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Often judges and the judicial system cover up and remove from access information about toxics.  This happened with tobacco lawsuits and many lawsuits over toxics.  The victims have to sign confidentiality agreements, and judges are pressured not to allow access...

 4-9-19 Saw a retail land in its nest. 4- 7-19  Canyon wrens with their swinging, descending songs, a fox, a bobcat,  stellars jay,  wild turkeys  Today 4-2-19 there were 2 water ouzels feeding in the shallows on Boulder Creek. They...

The more utilities spend on large projects, the more they get. In Colorado, Xcel energy has opposed renewable energy goals, more efficient street lights, a local Boulder city municipal electric utility,  etc. over the years. Utility companies want to install centralized...

Ask France to return to stopping the use of  nets for hake and sea ass that trap and kill dolphins in the Mediterranean.   Ecowatch

 Watson writes that there is hope if we realize the "interdependence of all living things". So we need to organize. Watson writes that we need to be “changing the way we grow food, produce energy, deal with climate change and...

This is similar to the book and movie by Naomi Oreskes, "Merchants of Doubt", that explained how oil and coal companies used the same PR people as tobacco companies. These "pretend" experts, would claim that there was another equal side...

Young persons are leading the climate fight.  They march, sue, and inspire! https://www.teenvogue.com/story/5-youth-led-climate-justice-groups-to-save-the-environment?fbclid=IwAR1jO3z_2MImqvhKTJB0x4ji4PS76IwNYCmHKmK9ZFwkefobHPZCQTMEWU0&utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Bioneers  

This is the 2nd victory against Monsanto!  Over 11,000 lawsuits have been filed against Mansanto.  https://www.ecowatch.com/roundup-cancer-lawsuit-2632216748.htmlPhoto of winner and his lawyer

We need to prevent plastics creation.  The industry has invested $200 billion to increase production.  It wants the focus to be on waste management, instead of source reduction. 80% of plastics are thrown away after a single use. https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/plastic-production-is-the-problem-and-not-plastic-waste-910047.html?fbclid=IwAR2_DBqejcf5kAzCi_NDyHiQRIDcHJ8NlMOhK85Eb7uBqO5r8NL6CIS7iJA

 Chloroprene,  classified by the EPA as  "likely human carcinogen." is the main ingredient in neoprene.   Neighbors suffer from cancer.  The plant was earlier owned by duPont.    article

Texas and the EPA refused NASA  air sampling after the  flooding of Houston's oil refineries and chemical plants.    Link  

Her expressions, articulation, and poetic language inspires! at IPCC conference     the "Our house is on fire"  speech  the Ted talk in Sweden about human survival being a black or white issue, about species extinctions, and about social justice

I saw the Holoscenes theatrical film on climate change and the "Science on a Sphere" films on Feb 20, 2019.  Holoscenes is physical theater  inside a clear aquarium  that gets filled a with water to convey the emotional story of climate...

details    Bolton, Giuliani, and Abrams all push for  more war with  countries that compete with US oil companies in oil production, refining, distribution, or trading.  The US uses its alliance with Saudi Arabia to control world oil supplies.  Elliott Abrams...

Lee Ann Fujii  wrote about genocide in Rwanda and lynchings in the US.  She wrote that   lynchings and other violent acts are choreographed  for maximum effect. She acted in plays, and studied international relations. Her parents met in a Japanese internment camp....

The Trump administration removes the consumer protection measures that try to warn consumers against high fees and high interest rates. Here is an article.  

The Committee to Protect Journalists.  Reporters without Borders.  These groups organize protests, give awards, and pressure governments to free journalists.  Often journalists are jailed, tortured, kidnapped, or killed by governments that try to set examples to stop muckraking reporters and their ...

Article- In 2001 GW Bush  withdrew from the ABM treaty, and now Trump is withdrawing from the INF treaty. Missile sites on Russia's border could be fitted with cruise  missiles armed with nuclear weapons which could launch a first strike.  Now Trump...

Seymour Hersh's book Reporter-  He recommends the reporting on 4 websites: Vice, Buzzfeed, Politico, and Truthout.  He wrote that a reporter needs to read all the pages that he finds.  He also does research on his subjects before contacting them. ...