Note to self: If you’re elected to lead a country and you face a lethal pandemic, a looming recession that will be both deep and lingering, and a panic-stricken population, at least pretend that you care of the public’s well-being. …
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South Korea To Close up to 28 of its 60 Coal-fired Power Plants This Month
From this article: South Korea will idle up to 28 of its coal-fired power plants in March, scaling up the country’s ongoing efforts to curb air pollution, the Energy Ministry said on Sunday.
Trumps Opens the Arctic To Eco-Destruction, But Wells Fargo Won’t Participate
Always good to see things like this. If Wells Fargo, formerly one of the top criminal enterprises on Earth, can do this, anyone can. As these protesters say, “Finance the future, not fossil fuels.”
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Trickle-Down “Failure?” 40 Years of “Stupidity?”
Re: the meme here, a reader notes, “Trickle-down failure. 40 years of stupidity!!!!” It’s neither a failure, nor is it stupid. It’s done exactly what it was designed to do with surgical precision: further enrich the uber-wealthy at the expense …
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Hilton Hotel To Host Neo-Confederate Group Conference
Morons. Hilton, that is. How stupid can a formerly respected brand be? That the people themselves are morons goes without saying.
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Africa Adds Renewables, May “Leapfrog” Over Fossil Fuel Power Plants
Since the dawn of the renewable energy age that started in the late 1990s, everyone began to hope that, as it industrialized, Africa might be able to bypass coal and natural gas-fired power plants and leapfrog directly in to solar, …
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U.S. Economy By Sector
It’s true that certain segments of the U.S. economy are flagging, like farming and manufacturing. Job growth seems to fluctuate unexpectedly. But, yo be fair, I need to acknowledge that other aspects are looking great, however. There is no doubt …
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No Need To Trade a Robust Economy for a High Quality of Life
My earlier post, Focusing on Citizens’ Well-Being lays out how many of the world’s developed countries are examining their priorities to ensure a high quality of life for their citizens. As good as this is, however, it rests on the …
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Focusing on Citizens’ Well-Being
There is an enormous quantity of good taking place around the globe that, sadly, is obscured by the president-day U.S. political circus and its criminal buffoon ring leader. In particular, many of the world’s developed countries are examining their priorities …
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Congrats to the U.K. on its Reduction in Carbon Emissions
The levels of carbon emissions generated from power consumption in the U.K. fell by almost two-thirds in the last decade – the fastest rate of decarbonisation in the world, according to a new report by researchers at the Imperial College of …
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