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Green Hydrogen on the Planet. The Race for Clean Energy

“Europe, China, the United States, and the Gulf are competing with subsidies and megaprojects. Behind climate discourse lies a struggle for energy hegemony and the promise of a new industry that can become a lever of sovereignty or an extractive…

Melissa Parke: “Ratification of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will set Greece on the right side of history”

Members of the ICAN and the Greek Anti-Nuclear Alliance invited ICAN Executive Director Melissa Parke to Athens. Melissa Parke, with her rich CV as Australia’s Minister for Internal Development and as a UN expert in Kosovo, Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, and…

Artists Lead Sorsogon City Edition of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk

Sorsogon City, Philippines – The Kurit-Lagting Art Collective, in partnership with Delta Beta Omega (DBO), and the Concerned Artists of the Philippines Bicol Chapter (CAP Bicol), will spearhead the Sorsogon City leg of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk on Saturday, October 4, 2025,…

Mega-Dryness Spreads Throughout Northern Hemisphere

“The continents are drying, freshwater availability is shrinking, and sea level rise is accelerating… Combined, they send perhaps the direst message on the impact of climate change to date.” (Unprecedented Continental Drying study, see below) Human-generated climate change, the result…

China Accelerates Expansion of Its National Emissions Trading Market to Drive Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

In a strategic effort to tackle climate change and advance towards a more sustainable economy, China has issued an official directive to expand and consolidate its National Emissions Trading System (ETS) by 2030. This pioneering system, currently focused mainly on…

PM Relief To Flood-Hit Punjab: Is It Adequate To Heal The Deep Wounds?

by Jag Mohan Thaken Punjab, the major grain producer state of India, has faced the brunt of the severe deluge during the last fortnight which has dashed all hopes of the inhabitants, especially the farmers of the state. It has inflicted…

EcoWaste Coalition Slams Dumping of Lead-Containing Paints in the Market

(Another mislabeled “no Pb” paint brand found contaminated with toxic lead) 10 September 2025, Quezon City.  Imported paints containing high concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin and endocrine-disrupting chemical, continue to enter the country’s ports, prompting an environmental health and justice…

The Pedagogies of Mud: Re-learning Resilience in the Aftermath of Punjab's Floods

The reconstruction of flood-devastated rural Punjab demands a radical departure from conventional donor-driven aid models. Grounded in the transformative praxis of Paulo Freire, this framework proposes a holistic, community-led approach that integrates physical rebuilding with socio-economic liberation. The core principle…

The hidden water cost of green hydrogen

Energy that is hailed as clean demands a vital resource that is missing: water. The world applauds green hydrogen as the clean energy that will save the planet. It is sold as the invisible gold of the twenty-first century. But…

Zero Waste Beats Incineration in Cutting Climate Pollution

Global Study Proves Incinerators Worsen Climate Impacts while Communities Push for Just Solutions Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  – 04 September 2025 — From Asia to Latin America to Africa, communities are at the frontlines of both climate impacts and the fight against false solutions…

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