From Jenna Orkin

Answers begin to emerge about secret FBI probe of Saudi government complicity in 9/11

Emissions will hit record high by 2023 if green recovery fails, says IEA

Worldwide energy body warns more must be done to help developing countries give up fossil fuels

Pace of Taliban advance quickens as militants overrun three major cities in a single day

‘It could feed the world’: amaranth, a health trend 8,000 years old that survived colonization

Earth will hit 1.5°C climate limit within 20 years, says IPCC report

Climate crisis ‘unequivocally’ caused by human activities, says IPCC report

Sheriff’s union opposes mandatory vaccines for San Francisco deputies

There are just 6 free ICU beds in the Austin area as the Delta variant fuels a new coronavirus surge in Texas

CNN has forbidden Chris Cuomo from talking about his brother on air, colleague says

A Miami nightclub where guests can spend $10,000 on a table is giving away free COVID-19 shots as the Delta variant spreads across Florida

The amount of warming that world leaders collectively agreed to avoid? It's inevitable in the next 20 years, a new report shows.

Florida doctors are exhausted and angry as the state's COVID-19 surge unleashes pandemonium inside hospitals: 'Humanly, you just break at some point' 

From Jenna Orkin

Helping survivors survive: Congress owes more to those stricken by 9/11-related health problems

Stunning new report ranks US dead last in health care among richest countries—despite spending the most

Taliban fighters overrun Kunduz city, the latest in a series of strategic gains for the militants

I treat pediatric covid patients. What I’m seeing in our hospital scares me

More than 3,000 Louisiana children test positive for COVID-19 in just four days

Are Educated People More Anti-Semitic?

US and China Locked in a Cold Peace

(2015) Fourteen Incredible Facts About 9/11 

French Wine Production to Plunge as Much as 30% This Year

Amazon Web Services is hiring over 20,000 people. Here's what the cloud giant is looking for and how much it pays. 

UK man created Idiot Coin to study the 'hype coin' craze. It took a few minutes and $300 to mint 21 million coins that hundreds of people were clamoring to buy.

 

From Jenna Orkin

‘Tortured phrases’ give away fabricated research papers

COVID hospitalizations are rising faster in Oregon than ever before. No one is sounding the alarm

‘Where do I go?’ Thousands flee as Dixie Fire morphs into third-largest blaze in California’s history

Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn

Extension of Health Pass but Censure of Isolating the Sick - 

Le Conseil constitutionnel valide l’extension du passe sanitaire mais censure l’isolement obligatoire des malades

California shuts down major hydroelectric plant amid record-low water levels at Lake Oroville

After Months as a Covid Success Story, China Tries to Tame Delta

The head of Facebook-owned WhatsApp slammed Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child abuse images as a 'setback for people's privacy all over the world'

Rupert Murdoch hates Trump, but can't stop Trumpism on Fox News because he's lost control of the network, Murdoch biographer says in The 600-Word Interview

2 Myanmar citizens arrested on charges of 'conspiracy to assault Myanmar's Representative to the United Nations' 

From Jenna Orkin

'Unimaginably Catastrophic': Researchers Fear Gulf Stream System Could Collapse

New COVID variants Epsilon, Lambda may be resistant to vaccines, early lab studies show

NATIONAL LOTTERY: GREAT FEN WET FARMING EXPERIMENT AWARDED £8M IN FUNDING

Nearly 1,800 victims’ relatives, first responders and survivors are calling on Biden to refrain from attending any memorials over his refusal to release Sept. 11 documents.

Google co-founder gets New Zealand residency, raising questions

CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated

How US intelligence has helped cartels kill thousands in Mexico

S&P 500 hits record high as investors cheer solid earnings and strong jobless claims data

Pork prices could spike 50% thanks to a new animal-welfare law that says pigs must have more space, one of the US' biggest producers says

The lawsuits are coming: Experts warn remote work will create legal crises for companies around equal pay

Research suggests that in-person employees are more likely to be promoted, but women and minorities are more likely to choose remote work. 

From Jenna Orkin

← To Be Sustainable, Green Energy Must Generate Adequate Taxable Revenue

COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Really Work as Hoped

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Gail Tverberg

Dozens Of NYC Public School Buildings May Not Be Able To Fit Their Students At 3 Feet Apart This Fall

CDC director reports 43% surge in COVID cases CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the seven-day average for new cases daily was 89,463 on Thursday, up 43% from the week before.

The Greenland ice sheet experienced a massive melting event last week

A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change, study finds

Moderna says its vaccine is 93 percent effective six months after full immunization

British navy group: Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast

Turkish wildfires are worst ever, Erdogan says, as power plant breached

Spain Complains to the EU Over the Soaring Cost of Electricity But Guess What

New COVID variants Epsilon, Lambda may be resistant to vaccines, early lab studies show

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is beefing with Elon Musk's SpaceX again, claiming that Starship is too complex to safely land astronauts on the moon

28 prehistoric viruses unknown to science were found in a glacial ice cores. They are thought to be around 15,000 years old.

Google's billionaire cofounder Larry Page reportedly traveled to New Zealand despite COVID-19 border restrictions

The update comes after Insider reported the reclusive entrepreneur was hiding out in Fiji. 

From Jenna Orkin

COVID antibodies found in up to 40% of US deer population, study finds

WHO calls for moratorium on booster vaccine shots through September, citing global disparity

While they were asleep, their Teslas burned in the garage. It’s a risk many automakers are taking seriously. VERIFY: Yes, if you are fired for not getting a required vaccine, you can be denied unemployment benefits

NIH Director Says There's 'No Need to Mask at Home,' Earlier Message 'Garbled'

Positive plague tests results leads to closures in South Tahoe

San Diego City Council passes ordinance banning ghost gun kit sales

10,000 Flee Turkey Wildfires; Greece Power Grid Threatened

1. Amazon has reportedly gutted a huge chunk of its secretive drone delivery project

   Google wants its new chip to totally transform the smartphone. Its hardware chief tells us how.

   Obama cancels 60th birthday party amid COVID concerns

 

From Jenna Orkin

Oregon reports 1,575 coronavirus cases, one of highest daily tallies of entire pandemic

NYC Phases Out Positivity Rate For COVID Decisions—Just As The CDC Says It's Useful

Prominent Belarusian activist, who helped others flee Lukashenko regime, found dead in Ukraine

Heat waves to drastically worsen in Northern Hemisphere, studies warn

Republicans are set to release their most detailed case yet arguing that researchers in Wuhan could have genetically manipulated the virus

Texas Republicans Are Trying to Stop Nonprofits From Bailing People Out of Jail

Russia Says U.S. Asked 24 of Its Diplomats to Leave by Sept. 3

German warship heads for South China Sea for first time in nearly two decades amid tension with Beijing

The World’s First Small Nuclear Reactor Is Now Under Construction

Wuhan ordered its entire population of 11 million to get tested for COVID-19 after it found 3 local cases

Amazon will give you $10 if you let it scan your palm printAwInvestment firm Carlyle is giving 50 employees a total of $2 million for driving diversity, equity, and inclusion

A 4th officer who defended the Capitol on January 6 has died by suicide

 

From Jenna Orkin

Pfizer, Moderna to raise prices for Europe: Report

Obama expecting 700 to attend his 60th birthday party despite COVID

This could generate some headlines...

Brooklyn DA Releases Massive Trove Of Internal Documents On NYPD Misconduct

10 STRANGE FACTS ABOUT SPACE YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW

Fire Erupts at Tesla Big Battery in Australia During Testing

Forecaster Who Saw India’s Covid Peak Sees New Wave Coming

Huge Methane Cloud Spotted Near Gas Pipeline That Supplies China

German man dies after being arrested during Berlin anti-vax protest

1. WATCH: Last moments of TikTok comedian who poked fun at Taliban chiefs
2. NIH director: Mask mandates for vaccinated mostly about protecting the unvaccinated

 

From Jenna Orkin

When masks become trash

Inside the fight to contain the Dixie Fire

Florida breaks record for new coronavirus cases as surge of infections rips through state

Roaming Charges: All That Twitters is Sold

The Anti-Vaccine Con Job Is Becoming Untenable

Why targets of deliberate deception often hesitate to admit they’ve been deceived.

Q&A: PHILIP ZELIKOW, 9/11 COMMISSION LEADER, TO TAKE STOCK OF COVID LESSONS

HOW A REMOTE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY FOUGHT THE PANDEMICTHANKS TO A RESPONSE BASED ON LOCAL CULTURE AND VALUES, INDIA’S NICOBAR ISLANDERS HAVEN’T HAD A SINGLE INFECTION DURING THE NATION’S HORRIFIC SECOND WAVE

Cargo Ship Gets Kicked Out of U.S. Waters After Discovery of Invasive Insects

Detroit Imports 12 Million Bees 

From Jenna Orkin

How the coronavirus infects cells — and why Delta is so dangerous

COVID-19 surge affecting babies, children and teens

Greenland: enough ice melted on single day to cover Florida in two inches of water

Bolsonaro’s 1,000km Amazon railway will cause climate chaos. It must be stopped

Turkey Is Next as Wildfires Afflict Mediterranean Countries

Food prices are on the rise. From ice cream, to beer, and coffee here are some of the latest products to receive a price bump

United, Delta, and American Airlines need pilots so badly, they're making it easier than ever for newbies to land top flying jobs

Expect landlords to file for millions of evictions on August 1, clogging up the courts and sparking backlash from renters and advocates

2 major San Francisco hospitals reported that 233 staff members tested positive for COVID-19

The University of Southern Mississippi is paying tuition and housing for some vaccinated students to encourage them to get the shot