Abortion is a global issue. A survey of The World’s Abortion Laws shows significant disagreement about it.A few countries, like Egypt, prohibit it. Others, like Brazil, allow it only when the mother’s life is in danger. In the United States, laws vary from state to state. But the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision makes it difficult to restrict it significantly.Advocates for abortion frequently argue for a woman’s right to choose. But some now, like Democratic … [Read more...]
No Reason to Panic: The State of Arctic Ice Mass And Greenland
Sea ice levels are quite important to the discussion surrounding climate change. This is because changes in sea ice volume are considered the most tangible impact of changes in global temperature levels.Climatologists and climate change enthusiasts have thus always followed the changes in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice volume. And Greenland also has been at the center of attention, as it hosts the largest ice mass outside of the polar regions.Of the three regions, Antarctica has seen the most … [Read more...]
Mainstream Media Hijack Hurricane Dorian For Climate-Change Alarm
As I write at 11 a.m. Eastern Time Monday, Hurricane Dorian, with sustained winds of 155 mph—barely below Category 5—is pounding the Bahamas and moving very slowly westward, forecast to turn north later today.After crawling slowly up the Florida and Georgia coasts Tuesday through Wednesday, Dorian is forecast to turn northeast Thursday morning and continue its crawl along the coasts of South and North Carolina.By Friday morning the eye could be east of North Carolina’s outer … [Read more...]
Amazon Fires Not Unprecedented: Data Reveal Good News
Fires in the Amazon rainforest have been the topic of a global environmental scare. Some people blame climate change. They say it makes the burn rate worse than usual. French President Emmanuel Macron called it “an international crisis.”But are we witnessing the rainforest’s death? Are the “lungs of the earth” burning beyond repair?Not according to the data.The Amazon rainforest is close to my heart. An avid nature lover, I have spent much time in tropical rainforests. I have always wanted to … [Read more...]
Climate Fears Fail to Keep Coal at Bay
Despite heightened fears of climate crisis, the global coal market remains upbeat. India and China, two of the largest producers and consumers of coal, have ramped up their coal production and show no signs of slowdown.The United States, Australia, and Indonesia follow the big two, but their production and consumption levels are far less than China’s.Reports came in early August that there has been a surge in Chinese coal mine approvals. In the first half of 2019 alone, the government has … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Restrictive Climate Policies: Asian Giants Set the Example
With each passing year, nations are becoming sensitive to the fact that climate change is not as dangerous as it was believed to be.Crop yields continue to increase, life expectancy rates have gone up dramatically, and more importantly the temperature levels failed to follow the lead of carbon dioxide emissions.As a result, and the responsibility to meet growing domestic energy demands, countries are finding new ways to bypass the climate pressure from international … [Read more...]
Renewable Failure and Renewable Threats to Wildlife Become a Global Norm
As the Paris climate agreement pushes for more and more renewable installments globally, reports of failure of installed renewables, especially wind and solar, are also becoming increasingly common.Nobody wishes for wind and solar to fail. After all, billions of dollars have been invested in them. I, like many others, desire to see renewables strengthen the existing energy infrastructure globally.Sadly, and inevitably, though, the drawbacks and limitations of wind and solar keep resurfacing, no … [Read more...]
Green Is the New Black: But What Does ‘Going Green’ Really Mean?
Green is the new black. If you say a particular color is “the new black,” you mean it has become fashionable.Sustainable living, vegan food, eco-friendly lifestyle, opposition to plastics, and reducing your carbon footprint are the new love-language of Green living.The 21st-century environmental movement is impossible to miss. So much so, environmental policies have now become a key political issue.The most talked about policy in the United States is the Green New Deal, which proposes, among … [Read more...]
GMO: The Missing Link of India’s Agricultural Future and the Solution to Food Poverty
India’s agricultural sector is in danger of being left behind, as its neighbors China and Bangladesh are moving ahead with their embrace of genetically modified food crops.Are GM crops the secret to India’s Next Green Revolution?China and Bangladesh, have been keen on utilizing the newly invented GM crop varieties to boost their agricultural sector and also address their food security.Among the various GM crops they’ve introduced in recent decades, GM rice is of special importance. Also known as … [Read more...]
Slum Dwellers and the Glory of the Light of God
Growing up I never had to be afraid of being roofless. The biggest discomfort to my life came from two terrorist attacks in different cities, both of which my family managed to escaped unhurt.Life was always great here in India until I met and talked with slum dwellers in the city of Allahabad. They lived in the midst of a large sewer, with sewer water literally flowing between and under their make-shift houses.They had domesticated pigs and dogs that roamed casually and were friendly too. … [Read more...]
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