America’s Air Quality Declines.
A new study shows that toxic air pollution is increasing on a national level, and has been for the past three years, which reverses more than ten years of cleaner air gains. The EPA has published data this week from researchers at prestigious Carnegie Mellon University that show a jump in fine particulate pollution during …
New Mexico Oil Boom a Political Hot Potato.
The southeastern section of New Mexico is experiencing a mini oil boom of sorts. The gushers are coming in on a regular basis in this Republican-dominated enclave of wildcatters. But there’s a problem brewing up in Santa Fe, the state capital, where last year the Democrat-dominated legislatures drew up a program of bills dubbed “The …
Wildfires Wreak Havoc in Northern California.
Utility officials said late Saturday night that they would have to shut off the power grid for nearly one million users in Northern California either today or tomorrow, because of the fear that raging wildfires, such as the Kincade conflagration, would become uncontrollable and highly destructive in urban areas later today due to low humidity …
UAW/GM Strike Ends Today
UAW workers approved the contract their union representatives hammered out with General Motors Corporation earlier today. This approval ends the strike that has shut down dozens of factories throughout the Midwest and the so-called Rust Belt since the beginning of September. The United Auto Workers used their UAW website to make the announcement this morning, …
These Are the 5 Biggest Threats to the European Economy This Fall
For years, the American economy has outperformed the Eurozone’s. Economists and politicians disagree on how to weight the smorgasbord of factors contributing to the delta between the developed world’s two largest economies, but few argue that the United States doesn’t enjoy significant structural advantages. On the other hand, what happens in Europe no longer remains …
Boeing Earnings and Delivery Take a Nosedive.
Boeing has reported a sharp drop in quarterly deliveries, earning, and, most troubling, in sales today. The steep decline is being blamed on the problems connected with the two fatal crashes of their 737 Max plane jets earlier this year. The 737 Max was grounded after the second deadly crash, and none have flown since …
AI Face-Scan Algorithms to Replace HR Interviews?
HR departments with some of the biggest corporations in America have added a new sci-fi wrinkle to their hiring gambits. A.I. Artificial Intelligence has now become one of the latest and most powerful tools used to process potential employees. If you want to work for one of the bigger concerns in the United States today, …
Candidate Sanders says “Billionaires — Who needs ’em?”
Bernie Sanders, who is running for president in 2020, recently told a major New York newspaper that he is formulating a tax on the most wealthy that will, he hopes, eliminate billionaires. Both he and Sen. Liz Warren are proposing taxes on immoderate wealth that push accumulated assets into the stratosphere of hundreds of billions …
New Apple Variety Makes Debut in Produce Aisles this December.
Washington state agribusiness, in the form of its many apple growers and apple processing plants, is staking everything on a brand new apple — The Cosmic Crisp. Although the name has already produced jokes on late night TV and in stand up routines across the country, apple growers in Washington state, where the apple was …
More Employees Strike as Economy Continues to Expand.
At first it seems like a conundrum: With the American economy continuing with its decade-long winning streak there are now thousands and thousands of employees around the nation who have gone on strike for higher wages and better benefits. They range from auto workers in Detroit to public school teachers in Chicago — and those …
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