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Niger coup, causal links

samedi 26 août 2023 à 04:03

Suggesting that army officers in Niger held a coup because the president had passed a law, which European countries had pushed for, that cut off the flow of bribes to those officers.

I don't know enough to gauge whether this is true, or to have an opinion about that law.

Labor union win

samedi 26 août 2023 à 04:03

*UPS workers win wage increases, air conditioning in new union contract.*

How Ecuador said no to oil

samedi 26 août 2023 à 04:03

Ecuador's referendum demonstrates that the people may vote to shut down production in an oil field.

Emperor Penguins in peril

samedi 26 août 2023 à 04:03

Low levels of sea ice around Antarctica killed most of the emperor penguin chicks, in a large part of that continent. They can't survive if the sea ice melts.

As global heating eliminates sea ice, it may eliminate emperor penguins too. To save them — and to save ourselves — we need to curb global heating.

Fossil fuel subsidies

samedi 26 août 2023 à 04:03

*Fossil fuels being subsidized at rate of $13m a minute, says IMF.*