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Israel's "transparency" law

jeudi 31 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Israel's "transparency" law requires human rights NGO to disclose their funding, but right-wing NGOs have been given exemptions.

The transparency requirement, per se, is not unjust, but it is being applied selectively to oppose human rights.

Sequestering carbon in the soil

jeudi 31 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Agriculture may be able to sequester carbon in the soil.

Wind energy

jeudi 31 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Wind energy is becoming the most efficient investment in power generation.

Now think of how much faster we would progress towards curbing global heating if fossil fuels did not enjoy their present subsidies.

Blockade of Yemen

jeudi 31 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Taiz, in Yemen, is suffering from a siege imposed by the Houthis, within the general blockade of Yemen imposed by Salafi (*) Arabia and the US.

The US is supporting this blockade (and the bombing and invasion) to suck up to some private interests, since nothing about the intervention serves any national interest.

* Officially "Saudi Arabia", but its global support for the repressive and cruel Salafist form of Islam (which helped inspire al Qa'ida and PISSI) is the most important characteristic of that country.

Seizure of property by thugs

jeudi 31 décembre 2015 à 01:00

The US has stopped offering local thug departments the chance to seize people's property and split it with the Federal government. Ironically, this is due to budget cuts imposed by SCROTUS.