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Friday, March 15, 2019
Trump Push for Offshore Oil Drilling The Trump administration is pushing for offshore oil drilling although it is regularly disastrous -- and unnecessary amid a worldwide glut of oil. The Trump drive is strongly opposed by coastal states and environmental organizations.
Friday, March 15, 2019Trump Push for Offshore Oil Drilling The Trump administration is pushing for offshore oil drilling although it is regularly disastrous -- and unnecessary amid a worldwide glut of oil. The Trump drive is strongly opposed by coastal states and environmental organizations.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Darth Trump's Push to Turn Space Into a War Zone Beginning to fill in his declaration of last year about turning space into a war zone and establishing a U.S. Space Force, President Trump was at the Pentagon last week promoting a plan titled "Missile Defense Review." The New York Times headline on the scheme:: "Plans Evoke 1983 'Star Wars' Program." Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, called it "provocative and destabi
Tuesday, January 22, 2019Darth Trump's Push to Turn Space Into a War Zone Beginning to fill in his declaration of last year about turning space into a war zone and establishing a U.S. Space Force, President Trump was at the Pentagon last week promoting a plan titled "Missile Defense Review." The New York Times headline on the scheme:: "Plans Evoke 1983 'Star Wars' Program." Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, called it "provocative and destabi
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Friday, November 16, 2018
Hate Fueled By Trump The main source of hate in the United States is what Professor Warren Goldstein, who chairs the History Department at the University of Hartford, accurately describes as the "violent, hateful rhetoric comes overwhelmingly from one side only and from its padron, Donald Trump. Period."
Friday, November 16, 2018Hate Fueled By Trump The main source of hate in the United States is what Professor Warren Goldstein, who chairs the History Department at the University of Hartford, accurately describes as the "violent, hateful rhetoric comes overwhelmingly from one side only and from its padron, Donald Trump. Period."
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Saturday, September 8, 2018
Vested Interest, Self-Interest -- Keys To How Things Happen or Don't Happen Vested interest, self-interest are keys to how things happen and don't happen. Take the story of the effort on Long Island to ban the mass release-of helium-filled balloons that cause enormous harm to marine life. It was fought by something called The Balloon Council, which has succeeded in stopping similar efforts elsewhere, but it became law nevertheless in Long Island's Suffolk County.
Saturday, September 8, 2018Vested Interest, Self-Interest -- Keys To How Things Happen or Don't Happen Vested interest, self-interest are keys to how things happen and don't happen. Take the story of the effort on Long Island to ban the mass release-of helium-filled balloons that cause enormous harm to marine life. It was fought by something called The Balloon Council, which has succeeded in stopping similar efforts elsewhere, but it became law nevertheless in Long Island's Suffolk County.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
50th Anniversary of the End of Annual Police Raid on Gay Communities on Fire Island Fifty years ago what had been an outrageous annual tradition on New York's Long Island--a police raid on gay communities on Fire Island--came to an end. It took gay men taking their changes with juries of residents of eastern Long Island's Suffolk County and a prominent, feisty, rough-and-tumble Suffolk attorney, Bendict P. Vuturo.
Wednesday, August 29, 201850th Anniversary of the End of Annual Police Raid on Gay Communities on Fire Island Fifty years ago what had been an outrageous annual tradition on New York's Long Island--a police raid on gay communities on Fire Island--came to an end. It took gay men taking their changes with juries of residents of eastern Long Island's Suffolk County and a prominent, feisty, rough-and-tumble Suffolk attorney, Bendict P. Vuturo.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Trump Administraton Pushes Hard for Space Force The Trump administration is pushing hard on its scheme to create a Space Force and for "American dominance in space."
Wednesday, August 15, 2018Trump Administraton Pushes Hard for Space Force The Trump administration is pushing hard on its scheme to create a Space Force and for "American dominance in space."
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Sunday, July 22, 2018
Was Trump's Day in Helsinki A Day of Infamy Moment Will Donald Trump's performance at Helsinki be a "day of infamy" as CNN anchor Chris Cuomo declared? Will it be a turning point in his presidency -- bringing him down like Senator Joseph McCarthy was brought down?
Sunday, July 22, 2018Was Trump's Day in Helsinki A Day of Infamy Moment Will Donald Trump's performance at Helsinki be a "day of infamy" as CNN anchor Chris Cuomo declared? Will it be a turning point in his presidency -- bringing him down like Senator Joseph McCarthy was brought down?
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Friday, March 3, 2017
New York -- An Empire State for Billboards- Leaving New York State and entering Vermont is almost like going to another country. One leaves the billboards and other signs that litter the New York landscape and go to a state that is billboard-free. In recent times, adding to its sign pollution, New York State has erected--all over Long Island and upstate--signs boosting itself. And there is a strong negative reaction to the signs blighting the state's landscape.
Friday, March 3, 2017New York -- An Empire State for Billboards- Leaving New York State and entering Vermont is almost like going to another country. One leaves the billboards and other signs that litter the New York landscape and go to a state that is billboard-free. In recent times, adding to its sign pollution, New York State has erected--all over Long Island and upstate--signs boosting itself. And there is a strong negative reaction to the signs blighting the state's landscape.
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Friday, February 24, 2017
Fight Against Long Island's Biggest Noisemaker The efforts of Long Island, New York's, Town of East Hampton to quell aircraft noise involving the town-owned airport have been negated by a federal appeals court. Thus what has become in warm-weather months Long Island's biggest noisemaker will continue to make a racket. A new organization, Say No to KHTO, is fighting to have the town shut down its airport and open the more than 600 acres for other uses.
Friday, February 24, 2017Fight Against Long Island's Biggest Noisemaker The efforts of Long Island, New York's, Town of East Hampton to quell aircraft noise involving the town-owned airport have been negated by a federal appeals court. Thus what has become in warm-weather months Long Island's biggest noisemaker will continue to make a racket. A new organization, Say No to KHTO, is fighting to have the town shut down its airport and open the more than 600 acres for other uses.
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Friday, January 13, 2017
Shutdown of Indian Point and Experiences of Engineer 30 Years in Nuclear Industry The good news -- the very good news -- is that the Indian Point nuclear power plants will be closed. The bad news -- the very bad news -- is that there are still many promoters of nuclear power in industry and government still pushing and the Trump transition team has been "asking for ways to keep nuclear power alive." Meanwhile, here are the experiences of an engineer in the nuclear industry for more than 30 years.
Friday, January 13, 2017Shutdown of Indian Point and Experiences of Engineer 30 Years in Nuclear Industry The good news -- the very good news -- is that the Indian Point nuclear power plants will be closed. The bad news -- the very bad news -- is that there are still many promoters of nuclear power in industry and government still pushing and the Trump transition team has been "asking for ways to keep nuclear power alive." Meanwhile, here are the experiences of an engineer in the nuclear industry for more than 30 years.
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Friday, December 9, 2016
Renown Farmland-Preservation Program Threatened by Lawsuit The Farmland Preservation Program in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York--a breakthrough for farmland preservation not only on Long Island but across the U.S. where it has been widely emulated--is threatened by a lawsuit.
Friday, December 9, 2016Renown Farmland-Preservation Program Threatened by Lawsuit The Farmland Preservation Program in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York--a breakthrough for farmland preservation not only on Long Island but across the U.S. where it has been widely emulated--is threatened by a lawsuit.
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
Trump and Space Weapons It is highly likely that the Trump administration will move to have the U.S. deploy weapons in space. If this happens, it will be profoundly destabilizing, setting off an arms race and, also likely, leading to war in space.
Thursday, December 8, 2016Trump and Space Weapons It is highly likely that the Trump administration will move to have the U.S. deploy weapons in space. If this happens, it will be profoundly destabilizing, setting off an arms race and, also likely, leading to war in space.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Scientific Expert: Horseshoe Crabs Facing Extinction A world expert on horseshoe crabs is worried about their extinction after 455 million years of life on Earth -- largely because of the crab having become a delicacy in nations in Asia. Dr. John T. Tanacredi has studied horseshoe crabs for decades.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016Scientific Expert: Horseshoe Crabs Facing Extinction A world expert on horseshoe crabs is worried about their extinction after 455 million years of life on Earth -- largely because of the crab having become a delicacy in nations in Asia. Dr. John T. Tanacredi has studied horseshoe crabs for decades.
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Saturday, November 12, 2016
Artificial Turf = Toxic Turf For years debates have raged across the nation about the use of artificial turf regarded by critics as toxic turf. Where I live, in Sag Harbor, New York, there'll be a referendum next month that could stop the stuff from being installed where students of Sag Harbor play team sports.
Saturday, November 12, 2016Artificial Turf = Toxic Turf For years debates have raged across the nation about the use of artificial turf regarded by critics as toxic turf. Where I live, in Sag Harbor, New York, there'll be a referendum next month that could stop the stuff from being installed where students of Sag Harbor play team sports.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Cuomo Backs $7.6 Billion Bail-Out of Old, Unaffordable NY Nuke Plants The New York State Public Service Commission -- in the face of strong opposition -- this week approved a $7.6 billion bail-out of aging nuclear power plants in upstate New York which their owners have said are uneconomic to run without government support. The move was in line with Governor Andrew Cuomo's call for continued operation of the plants in order to, he says, save jobs at them. Cuomo appoints the members of the PSC.
Tuesday, August 2, 2016Cuomo Backs $7.6 Billion Bail-Out of Old, Unaffordable NY Nuke Plants The New York State Public Service Commission -- in the face of strong opposition -- this week approved a $7.6 billion bail-out of aging nuclear power plants in upstate New York which their owners have said are uneconomic to run without government support. The move was in line with Governor Andrew Cuomo's call for continued operation of the plants in order to, he says, save jobs at them. Cuomo appoints the members of the PSC.
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
"Indian Point" Film Directed and Produced by Ivy Meeropol "Indian Point" is a film about the long problem-plagued Indian Point nuclear power plants that are "so, so risky--so close to New York City," notes its director and producer Ivy Meeropol. "Times Square is 35 miles away." The plants constitute a disaster waiting to happen threatening especially the lives of the 22 million people who live within 50 miles from them.
Saturday, July 16, 2016"Indian Point" Film Directed and Produced by Ivy Meeropol "Indian Point" is a film about the long problem-plagued Indian Point nuclear power plants that are "so, so risky--so close to New York City," notes its director and producer Ivy Meeropol. "Times Square is 35 miles away." The plants constitute a disaster waiting to happen threatening especially the lives of the 22 million people who live within 50 miles from them.
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Friday, July 15, 2016
Coming Together -- Antidote to Hate The racial strife of recent weeks in the U.S. has reverberated on Long Island, where I live, and in the rest of the New York Metropolitan Area and nation. As an organizer of a demonstration in Riverhead, Long Island said: "It's more than I expected it to be and it's truly a multiracial crowd." Coming together is an antidote to hate. SUNY Old Westbury, where I teach, is committed to diversity and people coming togethe
Friday, July 15, 2016Coming Together -- Antidote to Hate The racial strife of recent weeks in the U.S. has reverberated on Long Island, where I live, and in the rest of the New York Metropolitan Area and nation. As an organizer of a demonstration in Riverhead, Long Island said: "It's more than I expected it to be and it's truly a multiracial crowd." Coming together is an antidote to hate. SUNY Old Westbury, where I teach, is committed to diversity and people coming togethe
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Thursday, July 14, 2016
Sacrificing Green for Green Sacrificing green for green. That's what cutting down woodland and using farmland to erect solar power systems is about. Solar power is great! We have solar panels on our more-than-century-old saltbox house on Long Island, New York. But on Long Island and elsewhere there is a push to clear forests and exploit agricultural land for solar systems--sacrificing green for green
Thursday, July 14, 2016Sacrificing Green for Green Sacrificing green for green. That's what cutting down woodland and using farmland to erect solar power systems is about. Solar power is great! We have solar panels on our more-than-century-old saltbox house on Long Island, New York. But on Long Island and elsewhere there is a push to clear forests and exploit agricultural land for solar systems--sacrificing green for green
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Solar-energized Juno to Arrive at Jupiter on Independence Day What NASA insisted for decades could not be -- a spacecraft using solar energy rather than nuclear power going beyond the orbit of Mars -- will be proven false next Monday, July 4th, Independence Day, when the solar-energized Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter. In space, as on Earth, solar power works.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016Solar-energized Juno to Arrive at Jupiter on Independence Day What NASA insisted for decades could not be -- a spacecraft using solar energy rather than nuclear power going beyond the orbit of Mars -- will be proven false next Monday, July 4th, Independence Day, when the solar-energized Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter. In space, as on Earth, solar power works.
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Monday, March 28, 2016
Nuclear Power Plants: Pre-Deployed Weapons of Mass Destruction Pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction -- that's what nuclear power plants are. And that's another very big reason -- demonstrated again with the disclosure that two of the Brussels terrorists were planning attacks on Belgian nuclear plants -- why they must be eliminated.
Monday, March 28, 2016Nuclear Power Plants: Pre-Deployed Weapons of Mass Destruction Pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction -- that's what nuclear power plants are. And that's another very big reason -- demonstrated again with the disclosure that two of the Brussels terrorists were planning attacks on Belgian nuclear plants -- why they must be eliminated.