I am an Environmental Health and Safety Professional, as well as a science/technical writer for a variety of news and professional publications. I have been a citizen activist since 2009, and am one of the co-founders of the San Diego-based group, Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition.
NYT asserts that efforts to contain Ebola may have been hindered by USAID cuts....
The fire has burned about 1,000 more acres and is only 15% contained....
Albert Gore III, the son of former VP Gore, serves as the Executive Director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association and is unhappy with this development....
"New and improved" climate models are offered, but the 'plausibility vacuum' remains. Furthermore, IPCC fails to acknowledge the damage to society and science done by its previous assessments....
The Sandy Fire's eruption just two weeks before the June 2 mayoral primary is a clear sign that wildfire prevention and preparedness should be on forefront of any political discussion related to Southern California. ...
Hantavirus, particularly the Andes strain, is serious but very limited in its ability to spread, and the data simply do not support pandemic-scale alarm....
If this week’s back-to-back raids prove anything, it’s that federal law enforcement clearly understands the scale of the crisis at MacArthur Park, even if local leadership chooses to ignore the scale of the disaster....
More investigation is clearly needed to determine if the "grenade" was someone's attempt at easy fishing gone awry or something more sinister such as an attempted sabotage. ...
Meanwhile, what is Pratt's opponent promising? Free teeth for meth-heads....
Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez heads to the Hague as Venezuela's enriched uranium is now in U.S. hands....
So far, 11 passengers have tested positive for Andes strain, with 3 in critical condition. An expert asserts that assurances of low risk to general public is "calm-mongering"....
There will also be a nationwide six-month moratorium on all new Medicare enrollments by providers of hospice and home care....
Construction workers filling potholes on a bridge in the early hours of a Tuesday morning never made it home, because it appears that safety was shortchanged to save a few dollars. ...
Why is the media suddenly so interested in this disease, given that thousands of people are stricken with hantavirus annually? ...
You don’t need a federal task force to tell you that rats, refuse, and unchecked human misery are a breeding ground for disease. You simply need the political will to stop pretending this is normal....
Artemis III Will Test Tech, Teamwork, and the Future of Moon Missions ...
This project is a leaner, faster, and more litigation-resistant project that reuses idle pipe, threads existing corridors, avoids reservation land, and is racing the clock to lock in steel-in-the-ground before the next Democratic administration can once again sacrifice North American energy security to green ideology....
Perhaps it is time to return to the Blue Book....
