Così i fertilizzanti divorano l’ossigeno nei laghi: lo scontro con gli ambientalisti e la ricerca di soluzioni più sostenibili. Dalla Tuscia alla Spagna, due esempi emblematici di come l'agricoltura intensiva altera la chimica dei corsi d'acqua. editorialedomani.it/ambiente…

While the United States spends billions bombing Iran and the world watches oil prices crash, China just published the most consequential economic document of the decade. Nobody is paying attention. That is the point. The 15th Five-Year Plan, unveiled at the National People’s Congress on 5th March, is 141 pages. It mentions artificial intelligence over 50 times. It targets 70% AI penetration across the Chinese economy by 2027 and 90% by 2030. It designates humanoid robotics as a core pillar industry with output doubling over five years. It commits to space-Earth quantum communication networks, nuclear fusion timelines, and brain-computer interfaces. It sets AI-related industries at a target value exceeding 10 trillion yuan, approximately $1.38 trillion. And it declares “extraordinary measures” for rare earths and semiconductor self-reliance. This is not an economic plan. It is a war plan for a war the United States is not fighting because it is too busy fighting the wrong one. The US response to Chinese technological competition is the CHIPS and Science Act, signed in 2022. It appropriated $52.7 billion for semiconductor manufacturing, including $39 billion in direct grants and a 25% investment tax credit that expires this year. It has spurred over $640 billion in private investment across 140 projects in 30 states. It created half a million jobs. By any measure, it is the most significant US industrial policy in a generation. And it covers exactly one sector of an economy-wide technological competition. China’s plan covers every sector. AI across the entire economy. Robotics as industrial backbone. Space infrastructure. Quantum computing. Rare earth processing dominance maintained and strengthened. The CHIPS Act is a rifle. The 15th Five-Year Plan is an arsenal. The rare earth dimension is where the plans intersect with the war. China controls 90% of global rare earth processing. Every F-35 joint strike fighter requires 920 pounds of rare earth materials. Every Patriot missile battery, every THAAD interceptor, every guided munition being expended over Iran at a rate of thousands per week depends on materials that China processes. The “extraordinary measures” in the Five-Year Plan are not defensive. They are the tightening of a supply chain that the US military cannot function without. In April 2025, China imposed export controls on all 17 rare earth elements. The January 2027 DFARS deadline requires the Pentagon to eliminate Chinese rare earth dependency from defence procurement. That leaves a 10-to-15-year vulnerability window during which the United States is simultaneously waging a war that consumes rare-earth-dependent munitions at historic rates and attempting to build alternative supply chains that do not yet exist. The Iran war is consuming the interceptors. China is tightening the supply chain that builds the interceptors. The Five-Year Plan is the document that formalises the tightening into national strategy. Trump posted “Death, Fire, and Fury” on Truth Social. Xi Jinping published a 141-page plan to ensure that the materials required to deliver that fire and fury remain under Chinese control for the next fifteen years. One leader is fighting a war. The other is winning the peace. And the 141 pages that will determine which strategy prevails were published the same week the bombs started falling. Full analysis - open.substack.com/pub/shanak…

Los accidentes con pescadores artesanales son cada vez más frecuentes, mientras que las capturas ilegales encuentran sin dificultad su camino hacia España e Italia ✍️Por @davidewop publico.es/internacional/afr…

Una empresa española envasaba y exportaba pescado capturado ilegalmente en Gambia, al menos, hasta 2024 ✍️Por @davidewop publico.es/internacional/afr…

In Spain & Mexico, the demand for octopus is growing, but its populations are shrinking. Fishers are holding on to traditional methods & embracing eco-certification schemes to safeguard the species. By @Ocean_ORN @davidewop & @PaolaMargu for #Mongabay. bit.ly/4kkUswg

🇬🇪 | On this day 34 years ago, March 31, 1991, millions of Georgians came together to participate in a pivotal referendum with a simple yet profound question: "Do you agree or disagree with restoring Georgia’s state independence based on the Act of May 26, 1918?" An overwhelming 98.9% of Georgians answered "Yes," and just one week later, Georgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union as the rightful successor to the First Republic of Georgia. Those Georgians could scarcely have imagined, even in their darkest nightmares, that 34 years later we would still be battling the toxic remnants of that evil empire. Yet here we are. Today, tens of thousands of Georgians will gather on Rustaveli Avenue to honor and proclaim the legacy of our cherished ancestors. Long live free Georgia!

China’s propaganda push in Africa includes content sharing agreements, ‘training’ African journalists, and buying media outlets to promote a positive image and censor negative press.

New investigation looks into the spread of thirsty gum trees in Mozambique, and their impacts on the environment local communities ⬇️ bit.ly/3C0uA8V By @davidewop @JuanMazaCalleja @boamonjane, supported by @journalismfund

Au #Mozambique 🇲🇿, des entreprises européennes plantent des eucalyptus pour produire du 📜papier, au risque de menacer les communautés rurales et de l’écosystème local. Le reportage de @davidewop @juanmazacalleja et @boamonjane, av. @journalismfund : voxeurop.eu/fr/europe-papier…

Out of Gaza nytimes.com/card/2024/11/19/…

RT @marywareham: The use of incendiary weapons over the past year raises serious humanitarian & environmental concerns - new @hrw report: h…

🇫🇷🌊 After the National Assembly, the @Senat adopted in a unanimous decision the High Seas Treaty #BBNJ, a significant move leading to #UNOC3 in #Nice2025 Committed to the oceans, France is the first country in the European Union, G7, and G20 to ratify the agreement #BlueNations

🇺🇸Este es el mapa de estas elecciones. Trump no solo ha ganado en compromisarios, también en el voto popular. Ha habido un giro del país hacia los republicanos (controlados por el movimiento MAGA).

God blame America

RT @evanhill: Israel has presented "little or even no evidence of a significant Hamas presence" at northern Gaza's three main hospitals, wh…

BREAKING: President @Zourabichvili_S announces that she does not recognize the elections results and call the people to join her. Zurabishvili asks people to join the protest at Rustaveli tomorrow at 7PM. President tells the Georgian people that they won these elections, and nobody has the right to take that away from us. This was outright election fraud—a complete theft of votes, a Russian special operation, a new form of hybrid aggression by Russia. They deprived us of the right to elections; they stole the institution of elections, she said. More below.

Fotogalería | Hombres como Mamadou o Mansour arriesgaron sus vidas intentando llegar a Canarias en una patera para labrarse un futuro. Tras no conseguirlo, sufren la vergüenza de volver a su pueblo en Senegal, Ndangane, como “fracasados” elpais.com/planeta-futuro/20…

A year after world leaders made a landmark promise to cut fossil fuels, countries have essentially made no progress, a UN report said. nyti.ms/3C8Tgvl

The EU is facilitating a deadly deportation machine in Turkey that is sending 100s of thousands of Afghans back to the Taliban & Syrians to ongoing conflict A new investigation from @LHreports & partners reveals millions of euros spent on a system of abuse and forced returns 🧵

🎉 A very warm welcome to @JenniferYVerma, @ECAlberts, @boonbar, @HeleCarpio, @_e_delger, @AlecLuhn, @davidewop, @katiemcque, @sarojpathi & @NBorso!