Michael VerMeulen
Environment
Supreme Court Declares War on Environment
To cap off what is possibly the most right-wing judicial term in over a century, the highest court in the land has dealt yet another massive blow to the progression of common-sense liberal governance. In today’s ruling in the case West Virginia v. EPA,...
Texas Tribune
Liberal Justices Protect Texas Veterans From Right-Wing
In a rare good ruling from the nation’s highest judicial body, the Supreme Court issued a June 29 ruling in the case of Torres v. Texas that protects veterans from discrimination by state governments and retains legal liability for those same administr...
Texas Tribune
SCOTUS Eliminates Separation of Church and State in Schools
In an opinion released on June 27 and written by the Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court used a case about a Washington high school football coach to effectively neuter a section of the First Amendment and open the door to legislati...
Texas Tribune
Texas Labor Scores Big With World Cup Selection
On June 16, leaders in the Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth areas jumped for joy when they heard the news they had long anticipated: the World Cup was coming to Texas. Texas politicians and interest groups had been working to bring the world’s most wid...
climate change
Passing the Ike Dike: A Step Closer to Preventing Environmental Catastrophe
The 2022 hurricane season is officially upon us, with Texans once more preparing themselves for the worst. As hurricanes increase in force due to the effects of climate change, so do the intense flooding and winds that accompany the storms become an ev...
climate change
Odessa and the Worsening Texas Water Crisis
In the midst of a Texas summer that is regularly setting temperature records and will probably end up one of the state’s hottest ever, Odessa made national headlines when its main water line broke and left more than 165,000 residents without access to ...
Texas Tribune
Monkeypox: Worth Worrying About?
The COVID-19 pandemic has made Americans hyper-aware to the risks and consequences of not taking developing pathogens seriously, so the concerning appearance of the monkeypox virus outside its usual confines in Central and West Africa has understandabl...
Texas Tribune
How Heat Waves Threaten the Texas Grid
In the wake of the horrific winter storm in February 2021 that exposed the frightening fragility of Texas’s power grid, much has been written about the failures of ERCOT and Republican leadership to weatherize and strengthen the state’s electrical syst...
Environment
Ted Cruz Proves Himself Wrong on Energy Inflation
Texas energy prices are rising at a dramatic rate once again, and Senator Ted Cruz is falling back on blaming an old boogeyman for the price hikes: the Green New Deal. Over the weekend, Cruz released an incendiary statement on Twitter blaming the da...
Texas Tribune
The Continuing Legal Fight Over Texas Redistricting
On May 31, The Supreme Court denied three Texas Republican lawmakers the ability to avoid questioning under oath in lawsuits by the Biden administration and civil rights groups that say the recently-accepted Texas voting maps are racially discriminator...
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All about terror group TRF, which allegedly took responsibility for murder of J-K IPS officer HK Lohia
IPS officer Hemant K Lohia, who was posted in Jammu and Kashmir, was brutally murdered inside his own home, officials confirmed. HK Lohia’s body was discovered inside his house in Jammu's Udaywala area early Tuesday morning. The Jammu and Kashmir IPS ...
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Baloo hugs Sher Khan: This adorable video of bear snuggling with tiger is too cute to handle
New Delhi: Remember Rudyard Kipling's characters from The Jungle Book? Sher Khan and Baloo! Yes, the kind bear and the vicious tiger who hates each other. Well, the internet has churned out a completely different scenario of their relationship where Ba...
World News
Australia targets zero-extinction with promise to conserve land
Government says it will aim to conserve 30 percent of Australia’s land mass in attempt to protect its unique wildlife.Australia has set a target of zero extinction for its unique plants and animals, promising to preserve at least 30 percent of its land...
DNA
Ayudha Puja 2022: Know history, shubh muhurat, tithi of the auspicious day
The nine-day Navratri celebration comes to an end today. Every year, India celebrates Ayudha Puja, also known as Astra Puja, on the ninth day of Navratri. On this auspicious day, people adore and worship the tools and objects that are connec...
World News
Samsung says to triple advanced chip production by 2027
World’s No 2 foundry sees strong demand for chips used in high-performance computers and artificial intelligence.Samsung Electronics’s chip contract manufacturing business has announced plans to more than triple its advanced chips production capacity b...