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Section 112 is untouchable
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/11/2024
» Re: "Section 112 won't fix itself", (Editorial, Nov 7).
We don't need to kill animals for food
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 24/09/2024
» A bit behind the curve (it was first posted last April), I have stumbled across "The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness".
Land tax loophole endangers our environment
Oped, Kitichate Sridith, Published on 29/12/2022
» The public is little aware of the problem, but a new land tax is Thailand's most environmentally destructive policy in the 21st century so far. Taxing land and buildings is a standard policy around the world, and it makes good economic sense. That's why parliament in 2019 passed the law in question -- the Land and Building Tax Act, which went into effect in 2020, imposing annual tax rates ranging from 0.01% to 1.2% or more on the value of the land.
Do we share a childish sense of morality?
Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 10/09/2022
» Consider the following statements describing our moral judgements:
Taking back the oceans, before it's too late
Oped, Alexander Kozul-Wright, Published on 27/08/2022
» The United Nations convened its Ocean Conference (Unoc) in Lisbon, Portugal in June. The goal was to “to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action” The world needs a “sustainably managed ocean”, according to the UN’s under-secretary-general for legal affairs, Miguel de Serpa Soares, who hailed the conference as an “enormous success”. If only.
Toxic culture
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2022
» Re: "Navy divers to help seal SPRC pipeline," (BP, Feb 24) and "Second spill salvage op gets green light," (BP, Feb 21).
'Decade of action': Our solutions are in nature
Oped, Renaud Meyer & Chularat Niratisayakul, Published on 22/05/2020
» May 22 marks the International Day of Biological Diversity (IDB), an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the important role biodiversity and ecosystems play to sustain all lives on our planet.