Remember When Trump Waved a Paper at Reporters and Said It Was a Secret Deal with Mexico? Here It Is.
Ron Sachs/Zuma Earlier this month, after his trip to Europe, President Donald Trump announced he had cut an immigration deal, including secret provisions, with Mexico that would stop, for now, his proposed and widely-criticized tariffs. I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs…
America Is Targeting the Russian Electric Grid — But Don’t Tell the President
Sergei Savostyanov/TASS via ZUMA The New York Times reports that we have been aggressively installing malware in Russia’s electric grid: Since at least 2012, current and former officials say, the United States has put reconnaissance probes into the control systems of the Russian electric grid. But now the American strategy has shifted more toward offense,…
HuffPost Just Published a Bombshell Story About the EPA
The revelation is not surprising from an administration that’s attempting to eliminate or delay, by The New York Times’ estimate, at least 83 environmental regulations, particularly rules to curb climate pollution. The EPA is expected to announce a proposal next week to replace Obama-era power plants rules with a regulation that would, by the agency’s…
The White House Sent the Weirdest Flag Day Tweet—and the Internet Can’t Stop Laughing
Chris O’Meara/AP June 14 was Flag Day, a minor holiday that was established by Woodrow Wilson in 1916 to celebrate the day in 1777 that the Continental Congress made the stars and stripes the official American flag. In honor of the event, the White House Twitter account posted this celebratory tweet: pic.twitter.com/c40BQpZFtW — The White House (@WhiteHouse)…
There’s So Much Plastic in the Environment That Bees Are Making Nests Out of It
Sean Gallup/Getty This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last summer, scientists in South America were studying the impact agricultural practices have on the surrounding ecosystems, and specifically how natural areas and fields are pollinated as a result of their proximity to one another. In the midst…
A Nasty Swine Flu in China Means Big Trouble for US Farmers
A nearly-empty barn at a pig farm in Jiangjiaqiao village in northern China’s Hebei province, where swine fever is taking its toll.Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo A relentlessly rainy spring and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China aren’t the only forces haunting the Midwest’s corn and soybean farmers. A deadly, highly contagious disease called African swine…