Category Archives: Politics

Profiting from the Carbon Offset Distraction

Carbon offset markets allow the rich to emit as financial intermediaries profit and undermine efforts to cut greenhouse gasses.

Congress ‘Asleep at the Switch’ as Biden Continues Trump-Era Ploy to Privatize Medicare

Call or write your Congresscritters to amplify the >1,500 physicians who warn that “direct contracting” threatens “Medicare as we know it.”

Foreclosure Looms for Homeowners Who Thought They’d Won, Thanks to Top New York Court Ruling

Foreclosure suits from the financial crisis era get a new life thanks to a ruling by a conflicted New York judge.

Vaccine Politics Not Working to Biden Administration Advantage

Omicron and vaccine hesitant essential workers are undermining Biden’s vaccine-fixated Covid strategy.

Fifty Coral Reefs Selected as ‘Arks’ to Survive Climate Crisis

Australian scientists employ modern portfolio theory to target conservation priorities and generate a list of fifty priority coral reefs.

The Campaign to Protect Christmas Profits from Omicron

Omicron updates along with some of the considerable noise.

The Geopolitical Game That Could Transform Gas Markets

Will Turkey’s economic straits prime a big multi-country gas deal?

Ohio Jury Finds Three Pharmacy Chains Liable in Opioids Trial; Judge to Decide on Damages Award in Spring

This is the first opioids jury verdict yet handed down; thousands of opioids cases remain pending.

African Marine Rules Favour Big Industry, Leaving Small-Scale Fishers in the Lurch

European waters are not the only fisheries battleground. In Africa, conflict pits artisanal fishers against industrial forces.

‘We Are Fighting Back’: Global Black Friday Strikes and Protests Seek to #MakeAmazonPay

Workers around the world held Make Amazon Pay protests to obtain fair wages, end Amazon’s tax avoidance, and lower its impact on the planet

Probable Vaccine-Escaping Covid Variant Sequenced in Gauteng, South Africa and Spreading Rapidly; Press Underplaying Downside Risk

A very nasty new variant is spreading rapidly and looks to evade monoclonal antibodies and current vaccines. Assume the brace position.