Sunday Focus: The Bloated Beast, and this weekend’s news stories

By Robert A. Vella There’s a bloated beast lurking about ready to explode besides the familiar one currently wrecking America Continue reading →

Humankind, 2050

By Robert A. Vella Thirty-one years from now, I would be 95.  Fortunately, I probably won’t live that long.  My Continue reading →

Laughter ridicules U.S. climate policy on the world stage

By Robert A. Vella Imagine a drunken maniac driving a car full of people.  He’s speeding towards a cliff with Continue reading →

As Florida’s toxic red tide stretches on, residents report health problems

The tide, a wave of microorganisms that choke sea life, hit the Gulf of Mexico last November and now spreads Continue reading →

Trump Nominee Is Behind Anti-Union Legal Campaign

Even before the Supreme Court struck down mandatory union fees for government workers last month, the next phase of the Continue reading →

Traces of opioids found in mussels in Puget Sound near Seattle

For the first time, researchers in Washington state have found traces of an opioid painkiller in mussels in Puget Sound, Continue reading →

EPA prevents three news organizations from attending conference on water contaminants

The Environmental Protection Agency kept three news organizations from attending a national summit on harmful water contaminants on Tuesday morning, Continue reading →

U.S. rivers getting saltier, drinking water at risk: study

U.S. rivers and streams have become saltier and more alkaline over the last 50 years, posing risks to drinking water Continue reading →