Aides to Donald Trump suggested this week that the presidential candidate might self-fund an end-of-campaign advertising blitz to counter Hillary Clinton’s rise in the polls. His contributions should give us serious pause. Is this how we want our republic to function? Do we want to live in a country where candidates can rise or fall based on their pocketbooks or the financial backing of their rich friends?
September 30, 2016
Forget Paris, Scientists Say ‘Radical Change’ Only Way to Stay Below 2 Degrees | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
To much fanfare, global leaders have agreed to tackle the climate crisis by ratifying the Paris climate agreement, but a group of esteemed scientists is warning that current pledges to reduce emissions are far from sufficient and, in fact, put the world on track to reaching the dangerous 2°C climate threshold by 2050.
September 30, 2016
So You Want to Terraform Mars? – Scientific American Blog Network
The SpaceX vision for a multiplanet species prompts thinking on how to make a planet more habitable
Source: So You Want to Terraform Mars? – Scientific American Blog Network
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