A young Afghan girl observes as coalition aircraft provide aerial security during a village clearing operation in northern Khakrez District, May 25, 2011, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. A leading US-based rights group on Monday welcomed a federal judge’s conclusion that 9/11 families should not be allowed to
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Canadian Dimension: UN chief says ‘grotesque’ fossil fuel greed punishing the poor, destroying planet
UN Secretary-General António Guterres at a press conference in Geneva. Photo by UNHCR/Flickr. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres unveiled a new report Wednesday about the global effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and took aim at the fossil fuel sector that’s been widely accused of war profiteering. “Household budgets everywhere
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Humanity at ‘doom’s doorstep’ says Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The “Doomsday Clock,” launched by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists more than a half-century ago, remains at 100 seconds to midnight for the third year straight. Image courtesy the Library of Congress. Top scientists responsible for the “Doomsday Clock” issued a stark warning Thursday about how close the world
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: ‘Unimaginably catastrophic’: Researchers fear Gulf Stream system could collapse
The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that carries warm water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean. Visualizations by Greg Shirah/NASA. While heatwaves, fires, and floods produce warnings that “we are living in a climate emergency, here and now,” a scientific study suggested Thursday that a crucial
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: ‘A false solution’: 500+ groups urge US, Canadian leaders to reject carbon capture
Drax Power Station in Selby, England. The station is the largest power station in the UK. It provides about 5 percent of the country’s electricity and 12 percent of the country’s renewable power. Photo from Shutterstock. More than 500 organizations on Monday pressured political leaders in the United States and
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: 42 Nobel Laureates Urge Trudeau to Act With ‘Moral Clarity’ and Stop Climate-Wrecking Teck Frontier Mine
Alberta’s oilsands north of Fort McMurray. Photo by Louis Bockner/Sierra Club BC. In an open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, 42 Nobel laureates implored the federal government to “act with the moral clarity required” to tackle the global climate crisis and stop
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