By H Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – In June 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught fire from floating oil and combustible debris as it wound through Cleveland. While not the first river fire, it was the last for this and other industrial rivers. Federal laws enacted in the early 1970s, in particular the […]
Archives for April 2016
12% Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Earliest on Record: “This is Epic!”
Ed Schultz | (RT America) | – – “Environmentalists are calling attention to record-high temperatures at 41 degrees above normal in Greenland, causing a rapid melting of ice. For more on the early-season heatwave conservation biologist Dr. Reese Halter joins ‘News With Ed.’” RT America: “Early heatwave to have big impact on US eastern seaboard […]
Israeli police: Explosive device on bus in Jerusalem bus causes 21 injuries
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An explosive device caused an Israeli bus to catch fire on Monday evening in southern Jerusalem, injuring 21, Israeli security sources said. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld reported that bomb disposal experts had identified the cause of the blast as an explosive device on the bus. […]
Will Climate change make the Middle East Uninhabitable?
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – CAIRO (IPS) – This is not about any alarming header—it is the dramatic conclusion of several scientific studies about the on-going climate change impact on the Middle East region, particularly in the Gulf area. The examples are stark. “Within this century, parts of the Persian […]
Who are the Syrian Refugees, really, and where are they? Hint: Mainly women and children, & not in the West
By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – Editor’s note: This article is part of our collaboration with Point Taken, a new program from WGBH that will next air on Tuesday, April 19 on PBS and online at pbs.org. The show features fact-based debate on major issues of the day, without the shouting. […]
6 Policies Obama wants Saudi Arabia to Change
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After his critical comments in an interview in The Atlantic last month, Barack Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia is going to be awkward, as DPA rightly says. The president accused the Gulf states of always trying to push the US into war for the accomplishment of […]
Top 7 Reasons Israel must give back the Occupied Golan to Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The far right wing regime of Binyamin Netanyahu pulled the stunt of holding its first cabinet meeting in the Occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, and Netanyahu engaged in some grandstanding, declaring that Israel will never relinquish this patch of Syria. Israeli propaganda maintains that Israel is […]
Anti-Muslim Bigotry @ Idaho State to cost Pocatello $400 mn./ yr
Jay Hidlebrandt, Karole Honas, Misty Inglet | – KIFI Local News 8 | – – “The Idaho U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson held a press conference in Pocatello Thursday to address the recent hate crimes against Middle Eastern students.” KIFI Local News 8: “Idaho U.S. Attorney addresses hate crimes in Pocatello”
Israel has Kidnapped (“Detained”) a million Palestinians since 1967: Occupation as Imprisonment
By Saed Bannoura | (IMEMC) | – – The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) have reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped around 1.000.000 Palestinians, including tens of thousands of women and children, since occupying the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in 1967. Two detainees died in 2015 due […]
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