A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… country in South East Asia according to anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International …
On 10 January 2017 a new emergency plan was presented in a commission in Belgium's Parliament. The evacuation perimeter was conveniently halved to 10km to avoid an evacuation of Belgium's second and third cities in case of a meltdown. The plan has been called totally inadequate. NICK MEYNEN reports
Neighbouring countries concerned about the risk of a Belgian Nuclear meltdown Nick Meynen | 19th January 2017 News Nuclear Energy Nuclear Meltdown Renewables emergency plans.jpg On 10 January 2017 a …
If you want a vision of our green future, imagine a Millennial working a zero-hour contract in a care home, looking after a lonely bed-ridden Boomer – forever.
… government contracts showing ‘red flags’ for corruption . And we shouldn’t under-estimate …
The Sardar Sarovar Dam in India is already one of the world’s most controversial. With last month’s decision to forcibly displace another 40,000 families without proper relocation and compensation, Indian authorities seem eager to make it the worst dam ever. But an increasingly publicised hunger strike is putting pressure on India's prime minister, reports NICK MEYNEN
… rehabilitation, compensation and the massive corruption. The Supreme Court of India …
Gas-related earthquakes stirred Groningers into action a long time ago, but they are now joined by over 700 activists from all over Europe, who put their bodies before a crucial gate for tankers right now. NICK MEYNEN reports
… attack that I directly associate with the corruption at the institution that refused to …
The alternatives to neoliberalism - including a new community type of agriculture and community-owned green energy, local currencies, peer-to-peer networks and a sharing economy - are already here and unfolding right now. All we need is a revolution writes NICK MEYNEN
… shale, tar sands, biofuels. We need to expose corruption, corporate power and the failures …
Climate breakdown risks a supercycle where the price of goods - including food - rises as supply breaks down. So who is going to pay?
The climate supercycle Nicholas Beuret | 14th May 2021 | Comment Climate Breakdown Economics Editor’s Picks 0.41432800_1485252890_africa-drought.jpg Climate breakdown risks a supercycle where the …
Fears of floods of migrants are nothing new. But they have become a way to racialise climate change and justify ever-more brutal policing at the border.
Turning the climate crisis into racist politics Nicholas Beuret | 12th October 2021 | News Climate Breakdown Immigration Climate Migration Climate Justice Racism Editor’s Picks …