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A New Frontier for Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform?
Subsidies to dirty and wealthy fossil fuel companies represent a paradoxical misalignment of priorities.
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Driving Home the Link Between Gender and Climate Change
The topic of gender and its relation with climate change tried to shed a light on problems that require action from policy-makers this past week at the climate summit …
In Wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan, Youth Climate Justice Leaders Call for Climate Reparations at UN Summit
After typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, climate justice activists are calling for the nations most responsible for the climate crisis to pay for the recovery.
As US Faces New Scrutiny on Drones, UN Report Finds Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Pakistan
The Obama administrationu2019s drone and targeted killing policy will come under scrutiny at the United Nations today with a report concluding at least 400 Pakistani civilians have been killed …
Fukushima – A Global Threat That Requires a Global Response
The problems at Fukushima are unprecedented in human experience and involve a high risk of radiation events larger than any that the global community has ever experienced.
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Afghan Families Want Accountability, Not Apologies
The dusty cemetery in Saracha village hosts three new graves and their families want justice.
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When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe
In the face of severe food shortages and with no relief aid, the elderly like Zeinab Wambui, from lower Mukurweini, Central Kenya, are facing very tough times.
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Breaking UN Protocol, Brazil Lambastes US Spying
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched a blistering attack on the United States for illegally infiltrating its communications network, surreptitiously intercepting phone calls, and breaking into the Brazilian Mission to …
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Civil Society Statement to the UN High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament
There are no good nuclear weapons and no right hands for them. Nuclear weapons do not and cannot bring security. Nuclear weapons abolition - essential for human survival - …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Addresses the UN About Syria and the Middle East, and More
On Tuesday, President Obama addressed the United Nations about Syria and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.