Colin todhunter “Ecomodernists offer no solutions to contemporary problems other than technical innovation and further integration into private markets which are structured systematically by centralized state power in favour of the wealthy…” Chris Smaje In 2017, the then Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robb Fraley argued that his company made a mistake in not reaching out to the …
American Institute for Economic Research, November 22, 2022 Industrial Policy Returns, Prior Pratfalls Notwithstanding James Bovard Jubilation erupted in Washington this summer as industrial policy came back into fashion. Congress passed Biden-backed legislation known as the CHIPS Act to spend $52 billion subsidizing semiconductor production. But the new law is a reminder that politicians prosper […]
Kit Knightly We’re a week into this year’s UN climate summit, COP27, and the various agenda planned to roll out on the back of it are coming into focus. None more so than the autumn offensive in the establishment’s war on food. There’s a big push on that front. Today was “Adaptation and Agriculture” day …
Colin Todhunter A public interest litigation is currently before India’s Supreme Court which challenges the drive to commercialise the growing of genetically modified (GM) mustard in India. On 26 October 2022, however, the country’s apex regulatory body – the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee – sanctioned commercialisation of the crop. The central government has in the …
This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • CPC 20th National Congress outcomes • The China model of modernization • World’s first perennial rice variety • Hope for Chinese women’s football
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This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • 20th CPC National Congress report • China’s EV battery supplies to the US • Rice growing in salty, alkaline soil • Physical growth of rural children in a decade
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Avec Olivier Boucher, climatologue et directeur adjoint de l'Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL) spécialisé en recherche de sciences de l'environnement. Si il fait plus chaud, il pleut plus. Ce n'est pas ce qu'on constate.
Avec Olivier Boucher, climatologue et directeur adjoint de l'Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL) spécialisé en recherche de sciences de l'environnement. Si il fait plus chaud, il pleut plus. Ce n'est pas ce qu'on constate.
Colin Todhunter In March 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a “hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system” in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. Guterres said food, fuel and fertiliser prices were skyrocketing with supply chains being disrupted and added this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for …
La sécurité que nous a apporté notre civilisation est une épée à double tranchants. D'un côté, la sécurité nous a permis d'accomplir des choses inimaginables. Mais, cette même sécurité sert de voile a une grande partie de la population. Dont les idéaux, notamment écologiques, vont mener vers un réveil violent du populisme.
