Drax Eyeing California as Site of New Biomass Carbon Capture Plant
UK company Drax is pitching a huge project, and seeking huge subsidies. for an unproven biomass technology.
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Two Separate Bayer Glyphosate Appeals in One Week
Three significant glyphosate decisions have been handed down in the last week, two by the U.S. Supreme Court and one by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read more...“Why the Ukraine Crisis Will Make Little Difference to Dollar Supremacy”
Why the depth of the U.S. securities market will extend dollar hegemony beyond what would seem to be its natural sell-by date.
Read more...‘Infuriating’: Biden Rebuked for Continued Opposition to Supreme Court Expansion
Democrats mull various options, from Supreme Court expansion to abolition of the filibuster, the the wake of the overturn of Roe last Friday.
Read more...Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade by 5-4 Vote, Thereby Leaving it to States to Make Their Own Abortion Laws
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion. States are once again free to impose their own arbortion restrictions, including outright bans.
Read more...CalPERS Continues to Endanger Employees During Extended Covid Surge Over Union Objections; Falsely Said It Was Complying With California Requirements; Appears To Be Understating Case Count
CalPERS is having employees service the egos of managers by coming to the office rather than protecting them from Covid by teleworking.
Read more...More and More Crypto Crashing and Burning as DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Misbehaves
The great crypto unwind is underway, bringing to light even more bad practices than you likely knew about.
Read more...Can the Fed Kill This Inflation Without Killing Too Many Other Things First?
Why having central banks as the inflation shock troops is not such a hot idea.
Read more...Waste Watch: Colorado and New York Pass Right to Repair Measures
Two states, New York and Colorado, recently passed right to repair measures, covering digital electronics equipment and power wheelchairs.
Read more...As U.S. LNG Expands in Europe, a Hidden Threat Grows
Researchers and experts are warning about the danger of naturally occurring radiation in LNG to workers and communities in the US and Europe
Read more...California Wants to Slash Insulin Prices by Becoming a Drugmaker. Can it Succeed?
The fact that California is having to consider making insulin to get around price grifing show the depth of disease in our health care system.
Read more...A Small Win Out of Our Post on CalPERS’ Covid Regulation-Breaking and (Yet Again) Fibbing
Our warning about a big Covid outbreak at CalPERS may not have produced any changs there, but it did lead other state agencies to shape up.
Read more...“One Reason Republican Lies About the Climate Crisis Work”
Republicans use the fact that tackling climate change will impose costs as a reason not to go there, while Dems largely finesse the issue.
Read more...Giant Tech Firms Plan to Read Your Mind and Control Your Emotions. Can They Be Stopped?
Author and law professor Maurice Stucke explains why Big Tech practices are so dangerous and what’s really required to rein them in.
Read more...CalPERS Staff in Fury Over Covid Negligence, Regulation-Breaking Risking Staff, Seniors, and Day-Care Children; CalPERS Lies About Cases and Lack of Compliance
CalPERS has risen from being a risk to merely to the financial health of beneficiaries and taxpayers to being a bona fide health hazard.
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