Every clean coal initiative has shutdown because the tech can’t work and it makes cleaner fuels or green sources so competitive there is no financial reason to keep coal plants online.
Unrest surged during the coronavirus pandemic as residents expressed mistrust in the government's handling of health crises.
Founded in 1922, FIDH brings together some 188 member groups and is funded by various international bodies and national embassies. FIDH said it filed the complaint alongside two other rights groups to the European Committee on Social Rights, an arm of the Council of Europe which seeks to uphold social and economic rights.
Separately on Thursday, Guadeloupe's SMGEAG water management and sanitation syndicate said many communes were suffering from water shortages, notably across the south-eastern parts of the island, citing "malicious acts and shortages due to drought."
Earlier in March, local authorities said they were cancelling over 13 million euros ($14 million) in water bills for some south-western residents, and had scrapped close to 30 million euros in this area since 2020.
FIDH attributed the shortages to widespread leaks, poor sanitation and pollution from the chlordecone pesticide, which was banned in the 1990s due to its toxicity, and can cause convulsions, nerve degradations and higher risks of cancer.
Guadeloupe and the neighboring French territory of Martinique have among the world's highest prostate cancer rates, according to a 2022 study funded by Public Health France and the country's National Cancer Institute, and over twice the mortality rates registered in mainland France.
Huge caveat: they only surveyed unmarried 18-49 year olds. Three huge problems are obvious:
Unmarried people are more likely to want to remain unmarried
People who are past typical marrying age are less likely to want to get married
People who are past peak child rearing ages are less likely to want children
So, no. The headline is inaccurate. If we only survey single 18-49 y.o.s then of course we’ll get higher numbers of people who want to remain unmarried.
Still an interesting result, but very different from the clickbait headline.
Policy makers: “Why won’t they have babies?!? We need more babies the whole system will collapse! We must urgently do something! But what? What ever should we do??? We’ve tried EVERYTHING! We even give them straight cash if they have a kid! This is the greatest mystery of our time!”
The population in nearly perfect unanimous voice: “Work life balance is shit and we can’t afford to have kids, neither time wise nor monetarily”
Policy makers: “Such an enigma, truly so mysterious, woe is us, evil evil selfish young people that don’t have kids!”
The vast majority of South Korean 19 - 34 year olds describe the country as hell.
“The survey found that 79.1% of young women and 72.1% of young men want to leave Korea, that 83.1% of young women and 78.4% of young men consider Korea “hell””
I wish the article explained why people were against getting married? Like, kids, as a father, I get it.
But for marriage, is it just seen as an unnecessary formality? Is it about an aversion to long term relationships? Is there a cultural perception that you must have kids if you get married and people want to avoid a married-no-children stigma?
I believe it’s a situation where the men tend to want traditional stay-at-home wives to raise their kids, but the women either want to work, or the men don’t make enough to support a stay-at-home wife and raise a kid on their single income (because it can be really expensive relative to wages).
I’ve read that there’s a lot of… misogyny/anti-feminism movement stuff going on in Korea these days.
There’s an absolute ton of anti-feminism, to the point where companies actively fire feminists if there’s a stink raised and make statements that the company doesn’t share feminist views. Yes, it’s that fucked.
Marriage in Korea is a much “heavier” prospect in regards to expectations of mutual support and combining resources, as well as purchasing a house and stuff.
If you’re not planning on doing any of that there’s no reason to get married, even if you’re not planning on dating anyone else but your current partner.
Plus just dating in Korea is hard. I know multiple people who only see their significant other maybe once every few months. Dating and married
Not south korean but for me marriage just seems weird. Why should the government be involved at all in my relationship? Why would I do a bunch of paperwork and pay money to get a document that offers very few benefits and could one day become a pain in the ass if my partner and I grow apart for some reason?
If a partner cares about marriage there is nothing keeping me from swapping rings with them and doing a ceremony but I see no reason to get the government involved.
Doesn't it give certain benefits? In the Netherlands there is some tax benefit, custody for the children is easier to arange (both in divorce and if a mother dies before the children are 18) and a bunch of other stuff.
I’m not Korean. Can someone list a single benefit to being married in this modern age that isnt just a counter to a cultural or legal failing? ie: being allowed to visit your s/o in the hospital.
Meh. After 10 years I finally got married to my partner. Not because we ever planned to or cared, but because older family wanted to put money in for it. So as far as we were concerned, we had an awesome party with a brief annoying document signing in it. Would’ve rather we got to use the money on something that actually mattered though.
I don’t even remember what date the wedding anniversary is. Some time in October. March 6 is the real anniversary of our first date and that’s the only one we care about.
It could actually go either way, based on the title:
Only half of South Koreans willing to marry; even less [than half] want kids
Or
Only half of South Koreans willing to marry; even fewer [South Koreans] want kids
I’m inclined to lean toward the second. “Even less than half” sounds a lot clunkier than “even fewer South Koreans,” so it’s not surprising other readers assumed the latter.
The latest survivor was rescued by a fishing boat while he was floating alone, wearing a life jacket and waving a flag near Jinato island, part of the Selayar archipelago, on Tuesday.
He was taken to the island, where villagers later notified rescuers who picked him up from the island on Wednesday.
"Praise God, he is getting better and can move his body," Andi Sulistilawanti, the head of Jinato villag, told AFP.
Authorities received reports about the incident early Tuesday but said bad weather had hampered their efforts.
The navy and rescue volunteers were helping with the search efforts.
Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago of around 17,000 islands, mainly due to lax safety standards.
In 2018, more than 150 people drowned when a ferry sank in one of the world's deepest lakes on Sumatra island. -
What a joke, pledge to abolish the PJD Link during PRN then suddenly its back on the table with renegotiations. Don’t need at DASH nearby to see the impact of PJD Link on surroundings
Dont understand why this isn’t required for all departments. Beside the protection of the officers and civilians but provides learning and understanding with edge cases.
It’s been an anticipated move for a few years, i think i heard of this plan on 2018 or something, now it’s 2024 and it’s still “soon”, so i’d give them time to outfit the one that’s more prone to corruption.
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