“This is a classic example of disaster capitalism,” says Arturo Massol-Deyá, executive director of Casa Pueblo, a community-based conservation group.

Infrastructure
New Home Construction Drops Sharply In US Falling 9.5% In April
“Record-high lumber prices and supply chain bottlenecks may act as headwinds,” Nancy Vanden Houten of Oxford Economics said in a note.
77 Oil Companies Took Billions In Pandemic Aid, Then Decided To Lay Off 58,000 People
“I’m not surprised that these companies took advantage of these tax benefits, but I’m horrified by the layoffs after they got this money.”
“Sacrifice Zones” Target Communities Of Color For Harshest Pollution Hot Spots
“This report illustrates how people of color and people with limited means have been grossly taken advantage of by polluters.”
Biden Might Restart The Wall To “Plug The Gaps” Of Trumps Failure To Wall Off The Border. What?
The move comes after Biden made a big spectacle issuing an executive order freezing DOD funding for border wall construction.
QAnon Cultists Claimed The Suez Cargo Ship Was Transporting Hillary Clinton’s Sex Slaves
Q fans even pitched ideas for “saving” the boat because they believed it was filled with children whom Clinton had kidnapped.
Rising Prices From Supply-Chain Issues Are Crippling The Economic Reopening
February’s Texas Freeze compounded these problems, suspending the oil sector and the manufacturers who rely on it.
Texas Wants To Ban A California Ban On Natural Gas For New Construction
The legislation is a response to “what is happening on the West coast” where cities have passed energy efficiency plans.
Neo-Nazis And Other Right Wing Groups Are Targeting Critical Infrastructure
Many far-right groups adhere to the “accelerationist” principle, that hastening the collapse of society will bring about political change.
Is Clean Technology Falling Prey To The Predatory “New Koch Brothers”?
Firms like Apple, GE, and Intel have been pressured to become the personal piggy banks of powerful “hedge fund activists.”