Tag: Africa
Eight of the 10 nations most at risk from climate and...
Toxic pollution in the environment, be it dirty air, contaminated water or unhealthy soils, accounted for more than 8 million deaths globally in 2018.
One in three directors at Africa’s biggest bank have ties to...
Over 80 percent of directors had a past or current tie to polluting industries, either as a current or former adviser or employee.
Big Pharma’s ‘appalling’ $26 billion in shareholder payouts could fund vaccines...
“Instead of creating new vaccine billionaires, we need to be vaccinating billions in developing countries.”
Damming rivers is terrible for human rights, ecosystems and food security
Despite industry rhetoric, hydropower is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable energy future.
Can fragile cities cope with an influx of climate migrants?
With the coming years, climate-induced migration to "urban hot spots" is likely to intensify.
You don’t want to imagine an ocean without coral reefs—but you...
Scientists call the coral reefs the “rainforests of the sea,” because coral reefs—like rainforests—are highly diverse ecosystems; their destruction would lead to the extinction of a large number of species.
Ethiopia: Death and despair as divisions erupt into violent conflict
Ethiopians are killing one another in the Tigray region of the country where an armed conflict is raging between the Ethiopian military and forces loyal to the regional government.
Possible monkey extinction highlights the risk to Africa’s most endangered primate...
Does a rare monkey still roam what’s left of the forests of Côte d’Ivoire?
“We haven’t given up on...
Planet of war
Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the U.S. military prepares for global combat.
With nearly 400,000 dead in South Sudan, will the US change...
It's a war as brutal as the one in Syria. Will the Trump administration pay any serious attention to it?
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
Tlaib, ACLU, and advocates warn H.R. 9495 could empower Trump to silence nonprofits and...
Progressives and civil rights groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect Trump to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening free speech and democracy.