The American Energy Society reports: Almost all ocean plastic pollution (80%) enters via 1,000 rivers worldwide. For example, see this time lapsed video of Rio Dulce in Guatemala, which feeds into the Caribbean.
This corroborates the idea that fishing this form of pollution out of the ocean is probably less efficient than cutting it off upstream, preferably by reducing the amount of single-use plastic bottles, flatware, etc. that enters our rivers in the first place.
What’s the most obvious motive for the guilty pleas in the Fulton County, Georgia case against 19 defendants accused of conspiring to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election? It’s that these criminals wish to avoid time in federal prison, and each has been offered that option in exchange for their testifying against others.
How happy are they to participate in convicting Donald Trump? That is anyone’s guess.
Re: the meme here, a reader notes:
Anyone, regardless of his position on the consumption of animal meat–beef, pork, and the rest, has to admit that all this stuff tastes really good.
The issue, of course, is that a meatless diet is healthier for the individual and the planet, not to mention the cow/pig.
Great piece of graphic art here, but what about the content?
Sure, it’s hard to imagine Trump’s successfully retaking the White House.
But will our Justice Department have the integrity to incarcerate a man with a militant following of 50 million Americans?
What if Trump winds up living in a country run by corrupt forces that are friendly to the former president? Russia? Saudi Arabia?
This from an old friend, now a vascular surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, writing on the dangers of autocratic and rogue governments coming to dominance.
Whether or not you believe in the bible and what it says about the Anti-Christ is immaterial. As my colleague Joe Spease says, Trump “checks the boxes.”
Every time I see people watching a football game on TV I’m reminded of this quote.
The planet is baking, a sociopathic criminal is leading in the polls to earn his party’s nomination for U.S. president, and the world is running full tilt towards genocide and authoritarianism.
But someone just ran for another first down and the fans are on their feet.
I listened to a podcast featuring the former CEO of Pepsico, Indra Nooyi, hoping to hear her thoughts on some of her brands that are particularly potent in destroying our lives.
Of course, the interviewer didn’t frame his questions so aggressively, so this was more about business that anything else.
She did mention that her team has three groupings of brands: fun, good, and better, where “fun” includes things like soda that have no positive value whatsoever.
The term “geoengineering” means applying some sort of technology aimed at helping the planet to better support life as global conditions change, especially as temperatures rise. (more…)
