Koko: Insect Apocalypse — 50x Increase in Pesticides

03 Economy, 03 Environmental Degradation, 07 Health, 11 Society, Commerce, Corruption, Earth Intelligence, Government, Idiocy
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Insect ‘apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides

Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.

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Robert Steele: President’s R&D Guidance is WEAK

03 Economy, 04 Education, 07 Health, Government, Ineptitude, Science, Strategy

White House Issues a “National” Science & Tech Agenda

Hat's off to Steve Aftergood for sharing with us the extraordinarily weak, biased, and ineffective national S&T guidance.

R&D today is corrupt because it is focused on increasing the transfer of wealth from the 99% to the 1%. In that sense, reducing existing R&D programs is the right thing to do.

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