TSB Train Wreck: Massive Bank IT Failure Going into Fifth Day; Customers Locked Out of Accounts, Getting Into Other People’s Accounts, Getting Bogus Data
An epic IT disaster at the UK’s TSB illustrates how fragile banking systems are.
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Plastics Pollution Policies– “Bold” or Pathetic?
Some recent news on the plastics clean-up front– the situation remains dire. Will waste be the end of us?
Read more...Hoisted from E-Mail: Brexit, Security, and the UK’s Coming Poodledom
Adding to the tally of how the UK will come out a loser thanks to Brexit.
Read more...Middle East Nightmare, Made in Washington
How the US is at risk of creating Armageddon in the Middle East.
Read more...Global Warming’s Impact on Ocean Currents to Amplify Sea Level Rise
Real News Network interview with Levke Caesar, discussing how Atlantic ocean currents have weakened due to global warming and are closer to catastrophic collapse than any time in the last 1,600 years.
Read more...EU (Finally) Slaps Down UK on Fantasy Irish Border Solutions
More Brexit bad news, even though the UK should not be surprised.
Read more...US Opioid Prescriptions Fall at Record Rate
Some good news on the opioid front is not good enough.
Read more...When Criminal Justice and Environmental Justice Collide
Environmental protestors,like other protestors, run the risk of facing jail time. That exposure is heightened by the fact that “out” groups have more reason to be demanding change.
Read more...Another Big Retailer Gets Liquidated
Retailers in bankruptcy are notoriously hard to restructure.
Read more...Brexit Looks Wobbly as Polls Go Negative, House of Lords Throws Spanner in the Works
Some Brexit updates.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Fracking Has Brought the World to the Brink of Disaster
Fracking is one reason why our bad climate change picture is getting even worse.
Read more...World May Hit 2 Degrees of Warming in 10-15 Years Thanks to Fracking, Says Cornell Scientist
A sobering take on the impact of fracking on climate change.
Read more...Meltdowns, Waste, and War: Here Are the Real Risks of Nuclear
A recap of why not to like nuclear power.
Read more...Gaius Publius: War with Syria — What Is It Good For? We May Soon Find Out
An awful lot of well-placed people want war with Syria….even after Russia has drawn a red line.
Read more...Trump Threatens to Bomb Syria Without Any Investigation into Alleged Chemical Attack
Patrick Cockburn discusses the murky and dangerous state of play in Syria.
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