National DEBT
Government debt is a wealth transfer from the middle to the top.
5 Consequences Of US Debt At $50 Trillion
Kennedy's FHA
He's right about food additives but little else. He has cut the governments ability to prevent foodbourn illnesses.
Kennedy, Trump’s health chief, confronts criticism and praise from U.S. lawmakers | Science | AAAS
WASTE
We are being buried under our own waste . Incinerators spew noxious gases. Landfill are leaking toxic brews. There is another course.
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept
The New Robber Barons
"This great shift in bargaining power from workers to corporate shareholders has created an increasingly angry working class vulnerable to demagogues peddling authoritarianism, racism, and xenophobia."
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/07/08/beware-21st-century-robber-barons
How Wealth Inequality Shapes Our Future - PMC
Climate
Humankind has the ability to radically alter climate cycles . We are the frog in the boiling pot.
https://www.livescience.com/63267-hothouse-earth-dangerously-close.htm https://countercurrents.org/2019/03/the-advent-of-extreme-weather-events-and-climate-tipping-points/
lGreat news on utility-scale solar.
New low price record set.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nv-energy-23-cent-solar-contract-could-set-new-price-record/525610/
Fuel efficiency standards have been clearing the air and saving drivers money. Now the Trump led swamp wants to led us back towards smog for all.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/stunning-hypocrisy-us-automakers-16619/tr
CA has mandated roof top solar for new construction. I have called for such measures at the CT Legislature for many, many year. Building codes mandate lots of things. This is the new normal that has been very late in coming. To those that object, I can only say: Do you prefer a coal plant next door.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/california-mandates-solar-pv-new-residential-buildings-46941/
IRAN
Iran bashing continues unabated. Please consider: Iran has provided boots on the ground to defeat ISIS. It helped the US in driving El Qaeda out of Afghanistan. It allows religious freedom with Catholic churches and Judaic temples open to all unlike "our" ally Saudi Arabia. It has signed and observed the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty unlike "our" ally Israel.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-iran-really-wants-25410