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.
We recently covered the troubling incidents of illness, lung injury, and potential fatalities associated with vaping. Initial reports suggested that additives, such as Vitamin E Acetate, triggered immune system reactions and other symptoms that lead to serious medical problems.
Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially linked Vitamin...
The climate cult group known as Extinction Rebellion is now taking its city-shutdown antics to the Middle East.
Off-shoots of the group that advocates peaceful protest as a way to pile on pressure to curb global warming are sprouting from Beirut to Doha, as activists in the oil-rich region want governments to...
When the history of President Donald Trump’s administration is written, perhaps one of the biggest ironies is that the man most responsible for toppling the #Resistance comes from the state that is the center of the anti-Trump movement.
We have covered the rapid deterioration of public health conditions in California, especially in the feces-strewn streets of San Francisco.
Instead of focusing on issues of sanitation, job creation, or at least ensuring there are more high school students than drug addicts in the city, activists have chosen to honor Swedish “climate...
Two of my good friends have children who are asthmatic. In fact, one of them nearly lost her daughter, who had a dreadful asthmatic attack due to inhaling post-wildfire particulates. The child would have died without her inhaler.
However, green justice warriors have decided that the luxury of being able to breathe...
Los Angeles area public health officials have reported that more than 1,000 homeless people died in the county last year, double the number of deaths from six...
The Trump administration officially notified the United Nations it will formally withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accord, which is the first formal step in a one-year process.
The move would leave the US as the only country outside the accord, a decision President Trump promised early in his term to...
There is some good news this weekend related to the California wildfire emergency. Authorities have lifted all evacuation orders and firefighters are making progress on blazes in southern California.
Another wildfire has erupted near Los Angeles, forcing thousands to evacuate and more power blackouts.
A North Korean official indicates that the rogue nation is growing impatient with the U.S. over stalled nuclear talks, warning of “exchange of fire.”
Kim Yong Chol said in a statement there has been no progress in U.S.-North Korea relations. He warned that the cordial relationship between dictator Kim Jong Un and...
As the winds of October continue to buffet the state, brush fires have broken out across Southern California, forcing mass evacuations, closing major freeways, and threatening the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
The cycle of fire began Wednesday morning when flames surrounded the library and museum in Simi Valley and stalked nearby neighborhoods...
The “Extinction Rebellion” death cult is scary, but what may be even more terrifying is a proposal Congress is considering.
Our U.S. House of Representatives is reviewing a new bill to protect “climate refugees.”
Wildfires and blackouts continue to plague California. Among the most serious of these blazes is the Getty Fire, which broke out close to the famed museum and has forced the evacuation of thousands.
The Getty fire broke out shortly after 1:30 a.m. along the 405 Freeway near the Getty Center and spread...
Last week, we reported that faithful Catholics threw primitive figurines in the Tiber that were used in a Vatican garden ceremony and placed by an altar in Rome’s Church of Santa Maria in Transpontina. The...
After a wild week of news, which ended with news that the Department of Justice is looking at bringing charges in its Russia-Collusion investigation, President Donald Trump may have made the weekend’s news cycle even more wild.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued an emergency proclamation for Sonoma and Los Angeles counties in the wake of two major wildfires fires that have destroyed structures, incinerated prized vineyard, threatened homes, and caused the evacuation of thousands of residents.
In September, the Iowa National Guard headquarters became the incident command center for a four day simulation exercise to test how well Iowa and the other top pork-producing states can contain and control an African swine fever outbreak.
