NOAA Is Looking for Beaches to Hold 70 Rotting Whale Caracasses. Any Volunteers?
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Local organizations have struggled to dispose of 70 dead gray whales that have washed up along America’s West Coast. Now, a federal agency is turning to private property owners for help. The tragic die-off is the highest in 20 years. Scientists believe most…
Trump Labels Fox News “Fake” and Claims “Something Weird Is Going on” at Network
Ron Sachs/ZUMA President Donald Trump on Monday accused one of his favorite media outlets of spreading “fake news” after Fox News anchor Bret Baier reported on the network’s own polling that showed the president trailing or tied with a number of top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination. That survey, which showed Joe Biden leading Trump by…
South Dakota’s “Riot-Boosting” Law Aims to Curb the Next Standing Rock Before it Even Starts
Dakota Access pipeline protesters face off with law enforcement during the final raid of the Standing Rock prayer camp on February 22, 2017.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/Zuma During the 2016 protests against the Dakota Access pipeline, Dallas Goldtooth became internet famous for his broadcasts from “Facebook Hill,” the one area of the prayer camps on the Standing Rock…
Climate Change Deniers Aren’t Getting Very Far With America’s Judges
Ronen Tivony/SOPA/LightRocket/Getty This story was originally published by Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In September 2017, San Francisco experienced its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching a searing 106 degrees. Weeks later, the city joined Oakland to announce it would sue five major fossil fuel firms—BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips—for the costs…
Facebook’s New “Cryptocurrency” Makes No Sense (to Users)
Andre M. Chang/ZUMA Facebook is developing a new competitor to Bitcoin: The closely guarded yet much-discussed cryptocurrency initiative, code-named “Project Libra,” could become a major e-commerce tool for Facebook users across the social network’s suite of services, from Instagram to messaging….The project is expected to be unveiled on Tuesday, where more details will be released.…
David Brooks Has Gotten Lazy
The topic of New York Times op-ed columists came up recently while I was chatting with a friend. He is, among other things, a fan of David Brooks, and I told him I wasn’t. Why? In the past I’ve been pretty tolerant of Brooks, but over the past few years I feel like he just…