Author: Thom Hartmann

Why the Climate Deal Doesn’t Mention Fossil Fuels – AT All! – Thom Hartmann’s Big Picture

Over the weekend, more than 190 countries agreed to limit a global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees celsius over pre-industrial levels. Some are hailing the agreement as a big win for the climate, but how enforceable is the deal, and why doesn’t the text even once mention “fossil fuels”? Professor Chris Williams, Pace University/Ecology & Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis & Dr. Michael Mann, Penn State University/Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change (2nd edition) joins...

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Ben Cohen – His 1st Pyschedelic Experiences & It’s Importance – Thom Hartmann’s Big Picture

In movies and TV shows, psychedelic drugs are portrayed as dangerous and even deadly. In the 2007 horror flick “Shrooms” – for example – an American student studying abroad in Ireland ends up killing all her friends after drinking tea spiked with psilocybin mushrooms. That movie alone is probably enough to scare 90 percent of the population away from ever trying psychedelic drugs. All Hollywood exaggerations aside – though – there’s a growing body of evidence that suggests that psychedelic drugs can actually reduce stress and anxiety. So – if you think LSD and other psychedelic drugs are dangerous...

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