2023: the year governments looked at the climate crisis, and decided to persecute the activists

Owen Jones Injustice is easy to oppose after it has receded into the past, and there is no cost to imagining yourself as a hero long after the event. Everyone celebrates the suffragettes now, but at the time they were vilified as hateful spinsters and terrorists. McCarthyism is a pejorative political label on right and… Read More 2023: the year governments looked at the climate crisis, and decided to persecute the activists

9th January 20249th January 2024 Dilip

Extreme heat is pushing India to the brink of survivability. One solution is also a big part of the problem

By 2050, India will be among the first places where temperatures will cross survivability limits, according to climate experts. And within that time frame, the demand for air conditioners (AC) in the country is also expected to rise nine-fold, outpacing all other appliances, according to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The hotter and wealthier India… Read More Extreme heat is pushing India to the brink of survivability. One solution is also a big part of the problem

7th January 20247th January 2024 Dilip

Life, death and zombie mushrooms: in search of the Amazon’s rarest fungi

The Amazon rainforest brims with some of the world’s most diverse flora and fauna. Countless species of fungi dot the landscape, many still unnamed and awaiting discovery. Rockefeller and Quark carefully collect data by photographing and cataloguing each specimen for submission to the national herbarium in Quito and eventual DNA sequencing. Words and photographs by Rachel Bujalski… Read More Life, death and zombie mushrooms: in search of the Amazon’s rarest fungi

5th January 20245th January 2024 Dilip

Ramachandra Guha: Heed the words

Before the port construction began, Vizhinjam was the largest and most important fishing village in Kerala. It was home to some 4,500 fishing families and several thousand boats Of all the Indian states I know, Kerala has the most active civil society organisations that flourish independently of governments and political parties. These groups work in… Read More Ramachandra Guha: Heed the words

31st December 2023 Dilip

A Murder at the End of the World: Emma Corrin is the ‘Gen Z Sherlock Holmes’

Extreme wealth is becoming the narrative preoccupation of our times. The obscenely rich entrepreneur, or sometimes the heir to an immoral fortune, has been all over television in 2023, from Beef to Dead Ringers, Succession to The Fall of the House of Usher to The Morning Show. In A Murder at the End of the… Read More A Murder at the End of the World: Emma Corrin is the ‘Gen Z Sherlock Holmes’

28th December 2023 Dilip

The Economy is broken. Let’s start again.

Aryaman Jain The oil corporations and the government wanted to build the world’s largest oil refinery in Ratnagiri. First they tried to build it at Nanar. The people resisted and the refinery was not built in Nanar. Then they tried to build it at Barsu-Solagaon. The people resisted and the refinery was not built in… Read More The Economy is broken. Let’s start again.

23rd December 2023 Dilip

The UK’s nuclear Narnia is a ‘bottomless pit of hell, money and despair’

Described as a nuclear Narnia, the site is a source of economic support for Cumbria – and a longstanding international safety concern Ministers who visit Sellafield for the first time are left with no illusions about the challenge at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site. One former UK secretary of state described it as a “bottomless… Read More The UK’s nuclear Narnia is a ‘bottomless pit of hell, money and despair’

6th December 20235th December 2023 Dilip

The Real Cost of Bottled Water

By Daniel Jaffee / CounterPunch The price of bottled water has frequently been the focus of both ridicule and concern. While often priced competitively with soda and other beverages, this commodity is vastly more expensive than the tap water it often replaces for consumers. Depending on the brand and package, the cost of the average yearly… Read More The Real Cost of Bottled Water

3rd December 2023 Dilip

Are young people poised to slam the brake on endless economic growth?

The climate and cost of living crises make belief in expanding GDPs look as stale as last year’s mince pies. But when central governments rely on consumerism to shore up spending, it will be hard for ‘degrowth’ to gain any traction When Kat Butler made her first post-lockdown trip to the high street in 2021,… Read More Are young people poised to slam the brake on endless economic growth?

3rd December 2023 Dilip

‘De-extinction’ plan to reintroduce the Dodo bird to Mauritius

The dodo, extinct for over three centuries, could return to Mauritius thanks to an audacious plan from biotech company Colossal Biosciences and the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. If the partnership achieves its goal, the dodo would be following in the footsteps of other species once extinct in the wild but successfully returned to nature. Scroll through the… Read More ‘De-extinction’ plan to reintroduce the Dodo bird to Mauritius

2nd December 2023 Dilip

After the truth-shower

Philosophy, history, literature, current affairs, and other stuff. Posted by Dilip Simeon

Tag: ecology