Month: October 2020

The Canadian province that is ground zero for tar sands oil extraction has prohibited a coalition of environmental organizations from participating in regulatory hearings on a controversial new oil industry development, claiming that the green groups are not directly impacted by the project. The decision infuriated environmental campaigners who say Alberta’s regulatory system is rigged…

Thousands fled their homes in Gaza on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks on densely populated neighborhoods where Israel claims rocket-launching sites are located. Sunday has been the bloodiest day yet of the six-day Israeli assault which Palestinian officials said has killed at least 166 people including 30 children Israel…

Red Carpet Green Dress, the women-led global change-making organisation looking to bring sustainability to the forefront of conversation within the fashion and apparel industry, has launched a new series of workshops. Aimed at educating on the topic of sustainability, the series of workshops are curated especially for beginners and will be hosted by Red Carpet…

Former F1 driver Alex Wurz has rubbished an age-old wacky conspiracy theory surrounding Pastor Maldonado’s win with Williams in the Spanish GP in 2012. Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks The hot-headed Venezuelan pay-driver, nicknamed ‘Crashtor’ for his legacy of penalties and crashes, competed in F1 between 2011 and 2015. But Maldonando’s claim…

An Afghan government panel investigating U.S. and U.K. detention facilities in the country announced Saturday it had two secret and unlawful prisons operating at coalition bases in Afghanistan, The New York Times revealed. “We have conducted a thorough investigation and search of Kandahar Airfield and Camp Bastion and found several illegal and unlawful detention facilities…

The world is hot. The world is melting. The world is burning. This is what climate change looks like. According to new data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Tuesday, April 2014 tied the one in 2010 as the hottest April since records began. Also this week, new studies and surveys…

Protesters who took to the streets of Istanbul and Ankara on Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of this country’s Gezi Park uprisings were met with riot police, tear gas, and water cannons. Click Here: Putters According to numerous media reports, 25,000 policemen and 50 water cannons were deployed in Istanbul alone in a bid…

In what is the deadliest incident for Ukraine soldiers sent from Kiev to battle separatist forces in the east of the country, 49 military personnel were killed on Saturday as their transport plane was shot down by anti-aircraft fire in the city of Luhansk. Vladislav Seleznyov, a spokesman for the military operation in east Ukraine,…

Fast-food workers are out in force nationwide on Thursday as they participate in a day of action designed to highlight the scourge of low-wages and push a series of demands to combat the persistent poverty endured by those who form the backbone of  the profitable multi-billion dollar industry. Led by organizers at FightFor15—and supported in…

The Mayday PAC, a progressive campaign finance reform project aimed at reducing the influence of a wealthy few in U.S. politics, met an ambitious $5 million goal on July 4. When he launched the project earlier this year, Harvard Law professor and Internet activist Lawrence Lessig advised people to “embrace the irony” of needing to…