Landmark lawsuit claims Monsanto hid cancer danger of weedkiller, plus Glyphosate fate

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Landmark lawsuit claims Monsanto hid cancer danger of weedkiller for decades | Business | The Guardian: There is lots of mounting evidence against Roundup, and/or the use of genetically modified crops. The research seems to be evenly split between the research paid for by Monsanto ( directly or indirectly ) and the more independent research that points to issues. The evidence is pretty clear, however, of the negative impact of prolonged glyphosate use on the…

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California Becomes First State to Mandate Solar on New Homes – Bloomberg

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California Becomes First State to Mandate Solar on New Homes – Bloomberg: California is 1/3 of the US economy and probably 1/3 of the US housing market. So, when California voted today to have mandatory solar on most new construction houses, this blows the top off of the non-solar rooftop. Headlines read that the CA house will now cost about an additional $10,000 to build with the energy efficiency and solar roof mandates. This Bloomberg…

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Time to DrawDown and Look at All the Sky, not just Half

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In the US, we often characterize women hitting the Glass Ceiling where men are in the highest positions of companies – executives and board rooms. Interestingly, men don’t see much of a glass ceiling, maybe because they are usually upstairs and not looking down. Old white men may be complicit and complacent in women knocking at the other side of the glass, but world-wide the imperative to give women respect and opportunity is critical, with…

Mind that matters, misleading AARP… take it or leave it list

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The quick lists of 5 things to do and 5 things not to do often provide inaccurate or even misleading information. AARP usually provides a nice sound bite of information about various things. Mental health comes up every year with a interesting brain health infographic in October 2016 (discover, connect, move, nourish, and relax). The December 2017 edition of AARP had a big section on brain health and avoiding Alzheimer’s disease. (Also see risk factors related…

Oh my… The invasion of the Octopi!

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Swarms of Octopus Are Taking Over the Oceans: That is interesting. I had not heard Octopuses (octopi) were the “weeds” of the oceans. But it is interesting to find larger animals that can be a litmus test of the ocean environment. Oceans are not sucking up CO2 at the same rate as they used to. Acidification is moving up quickly. Reefs are under massive threat. Weeds are mother natures way of getting something growing in…

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Contura Coal Goes Public — jumping off of the coal train!

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Contura Energy is going public. (CTRA). On the one hand, they have a lot of metallurgical coal; on the other hand it seems like a rather bad investment — especially long-term. All the proceeds will go to buy out existing stock holders. Existing shareholders are based on creditors… Alpha Resources went bankrupt and the Contura Energy company rose out out of the ashes.  (After Peabody went bankrupt also in 2016, about half of US coal…