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The Line threatens the climate, the environment and human rights

NEOM: The biggest and most controversial 'new city' project in the world? In order to complete the enormous construction works in Saudi Arabia with the NEOM city project over the next 25 years, it is estimated that 100 workers will be needed – mainly migrants. At the same time, NEOM has been criticized for a lack of sustainable development and violations of human rights.
Eric Berg -

Food from thin air. Almost.

Food production: The newly explored "air food" contains neither soy, hormones, pesticides, herbicides nor genetically modified organisms. And the manufacturing process, which is carbon negative, can reduce traditional food production – which currently causes a third of the world's CO2 emissions.
Andrew Seifert -

Crystals, algae and ocean currents

Energy: MODERN TIMES's commentator Ole Seifert will in future regularly cover ecological technology and innovations. Various innovations in energy and power are presented here: ocean current turbines, solar power with ferroelectric crystals, hemp batteries and mechanical storage of excess power – which replaces batteries.
Andrew Seifert -

Glasglow – the spark in the Paris Agreement

CLIMATE: In the perspective of poor coal-intensive countries: Why should not the rich stop selling oil and gas – and let the poor continue to burn coal? Will the transmission of democracy now be to blame for the doom of the earth?
Paal Frisvold -

The three ecologies

Air conditioning: What does the city of Siracusa have in common with the UN and a French philosopher?
Truls Lie -

Creative destruction

GARBAGE: Norway is not equipped for textile sorting. Although we sort rubbish, we are nowhere near places in Japan that can recycle in 34 different categories. The goal is that the municipalities are not left with any waste – and without garbage trucks!
Andrew P. Kroglund -

Restructuring Directions?

COPENHAGEN: The cities are choosing to take a leading role in the fight for climate.
Niels Johan Juhl-Nielsen -

Global cooling alarmism

COLD TIMES: Forget global warming. CO2 does not affect the temperature of the Earth. Around 2030, on the contrary, with reduced solar activity, it may get colder.
Iril Kolle -

Cursed!

ENVIRONMENT:  New Extinction Rebellion should be taken seriously.
Truls Lie -

The military – an environmental pollution

Military activity threatens to end our entire existence.
Ingeborg Breines -

Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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