When Central Bank Saviours Are the Problem
Countries around the world will suffer from central bank malpractice as the Fed and its peers act as if they can treat supply side inflation
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Plastic Watch: Nanoplastics and Coffee Cups
Yet another reason to dispense with disposable coffee cups: nanoplastics, which are ingested when the coffee is drunk. The health implications of their ubiquity is unknown and has not yet been well-studied.
Read more...What the Next Australian Government Must Do to Save the Great Barrier Reef
After four bleaching events in the last seven years, is it too late to save the Great Barrier Reef? Time is running out to get serious about climate change.
Read more...As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.
Read more...Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT
In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of DDT and its lasting impact.
Read more...Time Is Running Out to Save Sri Lanka from Total Economic Collapse
Once hailed as South Asia’s ‘success story’, Sri Lanka has faced months of escalating violent unrest.
Read more...More Oil From U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Heads To Europe
The use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve looks like three card monte.
Read more...New York Times, Defense Intelligence Agency Go Wobbly on Ukraine Prospects as Militias + Russia Continues to Grind Down Opposition in Donbass
It’s becoming hard for the West to pretend that Russia will fail at its aims in Ukraine, most importantly, destroying its abilty to wage war.
Read more...What Blew Our Financial Bubble So Big?
Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.
Read more...Record High Diesel Prices Will Ripple Across The Economy
The diesel crunch is getting more acute. What could happen next?
Read more...What You Need To Know about Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands story of great power competition in the South Pacific is part of a much older one of colonial conceit and neglect.
Read more...Treasury Implements Bottom of the Barrel New Russia Sanctions on Sunday May 8; How Broad a Nexus for Russia Retaliatory Sanctions Later This Week?
More sanctions sparring, with the latest US move looking petty and lame.
Read more...Did UN Secretary-General Guterres Commit A War Crime At Azovstal?
A key scene from the protracted Azovstal steel factory drama.
Read more...What You Need To Know About Carbon Dioxide Removal
Meeting the Paris Climate targets requires removing billions of tons of carbon dioxide annually through natural and technological methods.
Read more...Putin Signs Executive Order to Begin “Special Economic Measures” aka Sanctions
Russia will soon launch economic sanctions, as directed in a Putin executive order.
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