The Front Lines of Climate Change: Cyclone Yaas and the Sundarbans
Cyclone Yaas smacked India and Bangladesh in late May. Its most severe impact was on the Sundarbans, the vast delta the two countries share.
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UN Report Assesses Dire State of Global Soil Pollution
The UN last week issued a report assessing the dire state the world’s soil. The calls to action are inadequate to the scale of the problem.
Read more...Environmental Activists Call on Biden Administration to Pursue Ratification of the Basel Convention to Block U.S. Exports of Plastics and e-Waste
California lawmakers and NGOs call on the Biden administration to press for U.S. ratification of the 1989 Basel Convention and subsequent amendments.
Read more...Food Insecurity: A Potentially Underrated Collateral Damage of the Pandemic
Increases in hunger and food insecurity under Covid are significant, yet have gone largely under the radar.
Read more...Why Colombia Has Erupted in Protest
The pandemic exacerbated intolerable poverty and economic distress in Colombia. As repression mounts, is there any way out?
Read more...Little-Known Illnesses Turning Up in Covid Long-Haulers
Yet more types of long Covid damage, this one particularly debilitating.
Read more...The West’s Not Very Hidden Hand in Debt Oppression in Central Asia
How World-Bank-sponsored microlending produced widespread misery in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: debt collectors use violence.
Read more...From Tragedy to Hesitancy: How Public Health Failures Boosted COVID-19 Vaccine Scepticism
Who’d have thunk it? Public health incompetence fuels distrust in official recommendations, like vaccines.
Read more...Why Did 72% of Israelis Want Attack on Gaza to Continue?
ir Hever discusses how the attacks on Gaza reveal the extreme right-wing radicalization of most of the Israeli Jewish population
Read more...Why Biden Is Not a Transformational President
Biden is not living up to his PR. The implications are significant, given the need for significant change.
Read more...Despite Federal Moratorium, Eviction Rates Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The eviction process is restarting, even when it is premature under the law. What will the collateral damage be?
Read more...Israel-Gaza Clash: Conflict of Narratives, Victory of Remote Warfare
An initial tally of winners and losers in the latest round of Israel-Palestine strife.
Read more...The War That Israel Lost
Tactically, Israel has the better military, but strategically, they are losing international legitimacy.
Read more...Growing Cotton: One Small Sustainable Solution to the World Plastics Problem
The Khamir NGO demonstrates that kala cotton can be grown without copious use of water, pesticides, and chemical fesrtilizers.
Read more...Bees and Bluebells: Celebrating World Bee Day By Encouraging Pollinators in My Garden
Aorld Bee Day provided the chance to think about what plants to add to my garden to encorage bees to visit.
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