Author Archives: Jerri-Lynn Scofield

Save the Tiger, Shift to other Big Cats: Illegal Wildlife Trafficking and the Rise in Zoonotic Diseases

Second UN Office on Drugs and Crime World Wildife Crime Report connects illegal wildlife trade to increase in zoonotic diseases.

Next Showdown in Congress: Protecting Workers vs. Protecting Employers in the Pandemic

Next showdown in Congress over CoVID-19 relief legislation: protecting workers or shielding employers from lawsuits.

Financialization: Tackling the Other Virus

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to tackle another virus that has spread throughout the world since the 1970s: financialization.

Food Security in the Age of COVID-19: The First Harvest of the Season’s Bounty

Improving the food security of family members who live in North Carolina. They’re starting to reap the harvest as the vegetables ripen.

Links 7/13/2020

Wolf Richter: The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Massacre: Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debts, Worthless Shares, Collapsed Prices of Oil & Gas

The day of reckoning has arrived in oil and gas. A record number of companies have filed for bankruptcy. with the epicenter in Texas.

Federal Judge Nixes Part of Glyphosate Settlement That Would Allow a Panel of Scientific “Experts”, Rather Than Juries, to Decide Whether the Chemical is Carcinogenic for Future Claims

Judge skeptical over Bayer’s proposal to replace a jury decision on whether glyphosate causes cancer with that of a scientific panel.

Links 7/12/2020

With Covid-19 Deaths on the Rise, Hardest-Hit States Report Hospitals are Near Capacity Following Early Reopenings

COVID-19 deaths spike and hospitals run out of beds as many states reap the consequences of poor pandemic management and reopening too early.

WSJ Says Banks Can’t Determine Who Is Credit-Worthy: More COVID-19 Fallout

WSJ says banks can no longer determine who is credit-worthy using existing models – more COVID-19 fallout, this of uncertain magnitude.

Links 6/29/2020

Global Covid-19 Cases Top 10 Million As HHS Secretary Warns ‘Window is Closing’ to Get Disease Back Under Control in US

HHS Secretary Alex Azar concedes the US may have lost control of the COVID-19 pandemic after a surge in cases.

Waste Watch: Plastic Free July in the Age of COVID-19

As COVID-19 swamps the world, other problems remain. Commit to a plastic free July and mitigate the world’s plastic problem.

Links 6/28/2020

Coronavirus: Asymptomatic People Can Still Develop Lung Damage

For those who remain to be convinced: COVID-19 is not the ‘flu. Physician discusses lung damage in asymptomatic patients.