Category Archives: EPA

The Inflation Reduction Act Plan for Lowering US Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Another Science Magazine Breakthrough was the US passage of the Inflation Reduction act, which contains $369 billion over ten years for lowering US greenhouse gases.  One goal of the IRA is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 40% from 2005 … Continue reading

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The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations

The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations First of all, the Obama Clean Power Plan program was already blocked by the courts, and President Biden had not yet proposed his regulations to get around this.  Meanwhile, … Continue reading

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Stop the Steals Initiated by Donald Trump

Stop the Steals Initiated by Donald Trump. How Do They Grift Us, Let Us Count the Ways. Oddly, Trump has as usual reflexively adopted a banner which point to the Thefts that he has perpetrated upon us. Let’s backtrack in … Continue reading

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We Welcome the New World of Science in the USA

Thank God the darkness is over. As a science writer, we welcome not only the restoration of science by real scientists, but even its elevation to a cabinet position. I was taught that scientists were only supposed to report on … Continue reading

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The Bonfire of the Trump Vanities

The Bonfire of the Trump Vanities While capturing headlines with the greatest election fraud ever of declaring himself the winner, and then inciting the successful invasion and terrorization of the Congress, Trump and his minions have been carrying out a … Continue reading

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Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Terrible for Oil Companies

Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic has been Terrible for Oil Companies While Trump was blasting Biden for saying that the US would be using less oil, that will be a very long range adoption of Electric cars, which are only selling … Continue reading

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Trump Leaves a Destructive Climate Wake

Trump Leaves a Destructive Climate Wake Humpty Dumpty Ran on The Wall; Humpty Dumpty Had a Viral Fall; All the King’s Governors and all of his Judgemen, Couldn’t Put Humpty in Office Again.  (We hope.) The NY Times had a … Continue reading

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Living in Trump’s Dystopian Collapse of Democracy

Living in Trump’s Dystopian Collapse of Democracy It feels like we are living in a science fiction movie, where the Untouchable Chosen One daily smashes another pillar of our previous Democracy.  The savior of the Stone may not be acting … Continue reading

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America’s Next Democracy Rating, and Chief Justice John Roberts’ View

America’s Next Democracy Rating, and Chief Justice John Roberts’ View Having just written articles on the Democracy and Freedom ratings of world countries, I was going to speculate on what our new ratings would be after the sham impeachment trial.  … Continue reading

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Most of Trump’s Speech was Election Year Malarky

Most of What Trump Said Was Election Year Malarky It’s hard to know where to start.  Let’s start with Whew!  Calmer minds have taken over. I think for such an important War or Peace speech, it would have been better … Continue reading

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