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Young Activists Denounce Climate Plans as 'Betrayal'

Brianna Fruean, a 23-year-old Samoan activist, put it simply when addressing world leaders at the Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP26): “We are not drowning; we are fighting.” The youth climate movement is present and vocal in Glasgow, both inside the conference room as well as out on the streets – and

Workers in Poland Protest Push to End Coal Use Outside EU Office

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Trade union members from Poland’s energy sector have protested before the European Union’s office in Warsaw, saying the EU’s moves to discourage coal use are responsible for soaring energy prices. Some 200 power plant and coal mine workers from across Poland blew horns and

War on Single Family Homes Alive in Maryland: Need Density, Diversity

One third of Montgomery County, Maryland, is made up of single family home neighborhoods where families have porches and yards for gathering.

How Your Gut Health Impacts Your Disease Risk

This article was previously published December 31, 2020, and has been updated with new information.How Your Gut Health Impacts Your Disease Risk Analysis by Dr.

Rep. Jim Banks Blasts Twitter for Censoring His Official Account

Microsoft President Brad Smith Compares Climate Tech Development to JFK's Race to the Moon

Microsoft President Brad Smith recently told CNBC that efforts to build new climate tech remind him of the massive undertaking spearheaded by President John F.

The Misanthropic Bankers Behind COP26 and the Green New Deal

Mark Carney – formerly of Goldman Sachs & the Bank of England – has hailed plans to spend 130 TRILLION dollars on “net zero finance”. Audio Version New Feature! A vast sweeping change towards a “green economy” is now being pushed by forces that may make an educated citizen rather uncomfortable. Of course,

Satellite Data Raise Fears Myanmar’s Army Setting Towns Ablaze

New satellite data analyzed by Human Rights Watch corroborates images and videos streaming out of Myanmar’s Chin State showing towns once again on fire.

COP26 Needs to Proclaim End of Coal

“Glasgow must be the COP that consigns coal to history.” Those were the words in July of Alok Sharma, president of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26).

Alternatives to Immigration Detention

(New York) – Pilot programs testing alternatives to immigration detention in several countries, including the United States, offer governments models for more humane and rights-respecting approaches, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 94-page report “Dismantling Detention: International Alternatives to Detaining Immigrants,” examines alternatives to detention in six

The Phthalate Syndrome Is Causing Mass Sterility

It was 1992 when Shanna Swan, Ph.D., a reproductive epidemiologist and professor of environmental medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, rst heard about a potential decline in fertility among humans. A study published in the BMJ that year

Report: Apple's Consumer-Friendly Privacy Features Have Cost Social Media Giants Almost $10 Billion

A recent study has found that Apple’s consumer-friendly privacy standards for iPhones and other devices have cost social media giants including Meta (Facebook), Twiter, Snapchat, and YouTube $10 billion in revenue in the second half of 2021. The Financial Times reveals in a recent report that Facebook, Snap, Twitter,