I agree your last sentence would be better.

But I don’t think they should simply remove the statement entirely. Shining a light on it is a way to instigate the reader to think about the (rather obvious) reasons he’d have to ax these programs.

I agree, but I understand why NPR specifically didn’t do it. They’re walking a very fine line.

Not really. Any news agency worth their salt leaves opinion and speculation to an editorial column / opinion piece, separate from news piece, which presents only facts that they discovered through evidence. It’s unlikely they have any evidence for this specific event.

They could list other climate unfriendly, shoot the messenger, type of actions to put this in context, but that’s not entirely kosher, especially for a state funded agency.

Beech

Roodway

Tri

Bravo!

It’s not just that, although of course it plays a role. The Chinese, paradoxically, are delivering what customers want.

What a terrible day to stop sniffing glue.

Just at that spot, though?

Didn’t we have an article in this community stating the Chinese government was trying to curb the behavior?

The practice only gained national attention after the boss of Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor criticized the sale of zero-mileage used cars within China in May. On June 10 the People’s Daily newspaper condemned the sale of zero-mileage used cars domestically.

It was an automaker criticising it.

This is awful. Of you’re going to convert trash to energy, use a high temperature trash incinerator thermoelectric plant, much more efficient.

No, I mean the rubber of the trolley to the launchpad, and don’t call me Shirley.

I love these kinds of photographs. Even better is when we find archaeological evidence of familiar behavior tens of thousands of years ago. We humans haven’t really changed since Homo sapiens first came to be, despite all our cultural layers.

It’s Chico Mendes all over again.

Oof… These days? It’s lost forever.

So we’re fuckeder than we thought?

You da real MVP

At least their fascists are smart and efficient. What a world.

Costco refuses to remove their inclusive policies, despite MAGA pressure.

Unrelated, but they also refuse to raise the price of their hotdog + soda.

I remember a photo of one of these triggering a lively and productive discussion on Flickr (RIP) about the nature and limitations of digital media in reproducing oranges.