By Scott Lucas | – The last adult in the Trump White House playground has gone – and the president is throwing his toys around. James Mattis, as defence secretary, was one of three retired generals in the Trump administration whose hope was to contain an ill-informed, temperamental, and unpredictable president. Now they’re all gone: […]
The Fossil Fuel Era is Coming to an End, but the Lawsuits are Just Beginning
By Kyla Tienhaara | – “Coal is dead.” These are not the words of a Greenpeace activist or left-wing politician, but of Jim Barry, the global head of the infrastructure investment group at Blackrock — the world’s largest asset manager. Barry made this statement in 2017, but the writing has been on the wall for […]
Can we Make Christmas Sustainable?
By Sharon George – Moderation is the last thing on people’s minds at Christmas. Shopping, travelling and eating reach peak levels – putting pressure on our planet. Even Santa poses a problem. If you don’t believe in flying reindeers, that sleigh must be rocket-fuelled to reach the supersonic speeds needed to travel around the world […]
Why you Need to Understand Yemen’s Houthi Rebels
By Myriam Renaud | – Chicago (The Conversation) – Fully half of Yemen’s population – 14 million people – are on the brink of starvation. Some analysts blame their inability to access basic foodstuff on escalating conflict between two religious factions: the country’s Sunni Muslims and its Houthis. The Houthis belong to the Shiite branch […]
Why do we Revere Malala but Not Ahed Tamimi?
By Sarah Kastner | – After Israeli forces shot her 15-year-old cousin in the head with a rubber bullet last December, Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian girl from Nabi Saleh in the West Bank, stood up to the occupying Israeli forces and was arrested and charged for slapping a soldier. The story of the activist went […]
Red Alert: World will Put out Record 37 bn tons of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in 2018
By Pep Canadell, Corinne Le Quéré, Glen Peters, Robbie Andrew, and Rob Jackson | – Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuels and industry are projected to rise more than 2% (range 1.8% to 3.7%) in 2018, taking global fossil CO₂ emissions to a new record high of 37.1 billion tonnes. The strong growth is […]
Why Gandhi’s ideas on Nonviolence continue to thrive, even in the post-truth era
By Tom Shillam | – (The Conversation) Gandhi is still relevant – and can inspire a new form of politics today Seventy years after Gandhi’s assassination on the streets of New Delhi, Ramachandra Guha’s new book, Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-48, reopens a familiar debate around his legacy. What was Gandhi’s message? […]
NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth
By Kathryn Harriss | – (The Conversation) – NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the Earth – after travelling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016. This mission, which will bring grains back for us to study on Earth, […]
Why Kahlil Gibran is one of the Best-Selling Poets of All Time
By Antonia Pont | – (The Conversation) – Kahlil Gibran (original spelling at birth “Khalil”) is a strange phenomenon of 20th Century letters and publishing. After Shakespeare and the Chinese poet Laozi, Gibran’s work from 1923, The Prophet, has made him the third most-sold poet of all time. This slim volume of 26 prose poems […]
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