(2022-05-29). Capitalism and Baby Formula. popularresistance.org There is an historic shortage of baby formula. There are parts of the country where food for infants simply can't be found at any price. This headline is the most honest about the situation. "America is running out of baby formula because 3 companies control the market and babies aren't that profitable ." There are only three baby formula manufacturers and one of them, Abbott, had to shut down its plant after a whistleblower revealed their product was contaminated. Two infant deaths may be related to the contamination, which went undiscovered despite Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority. | The Biden…
(2022-05-29). Welcome to Selsey, a community that welcomed back the marsh. popularresistance.org As climate-fueled floods and droughts wreak havoc around the world, a hard truth is emerging: sooner or later, water always wins. But these devastating water extremes are not just due to climate change. They are made much worse by our poor development choices aimed at controlling water. The following excerpt is from the book >Water Always Wins, in which Hakai contributor Erica Gies follows innovators in what she calls the Slow Water movement who are instead asking a revolutionary question: what does water want? | What water wants is to reclaim its slow phases—wetlands, floodplains, mangrove forests—th…
(2022-05-29). New astrophysics research finds link between global warming and local temperature variations. peoplesdispatch.org By using a mathematical approach inspired by research on the universe's light, a researcher has proposed how global warming may lead to locally unstable weathers in different parts of the world…