Valerie Richardson

Greta Thunberg compares coronavirus to global warming: ‘We need to tackle two crises at once’

Battling the novel coronavirus has become the world's top priority, but teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday compared the pandemic to the "climate crisis" and insisted that "we need to be able to tackle two crises at once."

Harvard refuses to divest from fossil fuels, seeks to reach net-zero emissions by 2050

Harvard University has agreed to go carbon-neutral while refusing to budge from its longstanding opposition to divesting from fossil fuels, despite years of pressure from students, faculty and climate activists.

NIH: Don’t use hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin to treat coronavirus

The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday recommended against using hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, a drug combination touted by President Trump, together to treat the novel coronavirus, citing the "potential for toxicities."

Fall of oil prices threatens green energy gains

Climate warriors led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chuckling over the collapse of oil prices are receiving a crash course in economics from analysts who point out that cheap gas is actually the enemy of green energy.

Coronavirus antibody study shows COVID-19 ‘far more widespread,’ death rate ‘much lower’

An antibody study released Monday found that the novel coronavirus infection rate in Los Angeles County "far exceeds" the number of confirmed cases, meaning that the fatality rate is also "much lower" than previously thought.

Tara Reade’s Joe Biden accusation dings Me Too movement, not campaign

Tara Reade's unproven sexual-assault allegation against former Vice President Joseph R. Biden may do nothing to dent his 2020 presidential run, but the damage to the #MeToo movement has already been done.

Mayor Bill de Blasio urges New Yorkers to rat out neighbors who break social-distance rules

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged residents Saturday to turn in neighbors who fail to follow social-distancing rules, encouraging them to text photos of violators and report their location to a government hotline.

Coronavirus ‘much more widespread’ than previously thought, Stanford antibody study finds

A groundbreaking study by Stanford researchers indicates that far more Americans than previously indicated may have been infected with the novel coronavirus -- and now carry the protective antibodies, a sign of possible immunity.

EPA overhauls Obama-era mercury emissions cost-benefit analysis

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday overhauled the Obama administration's "dishonest" method of determining the costs and benefits of its regulations on mercury emissions from power plants, saying it wildly exaggerated the health benefits.

Green New Deal would fuel ‘massive increase’ in mining for batteries, turbines, solar panels: Report

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal has been decried as an economy killer, but a study released Thursday found that the sweeping climate change resolution would come as an enormous boon to the mining industry.

Ted Agres, Washington Times editor, dies at 70

Ted Agres, a veteran journalist and prolific writer who brought his manifold reporting and managerial strengths to the founding of The Washington Times, died Tuesday in Baltimore. He was 70.

Idaho sued over first-in-nation law banning transgender participation in girls’ sports

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Idaho's first-in-the-nation law banning biological males who identify as female from competing against girls and women in school sports.

‘Mrs. America,’ Phyllis Schlafly miniseries, a feminist hit job, daughter Anne Schlafly Cori says

Anne Schlafly Cori adored her parents, Fred and Phyllis Schlafly, which is why she is appalled by "Mrs. America."

NASA fights free-market group’s campaign to remove 97% climate change claim as consensus challenged

Doctors urge Trump to remove federal, state limits on hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus outpatients

Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, sent President Trump a letter Friday from more than 700 physicians urging him to expand the use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus outpatients by removing federal and state restrictions limiting the drug's use to hospitals.

Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop asks judge to dismiss lawsuit over gender-transition cake

Colorado baker Jack Phillips was back in court Thursday, seeking to have a state court throw out a lawsuit over a cake he wouldn't make.

WHO-China ties scrutinized after botched coronavirus response

The World Health Organization has never had more than one director-general from the same nation, so when Dr. Margaret Chan of Hong Kong left after two terms in 2017, China pushed to have her succeeded by an Ethiopian microbiologist named Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Liz Cheney slams WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Chinese ‘puppet,’ says he ‘absolutely must go’

House Republican Conference chair Liz Cheney said Thursday that the World Health Organization head "absolutely should go," arguing that having a Chinese Communist Party "puppet" in charge is "costing lives around the world."

Mashpee Wampanoag casino opponents keep winning in court despite political opposition

Sen. Bernard Sanders has built his career siding with the little guy, but as far as Michelle Littlefield is concerned, he picked the wrong underdog when he sided with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe in its quest to build a $1 billion casino in her backyard.

Hydroxychloroquine usage for coronavirus climbs while plasma rated most effective: Global study

The percentage of physicians prescribing hydroxychloroquine to treat the novel coronavirus has shot up, but plasma from those who have recovered is now rated the most effective treatment for COVID-19 patients, according to an international poll.