Posted on Jun 29, 2021 | Comments Off on Too Little Water Storage, Pseudoscience Environmental Laws, Plus Drought Put California At Risk
Major droughts in California happen every 20 years and smaller ones more frequently, yet northern California has not built major water infrastructure since the 1960s while the population has doubled. Environmental lawyers block any infrastructure improvements so no new water storage can be added and regulations about water flow in rivers were based on an optimistic guess. During the current...
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Posted on Jun 11, 2021 | Comments Off on There Are Pipelines All Across The Country – Except For Water. That Should Change
Over 26 percent of the western US is in exceptional drought while 72 percent is in severe drought. That has not stopped the federal government from dumping so much water into rivers it creates hazardous conditions for people in them.read...
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Posted on May 13, 2021 | Comments Off on CNBC: ‘Has The CDC Lost Its Sort Of Lofty Perch And If So How Do You Plan To Get It Back?’
When even CNBC is talking about the writing on the wall for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, they know they are in big trouble.read...
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Posted on Mar 10, 2021 | Comments Off on Does An Interior Department Run By Deb Haaland Actually Put Endangered Species At Greater Risk?
Deb Haaland is the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district since 2019. Predictably, she is a lawyer. Less common is that she was a casino executive.If you are wondering if any of those count as qualifications to run the Interior Department, you are not alone. In the Washington Examiner today, I outline some of the science concerns that people on the left and right who...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2020 | Comments Off on College Enrollment Will Go Down This Decade, And That’s Probably A Good Thing
If you sell hot dogs at a baseball stadium, you probably do well in revenue. Now imagine the stadium puts 6 hot dog competitors next to you. Will you still do well or will your hot dog revenue go down? Unless you are Paul Krugman you know the price will go down. Now imagine the stadium tells you 6 people just like you doing the same job is a positive thing; more people will enjoy hot dogs and the...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2020 | Comments Off on Medical Misuse Needs A Real Definition
Medicine misuse is a public health issue but there is little consistency in what it means. Prior to 2020, everyone wanted to claim Big Pharma and medicine were bad, so whatever they wanted to write about got a broad misuse umbrella; misuse, abuse, medication errors were all called misuse. All such deceptive framing accomplished was to muddy the waters and create a clear need for...
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