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After being held in the port of Trapani for five years and abandoned by the harbour master’s office, the Iuventa has been plundered, largely demolished and is currently unseaworthy and in danger of sinking. In its ruling yesterday, a court confirmed the…

“Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced And whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that raises not its voice Except to praise…

More than 48 percent of Georgians voted for Herschel Walker, showing Republican loyalty in a battleground state. By Steven Rosenfeld – Voting Booth In a stunning finale to 2022’s federal elections, Georgians reelected Sen. Raphael Warnock in a runoff that…

June 6, 2021, was a day which shocked many in Peru’s oligarchy. Pedro Castillo Terrones, a rural schoolteacher who had never before been elected to office, won the second round of the presidential election with just over 50.13% of the…

So-called “solutions” to the biodiversity and climate crises are being developed, not for the protection of biological diversity, but to ensure the unsustainable continuation of business as usual. The Global Biodiversity Framework being negotiated at COP 15 includes proposals for…

The installation of a 20 feet tall jenga tower in the main pavilion at the Montreal Convention on Biological Diversity signifies risk of ecosystem collapse if an ambitious global biodiversity plan is not agreed at COP15 but is also a…

The global biodiversity framework to save nature must respect, promote and support the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities if it stands any chance of succeeding. In this press briefing at the opening of COP15, members of the International…

8 December 2022, Quezon City.  An animal welfare group and an environmental watchdog group have joined forces to dissuade the general public from lighting firecrackers and fireworks for the safety not only of human beings but also of our furry friends.…

QUEZON CITY, December 7, 2022 – Environmental group BAN Toxics, together with thousands of students, teachers, and parents of General Roxas Elementary School (GRES), launched its annual school-based campaign promoting a toxic-free and waste-free Christmas celebration. Students, teachers, and parents…

The ongoing unrest in Iran since mid-September following the death of a Kurdish woman in police custody shows no signs of abating as of now. The unrest has drawn support from all social strata and assumed anti-government overtones. The efficacy…