Burnout Physician burnout: Why legal systems may need to step inSalon - Sharona HoffmanA career as a physician has traditionally been considered to be among the best vocations that talented students can pursue. That may no longer be the case. All too many doctors report that they are unhappy,
Exxon Mobil Investigation of ExxonMobil could spur climate actionSalon - Patti LynnFILE - This Jan. 30, 2012 file photo shows the sign for the ExxonMobil Torerance Refinery in Torrance, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) (AP) n January 7, 2019, after two years of struggle in the lower
UC Davis As temperatures climb, a new push to keep workers safeSalon - Anna Maria Barry-JesterLast month, on a day that was sweltering even by Phoenix standards, Filiberto Lares knew he wasn’t well. An airline caterer, he said he had spent hours moving between the scalding tarmac and a truck with
Politics Trump administration reopens "longline" fishingSalon - Sarah OkesonA leatherback turtle (Mark Dodd / Wildlife Resources Division, State of Georgia) The Pacific leatherback sea turtle, at up to 2,200 pounds the largest turtle on earth, could disappear from our oceans,
International Law It's time to talk about preserving historical sites on the MoonSalon - Nicole KarlisPicture taken from the Apollo XI Lunar Module (LM) showing the flag of the United States and the footprints of astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin on the surface of the moon, 21 July 1969.
Affordable Care Act With ACA’s future in peril, California reins in rising health insurance premiumsSalon - Barbara Feder OstrovFILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013, file photo, Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announced that nearly 35,000 people signed up for health insurance
Electrical Grid National Grid to NYC customers: support the Williams Pipeline or no new serviceSalon - Justine CalmaOn Monday, the leading distributor of natural gas in the Northeast, National Grid, sent an urgent-sounding email to many of its New York customers — not about summer energy savings, but about why they
ObamaCare DOJ lawyers try new tricks to undo Obamacare. Will it work?Salon - Julie ApplebyOnce again, the fate of the Affordable Care Act is before the courts. The health law has traveled all the way to the Supreme Court (twice!) and is highly likely to make another visit. On that path, the
Microplastics The ocean is teeming with microplastic — and it's leaching into our food systemsSalon - Nicole KarlisA volunteer of the NGO 'Canarias Libre de Plasticos' (Canary Islands free of plastics) carries out a collection of microplastics and mesoplastic debris to clean the Almaciga Beach, on the north coast the
Ophthalmology Eye doctors say Grimes' surgery to reduce seasonal depression makes no senseSalon - Nicole KarlisTo commoners, the lengths that celebrities will go for “wellness” cures may seem unfathomable. This week, singer-songwriter Grimes, stage name of Claire Elise Boucher, showed the world that $10 acai bowls
Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders and AOC want to declare a climate emergency. Does that mean anything?Salon - Paola Rosa-AquinoDeclaring a climate emergency is kind of like that one episode of The Office when a certain regional manager thought declaring bankruptcy was simply a matter of shouting the words “I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY”
Southern California Edison Why the future is bright for 100% clean energySalon - Glenn DaigonHawaii is a case in point. As of 2017, the state’s renewable energy portfolio stood at 27.6 percent, far short of the eventual goal of 100 percent by 2045. Yet, that 27.6 percent was well ahead of the
Science (India) India's plan to land probe on moon stalled by technical glitchesSalon - Nicole KarlisIndian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 stands at Satish Dhawan Space Center after the mission was aborted at the last minute
Missouri River Radical Republicans want to finish off an endangered fishSalon - Sarah OkesonThe pallid sturgeon, a bottom-dwelling fish found in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, has survived since the days of the dinosaurs, but it might not survive Missouri’s Republican politicians. Rep.
Colorado River States buy time with a seven-year Colorado River drought planSalon - Brad UdallFILE - In this July 28, 2014, file photo, lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam that impounds Colorado River water at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. President Donald Trump
Bees Bees: Bugs you can't live withoutSalon - Milicent CranorA picture taken on July 4, 2019 shows bees collecting nectar on a sunflower in a field in Weisskirchen, Germany. (Photo by Boris Roessler / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read BORIS ROESSLER/AFP/Getty
ObamaCare Biden calling ACA a "breakthrough" for mental health parity only highlights gapsSalon - Shefali LuthraDemocratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden (Getty/Scott Olson) In a sit-down interview with CNN, 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate and former Vice President Joe
Cities Your city probably won’t feel like itself in 30 yearsSalon - Justine CalmaSkyline of Montreal, Canada, as seen from the Grande Roue De Montreal ferris wheel in the Old Port on July 2, 2018. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images)
Water How Flint's water crisis is radicalizing its citizensSalon - Benjamin J. Pauli"Flint Fights Back: Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis" by Benjamin J. Pauli (MIT Press/Getty/ognianm) Adapted from "Flint Fights Back: Environmental Justice and Democracy in
Aluminum Natural deodorants go mainstream — but is it because of unsubstantiated science?Salon - Nicole KarlisI moved from the Bay Area from the Midwest in 2013, and it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between what I would have side-eyed at pre-West Coast days and how much of the California culture
Medicare This is what doctor visits would look like under Medicare for AllSalon - Shira TarloA volunteer hands out a poster as Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders was set to address a “Medicare for All” rally in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 (AP/Meg Kinnard) In the Democratic
Glyphosate Corporations can legally put carcinogens in our food without warning labels. Here's whySalon - Matthew RozsaA recent study by the Environmental Working Group revealed something horrifying: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup, was present in 17 of the 21 oat-based cereal and snack
CBD Cannabis: Misinformation about CBD can be life-threateningSalon - Jonathan N. SteaFILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file photo, a marijuana plant awaits judging in the Oregon Cannabis Growers' Fair marijuana plant competition in Salem, Ore. (AP) Hyperbole can be rampant in health
Lyme Disease Ticks spread plenty more than Lyme diseaseSalon - Jerome GoddardA picture taken at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA) in Maison-Alfort, on July 20, 2016 shows a tick, whose bite can transmit the Lyme disease. / AFP / BERTRAND GUAY (Photo
Alcohol Deaths of American tourists are raising concerns about counterfeit alcoholSalon - Monica H. SwahnThe news about the tragic deaths of several American tourists in the Dominican Republic in May 2019 has created an outcry and a media frenzy. As of June 30, there were at least nine deaths with similar
Los Angeles County A new produce warehouse in Los Angeles will prevent millions of pounds of food wasteSalon - Nadra NittleRick Nahmias was walking his dog through his neighborhood in California’s San Fernando Valley a decade ago when he had a revelation: An appalling amount of food in Los Angeles was going to waste. Fruit
San Andreas Fault California’s other drought: A major earthquake is overdueSalon - Richard AsterCalifornia earthquakes are a geologic inevitability. The state straddles the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by the San Andreas and other active fault systems. Tragic quakes
California Air Resources Board Automakers balk at Trump plan to roll back emissions standardsSalon - Terry H. SchwadronAuto traffic flows in and out of Los Angeles, California, one of the worst traffic-congested cities in the country, on August 28, 2018. - Shares of big US automakers rose on news the US and Mexico reached
Area 51 Half-million people on Facebook say they'll storm Area 51 to “see them aliens”Salon - Nicole KarlisThe ET highway was established by the Nevada Legislature in 1996 and runs along the eastern border of Area 51. (AP/Laura Rauch) Extraterrestrial believers have had enough with restricted access to the
