Friday, June 26, 2026

Tag: EU

Where on earth is Europe heading?

Europe is being pulled in several different directions, but generally not to the left.

Can Europe reassert itself after Ukraine?

For decades, Europe’s foreign policies have been decided elsewhere. As the war in Ukraine drags on and the U.S. priorities change, voices such as Glenn Diesen argue that Europe must rediscover strategic autonomy, whether the liberal international order survives or not.

EU proposes soft delay of anti-deforestation law & more exemptions for...

The proposal also introduces simplification measures and exemptions that favor EU nation states, the U.S., Canada, Australia and China.

The world’s oceans face triple planetary crisis: Report

The EU-funded report draws on decades of historical and current observational data as well as satellite measurements to create a resource for policymakers, scientists and citizens to more fully understand the challenges facing the world’s oceans.

It isn’t the first time that the European Parliament has given...

It isn’t the first time that the European Parliament has given support to Palestine recognition, but this resolution is the first directly to call on member states to undertake this step.

How the UN can act decisively to end genocide in Gaza

Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can take decisive action to end the genocide in Gaza, by authorizing a UN-backed arms embargo, economic boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, or even a military protection force for Gaza.

Will Trump-Putin summit leave Ukraine and Europe out in the cold?

If he repeats his past performances at summits with Putin and appears to back the Russian leader over his country’s closest allies, it is likely to cause a dangerous rift in the western alliance.

How Big Oil hijacked EU-funded journalism training on plastic pollution

At an event ostensibly about plastic waste, none of the speakers were heard mentioning the need to reduce plastic production—the core issue driving the crisis.

Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool

Heatwaves force European reactors offline while solar keeps the lights on.

Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish...

Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.

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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban

For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.