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When a moment arises that plants seeds of inspiration and snares a sense of renewed feeling and fortuity, it bursts with an explosion of words that tries to capture what it intimates, meanings that add grace, wonder, beauty, and a…

10 December 2022, Quezon City.  While long banned in developed countries, toys containing benzene, a chemical classified as “carcinogenic to humans,” are still sold in the domestic market. The continued sale of plastic balloon-blowing kits with a solvent mixture containing benzene…

The fallout from Tsai Ing-wen’s massive defeat in the Nov.26 Taiwan Elections. Satire By John V. Walsh In recent local elections in Taiwan, the Party of President Tsai Ing-wen, the US-allied, pro-secessionist candidate lost badly.  We have obtained a recording…

Environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics urged the government to implement better action plans and solutions for a toxics-free and waste-free Philippines. The group made the call in time for the commemoration of International Human Rights Day. “A safe and healthy…

The COP15 Collective, the CBD Alliance and the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, along with Greenpeace Canada, marched with more than 3,500 people despite the freezing cold today in Montreal. While COP15 is the most important global meeting on biodiversity for…

Gun violence is a contemporary global human rights issue. Anyone can be affected by firearm violence worldwide but the rising trend of gun-related injuries in several states provides an alarming situation in the USA. The country is witnessing a surge…

The Biden Administration’s recent National Security Strategy announced that the post-Cold War order is now history, and that the yet to be named new era is defined by military, economic, and technological competition to shape the new order. NATO’s expansion…

Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction and many of them within decades according to scientists and researchers. On December 5th, Friends of the Earth International released…

On day three of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) negotiations, frustrations are growing and sources have reported an alarming lack of overall progress. Ministers and high-level representatives are set to arrive next week. Substantial progress must be…

On the occasion of yesterday’s conference of the EU interior ministers, SOS Humanity demands a more humane migration policy. The crew of the rescue ship Humanity 1 had witnessed an illegal push-back by the so-called Libyan coast guard, which is…