Emerging Battles Over Forests Crucial to Protect Rights, Tackle Climate Crisis

“The forest dies first, we die later,” said Ka’apor chief Itahú as we patrolled the vast Alto Turiaçu Indigenous territory in the Brazilian Amazon, looking for evidence of illegal logging.

Afghanistan: Supporting Education for Girls, Women

(New York) – International donors seeking to fund education for girls and women in Afghanistan should carefully consider and address the human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Taliban have said that they will reopen all girls’ secondary schools on March 23, 2022. The 13-page

PHOTO: NYC Landlord's Banners Call Out Tenants Allegedly Owing $17K

A Queens landlord placed two banners drawing attention to tenants who reportedly owe him $17,000 in rent as inflation has driven rent higher across the nation.

Fact-Checker Falsely Accuses Mercola of Misleading Claims

STORY AT-A-GLANCE At this point, it seems “fact checks” primarily occur whenever an inconvenient truth needs to be buried or a lie covered up.

Could Eating Too Many Vegetables Wreck Your Health?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published July 7, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

Oregon Man Wins $8.9M After Checking Forgotten Lottery Ticket

An Oregon man recently learned he was an $8.9 million lottery winner after checking a forgotten ticket he purchased on Christmas Eve.

Interior Says It Is ‘Moving Forward’ on Oil, Gas Leases on Public Land

With prices rising at the gas pump — and a court order that allows climate change consideration when developing the agency’s policies — President Joe Biden’s Department of the Interior announced on Friday it will resume plans for issuing oil and gas leases on federal land. Biden had halted any

Breitbart Business Digest: Sarah Bloom Raskin's Risky Bet

Joe Biden wanted to put Sarah Bloom Raskin into one of the most powerful positions at the Federal Reserve because she is an advocate of using the central bank’s regulatory powers to diminish the supply of fossil fuels. In an age of oil priced over $100 a barrel and

Ukraine crisis accelerating rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies

A joint project between the Central Bank of Canada and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be researching the possibility of an entirely digital Canadian dollar, it was announced yesterday. The digital dollar would be a state-issued cryptocurrency, or “central bank digital currency” (CBDC). (For more detail on CBDCs and

Solar Energy Sector on the Skids as Biden Continues War on Oil, Gas

On Day One of his presidency, Joe Biden shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline and banned drilling on federal land as part of his plan to save the planet from so-called climate change.

Brian Kemp Suspends Georgia Gas Tax amid Record-High Prices

Gov.Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill Friday evening temporarily suspending Georgia’s excise tax on motor fuel, which is currently at 29 cents per gallon.

Report: Battery Fires Emitting Toxic Fumes Steer Some Consumers from Electric Vehicles

The Detroit News published a lengthy article explaining that batteries catching on fire in electric vehicles is a problem steering some consumers away from purchasing them, but it is not so problematic that the outlet could not find people committed to buying them. “The thing that pisses me off more

‘New Kazakhstan’ Needs Independent Inquiry on January Events

(Berlin) – Kazakhstan’s president Kasym-Jomart Tokaev used a major policy speech on March 16, 2022 to promote a “New Kazakhstan” but fumbled on how the government will remedy the grave human rights violations during protests and violence in January, Human Rights Watch said today. The government needs to make a

More Effort Needed for Meaningful Outcome at WTO on Covid-19

(New York) – A newly leaked text reveals that negotiations between the European Union, United States, South Africa, and India at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on an intellectual property waiver for Covid-19 related products require more work to achieve a meaningful outcome, Human Rights Watch said today. The leaked text

Blind as a Corona Bat

Photo by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash This article is not really about Corona, nor is it really about bats. Blind Corona bats make a catchy title. The subjects of the article, however, are indeed related to Corona (what isn’t these days?) as well as to bats, blind ones. The