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The rise of Pacific power: From small island states to large ocean states
The Pacific region consists of 24 island states scattered across a quarter of the earth’s surface – a vast area of some 30 million square kilometres. By description alone, the vast area should command the respect and attention of the international community. The countries make up almost 10 percent of United Nations votes and are…
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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists’ Contributions to the Clinton Campaign
Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign (“Hillary for America”) has received $147,840 in direct contributions from 65 fossil fuel lobbyists and $2,502,740 in bundled contributions by fossil fuel lobbyists. Combined, the total…
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You’ve just lost your right to protest
Last week, while I was asleep in bed, the New South Wales government took away one of my most cherished rights. Protest is something that few people like doing, but we do it when we are pushed to our limits. When I went to the People’s Climate March last December, it wasn’t because I had…
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8 ways people are fighting for forests this International Day of Forests
Love trees? Then celebrate – 21 March is the International Day of Forests! |A bonobo in a bonobo rehabilitation center near Kinshasa. Bonobos were the last of the great apes to be discovered and live exclusively in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are considered to be man’s closest relative and organise themselves in…
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World’s coal power plants consume enough freshwater to sustain 1 billion people – Greenpeace
Press release – 21 March, 2016Sydney, 22 March 2016 – The world’s rapidly dwindling freshwater resources could be further depleted if plans for hundreds of new coal power plants worldwide go ahead, threatening severe drought and conflicts over water, according to a new Greenpeace International report released on World Water Day (22 March 2016).The report…
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“Certified ‘Green’ Schools: Savings & Benefits Fail To Materialize In North Carolina”
A report by the John Locke Foundation, a Koch-backed climate denial group
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Seven Reasons why Environmentalists (should and do) care about Refugees
Across the world, around sixty million human beings are currently displaced from their homes. It is a number so enormous it is hard to visualise, but it is as if roughly the entire population of the UK was violently tipped out on to the roads and oceans of the world. The loss of humanity from…