Author Archives: Jerri-Lynn Scofield
Michael Klare: Climate Change as Genocide: Inaction Equals Annihilation
Famine has hit several African countries. This may be a harbinger of climate change’s future severe impact, particularly on the world’s poor.
Read more...Faster Fashion Cycle Accelerates
Sustainable fashion initiatives face huge obstacles in displacing fast fashion’s popularity, despite fair labor and environmental concerns.
Read more...Links 4/10/2017
War in the Gulf (No, Not That Gulf!): The U.S. Navy’s Anti-Environmental Broadside in the Gulf of Alaska
US Navy schedules latest war games exercise in Gulf of Alaska, without due regard for environmental or community concerns.
Read more...Goodbye Fiduciary Rule? Department of Labor Delays Implementation Until June
Implementation is now delayed until June, yet the steps many firms have taken to comply suggest the fiduciary rule will survive in some form.
Read more...Links 4/9/17
Wolf Richter: Great Debt Unwind: Consumer Bankruptcies Jump, First Since 2010; Commercial Bankruptcies Spike
Both consumer and commercial bankruptcies spiked in March– and the oil bust’s not to blame.
Read more...Wanted: A Skulk of Foxes, or the Case-Deaton Health Study and Trump
Latest study shows white working class suffers health declines: can hedgehog Trump assemble a skulk of foxes to craft responsive policies?
Read more...Links 3/27/17
Italy at the Grim Edge of a Global Problem (Updated)
With the average 20-year-old Italian now looking to wait 18 years before living independently, who will support Italy’s pensioners?
Read more...Trump Approves Keystone XL Pipeline, Making Good on Campaign Promise
Although additional regulatory approvals, lawsuits, and protests loom, the controversial Keystone XL pipeline now looks likely to proceed.
Read more...Links 3/24/17
Airline Cabin Laptop Ban: More Security Theater?
US + UK ban laptops and other electronics from cabin baggage on flights from Mid East: Why? Airlines scramble in response, lame jokes ensue.
Read more...Trump EPA Cuts Will Hamper Efforts to Enforce Lead Standards for Drinking Water
TRNN interview with Erik Olson discussing water safety in the US, where 18 million people are served by water systems with lead violations.
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