CHOMSKY: WHO RULES THE WORLD

May 10, 2016 by

CHOMSKY: WHO RULES THE WORLD

[Translate] War & Peace America’s lone superpower status is being challenged in regions around the globe — and the...

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HOW TO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AB...

Apr 29, 2016 by

[Translate] THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECTYou don’t have to be a policy wonk to understand what’s happening with the Paris...

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NEPAL DISASTER: HOW CLIMATE CH...

Apr 27, 2016 by

NEPAL DISASTER: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE TRIGGERS EARTHQUAKES

[Translate]                                                            Nepal_Earthquake_2015_002 Image by Nirmal Dulal and courtesy...

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TOP SIX GREEN ENERGY GOOD NEWS...

Apr 25, 2016 by

TOP SIX GREEN ENERGY GOOD NEWS STORIES FROM PARIS COP21

[Translate]   By Juan Cole  TRUTHDIG This post originally ran on Truthdig contributor Juan Cole’s website.World leaders signed the...

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‘CHINA’S WORST POL...

Apr 2, 2016 by

‘CHINA’S WORST POLICY MISTAKE’?

[Translate] Nicholas D. Kristof  NYTIMES China’s Hidden Children: Abandonment, Adoption, and the Human Costs of the One-Child Policy...

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HOW (LITTLE) THE WORLD HAS CHA...

Mar 21, 2016 by

HOW (LITTLE) THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SINCE PARIS CLIMATE PACT

[Translate] By John Upton   CLIMATE CENTRAL National leaders have yet to sign a new United Nations climate pact, but developments...

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TO CUT OCEAN TRASH, ADRIAN GRE...

Mar 17, 2016 by

TO CUT OCEAN TRASH, ADRIAN GRENIER AND DELL ENLIST FILMMAKERS AND VIRTUAL REALITY

[Translate]  NYTDOTAndrew C. Revkin   Photo Two scenes from a virtual-reality “ride” that takes viewers into the realm of whales,...

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SURGING RENEWABLES KEEP GLOBAL...

Mar 17, 2016 by

SURGING RENEWABLES KEEP GLOBAL CO2 FLAT AS ECONOMY GROWS

[Translate] by Joe Romm  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   The International Energy Agency has confirmed that global carbon...

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CHINESE WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT ...

Mar 9, 2016 by

[Translate] SHL Architects By Kate Yoder GRIST On the mountainous outskirts of Shenzhen, a fast-growing megacity in China, the...

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WHEN TOO MUCH IS TERRIBLE

Mar 1, 2016 by

WHEN TOO MUCH IS TERRIBLE

[Translate] Leo Gerard AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE It’s lights out in Lorain on March 31. The town’s steel mill, site of a new...

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APARTMENT OFFERS BEST OF ONE B...

Feb 17, 2016 by

APARTMENT OFFERS BEST OF ONE BEDROOM AND STUDIO LIVING

[Translate] David Friedlander Architecture One of the drawbacks of having a sealed-off bedroom is that it becomes a non-operational...

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DESIGN FORECAST

Jan 14, 2016 by

DESIGN FORECAST

[Translate] METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Anti-ownership, holography, and revisiting hippie values: Curators, critics, experts, designers, and...

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AMERICA AND ITS FELLOW EXECUTI...

Jan 9, 2016 by

AMERICA AND ITS FELLOW EXECUTIONERS

[Translate] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD – NYTIMES     Aside from the barbarism and injustice of Saudi Arabia’s execution...

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BOTTLED AIR FROM CANADA IS SEL...

Dec 26, 2015 by

BOTTLED AIR FROM CANADA IS SELLING LIKE CRAZY IN CHINA

[Translate] Sadly, this isn’t a gag from “Silicon Valley.” Vitality Air is marketing itself to smog-filled Chinese...

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CHINA’S “SPONGE CI...

Dec 16, 2015 by

CHINA’S “SPONGE CITIES” USE SMART INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT MASSIVE WATER ISSUES

[Translate] Shutterstock By Kate Yoder   GRIST Of China’s many green fascinations (Exhibit A: Sproutcore), here’s one that seems like...

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THE HOPEFUL NEWS ABOUT C02 EMI...

Dec 9, 2015 by

THE HOPEFUL NEWS ABOUT C02 EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate] Shutterstock By Phil Plait   GRIST This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of...

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CHINA POLLUTION; BEIJING ISSUE...

Dec 7, 2015 by

CHINA POLLUTION; BEIJING ISSUES FIRST RED SMOG ALERT

[Translate] Image caption A street vendor waits for customers at a smoggy Jingshan Park in Beijing Schools in Beijing are to close...

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INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCED IN THE...

Nov 21, 2015 by

[Translate] By james321 REBLOGGED BY SciTech DK GreenRoots Climate Hawks While we’re “debating” torture, access to...

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CHINA PLANS TO LAND A PROBE ON...

Sep 11, 2015 by

CHINA PLANS TO LAND A PROBE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON BY 2020

[Translate]  Written By Kif Leswing  FUTURISM 2 days ago moon In Brief During a Chinese state broadcast, a member of the Chinese...

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THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALL...

Sep 10, 2015 by

THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALLY GOT SERIOUS ABOUT SAVING THEMSELVES FROM THEMSELVES

[Translate] By Jonathan Chait  NEW YORK MAGAZINE The Sunniest Climate-Change Story You’ve Ever Read This is the year humans finally...

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HORRIFYING VIDEOS DEPICT A MAS...

Aug 13, 2015 by

HORRIFYING VIDEOS DEPICT A MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN CHINA

[Translate] The cause of the blast, which reportedly injured hundreds, is unknown VIDEO Lindsay Abrams SALON.COM Topics: Explosion,...

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FROM OPIUM WARS TO DARWIN̵...

Jul 27, 2015 by

FROM OPIUM WARS TO DARWIN’S FINCHES: A BRIEF HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

[Translate] History has shown us time and time again that we are only human. By Eduardo Galeano   THE NATION 1886 Map of the British...

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THE GRAND CANAL: NICARAGUAR...

Jul 23, 2015 by

THE GRAND CANAL: NICARAGUA’S FLIRTATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER

[Translate] A centuries old vision, building a canal linking the Atlantic with the Pacific in Nicaragua, may finally become a...

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WHY THOUSANDS OF BUDHISTS ARE ...

Jul 6, 2015 by

WHY THOUSANDS OF BUDHISTS ARE PROTESTING THE DALAI LAMA

[Translate] by Sam P.K. Collins THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP   His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama kicked off his three-day birthday...

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HOW RICHARD NIXON DESTROYED AM...

Jun 25, 2015 by

HOW RICHARD NIXON DESTROYED AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

[Translate] Economy He tried to sell so-called “free trade” to us as a way of ending Communism in China. By Thom Hartmann...

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China’s Amazonian railway ‘thr...

May 17, 2015 by

China’s Amazonian railway ‘threatens uncontacted tribes’ and the rainforest

[Translate] Environmentalists sound alarm over plans to construct 5,300km route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to cut...

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It Only Took Four Months For C...

May 17, 2015 by

It Only Took Four Months For China To Achieve A Jaw-Dropping Reduction In Carbon Emissions

[Translate] by Ari Phillips  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock China is the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, sale so small...

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The 10 Biggest Lies You’ve Bee...

May 12, 2015 by

The 10 Biggest Lies You’ve Been Told About the Trans-Pacific Partnership

[Translate] News & Politics You can call it “misleading” or “offering half-truths,” but when push comes...

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Here Are All the Ways People A...

Apr 30, 2015 by

Here Are All the Ways People Are Dying at Work

[Translate] Michelle Chen RSS Feed Exploring the world of work, from the border to the barricades.   A Bangladeshi woman looks at a...

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Tomgram: Michael Klare, Is the...

Apr 26, 2015 by

[Translate]   [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Sad news from me.  On Monday, Eduardo Galeano died of cancer.  I was his U.S. book...

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