Ecology and Environment
Fire leads to closure of Belgian nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor in Belgium has reportedly been shut down following a fire outbreak at the plant. The Tihange 3 power station was shut down automatically on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. local time (0930 GMT) after one of its transformers…
How to Make Cooking Safe for 10 Million People by 2020
Human Wrongs Watch 21 November 2014 – Every year, household air pollution from cooking kills over four million people and sickens millions more, the United Nations spotlighted at a New York conference on cookstoves, as it urged Governments to take…
‘For oil companies, our rights are just another obstacle’
Human Wrongs Watch By Martin L., Joris T., Leon V. and Faiza O.*, 21 November, 2014 – Once upon a time fossil fuel exploration took place far away, out of sight and out of mind. But as oil and gas giants become…
Every Dollar Invested in Water, Sanitation Brings Four-Fold Return in Costs – UN
Human Wrongs Watch For every dollar invested in water and sanitation, there is a $4.3 return in the form of reduced health care costs for individuals and society around the world, where 2.5 billion people still lack access to basic…
Land, safaris and the Maasai people. Do they know they are human?
As Band-Aid re-records their song Do they know it’s Christmas which helped Africans during a food crisis 30 years ago, this time to help fight Ebola, Tanzania is planning an expansion of a big-game hunting reserve for foreigners which will…
A nascent anti-nuclear movement emerges in Bolivia
“The best way of liberating ourselves is also having nuclear energy for peaceful purposes,” declared President Evo Morales of Bolivia on the 2nd of October in La Paz during his announcement that the highland area around the capital would be…
On International Day, UN Urges Protection of Environment from ‘Ravages of War’
Human Wrongs Watch From the contamination of land to the plundering of natural resources, the environment has long been a “silent casualty” of war, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 6 November 2014 affirmed as he warned that the fast-changing…
Illegal Killing of Elephants for Their Ivory Is Now at “Critically High Levels” in Africa
Human Wrongs Watch The illegal killing of elephants for their ivory is now at “critically high levels” in Africa with increased involvement by organized crime groups, leading to their possible extinction in parts of the continent, the UN Office for…
On International Day, UN Urges Protection of Environment from ‘Ravages of War’
Human Wrongs Watch From the contamination of land to the plundering of natural resources, the environment has long been a “silent casualty” of war, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 6 November 2014 affirmed as he warned that the fast-changing…
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