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Climate change salvation in a vat
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/12/2020
» We are putting a final end to the fossil era," said Denmark's climate minister, Dan Jorgensen, last week. What he meant was that the European Union's biggest oil and gas producer is officially getting out of the petrochemical business after 80 years.
Malaysia gets second chance to prosper and thrive
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/05/2018
» Mahathir Mohamad was always a curious character. He was prime minister of Malaysia for 22 years, and although he did not enrich himself many of his cronies did very well from corrupt practices that he did little to curb.
The end of the big trade deals nears
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/11/2016
» US president-elect Donald Trump announced yesterday that he will cancel the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in office (Jan 20). That will kill the TPP off for all 12 countries that agreed on it just over a year ago: as Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, the TPP would be meaningless without the involvement of the US. But then, it was pretty meaningless even with US involvement.