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 … Read More

Trump’s trashing of the climate is more severe than previously thought, says Biden climate team.

A senior Biden climate team transition official alerted E&E News that the damage Trump and his fossil fuel grifters (that have held power over the agencies tasked with protecting the climate … Read More

Australian DNA study finds two new species of Greater Glider, and they're adorable.

The Greater Glider, one of many marsupials that evolved in Australia, is three species and not one as had been previously thought. The findings from a new study mean that … Read More

Mount Kilimanjaro is on fire.

The highest free-standing mountain on earth is on fire—Mount Kilimanjaro (elevation 19,341above sea level) located in Tanzania.  Africa's tallest peak consists of three dormant volcanic cones – Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. Wildfires have … Read More

Coleman Rogers, 31, might be “Q”, now can we just move along?

A thorough bit of reporting by NBC has now tracked down the closest origins for Q of the QAnon cult. Now can we just ignore them, even if Trump retweets … Read More

MT-Sen: Steve Bullock (D) Scores Another Victory Against Trump, This Time On Mail-In Voting

Governor Steve Bullock (D. MT) has been kicking Trump’s ass lately. First, there was this: A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration's leading steward of public lands has … Read More

A COVID-19 story: My nightmare in a Florida hospital

The conservatives who run Florida’s government have never taken this pandemic seriously. They closed the state far too late and reopened it far too soon. COVID-19 cases have now exploded. … Read More

It Is NOT Just Trump Failing With COVID-19. Republican Governors Are Trump Mini-Mees.

Rick Wilson is correct that “Everything Trump touches dies,” but Trump has little helpers — call them Trump Mini-Mees — who assist him in dealing out death to Americans with COVID-19.  And … Read More

COVID-19 detected near key Amazon reserve that is home to a number of uncontacted tribes.

“The Whites cannot destroy our house for, if they do, things will not end well for the whole world. We are looking after the forest for everyone, not just for … Read More

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 160)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 143)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More

Bookmakers taking bets on how many times Trump will lie tonight

The over/under is 3.5, which seems really, really low. Seems you could bankrupt a casino betting on Trump’s lack of candor. Then again, who’d ever be dumb enough to bankrupt a … Read More

How America holds its expats hostage on tax day

You’re probably by now used to maps in which the US is one of just a handful of countries colour-coded for “countries that do X”, where X is something that … Read More

Over 5,000 Ask Illinois Attorney General to Investigate Permit at Peabody Rocky Branch Strip Mine

Over 5,000 people signed a CREDO mobile petition in just a few days asking Attorney General Lisa Madigan to halt logging and review the permit for a Peabody Strip Mine … Read More