Tag: Asia/Laos
Damming rivers is terrible for human rights, ecosystems and food security
Despite industry rhetoric, hydropower is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable energy future.
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The end of (inconvenient) protest?
Protest has been a tool that the left has used to force government action throughout the English speaking world.
Sound the alarms, McConnell and Manchin put roadblocks in front of Biden’s agenda
When will we hear our president tell us how he plans to get all this great legislation underway in a Senate that is filled with McConnell and Manchin roadblocks?
Biden administration plans an immediate ban on menthol cigarettes
Studies prove that such bans will help people quit smoking, especially those disproportionately affected by menthol cigarettes.
What America can learn from China—Lessons from the pandemic
While the China model cannot be transplanted to the West, there’s a lot that America can learn from China.
A pesticide linked to brain damage in children could finally be banned
A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety.