Melania’s troubles, Trump’s cover-up, Navalny’s poisoning, Kenosha visit, pandemic and election news

By Robert A. Vella If readers think it’s difficult keeping up with the news in these troubled times, try documenting Continue reading →

Numbers don’t lie, but Trump and GOP-controlled states are lying about the numbers (at their own risk)

By Robert A. Vella Today marks the point when all fifty U.S. states, to varying degrees, are reopening their economies Continue reading →

Top ivory investigator stabbed to death

One of the world’s leading investigators into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn has been killed in Kenya. Continue reading →

Dow Chemical urges Trump administration to kill risk study

Dow Chemical is pushing a Trump administration that’s open to scrapping regulations to ignore the findings of federal scientists who Continue reading →

Bornean orangutan declared ‘critically endangered’ as forests shrink

Mongabay: New IUCN assessment shows hunting and habitat loss are the biggest drivers, with experts warning ‘conservation is failing’ The Continue reading →

Scientists raise alarm over seal deaths off California coast

The rare Guadalupe fur seal, once hunted nearly to extinction, is falling victim to a new and deadly culprit — Continue reading →

Sudden drainage, via massive chasm, of Subglacial lakes in Greenland described as catastrophic

Recently, scientists have found direct evidence of concentrated, long-term storage and sudden release of melt water within sub-glacial lakes in Continue reading →

Pollution, whales prompt shipping slow-down in California

Concerns about pollution and endangered whales in southern California have prompted six global shipping companies to try slower speeds in Continue reading →