Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/29/2022

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Links 4/29/2022

Algeria Threatens to Cut Off Gas Exports to Spain Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions

As Europe’s energy crisis deepens in the East, relations are souring between the EU’s fourth largest economy, Spain, and its largest natural gas supplier, Algeria. Once again, the US has played a major role in escalating tensions.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/28/2022

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Will Pfizer’s Paxlovid Be the Game-Changer that Saves Biden’s “Test to Treat” Program?

First we had “shots in arms.” Now we have “pills in mouths.”

Links 4/28/2022

Climate Migration: What Do We Really Know?

Overall, the literature on climate-induced migration suggests that people are moving already because of climate change and that increasing numbers will do so in the future, either voluntarily or not.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/27/2022

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Links 4/27/2022

UN Report: Humanity Must Change The Way it Assesses and Responds to Risk, Else We Face a ‘Spiral of Self Destruction’

The UNDRR presents a drastic rethink of the approach to diaster risk reduction. Alas, current leaders and elites aren’t up to the task.

‘Elon, There Are Rules’: EU Says Twitter Must Comply With New Digital Services Act

One day after Elon Musk took over Twitter, a top European regulator gave the world’s richest man a “reality check” about how they will respond if he loosens the platform’s content moderation policies.

Protecting Biodiversity – and Making it Accessible – Has Paid Off for Costa Rica

Ample biodiversity fosters ecotourism, provided it is paired with access to good infrastructure. Both factors are necessary to attract tourists.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/26/2022

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