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Military Contractors Are in Nearly Every Small Town in the United States

Over the past couple of years I’ve noticed advertisements offering FREE CNC (Computer Numerical Control) Precision Manufacturing Training at local community colleges such as the Nashua Community College in Nashua, New Hampshire, and the Center for Manufacturing Technology, in Woburn,…

Discrimination: Humanity’s Greatest Threat

Analyses of Kamala Harris’s defeat often lack depth and fail to address the broader societal undercurrents at play. Her loss was primarily driven by the dual challenges of being a woman and a person of color—two identities that amplified the…

GAIA Reaction to COP29 Presidency Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic Waste

November 19, 2024, Baku Azerbaijan —The COP 29 Presidency today announced the COP29 Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic Waste which aims to work towards targeted commitments in the waste sector. “While the intention is good and civil society organizations…

EcoWaste Coalition Finds Toxic E-Waste Chemicals in Recycled Black Plastics

Group Backs Plastics Treaty that will Protect Children’s Health and the Planet from Toxic Plastic Substances 19 November 2024, Quezon City . As countries gather in Busan, Korea from November 25 to December 1 for the final negotiations towards a…

Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State

Of all Trump’s choices for his foreign policy team, Marco Rubio is the least controversial to the neoconservative foreign policy establishment in Washington, and the most certain to provide continuity with all that is wrong with U.S. foreign policy, from Cuba to…

Where the MAGA Movement and the Progressive Left Coincide

Too Far Left To Be Part of the Left In 2020 I wrote articles and did a lot of social media promotion for the Bernie Sanders campaign. As I recall it was in July of that year that a group…

Australia: Climate activists blocked world’s largest coal port

The action aims to expose the impacts of climate change in Pacific Island countries. On Friday 17 November, a group of 30 climate activists from 12 small Pacific Island countries held a protest at the world’s largest coal export port…

Statement from Javad Zarif, Former Foreign Minister, now Vice President of Iran.

You probably won’t find this statement sent today, in normal media. Some will call it propaganda. I just urge folks to listen and move toward ending the horrid slaughter, and wars. I had the honor to interview Fmr. UN Ambassador…

Consumer Alert: Beware of Unlabeled Ceramic Mugs Tainted with Lead and Cadmium With the fast-approaching holiday season, toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics called on consumers to exercise caution when purchasing gift items, such as ceramic mugs, that may be tainted…

EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Quick Removal of Leaded Paints from Store Shelves

Laboratory Tests Confirm Lead Above the Legal Limit in 18 More Spray Paints 16 November  2024, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition sought the immediate removal from store shelves of 18 additional spray paint products after they were confirmed to contain…

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