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Inside Climate News: US Unprepared to Face Costs of Climate Change, GAO Says

Georgina Gustin October 25, 2017
The United States is not saving money by ignoring the risks of climate change. "The Government Accountability Office, in a report issued on Tuesday, cited a range of research concluding that the costs of worsening droughts, floods, wildfires, heat waves and storms will run into hundreds of billions of dollars and threaten many parts of the economy, while hitting some regions particularly...

Fortune: Yellowstone Supervolcano Could Erupt Sooner Than We Thought

Grace Donnelly October 19, 2017
An eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano in the western United States may occur sooner rather than the centuries once assumed, suggest researchers at Arizona State University. They examined minerals of fossilized deposits that showed changes in temperature and composition from a previous eruption, and also found that the supervolcano’s magma reservoir is large and could fill more quickly than...

Deutsche Welle: Climate Change Sets the World on Fire

October 18, 2017
Fast-moving wildfires are striking densely populated communities throughout the Americas and Europe, resulting in mass evacuations, with dozens of deaths, thousands of homes destroyed, mass evacuations and disrupted businesses. “With global temperatures rising, scientists say wildfires are likely to become increasingly frequent and widespread,” reports Deutsche Welle. “Even Greenland, not known...

CNBC: 3 Reasons the World Could Turn Its Back on the US Dollar

David Reid October 12, 2017
The US dollar may lose its status as the world’s reserve currency due to weak US governance and geopolitical pressures: the North Korea threat, diminished US-EU transatlantic ties and China’s prominence in global markets, including skill in managing credit excesses, so far, without disrupting the global economy. China strives to increase demand for yuan, announcing plans to buy oil in yuan and...

The Star: Man Works Legally in Canada for 37 Years but the Government Considers Him “Temporary”

Nicholas Keung October 5, 2017
Low food prices from the agriculture industry rely on low-wage migrant workers, willing to do tasks, as it’s so often said, that citizens in wealthy nations do not want to do. Nicholas Keung, writing for the Toronto Star, profiles Patrick Stanio, age 66, who has worked in Canada for 37 years. “Despite his long history here and devotion to his job, Stanio has always been just a guest in Canada,”...

The Telegraph: Does the Lack of Gun Controls Put You Off Visiting the US?

Hugh Morris October 3, 2017
Europeans assess the risks of travel to the United States after a shooter orchestrated a siege on a crowded concert in Las Vegas, killing 59 people and injuring more than 500. The Telegraph reports that Las Vegas is the sixth most popular US destination, welcoming more than 3 million foreign visitors each year. Tourism accounts for more than 40 percent of the area’s labor force. “In short, in the...

GlobalVoices: Puerto Rico, Trapped Between Colonialism and Hurricanes

Ana Portnoy September 26, 2017
Two hurricanes struck Puerto Rico and the island confronts a humanitarian crisis with flooding, ruined infrastructure, limited food and water supplies. The US president issued a disaster declarations and also pointed to the island’s debt woes. Challenges for Puerto Rico from hurricane damage, high levels of debt or unfunded pensions are compounded by colonialism, explains Ana Portney, writing for...