5 July 2021 (openDemocracy)* — Military leaders in the United States and Britain, as well as allied countries, now accept that they have lost their war with the Taliban.
Climate Catastrophe is staring us in the face. Record temperatures, wild fires, and intense destructive storms can’t be ignored.
The U.S. Military is the largest consumer of oil and largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the world. In the name of “defense” the U.S. military is carbon bombing the planet.
RÍO DE JANEIRO, Jul 5 2021 (IPS)* – Twenty years after the blackout that prompted nine months of rationing to keep the power grid from collapsing, Brazil may see a repeat of the traumatic situation, this time with a more obvious climate change undertone. | En español
View of a wind farm in the interior of Bahia, a state in Brazil’s Northeast region where wind power already provides most of the local electricity and was critical in some years between 2012 and 2018 when severe drought reduced the generation capacity of hydroelectric plants. CREDIT: FP/Public Photos
I spoke with Indian scholar, food sovereignty advocate and environmental activist #VandanaShiva. She speaks about #BillGates‘ book and the colonisation of land and food production. However, she provides us with hopeful and powerful words of advice that might help us challenge these Tech Giants and monopolies.
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