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COP27 Sponsor The Coca-Cola Company Named Worst Plastic Polluter for Five Years in a Row According to 2022 Brand Audit
Activists in the Philippines file legal complaint vs 7 corporations for dangerous plastic packaging, false ‘recyclable plastic’ claims The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, and Nestlé come in as the world’s top plastic polluters for five years running, according to Break Free…
US veterans and allies set up “watch tower” outside the UN to observe efforts to rein in military carbon emissions
A group of veterans join with local peace and environmental groups to press the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to establish rules for the reporting of military and conflict-related emissions under the Paris Agreement of COP21. On…
BAN Toxics Warns the Public on Buying Christmas Lights
As malls and stores start to decorate for early holiday shopping, the toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics conducted market monitoring of Christmas lights sold in the market and determined their quality and safety for consumers. During the weekend, the group…
Philippine NGOs Assert People’s Right to Chemical Safety
12 November 2022, Quezon City. Member and partner groups of the EcoWaste Coalition are seeking a more active role for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the pursuit of the right of every Filipino to be protected against hazardous…
When the absence of ties and the use of bicycles are not enough to change living conditions in Chile
The cry of a woman citizen The merciless struggle between armed groups, to take control of the population sectors, ended this week with the death of three people and several wounded in the populous commune of La Florida, in the…
IFOR International Conference in South Sudan
From the four corners of the world, artisans of non-violence, reconciliation and peace are meeting in the African city of Juba, South Sudan. On Friday 11th and Saturday 12th November 2022, the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) -a spiritual based…
UN – Tell Militaries – Report & Reduce Emissions
Protest at the UN Headquarters Monday November 14, 9 am at the US Mission to the UN (799 United Nations Plaza) First Avenue & East 45 St. At some point we will move 2 blocks south on First Avenue to…
Greece’s Surveillance Scandal Puts Rights At Risk
A European Parliament committee that investigates spyware use by European Union governments soundly criticized the Greek government’s response to revelations it surveilled independent journalists and an opposition leader. “We’ve heard worrying reports of journalists feeling unsafe when they write about important topics, of the supposedly independent…
Chile on Halloween, the living, the dying, the dead and the resurrected
The “living” are appropriating pension funds While we listened to President Boric speaking to us from La Moneda about his bill to eliminate the disastrous AFP, and we were beginning to rejoice, he then insulted us by maintaining the language…
Spain: Seven years of gagging and a cloak of impunity restrict and undermine the right to protest
New Amnesty International investigation as debate on the Gagging Amnesty International is calling on the government to guarantee the right to peaceful demonstration and on parliamentary groups to make legislative changes to facilitate this by amending the Gagging Law and…
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