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Urgent: Stop supporting fracking in Argentina

jeudi 16 juin 2022 à 11:35

Everyone: call on CEO’s of Citi Bank, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, and Morgan Stanley to stop supporting fracking in Argentina.

Political decisions affecting fundamental rights

jeudi 16 juin 2022 à 11:35

The US Supreme Court's history of political decisions affecting people's fundamental rights.

Directing water into the ground

jeudi 16 juin 2022 à 11:35

China is pioneering the art of directing water into the ground, to nourish plants and animals, rather than rushing it away to the ocean.

Funds needed for local climate disasters

jeudi 16 juin 2022 à 11:35

The funds needed for local climate disasters in poor countries have quintupled since 2002.

Measuring changes in percentages is meaningful for small changes. For large changes, it is silly and misleading. I did not repeat the "800%" figure used in the article because that is a silly and misleading way of saying "an increase of a factor of 5".

Likewise, an "80% decrease" is a distorting way to report a decrease by a factor of 5.

Women who led campaigns against dictators

jeudi 16 juin 2022 à 11:35

Interviews with two women who led campaigns against dictators.