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US: Lithium Mine Permit Violates Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

(Washington D.C., February 6, 2025) – The United States government’s decision to permit Lithium Americas to mine at Thacker Pass in Nevada violated Indigenous people’s rights, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU said in a report released today. The 18,000-acre mining project is under construction and will

United Nations sponsored climate cartel has suspended its activities after being abandoned by Blackrock

The Net Zero Asset Managers (“NZAM”) initiative, a coalition of major investors promoting net-zero emissions by 2050, suspended its activities on Monday after losing key members, including BlackRock. NZAM, a formal partner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (“UNFCCC’s”) Race to Zero Campaign, says it

Beyond Growth: The promise of a wellbeing economy

In this guest blog, econometrician and sustainability researcher Gaya Herrington considers whether a transition to a Wellbeing Economy is possible and what that would mean for our society and how we interact with the natural world. Why, despite all our innovative capabilities, do problems like poverty, hunger, and environmental destruction

Florida: Barriers to Addressing Maternal Health Inequities

(Miami) – The profound inequities in birth and maternal health outcomes between Black and white people in the US state of Florida point to the need for greater support for doula care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 62-page report, “Witness, Ally, Advocate, Climate Worker: Doula Care

Net Zero is a scam, built on the myth of climate change

Climate change and the Net Zero initiative is a scam.

Godfrey Bloom: The whole wind turbine game is a SCAM

A 2-megawatt wind turbine requires 200 tonnes of steel, which needs 300 tonnes of iron and 170 tonnes of coking coal. The coal, and other raw materials, have to be mined and transported by hydrocarbon-powered transport. Until it is no longer working, a wind turbine could spin for years and

EU Should Address Human Rights Risks to Achieve Deforestation-Free Supply Chains

We’re standing on a ledge overlooking a vast expanse of oil palm trees while crickets chirp and swallows dart overhead.

Türkiye: Plans for Harmful Coal Expansion

(Istanbul) – Türkiye’s Environment Ministry should not approve the planned addition of two more units at Afşin-Elbistan coal power plant A in the southeastern Kahramanmaraş province in view of the serious harm the plant has caused the surrounding community, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch research

US/Oregon: Wildfires Threaten Pregnancies

(Washington, DC) – Air pollution from wildfires is on the rise, but experiences from Oregon indicate that public health officials are not doing enough to provide education and resources to pregnant people. Human Rights Watch, an international human rights advocacy organization, and Nurturely, an organization that promotes equity in perinatal wellness,