“El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion…
“The shift to El Niño, which is characterized by warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean, in conjunction with accelerating climate change, means a wide array of exacerbated hazards may be coming down the pike. Those impacts come with a surprisingly steep price tag.”
https://grist.org/climate/el-nino-could-cost-global-economy-3-trillion/
“G7 summit gets underway in Hiroshima as Japan warns world leaders on nuclear weapons.
“…experts warn nuclear instability is again on the rise, with Russia hinting at the potential use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine, North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, and concern about a conflict between China and the United States over Taiwan.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-19/g7-begins-in-hiroshima/102365638
“Global debt nears record highs as rate hikes trigger ‘crisis of adaptation,’ top trade body says.
“The global debt pile grew by $8.3 trillion in the first quarter to a near-record high of $305 trillion… The finance industry body said the combination of such high debt levels and rising interest rates has driven up the cost of servicing that debt, triggering concerns about leverage in the financial system.”
“The world’s richest are leaving the poorest to deal with the global debt crisis alone.
“Without fixing the debt and poverty crisis, we won’t even get close to fixing the global climate crisis, which threatens us all… The unfortunate reality is that, for many leaders in the Global North, international assistance is now a secondary priority, as domestic issues and Russia’s war in Ukraine are dominating their agendas.”
“Why are central bank forecasts so wrong? Failure to spot inflation dents central banks’ credibility…
“Advanced economies are experiencing the most acute — and most enduring — outbreak of inflation for a generation. Yet almost all rate-setters failed to spot the degree to which price pressures would ratchet up — and stick around, despite record amounts of monetary and fiscal stimulus.”
https://www.ft.com/content/1b0203bf-ad58-4189-ad90-38b59b24f236
“Slowing U.S. economy gets closer to recession, leading index signals.
“The U.S. leading economic index fell 0.6% in April and declined for the 13th month in a row, pointing once again to a potential recession later in the year… The leading economic index, also known as the LEI, is a gauge of 10 indicators designed to show whether the economy is getting better or worse.”
“Overexposed US regional banks could sell commercial property loans.
“Many U.S. regional lenders may have to consider selling off commercial real estate (CRE) loans at a steep discount after breaching key regulatory thresholds for exposure to the troubled sector, according to new data and market sources.”
“First Republic CEO on bank’s collapse: ‘Everything changed overnight’.
“The former CEO of First Republic told House lawmakers Wednesday that his bank “was contaminated” by the widespread panic that followed the March 10 fall of Silicon Valley Bank, a development “no one” at his company could have anticipated.”
“More than 1 in 6 adults have depression as rates rise to record levels in the US, survey finds…
“Nearly 3 in 10 adults have been clinically diagnosed with depression at some point in their lifetime, according to the survey, which is also a record high. The Covid-19 pandemic took an undeniable toll on mental health. Rates of clinical depression had been rising steadily in the US but “jumped notably” in recent years, the Gallup data shows.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/17/health/depression-rates-gallup/index.html
“Drug Shortages Near an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing.
“A worrisome scarcity of cancer drugs has heightened concerns about the troubled generic drug industry. Congress and the White House are seeking ways to address widespread supply problems… the United States remains heavily reliant on medicines and drug ingredients from India and China.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/health/drug-shortages-cancer.html
“[UK] Food banks forced to buy groceries due to shortages.
“The Trussell Trust said 13% of food in emergency parcels was bought, whereas before the pandemic it was all donated. Donations do not always match their most-needed items meaning charities have to buy more to cover shortages.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65574441
“Swiss parliament to investigate Credit Suisse collapse…
“The move comes after two sub-committees supported a deeper investigation into how the government, Swiss central bank and financial market regulator acted in the run up to the emergency rescue of Credit Suisse.”
“Corporate Psychopaths: Unmasking the Silent Threat to Financial Stability…
“The study… looked at Bernie Madoff’s behavior throughout his life including during his business dealings, his trial, and his time in prison. It warns that while people with some psychopathic personality traits tend to get ahead in corporate finance, their recklessness and greed can bring down organizations and even entire economies.”
https://neurosciencenews.com/corporate-psychopaths-finance-23262/
“The EU Is Deeply Divided Over Nuclear’s Role In The Energy Transition.
“While the U.S., the UK, and even Japan are doubling down on nuclear energy in the wake of the energy crisis, the European Union has seen divisions among member states over the role of atomic power in the climate goals only deepen since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the spike in energy prices.”
“How is Australia trying to sell a major gas expansion? By badging it ‘sustainable’…
“A major rebranding exercise has been under way by the NT and the federal governments in relation to Middle Arm. Documents obtained by the ABC in December show the original business case for a “sustainable” development precinct described it as a “new gas demand centre”.”
“Ecuador’s president dismisses legislature as it tries to oust him, in a move that promises turmoil.
“In disbanding the National Assembly, Guillermo Lasso made first use of the Ecuador presidency’s nuclear option under the constitution in conflicts with the legislative branch. His first move was to push a package of tax cuts…”
“The governor of Bolivia’s central bank has said his country faced “a liquidity crisis”, but “not a solvency crisis”, as it runs short of foreign exchange.
“One Bolivian bank failed last month after a run on deposits, and regulators plan to repay dollar depositors in local currency. Several observers tell Central Banking that the move could exacerbate Bolivia’s reserves crisis….”
“Soybean and sugarcane producers have blocked the highway connecting Cochabamba and Santa Cruz in Bolivia for the second day in protest against diesel shortages…
“In Bolivia, the government implemented decrees 4910 and 4911 that reduced fuel sales to big buyers of gasoline and diesel from 20,000 to 5,000 liters in order to control the fuel and prevent smuggling. Farmers at the protest that left hundreds of trucks and cars stranded say they feel criminalized…”
https://tvpworld.com/69924437/soy-and-sugar-cane-producers-strike-in-bolivia
“Argentina president, protesters slam IMF debt, austerity as economy creaks.
“Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and protesters in Buenos Aires pushed back against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday amid heightened tensions with the lender as the country faces nearly 109% inflation and dwindling dollar reserves.”
“Ghana IMF loan: Will $3bn solve the economic crisis?
“The size of Ghana’s debt is now almost 90% of the total annual value of its economy… The country’s foreign reserves are virtually empty… if past experience is anything to go by, this cash injection from the IMF will not necessarily solve the country’s long-term economic problems.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65622715
“Eskom Warns South Africa Faces Record Power Cuts This Winter…
“The country faces a “difficult winter” as it heads into the cold months with 3,000 megawatts less capacity than last year, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. acting Chief Executive Officer Calib Cassim told reporters on Thursday.”
https://news.yahoo.com/eskom-warns-south-africa-faces-095736738.html
“A second exile: Sudanese refugees flee again to destitute Chad…
“Moussa, 68, is one of 60,000 Sudanese refugees, mostly women and children, who have poured over the border since war broke out on April 15, seeking safety in Chad, one of the world’s hungriest, most neglected countries.”
“Why Tunisia’s political and economical crisis is Europe’s problem too…
“Tunisia’s economy is on the verge of collapse… But what happens in Tunisia doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and the physical distance between Europe and Tunisia is unlikely to shield the continent from the consequences of the North African country’s authoritarian descent and the unravelling of its democracy…”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/why-tunisia-political-economical-crisis-050055274.html
“I’ll kick all refugees out of Turkey, Erdoğan rival vows.
“The leader of Turkey’s opposition has pledged to repatriate millions of refugees to their home countries, toughening his rhetoric ahead of a hotly contested runoff election next week… “I am announcing here: I will send all refugees back home once I am elected as president, period,” Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu declared, according to Turkish media.”
“‘This is Lebazuela’: Lebanon’s broken economy turns to the dollar.
“The world’s worst financial crisis has turned Lebanon into a “cash dollar” economy that risks becoming a haven for money-laundering, according to a damning new World Bank report… The financial collapse, worsened by the coronavirus pandemic and the huge explosion in Beirut’s port in August 2020, is the most extreme of any country in modern times.”
“Crippled economy fuels former Pakistan PM Khan’s protests.
“The tumultuous campaign by Imran Khan, Pakistan’s most popular politician, to reclaim power has been driven by an economic crisis that ordinary people say has left them unable to feed their families. Violent clashes erupted last week…”
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/crippled-economy-fuels-former-pakistan-115152729.html
“Economic crisis on the rise in Nepal… If the current economic crisis in Nepal continues, it could lead to a Sri Lanka-like crisis…
“It is for the first time that the government has accepted that the country is under recession as it is mainly hit by a reduction in industrial production, lower investment, liquidity crisis, high-interest rates, burgeoning trade deficit, lower capital expenditure, and a decline in revenue collection.”
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/economic-crisis-on-the-rise-in-nepal/
“Vietnam Faces Power Cuts Amid Heatwave.
“The biggest city in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, is looking to conserve electricity usage amid a heatwave that has depleted water reservoirs for hydropower, the source generating around one-third of Vietnam’s electricity.”
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Vietnam-Faces-Power-Cuts-Amid-Heatwave.html
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“Vietnam Faces Power Cuts Amid Heatwave.”
Yeah, well, there will be deaths. How many depends how long the AC is off, and when – of course, there will be little reason to load shed if the weather is cool, so “when” will be at the hottest part of the day.
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“More than 1 in 6 adults have depression as rates rise to record levels in the US, survey finds…”
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/05/deaths-of-despair-now-significant-among-the-young.html
30/100000, pretty awful. Of course, the suicide rate among trans youth is still about 30/100.
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Maybe knowing that the US is doing this is part of the problem:
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/05/16/syrians-survive-americas-economic-siege/
I miss Harmon!
I’m afraid US sanctions do heap a lot of suffering on people who have done nothing to deserve it.
Re the trans debate, I am staying out of it, not least because I am poorly informed on the subject. Please try to be kind to each other!
The Guardian reporter needs to move with the times – nobody, no country, nowhere can seriously reduce emissions to anywhere near net zero, and new energy/gas projects will go ahead with, or without, a “green spin”.
By whatever means necessary 😂
Petrochemicals- yes, I know that Australia has only one fully operational refinery still operating, under govt subsidies, until 2027.
We had 8 in the 1980s, with 4 left in 2019, 2 of those went belly-up during the pandemic, the remaining 2 subsidised heavily, and one of those now winding down to be converted into an LNG terminal. Can’t compete on costs with the Malaysian refining hub, so I’ve been told.
Like lots of other countries, without our own refineries we have to import fully refined petrol, diesel, chemicals etc which makes us very dependent on maritime trade and supply chains – which may be solid and secure (regionally) right now – but for how much longer?
If you take out all the ‘woe-is-us’ vibes on ‘net zero’ etc – it makes perfect sense, and that NT port area is probably the best place for it.
I always thought that particular port would be the one to be upgraded first. The port town which almost fell to the Japanese in WW2.
As for CCS facility? Or green hydrogen etc, more likely to become nuclear, or other toxic waste dumps, but easier to sell to the public with some sugary greenwashing.
Thank you for your insights here, Rain.
Us poor humans are tying ourselves in knots trying to convince ourselves, against all the available evidence, that we can continue having our cake and eating it.
Trans youth suicide rates have no significant difference to total whole-of-population youth suicide rates, and because of appalling record-keeping and a near-total absence of medical ethics of the “gender clinics” springing up in the western world in just the last 10 years, nearly anything published by such clinics is more suspect than any CoVid junk science.
It has been refuted and proven to be medical, scientific nonsense a million times over, by far larger numbers of far more reputable researchers, but they don’t get anywhere near public mainstream media. Billionaire transfolks of Big-Pharma started the trans-scam, buying politicians, medical colleges etc
And anorexia nervosa is still the biggest killer of all psychiatric illnesses, which predominates among the young. Youth self-harm, eating disorders, abuse/trauma, learning disabilities etc are all far more pervasive reasons for youth suicide.
Never stopped amazing me how many kazillions of people are still screaming about CoVid, excess deaths due to vaccines, and mandates and blah, blah, but think it’s totally fine to dose thousands of kids on dangerous puberty blocking drugs ((Big Pharma very pleased I’m sure) and put in laws allowing 12 year Olds to change their own birth certificates without parental knowledge.
Every population study for decades has proven that suicide rates before transitioning, are no different to suicide rates after. This was why John Hopkins, one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the world, stopped doing “sex-change” in the 70s. No positive health outcomes determined after 10, 20 years followup. But these days, they aren’t even following up these kids.
Look up how many countries have put in recent reversals of the “trans” junk science when they started seeing stats of 4,000 per cent increases in adolescent referrals (Sweden, Finland etc) particularly in child/adolescent health services,
along with a growing and alarming rates of potential lawsuits for “medical negligence”
… Look up Tavistock in the UK.
But these are countries with public health care systems, now reversing course. Guess who picks up the tab when transition goes wrong?
Apparently, its even worse in the USA with its corporate health system, according to the documentary “Affirmation Generation”
these now growing numbers of physically and mentally destroyed young adults, now in their 20s, can’t even sue, for it is considered “experimental”, which is exempt from medical negligence claims under US laws. If you can find a lawyer to take your case.
Sorry pintada, one of my “high horses”.
Don’t mean to offend, but I get triggered by non-sense flat-earth “trans” stats that absolutely have no basis in any facts or reality.
Thanks for this, Rain. I fully agree. One comment, though: the people talking about illegal vax mandates and excess deaths are not the same people promoting puberty blockers for kids. I fully support trans peoples’ right to live their lives peacefully, but this drugs and surgeries thing has gone way beyond the pale. It’s hard to get at the truth these days, but what I have read says 80% of kids identifying as trans shift to a gay or lesbian identity by early adulthood. No drugs or surgery needed. Check out Jennifer Bilek, a liberal feminist. https://youtu.be/tLXdoqXbC6k
Yes, Im sure Jennifer Bilek hates transgender people. Most people do.
So, Rain, are you saying that there is no such thing as a transgender person? Gender dysphoria is a myth?
No Pintada, I know trans-folk, but older generations, as adults who had spent years working through it with professionals before making any irreversible decisions around their physical health. They know they cannot change their sex, they know it’s a delusion, but as mental health conditions go, there are far worse ones.
My son has schizoaffective disorder, and his delusions can be very distressing, something he struggles with lifelong. I do accept gender dysphoria as just one of a number of specific body dysmorphias. Anorexia is a body dysmorphia, where anorexics look in a mirror, and insist they see themselves as obese. There are more rare kinds, like insisting on having a limb removed. Cases of people self-harming on their limbs, so severely that they need emergency amputation, which strangely, makes them feel more comfortable in their own skin. Michael Jackson underwent dangerous treatment to lighten his skin colour because of body dysmorphia.
I have no problem with genuine trans adults, as I have no issue with my bi-polar friend who lived with me for a year.
I have no problem with the diagnosis, and adults can do whatever they like, as long as they don’t harm others…. live and let live.
but I have a huge problem with the “treatment” or exploded medicalisation, or propaganda being promoted in recent times and I especially draw the line on “trans” kids. Especially medical/surgical interventions. Criminal. Kids can’t give consent to that, and parents who do, are abusing their kids.
You see, unfortunately, nobody can change their sex. Every single cell in the body is sexed. Liver, kidney, bones. Nobody can be “born in the wrong (sexed) body”. It’s a fact of life which cannot be changed. Ever. There is no spectrum of gingerbread sexes in people, any more than there is a spectrum of sex in any other living thing on this planet.
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Biological sex is fixed, immutable, and binary.
While disorders, defects of physical sexual development occur, they are mostly genetic or congenital defects, like being born with spina bifida, anencephaly or cleft palate, heart defects etc. Having the defect in part of their sexual reproductive system or organs is no different to having a defect in any other organ of the body.
Puberty is not a disease either, regardless of what the dysphoric brain might tell sufferers. But telling them that they can “transition” to the other sex, is not only a lie, but also cruel.
Such “education” is up there with creationism and other miraculous religious doctrines, which might be fine in the curriculum of religious schools where it is known that is what is being taught. But it is not fine in secular govt schools.
Stating biological facts, is not hate.
Gender is just a social construct, and can vary because it is based on whatever society or culture at any given point in time or place, associates with masculine or feminine behaviours, clothing and presentation. Some cultures have no problem with masculine girls and feminine boys. Ours obviously does, when I hear 13 yr old girls say “I knew I was really a boy, because I always hated girly things, and when I developed feelings for girls”. Apparently being a tomboyish 13-yr-old lesbian, is not acceptable at all. Certainly not “inclusive”.
Many gays and lesbians who fought the fight for decades just to remove criminal laws against homosexuality have separated from the “alphabet soup” to form the international LGB Alliance in the last 2 years, claiming “gender affirmation” treatment is ‘Conversion therapy and is “Transing the gay away”. Umpteen population studies running since after the war have proven over and over, that gender non-conforming kids are statistically more likely to grow up gay.
Transing kids is my biggest issue, it’s a medical scandal that will eventually break, hopefully, but I also have issues with the laws being changed to Self-ID (allowing any male criminal girl/woman abuser to abuse the laws for his own criminal benefit) , and to eradicate, at the stroke of a pen, women’s and lesbians/gays human rights and civil rights, (which took decades to get in the first place) but that’s getting much further off-topic.
So, Rain, what is your final solution to the trans question? I was texting with a right wing person who said that he thinks trans people should all be – ahem – permanently removed.
You seem to be leaning toward re-education camps. Obviously, those poor sick people need help, right? Just put them in a “camp” and when they admit that they have been wrong all along they could be released. The other option would still be available, right?
Pintada, of course not! How did you read *that* into my posts?
I believe all distressed folks, mentally or physically, should have access to evidence-based health care, proven to be effective, or at least not causing further harm as ‘affirmation-method of trans care’ does cause harm now.
“Re-education” is the politicised transactivist method, just like far-left fascist states do, through ideological capture of institutions, media, govt, and especially kids,(to report on their parents for non-PC views) to promote mass “re-education” of the population, complete with Orwellian ‘Newspeak’, and ‘thought police’ and the increasing use of state-sanctioned violence on dissenters, in this case mostly women, but nobody cares about women anyway.
If you can convince the population that men can become women, simply by saying so and ticking a box on a form, you can convince them of anything.
Especially if you back it up with strong threats and judicious application of violence to their ‘thought crimes’, as has happened for several years now, to far more people than will ever be reported, or even investigated.
You have obviously ingested the whole ideology, without a shred of evidence, and are convinced that people like me are haters, nazis, bigots etc. I see that attitude as the real hate.
and it’s all a moot point anyway, as the trans politicals are winning this particular ‘culture war’ of violence against women and secondly, in the great big scheme of things, it’s a very small matter with the macro things happening on this planet.
And off-topic for this site, my apologies to Panopticon.
Rain, let me be clear. There are two routes any society can take in regards to an unpopular minority.
One route is a very steep slippery slope that starts with (possibly) well meaning (otherwise) idle busybodies sticking their collective nose into someone else private business. Whether the minority is the Uyghurs, or transgender people some busybody decides that they know more than the minority person, or the parents of some minority person. If the busybodies are loud enough and finally if they shout “national security” that leads to step 2. In level 2 the government, at the behest of the nosy nellies that started it, give the minority the “… access to evidence-based health care, proven to be effective, …” that the all knowing, super aware busybodies have determined that the minority so desperately needs. And that step leads directly to the final solution – death camps – because in any minority, no matter how maligned and abused, there are people that are simply “incurable”. For example, if you or the State at your behest, comes for me they had better be prepared for some losses because I will not go quietly.
OR
A society can practice an old and tried-and-true methodology that embodies and supports the freedom of everyone. People can simply mind there own f*&^*(g business.
Please consider the second route.
Sorry, I can’t see that happening wrt trans-folk 🙂
There is a third option, modelled on India’s approach, creating a 3rd legally recognised gender class for protection.
They instituted a “Transgender Anti-Discrimination Act”. Though India has a long cultural tradition with Hijra, but nobody including the Hijra, believe they have changed sex.
Unlawful to discriminate against trans on housing, employment, education etc etc. all the same things as all other anti-discrimination laws relating to race, nationality, sex etc. But, it is clear that they cannot change their sex, but have their own recognised gender, and IDs are M, F, T, NS (not specified).
And no conflicts with sex discrimination laws, which still allow female only spaces,for women’s HUMAN RIGHT to “privacy, safety and dignity”, including in sports, prisons, refuges, public amenities and shelters and so on.
Everyone is expected to use the bio-sex services is most appropriate, regardless of how they dress, present in public or what’s been inked on their ID.
You don’t seem to care that the current draconian laws in the western countries, allow males in men’s prisons, convicted of multiple sexual offences, including against children..to tick a box on a form and say they are really women and be sent to women’s prisons, and they are in 7th heaven and continue to commit the sexual offences.
Does an 11-yr-old girl have a right not to be confronted with penis flashers in a public toilet, or store changing rooms? I guess not according to these laws.
Or my friends 15 yr old daughter who loves her tennis, forced to play against a 16-yr-old boy, who “identifies” as a girl, and after 3 sessions my friends daughter had to leave because she had been hurt so bad, including a concussion, by this boy who used his extra muscle to repeatedly slam her in the head with his serves.
Not trans, just another male bully, but the law is on his side, because the law makes it so much easier for male @@”$” to get away with physical, emotional and sexual abuse of women and girls.
Drive a truck through that loophole.
Then they tell me, that “nobody would identify as trans unless they really were!”…Mwahahs
That law has been abused by countless sexual predators in the last 5 years, but there isn’t even a clause for penalties for using the law for “improper purpose”. There are no repercussions whatsoever for the men who lie about it.
“Nobody would lie about that!”. well they have, and they do, and will continue do so, because it’s perfectly legal for them to do so, and society is on their side. Huge numbers. Scary numbers.
And I’m a very old lesbian, I probably know more about being a member of an “unpopular minority” than you. I also had my jaw broken by a transwoman (ie a biological man) at a women’s dance at a local club, because he insisted he was a ‘lesbian’ too, and couldn’t understand that I wasn’t interested in dating and his “lady dick”. Law on his side too, apparently “misgendering” is a far more serious crime, than assault.
If it walks like a man, talks like a man, and punches like a man, and rapes like a man…
I will continue to call them men.
2 lesbian friends of mine, were murdered several years ago, as they left Michfest, by a transwoman activist who was furious that penis-havers were not allowed into Michfest.
Actually, penis-havers were not officially excluded, they were asked nicely and politely to “respect” the spirit of Michfest as being women-only.
Until the owner of the Michfest lands finally closed it down in 2015 after decades of harrassment, legal, financial, and personal which took its toll.
It’s now illegal for lesbians/women to hold their own exclusive social functions. gay men can have theirs, they can even put down in writing that they don’t accept transmen as members. But we can’t.
We have gone back down deep in the closet and underground, to have our get-togethers, just like we did back in the pre-60s/70s.
I’ve known several women banned from lesbian dating sites, because they said something about seeking bio-women for dates. Can’t even call ourselves women anymore.
Doesn’t happen with gay male dating sites or clubs.
And language changes? Dictionary changes? How come women are being called uterus-havers in govt documents, but men are still men? Nobody is insisting on calling men “prostate-havers”.
I cannot ever see trans being an oppressed minority, sorry.
They are winning woman of the year, they take women’s awards, women’s jobs, women’s medals, women’s scholarships etc., even beauty pageants, all with puff-pieces how “stunning and brave” they are.
Also, they are very well-funded lobby groups, headed by white male trans billionaires with an agenda. They bought the left with very nice fat campaign donations, just like religious fundamentalists with an anti-abortion, or whatever agenda, buy off the right-wing.to push their agendas through.
In less than 10 years, they have changed anti-discrimination laws in dozens of countries, to legally discriminate against women and girls in all walks of public life.
And King Charley was correct constitutionally when not giving assent to the Scottish gender law…Because it “Conflicts with the Equality Act”.
Remove the “conflicts” in the laws, and return the sex-based legal rights for women and girls to their own spaces, and I will very happily “mind my own $#@& business”.
https://alaskapublic.org/2023/05/18/alaskas-big-shift-to-renewable-energy-appears-stalled-as-future-access-to-natural-gas-in-doubt/
We have problems with the green transition being pushed by a republican governor