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U.S.-China Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s

10 November 2021

The United States and China recall their Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis of April 17th, 2021. They are committed to its effective implementation and appreciate the intensive work that has taken place to date and the value of continued discussion.
The United States and China, (…)

Responding to Climate Change: China’s Policies and Actions

Beijing (China) | 27 October 2021

Preface
Climate change is a challenge for all of humanity. The sustainable development of the Chinese nation and the future of the planet depend on tackling it successfully.
China attaches great importance to its response to climate change. As the largest developing country in the world, (…)

Paris Climate Accord

Paris (France) | 12 December 2015

The Parties to this Agreement,
Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention",
Pursuant to the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action established by
decision 1/CP.17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at (…)

Speech of Pope Francis in the World Meeting of Popular Movements

by Pope Francis

9 July 2015

Expo Feria Exhibition Centre, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)
Dear brothers and sisters, good afternoon!
Several months ago, we met in Rome, and I remember that first meeting. In the meantime I have kept you in my thoughts and prayers. I am happy to see you again, here, as you discuss the (…)

Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ on Care for our Common Home

by Pope Francis

Vatican City | 24 May 2015

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through (…)

Iraq 1990; Yugoslavia 1999; Afghanistan 2001; Iraq 2003 ...Libya 2011

Depleted Uranium: The Trojan Horse of Nuclear War

by Leuren Moret

Berkeley (USA) | 16 April 2011

By most accounts, the U.S. has embarked on another "humanitarian" war, and its fifth one, using depleted uranium. In this compelling 2004 study, geoscientist and radiation expert Leuren Moret paints a bold picture of the pervasive and devastating effects of this "silent killer that will not go (…)

American military creating an environmental disaster in Afghan countryside

by Matthew Nasuti

7 May 2010

The close to 200 000 U.S. soldiers deployed in Afghanistan
under the Obama Administration are creating a huge contamination problem as a result of the multiple types of waste and military residue which they generate but then fail to recycle. All these materials, some of which are radioactive, (…)

Proclamation by President Obama for Earth Day 2010

by Barack Obama

22 April 2010

In the fall of 1969, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson announced plans for a national “environmental teach-in” – one day, each year, of action and advocacy for the environment. His words rallied our Nation, and the first Earth Day, as it became known, saw millions come together to meet one of the (…)

Obama, US Continue To Reap Trillions and Condemn Africa To Climate Catastrophe

by Glen Ford

New York (USA) | 29 December 2009

With humanity at risk and Africa facing “incineration,” the United States opted for “disaster capitalism” at the global climate conference, last week. “President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went to Copenhagen to end any possibility of a global agreement on greenhouse gasses that (…)

Combating Global Warming through Population Reduction

London (United Kingdom) | 28 September 2009

As historical leader of the U.K. Green Party, director of Friends of the Earth and of Forum for the Future, Jonathan Porritt has become the inescapable expert when it comes to media debates on the environment.
In addition to his functions as administrator of a powerful water supply and (…)

Human Rights Watch in Venezuela

Lies, Crimes and Cover-ups

by James Petras

New York (USA) | 29 September 2008

Human Rights Watch, a US-based group claiming to be a non-governmental organization, but which is in fact funded by government-linked quasi-private foundations and a Congressional funded political propaganda organization, the National Endowment for Democracy, has issued a report “A Decade Under (…)

World Personalities Demand Justice in Luis Posada Carriles Case

23 April 2007

More than 3,000 Scholars and personalities from around the world issued a declaration urging Washington to meet its international
obligations and try Luis Posada Carriles for his terrorist crimes or
attend the extradition request made by Venezuela. Below we reproduce
the declaration and (…)

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