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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump’s foreign policy speech failure
By Georgia Logothetis Tuesday Aug 16, 2016 · 4:35 AM PDT on Daily Kos
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Behind the curtain of Wells Fargo’s corporate PAC
Donations made by corporate PACs must be disclosed publicly. But corporations are generally tight-lipped about why they donate to certain politicians. Documents obtained by Popular Information, however, reveal the internal workings of Wells Fargo’s PAC, the third-largest PAC in the financial services industry. It’s not a pretty picture.
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COASTAL MARTENS: ‘A COG IN THE ECOSYSTEM’S MACHINERY’
The threats to the coastal marten, a rare carnivore that Earthjustice is currently fighting to protect under the Endangered Species Act. With a focus on the species and the challenges it faces—from natural predation to vehicle strikes to illegal marijuana farms.
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Enlivened Debate. Vegetarian vs. Carnivore Diets Effect On The Planet.
In the immortal words of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, all the food is poison. Nothing edible is safe, and everything is bad for you. And for the environment. And for humanity.
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From farmworkers to restaurant servers
From farmworkers to restaurant servers, the food system employs millions of laborers around the world to pick, package, transport, deliver, and cook our food every day. Of the 3 billion workers in the world’s labor force, about 40 percent are employed in agriculture alone, according to the International Labor Organization of the United Nations (ILO).
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Obama signs ‘Monsanto Protection Act’
United States President Barack Obama has signed a bill into law that was written in part by the very billion-dollar corporation that will benefit directly from the legislation.
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Turning Trash Into Gas May Finally Be a Thing
People have been trying for decades to eliminate landfills and fight climate change by vaporizing garbage—with disappointing results. But that could be changing.
