Renewables alone won’t be able to supply our coming energy needs. A decline in nuclear power as well as local production and storage of natural gas has left places like Europe particularly vulnerable to energy shortages in the winter.
Read more...Pope Francis’ recent statement that providing weapons to Ukraine can be a moral decision puts him at odds with his own pronouncements on war over the years and with a large chunk of the population of the Global South, now the population center for the Catholic Church.
Read more...Alexis Stenfors assesses the importance of Black Wednesday as a juncture in the history of central banks. By showing they could beat the Bank of England, traders changed the entire power relationship.
Read more...Tory policy and legislation on Gypsies and Travellers deprives them of a place to live and targets them with criminal penalties.
Read more...The Inflation Reduction Act does almost nothing to address inflation and will have only modest effects on energy transition in the USA.
Read more...Governments, tech companies, and big businesses wage war on working people the world over. We must work together to fight their lies.
Read more...The final opinion before the 25 September Italian elections show that Italian political parties are disconnected from the electorate on the issue of sanctions on Russia.
Read more...Ukraine is pushing for sanctions on Russian uranium. Thorium isn’t ready for prime time, so sanctions put further pressure on energy markets.
Read more...Rahul Gandhi’s attempt to position the Indian National Congress as the protector of the Indian people against the deep state neglects the party’s own history of control and corruption.
Read more...The government of Boris Johnson has undermined democracy in the UK in a number of ways, making it more difficult to vote, speak out, or protest. This legacy will continue to benefit the Tories even as Johnson is replaced by Liz Truss.
Read more...By John McGregor, a translator and political violence researcher Australia is currently lurching from one revelation to another through a constitutional crisis that nobody near power will acknowledge the severity of. As it emerges that the former Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison secretly appropriated a number of ministerships for himself, the now-ruling Labor Party is […]
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