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Palm oil

lundi 21 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Palm oil is still driving massive deforestation of rain forests. That releases lots of greenhouse gas, and will cause extinction of many species. The producers have succeeded in defying public pressure to stop deforestation.

The EU does wrong in permitting use of palm oil in fuel for vehicles. Burning oils produced by agriculture, with agricultural inputs, is no better than burning fossil oil. What would be better is oil made by microbes that don't need much input, or made from agricultural waste.

Privatized immigration prisons

lundi 21 janvier 2019 à 01:00

The US spend over 800 million dollars on privatized immigration prisons.

We should not permit privatized prisons of any kind.

Damage by the bullshitter

lundi 21 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Summing up the damage that two years of the bullshitter have done to the US.

Power plant explosion

lundi 21 janvier 2019 à 01:00

An old, highly polluting oil-burning power plant in New York City exploded. It should have been shut down years ago.

Israeli elections

lundi 21 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Having elections in which 40% of the population is not allowed to vote is not enough to make Israel qualify as a democracy.

Palestinians are supposed to be able to vote for the legislature of the Palestinian Authority. But that agency has little power — Israeli military rule overrides it in many areas of life — and Israel has blocked those elections for years.