By: Robin Andrews/IFLScience You know when you’re on the opposing side of Han Solo, Rick Deckard, or Indiana Jones, you’ve made a terrible mistake. In this case, it appears this longtime scoundrel is standing quite firmly on the other side of the federal government, particularly when it comes to science. A few days back, Harrison Ford was…
Portugal Doesn’t Have Net Neutrality. This Is What Their Internet Looks Like
By: Robin Andrews/IFLScience The basic principle of net neutrality is hard to disagree with. It posits that Internet service providers and state organizations regulating the Internet must treat all websites equally, and must not discriminate in any manner. It ensures the Web remains open and free to access for all. Thanks to the actions of…
Nicaragua Joins Paris Agreement Leaving America And Syria Isolated
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science The world reeled when President Trump announced that America would withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement earlier this year. Despite all the political, environmental, societal, and economic costs of doing so, the White House declared that it would stop all efforts to combat climate change at a federal level. At the time, this meant that…
Pentagon Ignores Trump’s Orders And Continues Preparing For Climate Change
By: Robin Andrews/IFLScience The Trump administration may be peddling climate change denial, but that doesn’t mean everyone under its auspices agrees. In particular, the military understands the reality of the situation: Climate change will directly affect the country’s ability to protect itself thanks to powerful storms and unprecedented flooding and sea level rise, as well as indirectly, by stoking additional…
The U.S. Government Just Secretly Killed An Extremely Endangered Wolf
By: Sarah V Schweig/The Dodo There are just about 113 Mexican gray wolves in the wild — and the U.S. government just shot and killed one of them. It’s the first time in a decade the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has killed a Mexican gray wolf, which is one of the most endangered kinds of wolves…
New Law Lets Police Confiscate Guns “Without Due Process” If Someone Reports You
By: Rachel Blevins/The Free Thought Project Critics of the new law argue that it takes away an individual’s right to due process, by confiscating his or her guns based on a single complaint A new law in Oregon could lead to residents having all of their guns confiscated based on a single complaint, raising concerns about the…
Former White Supremacists Are Helping Others To Renounce Their Extremism
By: McKinley Corbley/Good News Network These volunteers know what it is like to be fooled into believing racist propaganda – which is exactly why they have now dedicated their lives to assisting other extremists to see the light. Life After Hate is a nonprofit that employs former neo-Nazis and white supremacists to help others renounce their extremism and hateful lifestyles….
Only Morons Believe What The US Government Says About North Korea
By: Daniel McAdams/RPI — Usually foreign analysts of the American political scene are either sycophantic or just annoying, but no one would dare say that about Aussie observer Caitlin Johnstone, whose punk rock style of cutting to the chase is as refreshing as it can be shocking (I am not a fan of the strong language, but I get…
Trump’s Border Wall Will Be Exempt From All Environmental Laws
By: Katy Evans/IFL Science Trump is forging ahead with his US-Mexico border wall in an attempt to keep at least one of his promises on the campaign trail – and he’s not letting a little thing like laws get in his way. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it will waive environmental laws and regulations that would get…