With humans destroying tropical rainforests faster than any other type of woodland, the world’s largest living store of greenhouse gas is rapidly vanishing — along with hopes of avoiding catastrophic climate change
Economics
The Irish Times: Exploding Ireland’s housing crisis myths
So much for the myth that the private sector is cheaper and better. The housing crisis is not a demand side problem, but a supply side, as companies seek excessive profits. Read here
Climate Crisis
Science: Ice shelf holding back keystone Antarctic glacier within years of failure
Breakup of the Thwaites eastern shelf will ramp up sea level rise Read here
Corruption
OCCRP: Second Slovak Interior Minister Quits Over Jan Kuciak’s Murder
It’s a model that repeats itself in the Eastern EU nations: Corrupt governments, providing tax-attractive investment for Western European companies (Slovakia is one enormous German car factory), banks, retailers, etc., sending cheap labour to the […]
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