There’s no time to lose. The new research led by the French team confirms that whether we like it or not, human civilisation is in the midst of the most rapid transformation of the global […]
Category: Fuel
What diary hijackers don't understand about the seven most dangerous things from climate change.
Most people have a general idea of what climate change is doing to the planet; after all, 85% of the world's population has already been impacted by fossil fuel emissions that transform our climate from safe […]
Manchin's response to Bernie's Build Back Better op-ed exposes his stark betrayal of West Virginians
For Christmas (and Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa), Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to give working-class West Virginians a child tax credit, child care assistance, free preschool, two free years of community college, lower health insurance premiums, […]
If congress fails on climate action, it would be like Trump pulling us out of the Paris accord again
Democratic voters are depressed, demoralized, and tuning out — and there's no use in denying it. Amanda Marcotte In a couple of weeks, the world will come together in Glasgow, Scotland, in what is yet another attempt […]
In these last precious moments for climate action, we have been betrayed by Amazon, Apple and Disney
Joe Biden and the Democratic party are walking a tightrope on implementing meaningful changes to save the biosphere. The QOP party joined by two Democratic senators provides strong headwinds to derail that action. The action is the […]
Chevron, not the DOJ, prosecutes a human rights activist, successfully sentencing him to prison.
“Today's sentencing of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger should be front-page news ringing alarm bells anywhere people are concerned about democracy, abuses of corporate power, and the rule of law. The real crime here is the […]
Watch Senator Sinema get confronted by climate activists at DC airport.
As she walked through Ronald Reagan airport, Senator Krysten Sinema of Arizona was confronted by climate activists over her ongoing obstruction of the 3.5 trillion dollars build-back better plan. The 3.5 plan is where the majority of […]
Watch Senator Sinema confronting climate activists at DC airport.
As she walked through Ronald Reagan airport, Senator Krysten Sinema of Arizona confronted climate activists and others over her ongoing obstruction of the 3.5 trillion dollars build-back better plan. The former Green Party activist who […]
Why must I Wait?
I was born in the 1950s when it was not illegal for black people in the south to vote—it was suicide. Pseudo-laws, tests, intimidation, hoods, ropes, and guns were the anti-democracy tactics of the day. […]
The Uighur Genocide
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words, terrorism? 9/11? ISIS? The Taliban? While these examples are certainly just, they don’t always represent terrorism in its entirety. Dan Brown […]
Biden: Retaliation against the pipeline hackers not ruled out.
RWNJs spent more time today demonizing COVID data whistleblower Rebekah Jones rather than focusing on the various data violations and network attacks happening regionally, causing panics over fuel supplies. The real news is the ransom amount of […]
Idiots at the pumps: Panic gasoline buying in the Southeast
Short-term price gouging and shortages prompt panic gas buying and hoarding as a result of the Russian gang ransomware attack on one pipeline. Gas stations in several states are out of fuel and AAA reports […]
Dear Wyoming: Coal is in terminal decline.
Republican governor says measure sends message that Wyoming is ‘prepared to bring litigation to protect her interests’ Coal is a 19th century fuel in a 21st century world. It is out of date and filthiest […]
FL-Gov: “It's him and Casey. But everyone else is like a disposable piece of garbage.”
Not surprised by this: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a rising star in the Republican Party. But many of his former staffers told Politico they felt used and abused by the MAGA politician. A group […]
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: prison break art and flat-earth theory
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about […]
Healing from the trauma of the climate emergency.
“Dadirri listens and knows, witnesses, feels, empathizes in the pain under the anger, and, if the anger is accompanied by action, seeks to understand the thoughts and feelings behind the action. Dadirri then seeks to […]
Google Earth 3D timelapse of Lake Mead shows just how screwed the American west is from megadrought.
The stress test is coming for states like Arizona as water levels likely to dip below 1075 feet in June. The mega-drought in the American west means water restrictions are looming in the next few […]
At least the Columbus Police Department didn't draw a tiny mushroom
Whether it’s harassing Stormy Daniels to show their support of the previous guy or killing demonstrators, the Columbus Ohio police seem to have exceeded their authority. Skywriting seems a bit past the remit for a […]
Trump refused manatees endangered species protection; hundreds now dead; Red tide looming.
The Florida Piney Point phosphate plant in Manatee county has been releasing 202 million gallons of wastewater into Tampa Bay since the risk of collapse of the holding reservoir became international news due to a risk of […]
Minerva @ Midnight: moderates are merely indecisive liberals/conservatives
Is US progressive politics, especially in cultural issues, incapable of attracting majority support. Not so much in terms of the usual self-fulfilling marginalization, but there are absolute limits to the mutability of moderate ideologies in […]
Minerva @ Midnight: April Fools – Baylor U. conservatives think slavery was good
Change as a rising tide seems to be falling short as history’s stream is not as mighty. Apparently slavery is still “ordained by God for ultimate good” at Baylor University, as a RW campus group wants […]
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Are carbon markets like papal indulgences
Like Martin Luther objecting to Pope Leo X selling indulgences to raise money for a variety of excesses, the environmental costs of carbon markets far exceed the benefits. Austerity would have denied us Renaissance art which is […]
Stop asking Republicans if they agree Biden legitimately won. Ask them if Trump legitimately lost.
I watched Jake Tapper yesterday repeatedly try, and fail, to get the Mississippi Governor to say plainly that Joe Biden was legitimately elected president. We all see this same variations over and over – “Joe Biden […]
Anti-Capitalist Meet-Up: the Climate Crisis has weak carbon markets and lagging technology
The sparse number of actual carbon capture and sequestration projects plus weak carbon markets amplify the problems of the climate crisis yet to be revisited, post-Trump. Two heartland examples in North Dakota and Texas show how there are several interlocking […]
PA-Sen: Fetterman (D) Keeps On Defying PA GOP “Banned Flags” Order With Bigger Weed, LGBTQ Flags
From The Hill: Spoiler: Passing laws would indeed make my flags go away. Just not that one. Let’s do the right things for Pennsylvania. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸 — John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) February 24, 2021 Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John […]
Will Texas electric grid catastrophe end post-Reagan failed economics? I don't like Krugman's answer
The Christophe de Margerie makes history in the Arctic; Jet stream collapse leads to mass starvation
