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.
Meanwhile, SpaceX plans to invest up to $100 billion in massive Louisiana spaceport....
The same technology that helps catch car thieves can just as easily be turned toward tracking ordinary people without cause, and the growing wave of vandalism shows how deep that unease already runs. ...
China attempted to influence data center debate. Meanwhile, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman says his agency successfully blocked a Chinese hacking attempt....
Phoenix is planning to dip into its emergency water bank as a result....
"We've got jobs that would be lost. Living wages will be affected. But what's also important is the future growth of the city."...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier calls the settlement a “weak payoff attempt.”...
A torrent of mud, rocks and water through communities, leaving a trail of destroyed homes, roads, bridges and power infrastructure. Over 40 Americans are among the hundreds dead or missing....
SpaceX changed the launch game. Trump wants U.S. infrastructure to catch up....
Authorities have not released the information on whether the ignition was accidental, negligent, equipment-related, or intentional....
As typhus hits Los Angeles, wildfires incinerate our cities, and our water infrastructure deteriorates, our state legislators more about gene-edited pets....
Meanwhile, Statistician William Briggs has crunched the numbers and shows we have reached "peak climate change"....
Ackman Oxman Institute to combine brain research, neurosurgery, rehabilitation, medical devices, artificial intelligence, and longevity work with a patient-focused model with "highly commercial instincts"....
Suspected arsonist Brandon Glasgo is homeless with a history of arrests and mental health problems....
"For most of American history, letters of marque were paper. The 2026 version runs on code."...
David Morens, a senior adviser at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Office of the Director, pled guilty to shielding federal records related to the COVID-19 pandemic from the public....
Sacramento has spent years squeezing refiners out of the state. Now it's squeezing tire manufacturers, all while insisting each new mandate is somehow a gift to drivers and taxpayers....
A similar act passed in 1973 started out as popular, but its fanbase quickly waned....
Strategy draws on a “Finland model,” allowing carefully conditioned initial construction at allied foreign yards while requiring technology transfer, U.S. investment, workforce training, and eventual domestic production....
