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Using Nature to Heal Nature

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Oct 3, 2023 A startup wants to store plants in the bottom of the Black Sea to save humanity from its carbon footprint. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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The Black Sea Is Becoming Ground Zero in the Ukraine War

Peter Rutland / Responsible Statecraft Aug 14, 2023 Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Waves of Change

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Dec 14, 2022 Turkey and Israel are setting aside political differences to collaborate on a major wave power project on the Black Sea. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

War Games

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Aug 16, 2016 Dig deeper

European Canal Plan Raises the Specter of Chernobyl

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Nov 1, 2015 A project to link the Baltic to the Black Sea with a 2,000-kilometer trans-Europe waterway risks disturbing radioactive debris from the 1986 nuclear-plant disaster in Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Odessa Violence Flares Anew as Ukrainian PM Blames Deaths on Russia

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2014 Thousands of pro-Russian protesters assaulted Odessa's police headquarters Sunday, days after deadly clashes and a fire there killed dozens of their comrades in what Kiev charged was a Russian plot to "destroy Ukraine." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Troops on Midnight Train to Georgia

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2009 The U.S. military has begun war games in the nation of Georgia, an exercise reportedly planned for months, but which comes just days after Russia announced it will spend half a billion dollars refurbishing its own military bases and strengthening its hold on Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Crisis Mounts in Georgia as Russian Bombing Intensifies

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2008 Despite calls from international officials late in the week urging Russia to hold its fire against neighboring Georgia, Russian forces showed no sign of backing off over the weekend, nor had the United Nations managed to make headway in curbing the conflict. Update Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )