Daily Archives: September 21, 2016

Climate Change Do the Math!


ClimateState

Published on Sep 21, 2016

A 2012 short film highlighting projected costs associated with global warming.

Global Climate Change
Environment Ethics
Environment Justice

At new museum, relics and treasures reveal U.S. history through African-American lens

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U.N. Summit for Refugees & Migrants Creates New Urgency for Global Crisis of 65 Million Displaced

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30 more countries to join Paris agreement

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VOA Takes Sneak Peek at the Smithsonian’s Newest Museum in Washington

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Bayer Buys Monsanto: Two Deadly Corporations Now Become One


The Young Turks

Published on Sep 17, 2016

The Bayer corporation has successfully bid $66 billion to buy out chemical giant Monsanto, making these two corrupt organizations into one deadly behemoth.

Global Climate Change
Environment Ethics
Environment Justice
Food-Matter

65 million people displaced by conflict worldwide: World Bank report


euronews (in English)

Published on Sep 21, 2016
The number of people displaced by conflict worldwide stands at 65 million, according to a new World Bank report.

The study, produced together with the UN refugee agency said ten conflicts are responsible for the majority of forced displacement of people.

It pointed to conflicts in Afghanistan, Burundi, the Caucasus, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and the former Yugoslavia.

That 65 million figure is equivalent to the population of the United Kingdom…

Global Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Environment Ethics