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Urgent: Help tackle the ebola virus outbreak

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 à 14:00

US citizens: call on the WHO to help tackle the ebola virus outbreak without delay.

US and European forests

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 à 14:00

Global heating is going to cause a revolution in US and European forests.

Tax exemptions for environmental protection organizations

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 à 14:00

Australia's government wants to eliminate tax exemptions for environmental protection organizations and forbid them to carry out boycotts.

It is understandable that the Australian government is concerned about donations to charities that help the poor and the sick, since it proposes a budget that would make poor and sick Australians dependent on those charities.

However, in the long term, protecting the environment is crucial for everyone's well-being.

"Casino Saturation"

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 à 14:00

Atlantic City casinos are closing as the region hits "casino saturation".

Gambling does not increase wealth, it only redistributes wealth. Atlantic City casinos were touted as a way to redistribute wealth from other states to New Jersey. However, that's not the sort of redistribution than the US needs.

The US needs to redistribute wealth from the rich to the rest. Unfortunately, casinos redistribute wealth from the middle class and the not-totally-broke working class, and a substantial fraction goes to the casino owners. It's a false solution, offered to reduce demand for a real solution.

Deforestation in Indonesia is booming

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 à 14:00

Deforestation in Indonesia is booming, even faster than in Brazil.