Thank goodness San Francisco isn’t getting in the way of anybody’s happiness
In 2020, nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses or poisonings. In 2000, 17,000 did.

By contrast, just 308 people in the U.S. died from natural disasters, down from 413 in 2019. 

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-drug-abu…
San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths CORRECTED

Note: We are using data from CDC, not the California Electronic Death Registration System (CA-EDRS), to allow comparisons to other cities, except for 2020 data, which comes from the SF Office of Medical Examiner.
San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths from California Electronic Death Registration System (CA-EDRS), through to 2019.

Numbers are slightly different but same trend.

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There is a war on nuclear, backed by powerful financial & ideological interests, which threatens us all

We are fighting back, and winning, but time is short

Will you join us?

We are a movement of friends & allies, around the world, standing up for what’s right
The pro-nuclear movement won a major victory by forcing the Biden Administration to take action to save nuclear

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michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/biden-goes-n…
Whether or not that particular legislative tactic works, there is growing support in Congress to save nuclear

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