Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Oil Industry’s Shift to Plastics in Question as Report Warns $400 Billion in Stranded Assets Possible
By Sharon Kelly, an attorney and freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She has reported for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, National Wildlife, Earth Island Journal, and a variety of other publications.Originally published at DeSmogBlog. Off Africa’s eastern coast, north of Madagascar, lies Aldabra Atoll, a cluster of coral islands that surround a […]
New Justice Confirmed By Election Day?
Republicans now have the votes to confirm a justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor, before the 2020 election. What will Democrats do after?
Signs of an ‘October Vaccine Surprise’ Alarm Career Scientists
Some scientists fear Trump will try to approve an “October surprise” vaccine before it’s fully tested and ready to be distributed. Yikes.
CDC Flip-Flops on Paradigm Shift to SARS-COV-2 Transmission via Aerosols
Why did the CDC guidance on Covid transmission through aerosols get pulled?
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/22/2020
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Reader response to the introduction of this feature was mostly positive, so I’ll keep on with it. A nightingale is possibly more musical than a loon… #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. […]
Wolf Richter: Nikola Hype Collapses, Shares Plunge Further, Founder/CEO Pushed Out. GM Swoons
This whole Nikola phenomenon was only possible in a market gone willfully blind and nuts.
How Hypocrites in High Places Have Contributed to the Riots in the Streets
Why the riots of this summer resulted from the ever-increasing exploitation of low-income Americans, and how a Job Guarantee would reverse this power imbalance.
We Must Defeat the US Trade Deal
Why signing up to a US trade deal would mean a loss of sovereignity for the UK.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/21/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Singing loons ~ Swing States watch ~ Biden’s in the money ~ Shy Trump voters ~ Ginsberg wave? ~ New York as “anarchist jurisdiction” ~ Boeing, Boeing… ~ FaceBook face algo ~ American gentry ~ Spinal Tap
Pity the Poor College Frosh: “Definitely Weird”
More than half of all U.S.colleges have either opted for in-person instruction, or a hybrid model blending in-person and on-line.
Dems Pressured to ‘Pick a Fight for Once’ Over RBG Seat as Collins and Murkowski Oppose Pre-Election Vote
Each side squares off ito fill Ginburg’s seat. Do Democrats have the stomach to use all tools to block another right-wing judge?
Coronavirus Economic Distress Hitting Indebted Professionals
Coronavirus damage is working its way up the economic food chain and is now hitting professionals in a meaninful way.
