Category: Politics
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Unprecedented flooding in New Zealand and California
In late December and early January, California was hit with over three weeks of heavy rainfall, generating flooding that left 20 dead and nearly 25,000 people displaced from their homes. This rainfall was the result of a sequence of nine high precipitation storms called “atmospheric rivers” that hit the state, overwhelming flood protection measures and…
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The future of climate policy?
On September 27th, Keir Starmer addressed the annual Labour Conference, committing to create a “new national champion in clean energy”: a publicly owned and operated energy company, Great British Energy, that would invest £8bn in wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy projects within Britain. Its aims: cut energy costs for consumers, generate energy stability and…
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State of the Nation
“Will Britain Survive?” an Atlantic headline reads. Exceptionally (even laughably) apocalyptic, you might think. But the Atlantic isn’t the only newspaper, or even the only organisation, touting similarly ominous messages about Britain and its future. Words like decline, difficulty, upheaval and apathy (and a slew of other “crisis” synonyms) appear to have permeated the political,…
SIDNEY WATSON 