Panama Canal drought: Rolling ecological crisis is raising prices everywhere
Climate change and El Niño are causing global shortages of everything from Barbie dolls to natural gas
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jeudi 21 septembre
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Panama Canal drought: Rolling ecological crisis is raising prices everywhere
mercredi 20 septembre
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Why did Russia hold so-called ‘elections’ in occupied Ukraine?
The Kremlin held polls for secret candidates in the DNR and LNR. Ukraine says taking part was a crime
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Climate activists face ‘crippling’ legal fees for injunctions banning protest
Protesters facing criminal convictions are being punished twice as National Highways and TfL seek costly injunctions
mercredi 13 septembre
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Libyan Youth Climate Activist Says Flooding Disaster Was Not a Surprise
“I’m hoping that this tragedy could be the turning point” to take the climate crisis more seriously, says Nissa Bek.
jeudi 7 septembre
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Geolocating Russia’s Disgraced General Surovikin
On September 4, a user posted a photo on the Telegram channel of Russian media personality Ksenia Sobchak. “General Surovikin has emerged. He’s alive and well, home with his family in Moscow” read the accompanying text in Russian. The BBC’s Verify team reports a “high probability” that the man (...)
mercredi 6 septembre
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Burning Man’s climate reckoning has begun
Protesters highlighted the festival’s carbon footprint, but the biggest issue may be Burning Man’s opposition to renewable energy in its own backyard.
mardi 5 septembre
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From the Sea to the River, the deadly violence of Europe's borders
Over the last years, investigative practices combining scientific methods, art and architecture have allowed to shed new light on human rights violations. Emerging out of the pioneering London-based agency Forensic Architecture and the Forensic Oceanography research project, in 2021 a new (...)
lundi 4 septembre
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The Housing Crisis Isn’t Going Anywhere Until We Tackle Property Wealth Inequality
Jacobin’s David Moscrop recently talked to Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist and public finance policy analyst Alex Hemingway about a new report that takes aim at property wealth inequality. The report lays out policy options for taxing owners and closing the wealth gap (...) -
Four Days a Week: This Labor Day, Let's Talk About Laboring Less
The progressive goal of less work and more living is finally back on the political agenda. The post Four Days a Week: This Labor Day, Let’s Talk About Laboring Less appeared first on The Intercept.
samedi 2 septembre
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‘I’m not the guilty one’: the water protector facing jail time for trying to stop a pipeline
Mylene Vialard went on trial on Monday for opposing a pipeline on Indigenous land amid warnings peaceful protest is under threat.
mercredi 30 août
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El Niño threatens Brazil nut production
The El Niño event of 201.5-16 led to a 37% fall in production of the crop in the Amazon region of Brazil. -
Tunisia’s LGBTQ Activists Fight Back After Hate Campaign
In early August, 30-year-old Malek Khedhri, a previously minor commentator on social media, launched a campaign attacking LGBTQ minorities in Tunisia. When he received push back online from the LGBTQ community, he began calling for violence and escalating his attacks. In the midst of the (...)
mardi 29 août
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How EU countries spy on their citizens
Viktor Orban's regime secretly purchased the Pegasus spyware, commonly used by governments on journalists, activists, and political opponents. The same spyware was used extensively in Poland to keep tabs on lawyers and prosecutors. The software, produced by the Israeli NSO Group, is the focus (...)
vendredi 25 août
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As Chicago broils, neighbors find ways to keep each other cool
"We’ll be back out there tomorrow doing the same thing.”
jeudi 24 août
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Abortion Bans or Democracy — You Can’t Have Both
Controlling people’s bodies requires trashing representative government and violating every individual right. The post Abortion Bans or Democracy — You Can’t Have Both appeared first on The Intercept.
mercredi 23 août
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Dozens of Heat-Related Deaths at Texas Prisons Prompt Dems to Call for Inquiry
Democrats urged GOP House Oversight Chair James Comer to investigate dozens of prison deaths likely caused by heat.
vendredi 4 août
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Gustavo Rivera: “I Want to Destroy Health Insurance Companies’ Business Model”
Numerous polls show widespread support for single-payer health care. But since the end of Bernie Sanders’s second presidential campaign, the issue has waned from political discourse. State Senator Gustavo Rivera wants to change that. Rivera, who has represented the 33rd Senate District in the (...)
jeudi 3 août
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A community is fighting to stop gold mining firms polluting Ecuador's rivers
Defenders of the Azuay water, led by Indigenous leader Yaku Pérez, are fighting against gold mining in the region
vendredi 28 juillet
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Paks Nuclear Power Plant Fails to Comply with 30°C Danube Temperature Limit
The Paks nuclear power plant releases the cooling water from the Danube back into the river, warming it up: the outflowing water is about 33-35°C. This mixes with the cooler water after a while, but in the meantime, it keeps the river considerably warmer for kilometres The post Paks Nuclear (...)
mercredi 26 juillet
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Russia’s draconian new law is forcing trans people to flee the country
Many trans and gender non-conforming people left with ‘few to no options’ after ban on gender-affirming healthcare
jeudi 20 juillet
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Just Stop Oil targets think tank over role in protest crackdown
Activists targeted Policy Exchange after openDemocracy revealed it received Big Oil funding and helped draft law
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To convince the judges that their existence depends on the forests, Orang Asli communities use participatory mapping and inventory their places of culture, hunting and gathering, settlement and worship. This is also a way to become visible and to emancipate from a state that infantilises them. (...)
mercredi 19 juillet
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Kremlin’s queerphobia intensifies with attack on Russia’s trans community
Trans Russians face more danger as Kremlin’s war on LGBTIQ community ramps up with ban on trans healthcare
mardi 18 juillet
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Tajikistan’s Pamiris: Persecuted, disappeared, and forgotten by the world
Pamiris are increasingly fleeing Tajikistan, fearing for their lives. But they risk being returned by hostile states
lundi 10 juillet
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The Young People Reshaping Wildfire Policy
FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis
jeudi 6 juillet
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The company you’ve never heard of that is telling your landlord to evict you
Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘rental guarantee’ insurance policies drive discrimination and need tighter regulation
mardi 4 juillet
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Care crisis: What the Black feminists who resisted state violence can teach us
The history of political organising among marginalised communities in the UK shows us the value of nurturing networks
jeudi 29 juin
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Canadian wildfire smoke brings another wave of ‘very unhealthy’ air to the Midwest, East Coast
It likely won't be the last time this summer.
mercredi 28 juin
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Western traders are moving Russia-linked oil at sea - ecological risks are rising
Uncontrolled ship-to-ship transfers are rife off the Greek coast. An Investigate Europe and Reporters United investigation reveals the influential role played by western oil giants.
vendredi 23 juin
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Russia's Foreign Fighters: Geolocating the Nepalis Training in the Russian Army
Bellingcat has geolocated footage of several Nepali-speaking soldiers undertaking training at a Russian military camp. At least eight TikTok accounts seen by Bellingcat appear to belong to Nepali men showcasing training in one branch of the Russian military. Nepali journalist Birat Anupam (...)
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Pacific Northwest's deadly 2021 heat wave fuels a lawsuit against Big Oil
Multnomah County’s suit is one of the first to seek damages related to a specific weather event.
lundi 19 juin
jeudi 15 juin
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The Repression of Stop Cop City Is a Chilling Evolution in Policing of US Climate Activists
When Manuel Esteban Paez Terán was shot fifty-seven times and killed by law enforcement officers at Cop City outside Atlanta in January, much of the American environmental movement was stunned. The Guardian wrote in its coverage that experts believed the killing of Terán, known as (...)
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These Western Cities Are Turning to “Extreme” Water Recycling
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In downtown San Francisco, in a cavernous garage that was once a Honda dealership, a gleaming white-and-blue appliance about the size of a commercial refrigerator is being (...)
mardi 6 juin
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Drinking Water Threatened and Thousands Evacuate After Ukrainian Dam Destroyed
Already heightened concerns about the operational safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have intensified.
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Louisiana Republicans Double Down on Anti-Trans Bills, But Youth Are Resisting
A previously killed ban on gender-affirming care for minors was resurrected and has advanced with other bills.
lundi 5 juin
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Confusing Smoke and Fire: Russian Influence in Polish Politics
The so-called “lex Tusk” or “Russian influence law” prompted fierce criticism and consternation at home and abroad that Polish democracy is backsliding further. The post Confusing Smoke and Fire: Russian Influence in Polish Politics appeared first on (...)
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Aurat, Azadi: Feminism and its Future in Pakistan
An interview with Ismat Shahjahan on the dynamics and contestations in Pakistan’s growing feminist movement.
samedi 27 mai
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Abortion Clinic Defense Needs to Be Seen as a Key Part of Anti-Fascism
We can build broad anti-fascist coalitions while blocking far right demonstrators to make clinics safe for patients.
mardi 23 mai
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Violence From Both Factions in Sudan Is Proceeding at the Expense of the Sudanese People
On April 15, 2023, conflict between two military factions in Sudan broke out into armed warfare that has continued to ravage the capital city of Khartoum in particular. The outbreak in fighting follows months of rising tensions between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — a paramilitary group (...)
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Russian spy network in Lithuania exposed
The LRT Investigation Team, together with international partners, has analysed the Russian intelligence network in Europe, revealing the identities and activities of spies who operated in Lithuania for several years. The post Russian spy network in Lithuania exposed appeared first on (...)
lundi 22 mai
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El Salvador abortion ban: Jailed women fight draconian law
Women in El Salvador who were imprisoned for years after suffering miscarriages, stillbirths and other complications are now fighting for the freedom of other women persecuted like them.
mardi 16 mai
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Three families vowed to stop a killer chemical. Here’s how they did it.
A bathtub. A floor. A bike. The items Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynne and Joshua Atkins had been working on at the time of their deaths less than 10 months apart varied, but what cut their lives short was the same: a chemical in paint strippers and other products sold in stores nationwide. This (...)
jeudi 11 mai
lundi 8 mai
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Oregon bans plastic foam and PFAS in food containers, promotes reusable alternatives
Lawmakers say the legislation was “a long time coming.”
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King Charles Is King of the World’s Biggest Tax Haven Empire
The world’s biggest tax haven empire has a new king. King Charles III will be anointed, blessed, and consecrated on May 6. He is sovereign over Great Britain, the Crown Dependencies, and the British Overseas Territories, which collectively inflict nearly 40 percent of the tax revenue losses (...)
dimanche 7 mai
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Police Arrest Dozens for Peacefully Protesting King Charles III’s Coronation
New anti-protest laws have given UK police unprecedented power to clamp down on free speech and peaceful protest.
jeudi 4 mai
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Free Land Camp: Brazil’s Indigenous peoples celebrate Lula
Brasilia’s first big Indigenous gathering since Lula took office pushed its ‘number one priority’ – land rights
mercredi 3 mai
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International Far-Right Fight Night Comes to Budapest
This weekend, Budapest is due to play host to an event that far-right extremists have bragged online will be “the biggest radical nationalist event since coronavirus.”
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Activists Face Felonies for Distributing Flyers on "Cop City" Protester Killing
The activists face 20 years in prison for handing out flyers that identified a cop they said was linked to the killing of a protester in the Atlanta forest. The post Activists Face Felonies for Distributing Flyers on “Cop City” Protester Killing appeared first on The (...)
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