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Provocations by the US State Department can chill press freedom in Latin America
The headline is provocative: “The Kremlin’s Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America.” This was a statement on the US State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The United States government accused two companies—Social Design Agency and Structura National Technologies—of…
Open Letter from a Ukrainian Facing Prison for Speaking for Peace
Greetings from Kyiv. Yesterday my city was disturbed again by air raid sirens, so I ran from Vernadsky scientific library to hide in the closest shelter, a subway station. Ruthless Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, as well as the Ukrainian…
Philippine Island Tackles the Plastic Crisis Head-On, Sets Example for the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations
The Island Province of Siquijor Serves as a Success Story in the Global Fight against Plastic Pollution 14 November 2023 – Nairobi, Kenya – As the third intergovernmental negotiations (INC-3) on plastic pollution go underway in Nairobi, Kenya, delegates and…
Nonviolent Activists Shutdown General Dynamics, Nuclear Submarine Facility in New London, CT
New London resident Jackie Allen-Doucot was among nine peace activists arrested and charged with criminal trespass this morning during a blockade of entrances to the Engineering Complex of General Dynamics/Electric Boat where nuclear submarines are designed. Holding long banners spanning…
Activating the Genocide Convention
There are 149 states party to the Genocide Convention. Every one of them has the right to call out the genocide in progress in Gaza and report it to the United Nations. In the event that another state party disputes the claim of…
El Ciudadano and Pressenza Condemn the Accusation that They Are Spreading Kremlin Disinformation.
On 7 November 2023, the US State Department released a statement that had a provocative title, ‘The Kremlin’s Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America’. The note argued that the ‘Russian government is currently financing an on-going, well-funded disinformation…
16 US lawmakers Unite for Julian
15 US congress members and one senator writing to Joe Biden and lobbying him to drop extradition attempts against Julian. In America’s fragmented political landscape, this letter brings together everyone from republican and fierce Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene, libertarian…
U.S. Solar Electricity Generation to Exceed Hydroelectricity in 2024, EIA Predicts
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is forecasting that in 2024, electricity from solar energy will exceed the amount of energy coming from hydropower sources by about 14%. The prediction has been published in EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook report. EIA…
200,000 Hectares of Oil Palm Plantations to Be Converted Into Forests, Indonesia’s Government Says
In Indonesia, which is the top producer and exporter of palm oil globally, about 200,000 hectares (494,210 acres) of oil palm plantations are to be replaced with forests, the government announced Tuesday. By Paige Bennett The move will convert oil…
Scientists Find Two Ways That Hurricanes Rapidly Intensify
Rapidly intensifying hurricanes are some of the most frightening and destructive types of extreme weather. Predicting them has been notoriously difficult for forecasters who have been unable to fully understand why some tropical storms or tropical depressions that seem commonplace can suddenly turn…
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