US: Advance Human Right to Safe, Affordable Water
(Washington, DC) – The United States Congress should support programs that ensure everyone in the US has access to safe and affordable water, Human Rights Watch said in a video released today.
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People with Disabilities, Older People at Risk after Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida made landfall in the southern US state of Louisiana last week, leaving thousands of people displaced and millions without power or access to other resources.
Democrats Consider Plastic Tax to Help Pay for $3.5 Trillion Budget
Senate Democrats are considering several ways to tax Americans in order to pay for their leftist wishlist, otherwise known as the $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
New Measures in Brazil Not Enough to Solve Amazon Crisis
As fires rage in the Brazilian Amazon, environment minister Joaquim Leite announced that the government has doubled the budget for environmental law enforcement and will recruit 700 new enforcement agents. Leite presented these measures as steps towards fulfilling President Jair Bolsonaro’s climate action pledges made at the summit hosted
Manchin Urges Democrats to 'Pause' the $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill has a tough road ahead now that moderate Sen.
Squad Demands Powell Ouster in Favor Radical Fed Chief
The so-called radical-left squad demanded President Joe Biden oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging him to appoint a new chair with radical views such as racial justice and climate activism. “As news of the possible reappointment of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell circulates, we urge President Biden to re-imagine
Brazil: Reject Anti-Indigenous Rights Bill
(São Paulo, August 24, 2021) – Brazil’s Congress should reject a bill that would prevent or hinder many Indigenous peoples from claiming their right to traditional lands, violating their rights under international law, Human Rights Watch said today. Bill 490/2007, currently pending before the Chamber of Deputies, would
US Bans Toxic Pesticide on Food Crops
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, in response to a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, banned use of the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops, 14 years after public interest groups first filed a petition calling on the agency to do
The IPCC Report & the Pivot from Covid to Climate
The latest IPCC report on climate change was released last week, and has signalled a sea-change in the ongoing “big issue”.
Cambodia: China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Dam is a Rights Disaster
(Bangkok) – A large-scale, Chinese-financed hydroelectric dam in northeastern Cambodia, completed in 2018, has undermined the lives and livelihoods of thousands of Indigenous and ethnic minority people, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The Lower Sesan 2 dam, one of Asia’s widest dams, flooded large areas upstream
Supply Chain Laws to Fight Deforestation Must Back Indigenous Rights
Efforts to save the world’s forests could soon get a boost from proposed laws in the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States to restrict the import of agricultural commodities linked to deforestation.
These three markets’ consumption of such products is a driver of a quarter of
Will the Year of the Cow End with a Mu?
If you ever thought of becoming a philosopher, now’s the time.
Iran: Deadly Response to Water Protests
(Beirut) – Iranian authorities appear to have used excessive force against demonstrators in southwestern Iran protesting lack of access to water, Human Rights Watch said today.
UK Leaves Out Pregnant People from Heat Health Warnings
As the UK bakes in record-setting temperatures, its meteorological service issued its first-ever extreme heat warning this week.
Mobilising Against the Corporate Hijack of Agriculture and the UN Food Systems Summit
The UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), including a ‘pre-summit’, will take place in September 2021 in New York.