Bloomberg (March 1)
“China’s lockdown measures to minimize further coronavirus infections have created one unexpected benefit—a dramatic improvement to the nation’s air quality.” Satellite imagery is detecting “significant drops of major airborne pollutants above vast swathes of the country.”
Tags: Air quality, Airborne, China, Coronavirus, Infections, Lockdown, Satellite
Washington Post (February 14, 2014)
Russia’s refreshingly independent TV Dozhd may soon be off the air as cable and satellite providers, apparently under duress, drop the channel from their offerings. “This knives-in-the-night approach is typical of the latter-day Putin regime. While Mr. Putin once caused a stir with a highly publicized takeover of the independent TV channel NTV, now he is stealthier, working his will from the shadows…. But the result is the same: It looks like yet another light in Russia’s democratic struggle—the refreshing openness of TV Dozhd—is about to go dark.”
Tags: Cable, Democratic struggle, Duress, Independent, Openness, Putin, Regime, Russia, Satellite, Stealth, Takeover, TV, TV Dozhd
