CDC
"On Nov. 13, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on antibiotic resistance threats in the U.S., warning that drug-resistant fungi have become major public health problems." … more »
Standford University
"Southern California Edison shuttered the San Onofre plant, but the danger lives on. The nuclear waste storage facility sits on an erosion-prone bluff 2 feet above the mean high tide. Seismic activity often occurs. The lack of preventive measures at San Onofre is disturbing." … more »
PG&E
"There’s a battle raging over the ownership of PG&E Corp., one of the nation’s largest utilities, with cities, hedge fund managers and even customers all in the running." The biggest question is, how much are customers going to be soaked for decades of outrageous mismanagement. … more »
Firefox
With Google’s Chrome dominating the market, not-for-profit rival Mozilla is staking a comeback on its dedication to privacy by not tracking your internet use and behavior. … more »
Air Protein
Talk about cradle to cradle, the latest meat alternative uses micro-organisms to transform C02 in the air into "complete" protein, virtually identical to the protein you find in animal meat. … more »
Greeka.com
Plato said that letting people govern themselves would eventually lead the masses to support the rule of tyrants. In California, this is interpreted as referring to the goings-on in Washington DC. Fair enough, but, it is a mistake to think that it doesn't also apply to emotional fervor on the left. The real danger is that we are losing the middle. … more »
DAVID LIITTSCHWAGER
A new study finds that plastics outnumber baby fish 7 to 1 in the world's important feeding areas, killing baby fish in their nurseries. All types of fish and sea animals are eating micro-particles, decimating the fragile global food web. … more »
NSPR.org
"As the first anniversary of the disaster loomed, Mary Nieland stood in front of the 1940s farmhouse where she has lived since 2005. Her home was one of just three on her block that did not burn in the Camp fire. It took firefighters more than two weeks to contain the 153,000-acre blaze, California’s deadliest and most destructive fire." … more »
public domain
“There is a structural shift in how billionaires, especially ultra-wealthy entrepreneurs, move toward impact,” says John Mathews, head of Ultra High Net Worth Americas at UBS Global Wealth Management. “They are seeking new ways to engineer far-reaching environmental and social change.” … more »
DCReport.org
"In an essay called “Extreme Wealth is Bad for Everyone—Especially the Wealthy,” Michael Lewis observed, “It is beginning to seem that the problem isn’t that the kind of people who wind up on the pleasant side of inequality suffer from some moral disability that gives them a market edge. The problem is caused by the inequality itself." … more »
