Why we need Einstein, Sagan & other prophets of doom

Climate dudes | Lead and Copper Rule | Congrats Thomas Gaulkin

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May 27, 2021

Modern windmills. Image courtesy of Pexels/Pixabay

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate dudes, you’ve got it wrong
John Carey has covered climate change for nearly 30 years. Here’s why he thinks “climate dudes” John Kerry and Bill Gates are dead wrong when it comes to the truth about fighting climate change. Read more.

A sign tells Flint, Mich. residents that boiling water doesn’t remove lead in Februaary 2016 Months earlier, the city told citizens they could use tap water if they boiled it first. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

SPECIAL TOPICS
Revamp EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule
The Biden administration will take public comments on revisions to the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule of 1991, but a study shows those have a near-zero impact on US policy-making. The EPA should instead revamp the rule. Read more.

Greta Thunberg often paints the world as being in a dire position, stirring her followers into confronting the existential threat of climate change. Credit: Markus Schweizer. CC BY-SA 4.0.

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
How prophets of doom might save the world
The ”drumbeat of doom” is beating louder and scholars who study existential threats agree there is a higher probability of doom than ever before. But these warnings from Hans Morgenthau, Albert Einstein, Joseph Weizenbaum, and others may have galvanized people into action. Read more.

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WHAT’S NEW AT THE BULLETIN
Bulletin’s Thomas Gaulkin wins design award
Congratulations to Bulletin multimedia editor Thomas Gaulkin, who won a 2020 Peter Lisagor Award for Best Design in a Specialty Publication. Read more.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Did coronavirus leak from a lab?
In light of President Joe Biden’s call for US intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, read science writer Nicholas Wade’s article that sparked renewed interest in the lab-leak theory. Read more.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“If you look at it as a test case—is the world ready for a global threat? I think the answer is very clearly, no," — Daniel Holz, “In unique year, UChicago students find togetherness — apart” UChicago News

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