Political leadership comes in different forms. Even focussing very narrowly on the American left, Elizabeth Warren has spent her career building technical regulatory solutions to consumer problems such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, whereas Bernie Sanders’ appeal has been advocating big, transformative ideas, building strong public support for policies such as a Green New... Continue Reading →
Earlier this month Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro referred to scientific data showing an increase in fires in the Amazon as "lies". He fired Ricardo Galvão, the director of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the body who gathered this inconvenient data, drawing condemnation from the Union of Concerned Scientists. “I am convinced the data... Continue Reading →
Naomi Klein has spent decades recording and analysing the darker edges of neoliberal capitalism. No Logo focused on the way that corporations use branding to convince people to buy things that we don't really need. The Shock Doctrine looked at the way 'disaster capitalism' engineers crises and then profits from them, imposing what Klein describes... Continue Reading →
In 2017, the American Society of Civil Engineers released a report titled Report Card for America's Infrastructure, giving America a D+ in terms of the quality of national infrastructure. The 2013 ASCE report made the case for investment, saying that "Capital investment needs for the nation’s wastewater and stormwater systems are estimated to total $298... Continue Reading →
The above quote is taken from a 2014 report commissioned by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, written by Mario Molina et al, entitled What We Know: The Reality, Risks and Response to Climate Change. The quote continues: "Average global temperature has increased by about 1.4° F over the last 100 years. Sea... Continue Reading →
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