EU
EU-Verträge: Neue Regeln aus Brüssel gelten direkt in der Schweiz
Der Bundesrat folgt bei der dynamischen Rechtsübernahme weitgehend der Forderung der EU: Wenn Brüssel neue Akte erlässt, werden diese eins zu eins Teil der Schweizer Rechtsordnung.
This & That
Global Warming
How science became so political in the United States
... how it came to be that those leading the U.S. government have come to view scientists and universities as an enemy, which should be destroyed ...
Global Warming
The Most Amazing Climate Policy Figure
And yet, despite all of that political and policy volatility, the US over recent decades has both managed to sustain a significant and consistent rate of decarbonization while establishing its energy economy as the envy of much of the world.
Global Warming
Hauptkritikpunkte an Ferenc Miskolczis Theorie
Die Theorie von Ferenc Miskolczi stellt eine radikale Alternative zum konventionellen Verständnis des Treibhauseffekts der Erde dar. Sie postuliert einen selbstregulierenden atmosphärischen Mechanismus, der eine Erwärmung durch Treibhausgase wie CO2 begrenzt.
Islam
How the Muslim Brotherhood Is Capturing Europe
A new report found that, in France, Brotherhood-linked schools have distributed texts that praise Sharia law as superior to man-made law, denounce interfaith marriage, and vilify Jews.
EU
The EU Doesn’t Need Trump for a Trade War
It’s yet another irony of the Trump era. Mr. Trump thinks Europe’s economic regulations and trade barriers exist to take advantage of America. But the EU’s biggest victims are Europeans. Mr. Trump could just sit this one out.
EU
The myth of the single market
The IMF puts the hidden cost of trading goods inside the EU at the equivalent of a 45% tariff. For services the figure climbs to 110%, higher than Trump’s “Liberation day” tariffs on Chinese imports—measures many saw as a near-embargo.
Islam
Der Westen übertölpelt sich selbst und verharmlost den Islam: Weshalb «Nathan der Weise» falschliegt
Die Rede von den drei abrahamitischen Religionen sei ein Täuschungsmanöver, schreibt der Autor Chaim Noll. Die Gleichstellung von Judentum, Christentum und Islam verschleiere das Gewaltpotenzial des Koran.
Global Warming
Heavy Metal
Over the last 7,000 years humans have mined more than 700 million tonnes copper. The metals requirements of a net zero energy transition, the world will need to produce another 700 million tonnes of copper over the next 22 years.
Trump
Forget Democracy in the Middle East. Trump Wants Deals.
The president sees fortunes to be made in a new Middle East defined not by Sunni vs. Shiite, but by OpenAI and Grok.
Global Warming
Surprise! Ice is rebounding at BOTH poles — climate is more complex than we know
Two new studies show that the Earth’s climate is far more complex than often acknowledged, reminding us of the importance of pragmatic energy and climate policies.
Education
Nicht Trump ist das grösste Problem von Harvard, sondern einige der Professoren
Eine Universität mit Professoren, die ihren Lehrauftrag so gründlich missverstehen, hat ein Problem. Und dieses heisst nicht Donald Trump.