RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH 03/17/25 By Dr. Michael Shank and Former US Congressman Mike Honda Bullying isn’t a new phenomenon in American politics, the press or public spaces. It’s always been there, from early European settler domination of our indigenous First Nations communities to more recent hate speech and actions accosting […]
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 03/11/25 By Dr. Michael Shank and US Congressman Hank Johnson In less than two months since taking office, President Donald Trump has reversed decades of progress against climate change, putting our economy, our lives and the planet in grave danger. On Monday, Trump’s new energy […]
NEWSWEEK 02/19/25 By Dr. Michael Shank and US Congresswoman Clarke With President Donald Trump’s administration removing climate change language from federal government websites, withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate agreement, ending climate disaster response within the Department of Homeland Security, and discussing plans to get rid of the […]
FAST COMPANY 02/14/25 By Michael Shank and US Congressman Steve Cohen If President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are serious about making the U.S. government more efficient, then Trump needs to reinstate the dozen-plus independent inspectors general who were recently fired from his administration. These independent inspectors were tasked with […]
APOLITICAL 02/07/25 By Dr. Michael Shank With newly elected President Donald Trump declaring a national energy emergency last month to boost fossil fuels, while planning to gut environmental policies of the previous administration, there is one clean energy that’ll stay in the mix — and that’s solar power. Trump’s recently […]
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH 02/07/2025 By Michael Shank With newly elected President Donald Trump declaring a national energy emergency last month to boost fossil fuels, while planning to gut environmental policies of the previous administration, there is one clean energy that’ll stay in the mix — and that’s solar power. Trump’s […]
THE HILL 01/28/25 By Michael Shank With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing now scheduled for this week, there’s a lot of discussion about what Kennedy will or won’t do as secretary of Health and Human Services in President Donald Trump’s administration. Estimates are wide-ranging, but there’s one lens […]
APOLITICAL 01/22/25 By Dr. Michael Shank There’s wide consensus that single-use plastics are bad for environmental and human health, which is why eight in 10 Americans support a national policy reducing their use. The fossil fuel industry, in response, is finding new homes for its products—less visible than the more […]
FAST COMPANY 01/21/2025 By Michael Shank Here’s what we should be using instead. There’s wide consensus that single-use plastics are bad for environmental and human health, which is why eight in 10 Americans support a national policy reducing their use. The fossil fuel industry, in response, is finding new homes […]
NEWSWEEK 01/21/25 By Michael Shank and US Congressman Raul Grijalva With 2024 going down as the globe’s hottest year on record, and with devastating fires in California signaling a new climate-changing normal, President Donald Trump and his administration are doing exactly the thing a warming planet doesn’t need. Trump is […]