In Al Jazeera: Disinformation and voter disenfranchisement
Recent efforts to disenfranchise people with felony convictions are “political red meat” — intentionally crafted to appeal to right-wing voters, says Stein.
“Much of what we see here is an effort to appease disinformation.”
In Reuters: Miners push for revival of long-dormant Bureau of Mines
"There's nothing serious on the table that would make the mining industry function better than it is now," Michelle Michot Foss said in criticism of lobbyist’s recent attempts to streamline government regulation of mining production. "The Bureau of Mines coming back into existence is not going to fix any of that."
On ‘Growing Up in America’: Kulesza to feature regularly on youth issues radio show
Kulesza will join the ‘Growing Up in America’ show (KPFT 90.1 FM), which covers pressing children's issues, timely news topics affecting our youth, and the policies and programs that influence the healthy development of our children, every Wednesday from noon to 1:00 pm CST.
In Grist: Future of LNG exports depends on election
Is the Biden administration’s pause on the approval of new exports of liquefied natural gas a blip in the industry’s rapid growth, or the start of an ongoing battle? It probably all depends on the election, says Miles.
In Associated Press: Low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico threatens automakers
“My takeaway is that using one or more of the available trade and national security mechanisms available to the U.S. government, the U.S. will be successful in excluding Mexican/Chinese EVs," Gantz wrote. The “most effective and quickest’’ way to keep out Chinese EVs, Gantz argued, would be to block them on national security grounds. “U.S. fears regarding possible use of connected vehicles to spy on military installations or powerplants are not irrational,’’ Gantz wrote.