From The Guardian:
Leading health experts have labelled Donald Trump’s decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) as a “crime against humanity” and a “damnable” act that will cost lives. The move also drew a rebuke from the head of the United Nations, who said the WHO was “absolutely critical to the world’s efforts to win the war against Covid-19”. (more…)
The COVID-19 virus has brought out a great deal of creativity in people looking for ways to entertain themselves and their families. One that I particularly admire is attributed to the Getty Art Museum: using household objects to mimic famous pieces of art. (more…)
Insofar as I like to keep an ear to the ground for new ideas in cleantech, I’ll be attending the monthly Keiretsu conference tomorrow, virtually, of course. (more…)
The U.S. now has the world’s highest number of deaths from Covid-19, with at least 25,000 losing their lives to the virus as of this moment (Tuesday afternoon, April 14, 2020). Why is this?
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, suggests this: Unlike China, which turned to its public health experts, Trump turned to Vice President Mike Pence and son-in-law Jared Kushner. (more…)
A reader asks: Obviously the main part of this is to crash the economy and blame it on Trump so he doesn’t get re-elected. But from everything I can see he’s getting more and more popular and the media less and less. What do you think?
I have a few thoughts, actually. (more…)
Regular readers may know the name Annemarie Osbourne, 2GreenEnergy’s “associate” in the public relations field.
Annemarie just wrote to me from her home in Southern Germany with a concept she supports for stimulating the growth of cleantech. (more…)
Mike: I think you’re being coy here. You must have noticed that Trump is incapable of many things, of which empathy is one. Telling the truth is another. Never missing an opportunity for self-aggrandizement or punishing a critic is yet one more. (more…)
Here’s a guy who says the progressive agenda in America is not dead. He’s right, of course. There is no reason to think the United States can’t or won’t join the rest of the developed world in offering its citizens universal healthcare and free public education, while committing to environmental stewardship and some level of social justice. (more…)
….. and we really wish we could stop landfilling the toxic chemicals in our old, perfectly good electronics. We are becoming increasingly aware of the issues associated with sustainability, and you could help us by selling us less stuff we really don’t need.
Consumer electronics manufacturers could argue, of course: (more…)
A reader asks: We, the vast majority of people on the planet who are healthy, are being restricted because a very small percentage of the planetary population has a virus. Would (you) like to tell me what’s right about that? This is a sincere question.
I have no doubt that it’s a sincere question.
I’m reminded of David Koch, who, when asked what he thought was fair taxation, responded, “I get to keep my money.” (more…)
