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Lula’s Brazil: COP30, Indigenous Territories, and Broken Promises.

COP30, the dark plots of “green capitalism,” the colonization of carbon credits, the false technocratic solutions to the climate crisis, the fight for the recognition of Amazonian indigenous territories, and the broken promises of the Lula government, now totally dependent…

The solar energy scientist who uses sunlight to fire ceramics

At work, Wang Zhifeng is a scientist specializing in solar thermal power research, but in his free time, he is an avid snow sports enthusiast. He has even covered one of the walls in his office with action shots of…

EcoWaste Coalition Campaigns for “Iwas Paputoxic” to Prevent Injuries, Fires, Smoke, and Garbage Ahead of the New Year’s Eve Revelry 

Students encouraged to avoid firecrackers and choose safe, eco-friendly noisemakers 15 December 2025, Quezon City – The EcoWaste Coalition, together with health professionals, government agencies, and environmental advocates, led this year’s “Iwas Paputoxic” campaign at Pinyahan Elementary School in Quezon…

BAN Toxics Leads ‘Iwas Paputok’ Campaign for Safe, Toxics-Free Holiday Celebrations

Quezon City — Environmental justice group BAN Toxics, in partnership with Payatas B Elementary School, launched its annual school-based Toxics-Free and Waste-Free “Iwas Paputok” Campaign. An estimated 2,000 participants joined the activity, including students, teachers, parents, and community members, alongside…

New Techniques, Old Problems: Navdanya International’s Report on the Global Deregulation of GMOs

Navdanya International has released the report Seeds of Resistance, which documents the global spread of both old and new GMOs and the dismantling of biosafety regulations across continents. The publication comes as the European Union moves toward deregulating next‑generation GMOs, paving…

UK National Emergency Briefing Wakes Up World

 An impressive display of world-class scientists recently (Nov. 27th) held a UK National Emergency Briefing, informing the world of impending climate change disaster scenarios that can no longer be ignored. A wartime footing is necessary. Ten of the UK’s leading…

FOREST FIELD NOTES: Alive Because Someone Cared

by George Banez The five-course lunch typical of Chinese restaurant fare in Manila foreshadowed the meals I scraped by the next ten days. My sister treated me to a send-off lunch before dropping me off at the airport that day. I…

Civil Society Calls Out the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation’s Push for Waste-to-Energy 

Manila, Philippines – Environmental network Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) in Asia Pacific representing thousands of organizations across over 93 countries, express strong disappointment over the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation’s panel on November 5,…

NGO Forum on ADB Flags Risks Following ADB’s Approval of its Amended Energy Policy

The NGO Forum on the ADB network and allies expresses deep alarm over the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) newly announced amendments to its 2021 Energy Policy, now endorsed by the ADB Board through the R-paper. Despite ADB’s framing of the…

Pay to Pollute, Starting in 2026

The United States of America was unofficially represented at COP30, the annual UN climate conference (November 10-21) in Belem, Brazil by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). He was not granted the privilege of officially representing the U.S. The State Department refused…

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