Albania’s Flamingo Revolution Tests the New Western Order
A Kushner project has caught Albania between US and EU interests, with revolution-seeking Western networks playing a big role.
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Hochul Temporarily Bans New Data Centers in NY Amid Scrutiny of Climate Impacts
Mirabile dictu! New York intends to make data centers hew to more stringent pollution, water use and energy cost/impact rules.
Read more...Trapped at Home: Climate Stress Is More Likely to Immobilize the Poor Than to Move Them
A new study argues that climate change will not produce mass migration of the poor, using debatable assumptions.
Read more...The Case of the (France-Sized) Missing Antarctic Ice
“It’s just a question of whether we’re fast enough to stretch out that loss to several thousand years versus dumb enough to keep warming the planet and seeing it collapse very quickly in a century or two.”
Read more...Iran War: Trump Declares MOU Over After Biggest US-Iran Exchange of Strikes Since Signing in Struggle Over Strait of Hormuz Control; US Suspends Iran Oil Sanction Waiver
Today’s Iran war news: As many expected, the MOU is coming apart as the US-Iran fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz escalates.
Read more...A Super El Niño Is Coming: 5 Hard‑Won Lessons the World Can Learn From Africa
Africa suffered in past super El Niño events and developed approaches to prevent and mitigate harm. Can rich countries learn?
Read more...The Colorado River Crisis Is Reaching a Breaking Point
The power struggle over the Colorado River is a microcosm of coming water use fights which too often will feed wars.
Read more...The Spectacular Regrowth of New England’s Forests
The rebound of forests in the northeast U.S. is the “greatest forest recovery in the history of the world.” This is how it happened.
Read more...Iran War: Philip Pilkington, Nate Wade Debunk Oil Cliff Hopium; Pilkington Explains Prices Derived from Crack Spreads are $100 to $115 a Barrel; US Declares Fertilizer Emergency
Today’s abbreviated Iran war news: some information hygiene on the oil cliff and fertilizer fronts.
Read more...Most EU Citizens Support Economic Growth Even Though Climate Experts Question Its Role
Most Europeans do not see a tradeoff between economic growth and preserving the environment. Propaganda and happy Green New Deal patter worked.
Read more...‘We Were Warned,’ Says WHO Chief as More Than 1,300+ Dead Across Europe From Climate-Driven Heat Wave
Eaxaming the Europe air conditioning question as more heat is on the way.
Read more...Iran War: US Attacks Iran After Iran Fires on Vessels Using Oman Channel; Israel-Lebanon “Peace” Scheme Moves to Cede Southern Lebanon to Israel, Undercutting Hezbollah and Iran
Today’s Iran war news: The US and Iran exchange fire over transits on the Oman side of the Strait; will an Israel-Lebanon pact undercut Iran?
Read more...How Bad is AI for the Environment?
A tally of the great planetary damage expected to result from AI growing use, thanks to its insatiable hunger for power.
Read more...Iran War: Iran Insists on All “Deal” Sequencing, Above All Israel Exit of Lebanon, as No Date for Talks Set; Israel Immediately Violates New Lebanon Ceasefire; Strait of Hormuz Open or Not?
Today’s Iran war news: The situation is particularly unsettled, so we will limit ourselves to bigger issues.
Read more...Coffee Break: More on American Science, An NIH Grant Long Overdue, An Experimental Model, and Further Thoughts on AI
Part the First: Back to the Past in Science and Medicine. The future of basic science in the United States looks grim for everyone from the aspiring graduate student to the full professor who has met her potential and has several graduate students, postdocs, and technicians working in her laboratory. The precipitous and arbitrary Big […]
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