Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Coronavirus and Food Security
UN warns about coronavirus and food shortages. Will the crisis revive policies to encourage regional and national food self-sufficiency?
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Tim Cook and Apple Bet the Farm on China, But Then Coronavirus Hit
WSJ examines the consequences of the decision by Apple to become so dependent on China – what looks to be a catastrophic mistake in the age of coronavirus.
Read more...Coronavirus: Not Looking Good
Coronavirus updates.
Read more...Jeff Bezos’ Not So Excellent Indian Adventure: Modi Government Disses Inept Amazon
India’s top BJP ministers show cold shoulder to foreigner bearing “gifts”- the Amazon promise to create jobs- and push back accordingly.
Read more...Coal Is Dead, But China Is Reviving It
Bad climate news: coal is far from over.
Read more...Greenpeace Report: How Companies Still Have it Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions”
Greenpeace publishes report on woeful state of plastic pollution “solutions”.
Read more...India to Ban Single-Use Plastics; Global Recycling Market Still Chaotic
India will soon announce details of its single-use plastics ban; will it be seduced to courting the recycling fairy to address the waste management problems of other countries who don’t understand recycling isn’t a long-term sustainable option.
Read more...Modi’s Kashmir Power Grab Was Decades in the Making
Repeated constitutional attacks paved the way for the government to finally strip Kashmir of its rights.
Read more...De-Facto Annexation of Kashmir Means India as a Secular State is Ending
Some of the implications of India’s annexation of Kashmir.
Read more...New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed to “Off the Charts” Heat
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, as we’ve seen in India, the US, and now Europe.
Read more...Climate Change is Devastating India With Heat Waves and Water Shortages
Climate disasters in India are fueled by its resource mismanagement and fossil fuel consumption policies, says political economist Shouvik Chakraborty.
Read more...Adani is Cleared to Start Digging its Coal Mine – Six Key Questions Answered
Queensland gives Indian mining giant Adani go-ahead for massive coal mine, ignoring environmental and climate change concerns.
Read more...Take the (Night) Train
It may not be possible to take the A Train anymore, but eschewing airplanes for trains, when possible, mitigates travel’s climate change impact.
Read more...More Mangroves: Protecting Tropical Coastal Areas from Cyclone Damage
Storms such as the recent cyclone Fani remind us that climate change will expose both India and Bangladesh to future superstorms; both countries continue to fail to protect the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, and a major bulwark against future calamities.
Read more...Modi’s Win: It Wasn’t the Economy, Stupid!
Voters accepted that authoritarianism would produce security, which neutralised warnings by intellectuals and opposition parties that Modi’s India was heading towards fascism.
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