Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT
In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of DDT and its lasting impact.
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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.
Read more...Michael Hudson Talks with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté About the Broader Ramifications of the US/NATO Conflict with Russia
Michael Hudson expliains how the US hopes to benefit from its proxy war with Russia.
Read more...Out of Africa: Rich Continent, Poor People
A new book documents the scale and mechanism of the looting of Africa.
Read more...Indian Heatwave May Exacerbate World Wheat Crisis
India’s extreme heatwave has arrived at a particularly delicate time for its current wheat crop and is expected to reduce yields.
Read more...The Coming EU Embargo of Russian Oil, Russia’s Economic Challenges, and the Question of Operational Capacity
The EU is planning to punch Russia hard with yet another embargo, this of its oil. But will this wind up being more rope a dope?
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