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Urgent: Abortion rights

mercredi 24 juin 2015 à 14:00

Citizens of Massachusetts: call on your state legislators to support bills to defend and extend abortion rights.

Effect of CO2 levels on food

mardi 23 juin 2015 à 14:00

Higher CO2 levels in the air impede some food plants' ability to absorb nitrogen. This will make food less nutritious for humans.

Another consequence is that extra CO2 does not stimulate growth as much as global heating excusers would like us to suppose.

The measurement of nitrogen really measures the amount of protein in the food. With less protein, the food is less effective for feeding people.

Budget surplus in normal times

mardi 23 juin 2015 à 14:00

The UK government says it is going to run a budget surplus in normal times "for the sake of future generations", but doesn't recognize that borrowing is only one of many methods of taking wealth from future generations. The government plans to use other methods instead.

Protecting pensions for the old is a good thing to do, but what is there to protect the pensions from? Only their own plan to strew poverty. Meanwhile, the article doesn't mention that this poverty is likely to stunt children for life.

However, that's all small potatoes if they press on with global heating, since the inundation of coastal areas of the UK will be a big loss for future generations. The possible collapse of civilization would make all these gains and losses irrelevant.

Dominican Republic concentration camps

mardi 23 juin 2015 à 14:00

The Dominican Republic is creating concentration camps to imprison just about everyone born there of Haitian descent.

A blow to freedom of speech

mardi 23 juin 2015 à 14:00

The European Court of Human Rights dealt a blow to freedom of speech by making a web site responsible for comments posted by the public.

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