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Herbicides for dinner

mardi 11 décembre 2018 à 01:00

Large farms spray herbicides to kill the crop plants in order to take off their seeds more efficiently. The result is more herbicides in our food. Since herbicides affect gut bacteria, that can effect human health.

US: Rushed US climate report

mardi 11 décembre 2018 à 01:00

Republican officials specifically rushed the release of the latest US climate report to make it come out on the day after Thanksgiving.

CEO taxes

mardi 11 décembre 2018 à 01:00

Proposal: "Restore higher tax rates for corporations that can’t contain CEO pay."

I disagree. There is no reason to allow any companies the unwarranted 2017 tax cut. What we should do is cancel that tax cut entirely, then increase the tax rate for high individual incomes so that the CEOs will pay more taxes.

Need to cut greenhouse gas emissions

mardi 11 décembre 2018 à 01:00

To hold global heating at 1.5C, we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

It follows that reduction plans whose targets are after 2030 are a distraction.

Khashoggi senate briefing

mardi 11 décembre 2018 à 01:00

The bully told CIA head (and torturer) Haspel not to testify before the Senate about the murder of Khashoggi, including what she heard in the recording that Turkey has.