From former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich: Trump’s first official campaign rally will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 19, the day known as Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the U.S. Tulsa is the site of a …
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“Potentially Permanent” Death Spiral for U.S. Coal Industry
Sure, today’s news cycle is dominated by the pandemic and systemic racism. Underneath that, however, the world hasn’t stopped grinding forward. The macrotrends that underlie each of our industries haven’t ceased to affect us. As discussed in the Newsweek article, …
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Barbara Bush Spoke on Women, Trump
Let me explain this, Mrs. Bush. The answer is two-fold: Ma’am, you had a characteristic that “women for Trump” don’t: a decent level of self-respect, as well you should. You were educated and classy; they’re ignorant and vulgar. More importantly, …
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Coal: Following the Money
Those wishing to understand the truth about transitions in the energy sector would be well advised to look past the public discourse on the subject, and examine where the money is going. This, of course, is just another way of …
Now Really IS a Tough Time to Write About the Climate
Brother, I feel your pain. I try to write posts about whatever comes up in the news cycle, e.g., the concept that biodiversity and climate stability play a role in preventing another pandemic. Having said that, the acute situations really …
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Advertisers Can’t Run Away From Fox News Hate-vision Fast Enough
Over the past 48 hours, Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show lost four major advertisers: T-Mobile, SmileDirectClub, Disney and Papa John’s. Are these companies honestly on the right side of the issue, or do they simply not want to be associated …
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Second Degree Murder?
This may sound like a peculiar thing to say, and I’m essentially kidding, but all this police homicide gives us an opportunity to brush up on the differences between various types of murder and manslaughter.
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Trump Is Leaving. His Supporters Aren’t.
The meme here is from American political scientist and Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas, assistant professor in global politics at University College London. This is exactly the way I feel. The very best we can hope for is that Trump …
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With Self-Serving Lies, Trump Sends Americans To Their Deaths
Re: the meme here, a reader notes, “Delusional.” I would call it more “criminal” than “delusional.” Thousands of people will die as a result of this malicious bull****.
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Energy Storage Is Changing the Game
The integration of large percentages of renewable energy is notoriously limited because of variability, though there are several tacks engineers take to mitigate this. One, of course, is gas peaker plants. In some parts of the U.S., large solar and …
