Global interest spiked this week in an Act of the New Zealand parliament granting personhood to the Te Urewera National Park. The actual wording of the act is that “Te Urewera is a legal entity and has the same legal rights, powers, duties and responsibilities as a person.” This means that legal action can be Continue Reading →
Pope Francis this week named pollution as ‘sinful’ and fighting Climate Change a ‘sacred duty’. He called urgently for people to actively work to save the environment, proposing that the Catholic Church add such a duty to the list of “seven mercies,” which includes feeding the hungry and visiting the sick, which Catholics are required Continue Reading →
Many Swedish retailers stopped accepting cash this month as the next step in the nation’s move to become a cashless society. Writing in CounterCurrents this week, Brett Scott reports that European nations are backing the banks in a call to accelerate the elimination of cash. Scott quotes various politicians and bank executives as evidence that the Continue Reading →
The Russian decision to disconnect its currency from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and return to a sovereign currency will have far reaching implications for the USA and its allies according to Bloomberg and The Bell this week. The impact of Russia’s decision to go it alone will be exacerbated by the Chinese decision to Continue Reading →
Huge forest fires raging in the Amazonian rainforest are threatening to wipe out the Awa tribe, one of the last uncontacted indigenous groups on Earth. The neighbouring Guajajara Guardians have been fighting to protect the Awa tribe from violence by loggers, disease and land clearing. Despite promises by the Brazilian government to assist, the Guardians Continue Reading →
The second stage of a massive wind-generation project, larger than most nuclear power stations, was approved in the UK parliament this week. The world’s largest wind farm is in the North Sea at Hornsea and will power 2.5 million homes. This stage brings the capacity of the wind farm up to 3 gigawatts of electricity, Continue Reading →