GST Original Articles
By Katie Singer / 28 April 2023
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I’ve been wondering what eating within our means looks like in 2023.
New York City officials say that eating more fruits, vegetables, grains and beans—and less beef and dairy—can reduce carbon emissions. And so, Mayor Eric Adams has announced plans to encourage more plant-based eating by tracking purchases for household food consumption.
I applaud the mayor’s aim to reduce the City’s carbon emissions. I wonder if he’d consider... Read more
By Robert Hunziker / 24 April 2023
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“It’s a ‘monster heat spell like none before,” according to climatologist and weather historian Maximiliano Herrera, describing Asia’s heatwave as the worst in history. (Source: Extreme Heat Scorches Asia, Affecting at Least a Third of the World’s Population, The Verge, April 19, 2023)
Global warming is hitting full stride as SE Asia, inclusive of parts of China and India, literally roast. It’s a bad omen for the rest of the world as the... Read more
By Kim Scipes / 22 April 2023
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THE GROWING CRISIS OF THE COLORADO RIVER: A SIGN TO US ALL
--Kim Scipes, Ph.D.
There is a growing crisis out in the southwestern part of our country that has a message for us all. Politicians and the mainstream media from all over the country are ignoring it or generally treating it as a “one-time” issue to cover, not understanding that it is a sign of great importance for all Americans and the world.
By Kim Scipes / 19 April 2023
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We STILL Don’t Get It: It is an Empire, Folks!
--Kim Scipes
In mid-March 2023, David Swanson published a very interesting article: “Iraq and 15 Lessons We Never Learned.” There were some things in there I agreed with, some I disagreed with, others I might want to debate. Still, I appreciated his effort to pull together ideas from these experiences.
However, there’s one thing that he did not put out (although he hinted toward it near the end of this article), but I want to put front and... Read more
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The Peruvian coup regime remains entrenched in power more than four months after the parliamentary coup that ousted democratically elected President Pedro Castillo. On April 10th, the de facto Minister of Energy and Mines Óscar Vera announced the coup government would grant permits to Macusani Yellowcake, subsidiary of Canadian mining company Plateau... Read more