[Editor’s Note: Fascinating. Have you wondered why the GOP imposed such stringent retirement fund requirements on the US Post Office? It turns out, according to Thom Hartmann, that they did it to so burden the Post Office that it could not afford to convert its fleet of trucks to EVs (electronic vehicles), keeping the…
By Randall J. Newsome Of all the lofty promises Rise Gold has churned out over the preceding months, none has been more ballyhooed than the number of jobs the mine would create, and the $94,000 average annual wage they’ll pay. Before anyone runs to get in line for one of these dream jobs, let’s…
By Paul Schwartz There are many development options for the Idaho-Maryland Mine property on Brunswick Road that are better than reopening the mine. Many options are consistent with the Nevada County General Plan and would not require zoning changes, special use permits, or variances that reopening the mine requires. There are many development options…
William Deverell, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Elizabeth A. Logan, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Over two days in the summer of 1910, wildfires roared across the bone-dry forests of the inland Northwestern U.S., the Rockies, and parts of British Columbia. Whole towns burned. The blazes scorched…
Next two Zoom webinars in the Yale Forum calendar: September 20, 2021: A BURNING TESTAMENT TO CLIMATE COLLAPSE — Lucy Walker, Film Director, “Bring Your Own Brigade” (2021) “Bring Your Own Brigade” (2021) – Following the aftermath of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest fire in California’s history, British film maker Lucy Walker explores…