TeleSur | – – Environmental activist group Greenpeace said the leak demonstrated that approval should not be given for another section of the 2,600-mile pipeline planned for Nebraska. At least 210,000 gallons of oil have leaked from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota in the United States, just days before a crucial decision due on […]
Our heat trapping gas Emissions hit Record High in Planetary Threat
The Conversation: Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia; Glen Peters, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo; Robbie Andrew, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo; Rob Jackson, Stanford University, and Vanessa Haverd, CSIRO Global greenhouse emissions from fossil fuels and industry are on track to grow […]
Iraq defeated ISIL, but can it defeat Extremism?
By Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | – – The military campaign against the Islamic State is almost over. But now, locals and politicians alike say, the Iraqi government must work to ensure they cannot return to recruit more followers. Even as Iraq’s pro-government forces close in on Rawa, one of the very last […]
Lebanon PM Hariri will go to France from Saudi Arabia
Middle East Monitor | – – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his family are expected to visit Paris within 48 hours after he accepted an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron. After speaking with both Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman and Hariri himself by telephone, Macron made the invitation yesterday hours after […]
Can a Free Internet Survive FCC End to Net Neutrality?
TeleSur | – – The Trump administration plans to deregulate internet access, effectively handing over the ‘free internet’ to private corporations. Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Ajit Pai, an appointee of U.S. President Donald Trump, will be presenting a plan next week to draw a December vote to reverse a 2015 net neutrality […]
Groping for Manhood: Time for the Bystanders to Challenge the Bullies
By Robert Lipsyte | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Almost 80, I’ve been stunned and bewildered by the ever-expanding list of sexually predatory males, from movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to former New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier to comedian Louis C.K. And it’s triggered a list of questions for me: Who raised these louts? How did they […]
From Slights to Kow-Towing, Trump does Ugly American in Asia
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Fresh off an Asia trip where he showed surprising deference to dictators, Trump looks ready to start a renewed assault on critics at home. As a candidate, Donald Trump rallied voters against a variety of enemies. He vilified Mexicans. He stereotyped Muslims. And he […]
The Trump/GOP war on Science targets Grad Students
By Jill Richardson Imagine having to pay thousands of dollars of taxes on virtually no income. The Republican tax plan winding its way through Congress includes a special middle finger to the nation’s graduate students. It’s a little bit wonky, so stay with me here. I’ll explain how it affects me, since I’m an actual […]
US Military Budget soars to $700 bn., as much as next 14 Countries
But Congress says no money for Single Payer
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