Doomsday scenarios
Port Authority Cop Who Survived 13 Hours Under Collapsed Towers Shares Message of Darkness and Light
A personal take on the collapse of the twin towers.
Waste Watch: New EPA Reports Document Chemical and Plastics Contamination in Compost
In two August reports documenting the presence of PFAS and plastics contaminants in compost, the EPA tags food waste as the source.
A Climate Disaster Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes—And Politicians Still Refuse to Take Action
Tropical storm Ida reminds us how little U.S. politicians have done to address climate change since Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans in 2005.
Red List: More than a Quarter of Species Worldwide Face Extinction; Meanwhile, a Local NYC Group Protects Piping Plovers
Political and scientific leaders meet in Marseille to debate the biodiversity crisis; meanwhile closer to home, a NYC volunteer group moves to help protect nesting piping plovers.
Waste Watch: Russia, UK Adopt Single Use Plastics Bans
Russia and the UK take limited steps to slow the plastics juggernaut.
Northeast Pummeled with Colossal Flooding, Destructive Tornadoes
Ida's epic flooding is likely to become part of an extreme weather new normal.
Mask Mandates Save Lives
Who'd have thunk it? Those crazy doctors in operating rooms are on to something. Masks work.
‘Catastrophic Injustice’: Judge OKs Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan Shielding Sacklers
Tens of thousands dead and the Sacklers get to ride away with their Purdue Pharma loot.
Lack of a Vaccine Mandate Becomes Competitive Advantage in Hospital Staffing Wars
Why most hospitals aren't imposing vaccine mandates.
‘Net Zero Emissions’ and the Carbon Offsetting Scam
Big Polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny. The IPCC is inadvertently helping them.