Don Lichterman

Stop Wildlife Crime, Animals & Wildlife Welfare, Dolphin Outlook, SAN News, Whales, Wildlife & Racing Extinction / /

The Tank Is Not a Home. The Science of Why Marine Captivity Is Cruel. Read More »

Stop Wildlife Crime, Animals & Wildlife Welfare, Dolphin Outlook, SAN News, Whales, Wildlife & Racing Extinction

The Tank Is Not a Home. The Science of Why Marine Captivity Is Cruel.

🐬 SAN Animal Welfare · Marine Mammal Captivity The Tank Is Not a Home. The Science of Why Marine Captivity Is Cruel. Orcas swim up to 100 miles a day. Dolphins navigate the ocean with a sonar system that bounces off concrete walls in a tank. Captive cetaceans exhibit the same psychological distress markers as

Private Prisons, SAN News / /

He Broke His Tailbone in a Federal Detention Center. It Splintered Into His Soft Tissue. The Bureau of Prisons Said He Couldn’t Sue. Read More »

Private Prisons, SAN News

He Broke His Tailbone in a Federal Detention Center. It Splintered Into His Soft Tissue. The Bureau of Prisons Said He Couldn’t Sue.

⚖️ SAN Prison Reform · Supreme Court · Medical Rights He Broke His Tailbone in a Federal Detention Center. It Splintered Into His Soft Tissue. The Bureau of Prisons Said He Couldn’t Sue. Kekai Watanabe’s case is now before the United States Supreme Court. The Prison Policy Initiative and the Medical Justice Alliance filed amicus

Death Penalty, SAN News / /

He Won the Perfect Attendance Award in 4th Grade. Florida Executed Him Anyway. Read More »

Death Penalty, SAN News

He Won the Perfect Attendance Award in 4th Grade. Florida Executed Him Anyway.

Curtis Beasley was the 44th execution under DeSantis. The 13th veteran. The 14th senior citizen. The 27th person to die on a non-unanimous jury vote. And now Bill Thompson, gravely ill with sepsis and dementia, is scheduled for October 13. The names keep coming. ⚖️ SAN Death Penalty Report · September/October 2026 He Won the

Climate, SAN News / /

Can the SpaceX Playbook Actually Work for Nuclear Power? Read More »

Climate, SAN News

Can the SpaceX Playbook Actually Work for Nuclear Power?

A wave of startups founded by former SpaceX engineers wants to do for nuclear fuel what Elon Musk’s rocket company did for spaceflight: strip out decades of bloated cost and bureaucracy through sheer engineering speed. The industry they’re trying to disrupt has a much smaller margin for error. Can the SpaceX Playbook Actually Work for

Politics, Climate, SAN News / /

Diesel Just Hit $6.53 a Gallon, and the White House Is Backing Away From Its Own Export Ban Idea Read More »

Politics, Climate, SAN News

Diesel Just Hit $6.53 a Gallon, and the White House Is Backing Away From Its Own Export Ban Idea

Thirty six days before the midterms, record diesel prices have put the administration in a genuine bind: the one option that sounds decisive, banning fuel exports, is also the one its own energy secretary says could backfire, and the White House now appears to be quietly walking away from it. Diesel Just Hit $6.53 a

Our Youth, Climate, SAN News / /

Seven Years, Fifteen Plaintiffs, One Trial: Canada’s First Youth Climate Case Finally Reaches Court Read More »

Our Youth, Climate, SAN News

Seven Years, Fifteen Plaintiffs, One Trial: Canada’s First Youth Climate Case Finally Reaches Court

In late October, fifteen young Canadians who were as young as seven when they first filed suit will walk into a federal courtroom in Vancouver to argue that their government’s climate policy is violating their constitutional rights. No youth-led case has ever gone this far in Canadian legal history. Seven Years, Fifteen Plaintiffs, One Trial:

Death Penalty, SAN News / /

Four Death Row Cases, Four Decades of History: What’s Actually at Stake This Fall Read More »

Death Penalty, SAN News

Four Death Row Cases, Four Decades of History: What’s Actually at Stake This Fall

Florida is set to carry out its 16th execution of the year on Tuesday, with two more scheduled before Halloween and a fourth pending in Oklahoma before Veterans Day. Each case raises a different legal question, from jury unanimity to competency to actual innocence, and together they capture just how fast this year’s execution calendar

Politics, Climate, SAN News / /

Washington Just Cut Fuel Economy Targets Nearly in Half, Right as Gas Prices Near $4.50 Read More »

Politics, Climate, SAN News

Washington Just Cut Fuel Economy Targets Nearly in Half, Right as Gas Prices Near $4.50

The Trump administration finalized a sweeping rollback of federal fuel economy standards on Monday, trading a Biden-era target of 50.4 miles per gallon for a far looser 34.9 mpg goal, and eliminating the electric vehicle credit system automakers had built years of planning around. Washington Just Cut Fuel Economy Targets Nearly in Half, Right as