Author Archives: Jerri-Lynn Scofield

How The Fracking Revolution Is Killing the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry

The latest installment in Mikulka’s excellent series, linking the fracking bust to the decimation of the U.S. oil and gas industry.

DoJ Launches Nationwide Lawsuit Against Walmart for Opioids Violations

Feds file civil charges against Walmart for opioids violations – eschewing criminal corporate charges even for obvious drug pushing.

Links 12/27/2020

Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.

COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been deficient and disorganized, suffering from flaws that plague the U.S. for-profit health care system.

Will Trump Pardon Himself? Why the Hell Not?

Will Trump pardon himself, complicating any future federal investigations into his possible misdeeds? I think so. And I would bet on him doing the same for family members.

You and I May Never Summit Everest But Microplastics Already Have

Microsplastics have been found on the summit of Mount Everest; Seems no place, even earth’s most remote locations, is witout this scourge.

‘The Real Looting in America Is the Walton Family’: GAO Report Details How Taxpayers Subsidize Cruel Low Wages of Corporate Giants

Taxpayer money subsidizes the looting of the Walton family. Why should one family reap billions while its workers can barely survive?

Links 11/19/2020

Wolf Richter: No Payment, No Problem: In Rosy World of Forbearance, Official Delinquencies Plunge, Credit Scores of Delinquent Borrowers Jump

Forbearance granted as a result of the panedemic is confusing credit scoring algos, so the scores of borrowers are all over the place.

Boeing 737 MAX Cleared to Fly Again, Amidst Plummeting Demand for Air Travel and Aircraft as a Result of COVID-19

FAA clears Boeing 737 MAX to fly again today, but the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated air travel and the demand for new aircraft.

Links 11/18/2020

Government-Funded Scientists Laid the Groundwork for Billion-Dollar Vaccines

Muxh of the initial funding for COVID-19 vaccines originally arose from federally-funded research. Socialize costs, privatize profits.

“Super Emitters”: 1% of World’s Population Causes Half of Global Aircraft Emissions

COVID-19 provides a chance to reassess our relationship with flying, a major source of global emissions.

How Mitch McConnell Flouts the Will of the American People

The odious Mitch McConnell bears much respomsimility for the flawed U.S. COVID1-19 response, as well as the inadeuate stmulus.

Links 11/17/2020