Open Letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the withdrawal of Professor James Cavallaro’s nomination for commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C St NW Washington, DC 20520 202-647-6575 secretary@state.gov RE: U.S. State Department withdrawal of leading human rights expert’s […]
Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South
A new manifesto critiques the “clean energy” transitions of the Global North and offers an alternative vision from the Global South. By Peoples of the Global South Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters More than two years after […]
Israel Must not Include Fascist Parties in its New Government: L.A. Jews for Peace
LA Jews for Peace Policy Statement Los Angeles, CA. November 28, 2022 Contact: info@LAJewsforPeace.org Israel must not include Fascist Parties in its New Government LA Jews for Peace look on in horror as Benjamin Netanyahu is forming a majority Israeli government that will include the Religious Zionist Party. The Religious Zionist Party is led by […]
What to Expect from COP27 in Egypt’s Police State: Medea Benjamin Interviews Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Medea Benjamin interviews Sharif Abdel Kouddous | – (Code Pink) – The global climate meeting called COP27 (the 27th Conference of Parties) will be held in the remote Egyptian desert resort of Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt from November 6-18. Given the extremely repressive nature of the Egyptian government, this gathering will likely be different from others, […]
Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids: Wind and solar energy get a lift from falling-weight technology
By David Henry | – ( Landscape News) – The Energy Vault Resiliency Center, a scalable gravity-powered energy storage center that holds major promise for supporting clean energy transitions. Business Wire 4 August 2022 David Henry The general workings of gravity are nothing new: What goes up must come down. Over the past decade, scientists […]
Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution to Restore a Stable and Healthy Climate – James E. Hansen, Donn Viviani, et al.
Via Climate Restoration and Restoration Initiative BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution to Restore a Stable and Healthy Climate TO Michael S Regan, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 Regan.Michael@epa.gov Submitted on Behalf of Petitioners Donn J. Viviani, John Birks, Richard Heede, […]
Seven hours of Sleep is optimal in Middle and old Age, say Researchers
By Barbara Sahakian | ( Cambridge University Research) – Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, with too little or too much little sleep associated with poorer cognitive performance and mental health, say researchers from the University of Cambridge and Fudan University. Sleep plays an important […]
Under Harsh Taliban Rule and Boycotted by International Donors, Afghanistan is becoming Hell on Earth
By Liam Felloni | – Bristol, UK (Special to Informed Comment) – Ninety days into the Taliban takeover, the situation in the country is worsening by the minute. Since Afghanistan is no longer backed by Western governments, and the Taliban government is heavily sanctioned, the country is on the verge of famine. As hunger rises […]
Pandemic History: The Great Plague of Justinian in the 500s AD was a Black Death that Shaped the Century before Islam
Research News of the University of Cambridge | – ‘Plague sceptics’ are wrong to underestimate the devastating impact that bubonic plague had in the 6th– 8th centuries CE, argues a new study based on ancient texts and recent genetic discoveries. The same study suggests that bubonic plague may have reached England before its first recorded […]
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