By Jeremy Malcolm and Maira Sutton | Electronic Frontier Foundation | – The Fast Track bill contains some minor procedural improvements from the version of the bill introduced last year. However, these fixes will do little to nothing to address the threats of restrictive digital regulations on users rights in the TPP or TTIP. The […]
Yemen: Children caught in the crossfire as Houthis take Aden
Nima Elbagir | (CNN) — “CNN’s Nima Elbagir visited a military hospital in Yemen now used primarily for civilians injured in Saudi airstrikes.” CNN: “Children caught in the crossfire in Yemen”
Floating wind turbine in the sky Can Power whole Villages
Dan Simmons | (BBC Click) – “The floating wind turbine that could help provide power to remote communities. The helium-filled device, known as The Bat, can adjust its height to take advantage of the weather conditions and can boost mobile phone signals if telecommunications equipment are added to the rig. BBC Click’s Dan Simmons reports.” […]
Turning Point: 2015, the Year the World turned to Renewables and saved itself
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – Don’t hold your breath, but future historians may look back on 2015 as the year that the renewable energy ascendancy began, the moment when the world started to move decisively away from its reliance on fossil fuels. Those fuels — oil, natural gas, and coal — […]
Iraqis on Social Media Fight Extremists Online
By Ahmad Mohammed | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – The extremist Islamic State group has worked the Internet to it’s advantage from the very start of its campaign in Iraq. Locals have lagged behind. But now, some say, they are coming together online to fight back. Shortly after the extremist group known as the Islamic […]
Australia’s new Super Solar Cells Double Efficiency
Graham Philips | (ABCTVCatalyst) | – “Australian scientists from the University of New South Wales have set a new world record for the efficiency of commercially-viable solar cells. Dr Graham Phillips investigates new technology that is able to convert more than 40 per cent of the sun’s light into electricity. This is more than double […]
Marco Rubio’s Massive Flip-Flop on Climate Change, Green Energy
Climate Desk | – Climate Desk: “Marco Rubio on Climate Change”
As Congress takes on Iran Deal, it should Remember its Iraq Blunder
By David M. Faris | (Ethos) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Geneva I SALT gets in your eyes The last time Lausanne was in the news, it was for hosting the negotiations that finalized the post-WWI territorial settlement in the Middle East that appears to be […]
Palestinians: ISIL not Islamic; no to Yemen Bombing; Palestinian State out of Reach
By IMEMC News & Agencies | – A recent poll by the Arab World For Research And Development (AWRAD) gathered 1200 Palestinian respondents, in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, to reach a national opinion regarding the performance of governments, living conditions, rebuilding Gaza, popularity of political factions, elections, negotiations, third Intifada uprising, “ISIS” phenomenon […]