Adani is Cleared to Start Digging its Coal Mine – Six Key Questions Answered
Queensland gives Indian mining giant Adani go-ahead for massive coal mine, ignoring environmental and climate change concerns.
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US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules
Trump administration soon to allow massive trains to transport LNG in unit trains 100 cars long and for the express purpose of moving LNG to export facilities – with scant regard for safety consequences.
Read more...Economic Growth: A Short History of a Controversial Idea
Environmentalists and even some economists question the relentless pursuit of GDP growth. But where did the idea come from?
Read more...Grenfell Tower Fire: A (Non-)Progress Report
Plus ça change….
Read more...Michael Hudson: Trump’s Trade Threats Are Really Cold War 2.0
At stake is whether China will agree to do what Russia did in the 1990s: put a Yeltsin-like puppet of neoliberal planners in place to shift control of its economy from its government to the U.S. financial sector and its planners.
Read more...Leaked Messages Confirm: Imprisonment of Brazil’s Lula da Silva was Politically Motivated
Real News Network interview with Mike Fox discussing ramifications of documents released by the Intercept, revealing political motivations behind former Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s prosecution and conviction.
Read more...Adding to Planetary Alarm Bells, Top US Finance Official Warns Climate Crisis a Recipe for Global Economic Collapse
CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam says, “As most of the world’s markets and market regulators are taking steps towards assessing and mitigating the current and potential threats of climate change, we in the U.S. must also demand action from all segments of the public and private sectors, including this agency.”
Read more...Revealed: Americans Care More About Social Needs Than Deficits
A recent poll from the Democracy Collaborative and YouGov reveals that most Americans are ready to spend more for social needs, even if it raises the deficit.
Read more...Australia Is at War With Itself Over China
The Australian secuirty services are in open war against the Government over its pro-China policies.
Read more...Charter Schools Are a Major Dividing Line for the 2020 Democratic Candidates—Education Fights in Pennsylvania Point the Way
Charter schools are finally becoming a battleground.
Read more...The Poor Who Are Not With Us
Why some of the poor get all the attention.
Read more...It’s Time to Stop Calling Natural Gas a ‘Bridge Fuel’ to a Safe Climate, Says New Report
IEA’s annual market report predicts continued growth in demand for natural gas; Justin Mikulka discusses report Oil Change International debunking contention that natural gas can serve as a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy future.
Read more...China-Russia Partnership Threatens US Global Hegemony
America expected China to join the international economic community as a subordinate power, but China’s deals with Russia show China moving towards parity in economic and military sway.
Read more...More Mangroves: Protecting Tropical Coastal Areas from Cyclone Damage
Storms such as the recent cyclone Fani remind us that climate change will expose both India and Bangladesh to future superstorms; both countries continue to fail to protect the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, and a major bulwark against future calamities.
Read more...Chinese Embargo Threats Ring Hollow—the Reason Why Lies in Rare Earths
Supply chains are multinational in scope and supply. A trade embargo is ultimately self-defeating.
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