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Canada to Build One of the Largest Urban Solar Power Plant Projects in North America

A new, utility-scale solar power plant proposed for a 1,600-acre site in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada is expected to be one of the largest urban solar power projects in all of North America. The 325 megawatt (MW) Saamis Solar Park…

$300 Billion Annually is Needed to Achieve the Global Goal of Adaptation (GGA)

Civil society leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 26, 2025, for an Advocacy Workshop focused on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG). The…

MAGA Visionaries Try to Out Sieg Heil Each Other

Well that didn’t take long. Never to be outdone by his rival Elon Musk, who flashed a Heil Hitler salute a few weeks ago, Steve Bannon just gave his version, looking far more comfortable—as if he practiced in front of…

EcoWaste Coalition Commends DILG’s Directive to Integrate Informal Waste Sector into LGUs’ Waste Management Systems

A Long-Overdue Policy Win for the Informal Waste Sector 27 February 2025, Quezon City. –  The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) just scored a major victory for waste workers with the issuance of Memorandum Circular 2025-012, a…

It’ll Be A Lot Easier Said Than Done For Germany To “Achieve Independence” From The US

The US might go along with this though to accelerate the decline of Germany’s “peaceful” hegemony over the bloc in favor of a “multipolar EU” led by a combination of Poland, France, Italy, and others. Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich…

Russia Calibrating Guinea-Bissau’s Strategic Partnership

With high anticipation for increased partnership between Russia and Guinea-Bissau that has never been stronger since Soviet’s collapse. But the the anticipated change, to be facilitated by implementing bilateral agreements provides a brimming hope and possibility. Russian President Vladimir Putin…

The legitimacy of student democracy and Academic boycotts

On Jan. 29, 885 undergraduate Concordia students in Montreal voted in favour of two motions: for the Concordia Student Union (CSU) to adopt BDS demands and for the union to bring those demands to the Board of Governors. Only 58…

Breaking the Mindset of Discrimination: A Call for Universal Humanism

For over a month now, the Discriminator-in-Chief has been making good on his awful political promises—dismantling federal agencies one after another, firing civil servants by the thousands, deporting immigrants, blocking diversity funding, shutting down USAID, and cutting financial support for…

The Coming Age of Border Changes?

Trump’s remarks on annexing territory and recognizing Russian and Israeli territorial gains may align with his geopolitical ambitions, but the disruption to longstanding norms of fixed borders sets a risky precedent. By John P. Ruehl Amid ongoing discussions over Donald…

PCA Advocates Reactivation of the Press Council in India

Guwahati: The Press Club of Assam (PCA) expresses their worries that the country’s statutory and quasi-judicial body to safeguard press freedom remains non-functional for nearly five months. In a statement, PCA insisted on constituting the 15th Press Council (of India)…

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