Coal is still king in global power production - https://m.phys.org/news/2018-11-coal-king-global-power-production.html
Environmental study claims 40% of coal plants unprofitable - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-coal/more-than-40-percent-of-world-coal-plants-are-unprofitable-report-idUSKCN1NZ00B?utm_source=reddit.com
Portrait of a planet on the verge of climate catastrophe - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/02/world-verge-climate-catastophe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
PHIDOC - December 2018
The Book of the Month is Hermann Hesse's Narziss and Goldmund
https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html
The Track of the Month is Brainstorm's Maybe
Lod: Demonstration Today in Wake of Demolition of Arab Home #ClassWar http://www.redglobe.org/en/near-and-middle-east/israel/30767-lod-demonstration-today-in-wake-of-demolition-of-arab-home
@limits2growth Lights out.
The Insect Apocalypse Is Here
What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth | https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html
Global food system is broken says worlds science academies - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/28/global-food-system-is-broken-say-worlds-science-academies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Record-breaking heat wave and "catastrophic" wildfires hit Australia. This the first time that Queensland's fire danger has been rated as "catastrophic," which is the highest threat level on their scale. - https://www.axios.com/heat-wave-and-catastrophic-wildfires-hit-australia-1ccb8643-6265-4b91-8b89-e4052789535e.html
Climate, Human Delusion and Our Destruction of the Biosphere: We Aren’t Even Trying! - https://www.globalresearch.ca/climate-human-delusion-and-our-destruction-of-the-biosphere-we-arent-even-trying/5661126
Not a single mention to the @Snowden episode that exposed the US spying the entire world, including their own citizens: "Huawei: NZ bars Chinese firm on national security fears" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46368001
Certainly the only people upset about tear gas at the border are those who were outraged when it was used monthly under Obama, as this is just a continuation of the Obama policy. Link and excerpts from source CW for length
Obama administration used tear gas at border once a month
The same tear gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently — including more than once a month during some years under President Obama, according to Homeland Security data.
“The facts are, the policy written under President Obama allows us to use tear gas to disperse a crowd that was very dangerous,” he told the network.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/26/obama-administration-used-tear-gas-border-once-mon/
So yet again we have outrage at Trump for doing what Obama did. I don't know that you're seeing things clearly if things are always okay for "us" to do but bad for "them" to do.
Enough is Enough: **Anti-fascism in the 1930s: from minority to majority**
"In the collective memory of the 1930s, we think of the decade as one in which the left was always destined to out-number the right (at least in Britain, France…). So that big set-piece occasions, such as the Battle of Cable Street, saw huge left-wing crowds o…"
https://enoughisenough14.org/2018/11/26/anti-fascism-in-the-1930s-from-minority-to-majority/
@Romegeorgiaman I've used this metaphor since the middle 1960s. It is the reality.
International Operation Reveals 500 Marine Pollution Crimes - https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/8912-international-operation-reveals-500-marine-pollution-crimes
Dr. Johannes B. Koeppl: The interests behind the Bush Administration, such as the CFR, The Trilateral Commission - founded by Brzezinski for David Rockefeller - and the Bilderberger Group, have prepared for and are now moving to implement open world dictatorship within the next five years. They are not fighting against terrorists. They are fighting against citizens.