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Dan Simmer

Just Plant Trees? It’s Not So Simple

With the many converging crises, we are looking for a quick fix to our problems. Too much carbon dioxide in the air? Plant more trees. I hear that constantly. Yes, of course we need the trees. But planting trees is no longer the solution to the enormous level of emissions in our air.

The view from Greenland: 'We don't want to be Americans' : Consider This from NPR

Naaja Nathanielsen poses for a portrait in her office in Nuuk, Greenland on Feb. 20, 2025. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption President Trump's calls for the U.S.

The Gauntlet. Where is Thrutopia?

COP27 at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 2022. Sean Kidney steps onto’ stage and prepares to deliver his opening remarks. He is the CEO and co-founder of the Climate Bonds Initiative, a climate finance NGO dedicated to turning bond markets and other financial sectors ‘green’.

Here's what to know about Germany's election this Sunday

People walk past a truck with an election campaign poster featuring Friedrich Merz, leader of conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in Oberhausen, Germany, on Feb.

Arab leaders huddle in Saudi Arabia in pushback to Trump's Gaza plans

This handout picture shows (from L) Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egypt's President Abdel

Australia warns airlines to beware of Chinese naval exercises in the Tasman Sea

In this photo provided by the Australian Defense Force, the People's Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang travels in the Torres Strait off Australia's coast, on Feb. 11, 2025. AP/Royal Australian Navy/ADF hide caption MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand on Friday to

USAID was also running covert operations for the CIA

The original mission of USAID was to provide support to developing countries in their efforts to acquire knowledge and resources essential to development. However, over time, the agency’s mission became corrupted and it was used as a tool for domestic political agendas and foreign covert operations by the State

The Light Triad

(Recorded February 12th, 2025) Description Deception and self-interest seem to be increasingly prevalent in our modern cultural reality. From the highest levels of power to the cultural metrics of what is considered ‘success’ for individual humans: the Dark Triad traits of Narcissism, Sociopathy, and Machiavellianism have become disturbingly normalized. But

You see more than you think you see

Could it be that when we act on impulse or have a hunch about something, we are using information that has been fed into our brains without our knowledge? Dr.

Homs 2012 and the Genesis of Syria Chemical Weapons Narrative

During the 2011-2014 war to overthrow the Syrian Government in 2011, its belligerents, specifically the US, Turkey, France, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Israel, have repeatedly accused the Syrian Government of both stockpiling and using chemical weapons (CW).