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ARE WE LOCKING EARTH INTO A SPACE PRISON?

 BY HAZEL HENDERSON* – Ethical Markets Media In 1986 Scientific American drew attention to this visual of space junk tracked by NORAD, 7,000 spent rocket debris and the 40,000 objects with a diameter of 10 centimeters or more. I used this visual in many of my presentations in…

Civil Society

Parliamentarians of the World, unite!

BY FERNANDO AYALA* – Wall Street International Magazine The call of Madrid: Zero Hunger by 2030 and the Alarm against the Epidemic of Obesity On October 29 and 30, 2018, the first World Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition was held in Madrid, organized by FAO and…

Economy / Finance

Is Africa Ready for Nuclear Energy?

By Laura Gil – Africa Renewal (through IPS) VIENNA, Dec 7 2018 (IPS) – Years back, nuclear energy was a fancy option limited to the industrialized world. In due course, nuclear could be an energy source for much of Africa, where only South Africa currently has a nuclear power…

Economy / Finance

In the US-China Trade War, a Cease-fire Ends Nothing

By Phillip Orchard* – Geopolitical Futures Long-term economic competition is at the mercy of even longer-term geopolitical competition Last Saturday in Buenos Aires, over grilled steak and Malbec one assumes were produced domestically, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese…

Climate Change

COP24: Coal casts a shadow over U.N. climate talks in Poland

By Hans Nicholas Jong – Mongabay* Activists have questioned the integrity and effectiveness of the U.n. climate talks in Poland, in light of its close associations with the coal industry. Among the events sponsors are three Polish coal companies, and in his opening speech, the…