Life sentences? Prisons and covid-19
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 27 March 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | News of the global climate crisis come way on our minds. |
| 0:03.6 | Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety, |
| 0:06.8 | leaving us paralyzed when we need to act. |
| 0:09.2 | This is why EONNEXT is in search of better news to power up for change. |
| 0:14.2 | Did you know, according to the National Grid, |
| 0:16.7 | Great Britain produced a record amount of wind-powered electricity in 2022, |
| 0:21.6 | replacing fossil fuels with green power is a core way for the world to tackle the impacts of climate change. |
| 0:27.9 | If you're feeling impacted by eco-anxiety, |
| 0:30.9 | EONNEXT have created a range of resources, |
| 0:33.6 | such as guided meditations or green noise soundscapes. |
| 0:36.9 | Just search Power Up for Change in your podcasting app. |
| 0:46.2 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:49.6 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:51.6 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:58.1 | For all the talk of lockdowns across the globe, |
| 1:02.8 | some industries just have to keep operating. |
| 1:05.6 | But which ones? |
| 1:07.3 | There's a surprising variety in what different cultures call their key workers, |
| 1:11.6 | for whom it's a blessing and a curse. |
| 1:16.3 | And while we non-key workers keep hanging around the house, what to do? |
| 1:21.1 | We ask around and find that our editors and correspondence |
| 1:24.4 | are up to an interesting array of activities in these strange times. |
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