‘Meat-centric’ meals like Thanksgiving contribute to a climate crisis: Bloomberg
Americans' Thanksgiving dinners are said to be harming the planet. Meat, the main event of holiday celebratory meals in Turkey, and more broadly around the world, is fueling the climate crisis. According to experts who spoke to Bloomberg. Emma Garnett, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford who studies behavior change and sustainable eating, […]
Trump says he's planning 'large-scale' ad campaign on fentanyl crisis
President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced plans to launch a “massive” advertising campaign aimed at educating Americans about the effects of fentanyl. “I will be working on a major advertising campaign in the US to explain how harmful fentanyl is to use on people and how millions of lives are needlessly destroyed. “By the end of […]
Plans to end NHS dental care crisis not working, warns spending watchdog | Dentists
Plans to end a deepening crisis in access to NHS dental care are failing, leaving patients without treatment, according to a warning from the government's spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO)’s heartbreaking verdict About “Tooth Regeneration Plan” Patients' groups have warned that people's fight against tooth decay is a “serious public health concern”. A […]
Middle East crisis live: Far-right Israeli minister speaks out against Lebanon ceasefire with cabinet due to discuss deal | Israel
Israeli Minister: Ceasefire with Hezbollah would be “historically missed opportunity'' Itamar Ben Gvir, the far-right Interior and Security Minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government, said a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah would be a “historically lost opportunity”. Israeli media quoted him as saying in an interview with Can Radio: We have a historic […]
A national service program to help Trump solve the border crisis
The Blueprint polling initiative is crediting President-elect Donald Trump with his victory. 3 major issues: Inflation, immigration, cultural liberalism and voter alienation from the Democratic Party brand. Blueprint concluded that Vice President Harris failed to outperform her past on all three issues. And perhaps no issue illustrates that headwind more clearly than immigration. America's failed […]
A planet in crisis: How can we solve our plastics problem?
It is shocking to learn that we humans are literally made of stardust. Almost all the elements in our bodies come from material created when stars exploded over the past 13 billion years. It's sobering in another way to know that by burning carbon, we star children are endangering life on Earth, including our own. […]
A mystery in Finnish Lapland, and what it means for the climate crisis – podcast | Finland
Finland has one of the most ambitious carbon neutrality targets in the world. The goal is to reach net zero by 2035. If this feels like a bold pledge, there's a good reason why. Two-thirds of the country is covered by forests; Over the decades, we absorbed more carbon dioxide than we emitted. But recently, […]
The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover | Russia
TLast week's unprecedented firing of British-made long-range Storm Shadow missiles by the Ukrainian military at military targets inside Russia made the UK, along with the US, a legitimate target for punitive and possibly violent retaliation from the Russian government. It means being considered. In a major escalation over the missile launches, President Vladimir Putin acknowledged […]
McKinsey nears $600m settlement with US government over role in opioid crisis | Opioids crisis
McKinsey & Co. is in the final stages of negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve a U.S. criminal investigation into the consulting firm's work that helped boost sales for opioid manufacturers that are said to have contributed to a deadly addiction epidemic. Officials have revealed that there are. McKinsey & Co. is in talks […]
Bathroom battles expose GOP’s identity crisis on sex and gender
American politicians have a long and storied history, but it's important to never take them too seriously. Democratic proceedings often have carnival-like aspects. Still, I can't help but imagine America's founders looking down in dismay at the disgrace that befalls the republic they founded on a daily basis. The recent election of a man who […]