September 19, 2018 archive

Sep 19

First World Bioeconomy Forum in Finland

First World Bioeconomy Forum held in Ruka, Finland, 11-13 September 2018, gets a positive start – future EU budget doubles to Euro 10 billion. “This large increase is recognition that we are in an economy that is becoming more and more dependent on biological resources to produce food, energy and material in a way that …

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Sep 19

Third EEA report on bioeconomy

The report The circular economy and the bioeconomy — Partners in sustainability was issued by EEA at the end of August 2018. It addresses circularity aspects of bio-based products and the sustainable use of renewable natural resources, and shows the strong links between the two policy agendas, such as in objectives and areas of intervention, …

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Sep 19

Syria – Israel’s Attack Kills Russian Soldiers

Yesterday Turkey and Russia agreed on a further de-escalation in Idelb province in Syria (see the update here). This agreement takes away the chance of an imminent wider war in which the U.S. and some of its allies would use a fake ‘chemical attack’ as a pretext to launch missiles against a large number of …

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Sep 19

Anti-Vaccine Japan Has World’s Lowest Child Death Rate & Highest Life Expectancy

Interesting data from Amanda-Mary on Japan, its strategy against harmful vaccines and its extraordinary results after the ban on mandatory vaccines. The article is re-launched by Comedonchisciotte and the original can be found at Anti-Vaccine Japan Has World’s Lowest Child Death Rate & Highest Life Expectancy Anti-Vaccine Japan Has World’s Lowest Child Death Rate & …

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