Want to stop Trump? Topple him from power

Trump is an ignorant willful child who can and will do extraordinary damage if he lasts four years in office. That can’t be allowed. Some say, well, let’s organize and take back the House and Senate in 2018. Then he…

Assange, Snowden, Russia. Wilderness of mirrors

The Trump Administration now appears determined to prosecute Julian Assange. I would not be surprised if Edward Snowden somehow gets returned to the U.S. Assange and Snowden have served their purpose. Neither Trump nor Russia has little further use for…

Ginormous offshore subsidy-free wind turbines

The biggest offshore wind turbines now produce 8 MW, enough for roughly 48,000 US homes, and are over 700 feet tall. They will soon be dwarfed by much bigger turbines capable of producing 15 MW, maybe much more. The economies…

Water shortage in Lake Mead averted

Enough water will be released from Lake Powell into Lake Mead this year to prevent a shortage that would have triggered mandatory cutbacks in water amounts for Nevada and Arizona. 9 million acre-feet will flow from Powell to Mead. This…

Northern California has wettest winter in decades

Weather stations in northern Sierra recorded 89.7 inches of precipitation this winter, breaking the 1982-83 record of 88.5 inches. A few counties still have water problems due to decreased groundwater levels, however for the most part, the drought is over.…