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The energy goals established last year at the United Nations’ COP28 climate conference held in Dubai of tripling renewable energy capacity worldwide by 2030 and slashing fossil fuel use are possible, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The report, From Taking Stock…

Department of State officials call him out for lying to Congress “That report and its flagrant untruths will haunt us.” A national veterans’ organization today called for a grand jury to indict Department of State (DOS) Secretary Antony Blinken and…

by:  Jocelyn M. Mero   Our journey began at the jeepney station in Rizal Park, Bokawkan, Baguio City. Like eager students on a field trip, we chatted while waiting for our group to gather. We were divided into two groups…

A Photo Reportage! From 21 to 28 September 2024, the capital of South Korea, Seoul City is hosting the 19th Homeless World Cup 2024 at Hanyang University. It is bringing 500 men and women players from 64 teams representing 49…

Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza has produced increasing calls for an immediate ceasefire, while a pro-Israel, U.S.-based group has waged an increasing war on democracy with little public scrutiny and no end in sight. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee…

By Maxine Lowy Only six meters separated the two curbs of Dioszegi Street near downtown Miskolc, a city in northeastern Hungary. But in April 1944, one month after the German invasion of that country, it was a nearly insurmountable distance…

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1053 banning all plastic bags at grocery stores in the state beginning in 2026. In 2014, California passed a ban on plastic shopping bags, but a loophole allowed shoppers to still be able to purchase bags made…

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against oil major ExxonMobil for its alleged engagement in “a decades-long campaign of deception,” which led to and exacerbated the worldwide plastics pollution crisis, a press release from the California Department of Justice…

The Amazon rainforest is in deep trouble. Labeling it a “crisis” however seems too hackneyed and not descriptive enough because the devastation is beyond description. The magnificent rainforest is morphing into a tinder box that’s trapped in the worst drought…

Aaron Eddens (2024). Seeding Empire: American Philanthrocapital and the Roots of the Green Revolution in Africa. University of California Press, Oakland, California. by Mesay Berhanu Gemechu In his 2024 book, Seeding Empire, Aaron Eddens, a scholar in American Studies and…