Here’s a concept I just came across: There are years that ask questions and years that answer. -Zora Neale Hurston (pictured), folklorist and writer (7 Jan 1891-1960) Interesting, but doesn’t it seem that each year both asks and answers questions?
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Newark, NJ Police Fired Not a Single Shot in 2020
As a reader commented: Newark is one of the cities that has already been doing the work of defunding by building up social services and changing police culture. Great progress, but still a long way to go. Exactly right. The …
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Tagged with: defunding the police
Teensy-Weensy Electric Lawn Mowers
Anyone who believes that tiny, robotically driven, electrically powered mowers are the future of lawn care can plunk down $100K and buy a franchise. On the other hand, anyone who, like me, sees this as preposterous, would do well to …
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels
Over the coming 15 years or so, the citizens of Earth will experience great change. From the standpoint of the energy and transportation sectors, that will mean decarbonization, both in our grid-mix and in our automobiles. The years between 2030 …
Tagged with: climate change mitigation, decarbonization, decarbonization in our grid-mix and in our automobiles, electric transportation as well as the many other subsidiaries under cleantech, energy and transportation sectors, environmental responsibility, phasing out fossil fuels, the bottom is falling out of the oil market
EPA Finalizes Rules to Limit Use of Science
From Ars Technica: With the days counting down to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration has been undertaking a series of actions that will make it more difficult for its replacements to reverse any of its policies …
Attorney Who Assisted Trump on Call with Georgia Election Officials Resigns from Law Firm
From this: BREAKING: ANOTHER OF TRUMP’S PAID LIARS BITES THE DUST: Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who assisted “President” Trump on the January 2 call when Trump pressured Georgia officials to “find” him votes to steal the election, has resigned from …
Tagged with: amazing how many lives Trump has ruined
Trump Not Permitted To Enter Scotland
So as to avoid the Biden inauguration, it was rumored that Trump wanted to be at his golf resort in Scotland on January 20th. Nothing doing, says the Scottish government. This would have been a poor choice in any case, …
Are We Saying Goodbye To the Arctic Wilderness Refuge?
We can all see that Trump is burning the country (and the rest of the world) to the ground as he leaves office, yet his ploy of leasing the Arctic refuge is probably not going to work. That’s because of: …
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America’s Showdown Is In Sight
As the United States approaches the showdown associated with the presidency, we all need to keep in mind that there are no scenarios in which Trump concedes defeat and leaves with even the slightest bit of grace.
Tagged with: Trump led out of the White House in handcuffs
Corporate Polluters Have No Incentive To Change
All corporate polluters have one thing in common, and that’s true whether we’re talking about plastics, CO2 emissions, or toxic waste: our society gives them permission to use our skies and waterways as their own private sewers. I’m sure that …
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