US Defense And Climate Change

The US Department of Defense recognizes global climate change as a destabilizing influence, and therefore something to defend against. It Continue reading →

Government Stimulus Dialed Down

In response to The Great Recession, federal and state spending, as well as buyouts and such, ramped up to create Continue reading →

Jimmy Carter Calls America An Oligarchy

Data have suggested that Americans have little control over their government, unless they are rich. President Jimmy Carter agrees, “unlimited Continue reading →

Puerto Rico In Default

Puerto Rico can’t pay its bills. It officially has missed a debt payment of $58M on debt of $72B. The Continue reading →

Beehive Collapses

Honey bee losses continue. Science is finding causes like pesticides and is working more quickly than governments. Pesticide use continues. Continue reading →

US Highways Need $1T

Maintaining a highway is more than fixing potholes. The US Interstate Highway system was designed to connect the lower 48 Continue reading →

Too Few Funds For Seawalls

In the US, if you live near a river or an ocean you probably live near a project built and Continue reading →

Bangkok May Disappear

Bangkok has too many things working against it: rising sea levels, ground sinking from drained aquifers, and its own growth. Continue reading →