Tag Archives: science

And Now, For Some 2020 Good Climate News

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Mary Foster Morgan

Looking for 2020 good news on climate? Get ready to set some priorities and make some New Year’s Climate Resolutions. Continue reading →

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Trump’s Science Denialism

Posted on September 2, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead”. —THOMAS PAINE In just over three years the Trump administration has decisively diminished the influence of science in its priorities and … Continue reading →

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Attacks on Science

Posted on July 9, 2019 by D. Posnett MD

From Jenny Mulligan: Attacks on Science The Trump administration and 115th Congress have been actively dismantling science-based health and safety protections, sidelining scientific evidence, and undoing recent progress on scientific integrity. We’ve seen this movie before. And we know how to … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Dear Earth, #LoveOurPlanetNotPollution

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Mary Foster Morgan

Some of us have been meeting at the Southampton library to discuss ways we can scale up existing efforts that draw down carbon from the atmosphere, based on the top 100 solutions outlined in the New York Times bestseller Drawdown: … Continue reading →

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Trump Spurns Nobel Prize Winners—and the Feeling Is Mutual

Posted on November 14, 2017 by bcolbath42

Published in Daily Kos November 13 By Mark Sumner In a White House as radically anti-science as this one, it’s no surprise that scientists are being denied the usual honors. President Trump, breaking a tradition that stretches back nearly two decades, … Continue reading →

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Smoking doesn’t kill (Mike Pence) ???

Posted on January 24, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

As published in Business Insider, Jan. 21, 2017, 10:00 AM, http://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-smoking-doesnt-kill-2017-1  Mike Pence wrote an op-ed article in 2000 stating “Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn’t kill. In fact, 2 out of every three smokers … Continue reading →

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