The environmental cost of GLP-1s

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February 12, 2026

TODAY’S BIG QUESTION

Are Big Tech firms the new tobacco companies?

A trial will determine whether Meta and YouTube designed addictive products

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Greenland’s capital becomes ground zero for the country’s diplomatic straits

A flurry of new consular activity in Nuuk shows how important Greenland has become to Europeans’ anxiety about American imperialism

quote of the day

‘In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much yet left to do!’

Gregory Bovino, the former Border Patrol commander-at-large, in an October email to Charles Exum, the agent who shot Marimar Martinez during an immigration crackdown in Chicago that month. Martinez, a U.S. citizen, was charged with a felony, but the charge was dropped after it was determined that Border Patrol exaggerated claims about the incident.

The Explainer

The environmental cost of GLP-1s

Producing the drugs is a dirty process

UNDER THE RADAR

The Buddhist monks who walked across the US for peace

Crowds have turned out on the roads from California to Washington and ‘millions are finding hope in their journey’

Picture of the day

Taking cover

Demonstrators shield themselves from a water cannon with wooden boards amid clashes between police and demonstrators during a workers' union protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The protesters oppose labor law reform, led by President Javier Milei's administration, that would restrict the right to strike and roll back employee protections.
Tomas Cuesta / Getty Images

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