House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters at her weekly press conference at the Capitol. |…
Month: August 2020
Pelosi, White House battle over Postal Service legislation
Nancy Pelosi and Mark Meadows still don’t see eye to eye. The House speaker and White…
The future is fungal: why the ‘megascience’ of mycology is on the rise
As a boy, Merlin Sheldrake really loved the autumn. In the garden of his parents’ house…
The Observer view on the climate catastrophe facing Earth | Observer editorial
Thirty years ago this week, the population of Earth was given official notification that it faced…
Earth has lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years
A total of 28 trillion tonnes of ice have disappeared from the surface of the Earth…
Fire and pestilence, flood and wind, the personal is political: Trump must go | Robert Reich
My wife and I have been warned we may need to evacuate our cabin in the…
With Covid comes the opportunity to shift the economy away from fossil fuel | Greg Jericho
Whenever confronted with a tragedy in your life, one of the hardest aspects to deal with…
House passes USPS rescue in bid to thwart Trump attacks on mail-in voting
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Saturday. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo The…
Britain to get first commercial refinery for extracting precious metals from e-waste
The UK is to get its first commercial refinery for extracting precious metals from electronic waste,…
Country diary: a young buzzard finds its heart-rending voice
Not a single day, not a single hour, can pass in these late summer fields without…