US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 3/27/17 By Michael Shank President Donald Trump is missing a major market opportunity in loosening fuel economy standards, a direction decided in Detroit last week. Trump, apparently, wants America to miss out on the global growth of energy efficient vehicles. The numbers speak for themselves. […]
JOURNAL NEWS 03/21/17 By Michael Shank America has a dangerous addiction to plastic. If recent trends in New York State are any indication, it’s not going away anytime soon, thanks to multi-million-dollar lobbying by the plastics industry. The recent showdown over plastic bag fees in Albany shows the unwillingness of […]
NEWSWEEK 03/17/17 By Michael Shank and U.S. Congressman Hank Johnson As thousands of Native Americans protested across the country this weekend, led in part by the Standing Rock Sioux, taking the protest to the White House and to Trump Tower, it’s important to remember that Standing Rock was recently a […]
USA TODAY 03/17/17 By Michael Shank Diplomacy and foreign aid are best ways to end terrorist groups. Why is Trump slashing them? President Trump, who promised as a candidate to “bomb the hell out of ISIS,” authorized a military raid in Yemen during his first couple of weeks in office […]
INTERNAZIONALE 03/08/17 Gli Stati Uniti hanno rafforzato la loro campagna di bombardamenti contro Al Qaeda nella penisola araba (Aqap) per eliminare i jihadisti dallo Yemen. Da alcuni giorni le forze statunitensi hanno moltiplicato i raid aerei nel sud del paese, al confine tra le province di Shabwa, Abyan e Al […]
LE MONDE 03/08/17 Par Aymeric Janier Bien décidé à extirper du Yémen le cancer djihadiste dont il souffre, Washington intensifie sa campagne de bombardements contre Al-Qaida dans la péninsule Arabique (AQPA). Depuis plusieurs jours, les forces américaines multiplient ainsi les frappes aériennes, notamment dans le sud du pays, à la […]
HUFFINGTON POST 03/09/17 By Michael Shank America has a dangerous and deadly addiction to plastic. If recent trends in New York State are any indication, it’s not going away anytime soon, thanks, in part, to multi-million-dollar lobbying by the plastic manufacturing industry. Yet the recent showdown over plastic bag fees […]
COMMON DREAMS 03/07/17 By Lauren McCauley Taking the global pesticide industry to task for its “systematic denial of harms” while, at the same time, perpetuating the “myth” of aiding global hunger, a United Nations food expert has put forth a new report on the “catastrophic impacts on the environment, human […]
MCCLATCHY 03/08/17 By Alex Roarty Mary Beth Martin and Lindsey Martin Corbo each held one side of the large cardboard poster, the mother and her adult daughter eager to deliver a personal if unconventional message to their congressman, Republican Rep. Lloyd Smucker. “Hey Smucker,” said the sign, written in red, […]
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 03/06/17 By Michael Shank Yemen is now a White House talking point. It was in President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress last week and there’s speculation of increased American military involvement. While most Americans aren’t tracking the complexities of the civil […]