Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States requires Congress “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts”. It also requires that scientists and inventors be given rights against unfair competition and intrusion into the independence of…
Keep readingWe must choose between the road to nowhere and a living Earth. We are blessed beyond description to live on this planet. All of the collisions and creative destruction of cosmic history have led to the miraculous state of a…
Keep readingRapid business-model change is coming. Polluting industries need to get serious about a future without pollution. There is a lot of talk about the breakdown in trust which is roiling and upending political systems around the world. The most clearly applicable explanation…
Keep readingA national crisis According to the Environmental Working Group, which closely monitors pollutants and their effects on human health: Hundreds of everyday products are made with highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS. They build up in our bodies and never break down in the environment. Very small doses of PFAS have been linked to cancer, reproductive…
Keep readingCommunities everywhere need risk reduction and resilience measures. Green infrastructure—including soil biomass and well-rooted forests, mangroves in coastal areas prone to tropical storms, and mountain glaciers that serve as stable headwaters for healthy watersheds—is essential for maintaining human security and prosperity. Costs of climate inaction are reaching record levels, so even governments that wish to…
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