brings Pain
Young people may not get the meme here. In any case, it’s about belief in a conman to one’s great detriment. Cult leader Jim Jones died with his followers in 1978. By contrast, Trump supporters won’t die because of their …
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What’s Gone So Wrong?
Re: the meme here, it’s clear that we’ve lost a great deal of ground since 1993, as if we need another reminder. A cosmetologist told me today that vaccines are a hoax because people can still get COVID even after …
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The Dallas Morning News: Beto O’Rourke Calls for a United Texas To Oust Governor Greg Abbott
Here’s a good reason why neither you nor I could make it in politics: Neither of us would have the chutzpa to call for a “united Texas” in the year 2022. There is nothing about Texas that is remotely unitable. …
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