Despite promises not to, Biden is opening Alaska wilderness to more oil drilling
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Earth Day 2023: Biden’s betrayal, government repression and sodium batteries

By Chris Fry April 22 is this year’s “Earth Day.” Since 1970 that date highlights the struggle by environmental activists, particularly from the Indigenous communities, against Big Oil and big business in their ceaseless profit-driven […]
Egypt COP27 ending without key agreements
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COP27 Concludes While the Environmental Crisis Continues

By Abayomi Azikiwe There were high expectations for the United Nations Climate Conference held in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh. COP27 took place on the African continent amid months of preparations by governments, non-governmental […]
COP27 in Egypt where people protested climate policy
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COP27 Deliberations Reaffirm Imperialist States as Main Obstacle to Ending Climate Change

By Abayomi Azikiwe After one week of speeches, discussions, demonstrations and debate, the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) has once again stalled over the questions of which global interests are actually responsible for environmental […]
Burkina Faso anti-French demonstration on Oct. 2, 2022
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COP27 and the Imperatives for a Renewed African Security Framework

By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part for a webinar sponsored by the Canadian section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). The webinar was held in […]
Egypt COP27 graphic
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COP27 to be held in Egypt amid global challenges

By Abayomi Azikiwe African nations are preparing for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) scheduled to take place in the Egyptian resort area of Sharm-el-Sheikh from November 6-20. This gathering is taking place during a […]
South Africa flooding in Ntuzuma outside Durban
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South African KwaZulu-Natal Province Imperiled by Flooding

By Abayomi Azikiwe Another climate disaster in the Southern Africa region has taken place over the last two weeks in the KwaZulu-Natal Province (KZN), where the important port city of Durban is located. Official reports […]
Cyclone Gombi hits Mozambique
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London environmental rights demonstration leading up to COP26
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COP26 Summit Fails to Take Decisive Action on Climate Change

By Abayomi Azikiwe Another annual international conference on the climate crisis ended on November 13 in Glasgow, Scotland where a contentious debate over the final document revealed fundamental differences on key issues. Officially labeled as […]
September 18. 2021 satellite photo of the KNP wildfire in northern California
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Johnstown, PA flood of 1889
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