Alleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis

Click Here to Read: Alleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis:  The Texas-based oil and gas giant says California is to blame for plastic recycling failures. Four environmental groups filed their own lawsuit against Exxon on the same day as the state’s action. By James Bruggers on the Climate News website on the Inside Climate News website on  September 23, 2024.

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How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World.

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New from IPBooks: Kindred Arts: Biographic Writing & Psychodynamic Therapy, Complexities & Complications by Esther Urdang

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A Review of the 2014 Edition of this Book by William S. Meyer, MSW, BCD:

You have never read a book like this before.
While you’ve certainly read clinical books and biographies—and maybe even books about biographies—I feel certain that you’ve not read a book that brings to your attention the considerable overlap between these two endeavors.
. . . Urdang, a clinical social worker who has practiced in agencies, in hospitals, and privately, demonstrates her scholarship in both the literary and clinical worlds. As she admits . . .,  “I am a clinical social worker and social work educator. I am also hopelessly addicted to biographical writings”
. . . . In bridging these two fields, [she] reminds us of the importance of biographical study . . . as a counterweight to current trends . . . that favor evidence-based, quantitative measures, at the expense of exploring the past, developing empathy, and understanding experiential worlds . . . Continue reading New from IPBooks: Kindred Arts: Biographic Writing & Psychodynamic Therapy, Complexities & Complications by Esther Urdang