With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Friday, February 02, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
• Injections of no-longer-used growth hormone derived from cadavers may have “seeded” Alzheimer’s in some people, a small study suggests.
The U.S., by far, produces the most heat-trapping gasses in the atmosphere, but poorer countries pay some of the steepest costs that result from a warmer climate. It's time that wealthy nations compensate poorer ones for their climate damages, write the editors of Scientific American: "We call on those who have become rich at the expense of a less livable world to prioritize the needs of developing countries and others bearing the brunt of the climate crisis."
Tesla issues recall for most of its cars in the US over warning light issue
The FBI may have missed a 'hidden room' in the hunt for documents at Mar-a-Lago: report
Deport NYC’s cop-beating migrants — if we can find them after they were let loose on no bail
Several Bizarre Visual Symptoms Shown to Be a Strong Predictor For Alzheimer's
The First Water Source That Will Disappear in a Crisis
A Houthi missile was just seconds from hitting a US warship. The Navy used its ‘last line of defense’
Persons of Interest
Barbara Lee’s Antiwar Campaign for the Senate
In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream?
Nairobi Gas Explosion
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