-Martin Luther King Jr. at UAW (1961)
Happy Earth Day 2019
Today is Earth Day, the theme: Protect Our Species. Much has changed since the first Earth Day: April 22, 1970. Individual action alone won’t save the planet, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing one can do.
GAO Watchblog: “It’s Earth Day; and this year’s theme is about broadening protection for at-risk species and their habitats. What is the nation doing on this front? Today’s WatchBlog examines some national and international efforts….” [h/t Pete Weiss] [Note – since 1/17 – efforts focused on saving species and habitat via EPA and other agencies, have either ceased, been de-funded, or work has slowed to a crawl]
See also the Washington Post – These climate change stories deserve magazine covers. For Earth Day, they’re all getting one. “The Washington Post Magazine illustrated covers for different aspects of climate change that The Post has written about. Here are the stories — and the covers that were created to highlight them.”
NBC Green of Pela: EARTH DAY LEADER KILLED, COMPOSTED GIRLFRIEND.
WITH DNC IN MIND, CITY BANS CARRYING URINE, FECES: Talk about a ‘brown-out’: This map of San Francisco perfectly captures ‘progressive urban policy in one image’ [pic].
Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ Guardian
GAO Watchblog: “It’s Earth Day; and this year’s theme is about broadening protection for at-risk species and their habitats. What is the nation doing on this front? Today’s WatchBlog examines some national and international efforts….” [h/t Pete Weiss] [Note – since 1/17 – efforts focused on saving species and habitat via EPA and other agencies, have either ceased, been de-funded, or work has slowed to a crawl]
See also the Washington Post – These climate change stories deserve magazine covers. For Earth Day, they’re all getting one. “The Washington Post Magazine illustrated covers for different aspects of climate change that The Post has written about. Here are the stories — and the covers that were created to highlight them.”
NBC Green of Pela: EARTH DAY LEADER KILLED, COMPOSTED GIRLFRIEND.
WITH DNC IN MIND, CITY BANS CARRYING URINE, FECES: Talk about a ‘brown-out’: This map of San Francisco perfectly captures ‘progressive urban policy in one image’ [pic].
Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ Guardian
Class Warfare
The Captain Swing Riots; Workers and Threshing Machines in the 1830s The Conversable EconomistUber and Lyft drivers say apps are short-changing wages while raising fares Guardian (SlayTheSmaugs). A team of programmes wrote the code; the managers approved it; the executives pocketed the gains. Disruption! Innovation!
Selfie Deaths Are an Epidemic Outside (Re Silc).
‘I suffered the whole year’: Thousands of San Antonio public housing units lack air conditioning San Antonio Express-News
Smart Supply Chains: Rethinking The Food Recall Process International Business Times. Rather than a technofix, how about improving food inspection? Coupled with increasing penalties for producing or distributing tainted food?
Greenpeace Study Shines Light on China’s Polluted Soils Sixth Tone
Greenpeace Study Shines Light on China’s Polluted Soils Sixth Tone
