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The U.S. Military Is Poisoning Communities Across the U.S. with Toxic Chemicals
The Department of “Defense” has ordered the burning of 20m pounds of AFFF – despite risks to human health.
The Department of “Defense” has ordered the burning of 20m pounds of AFFF – despite risks to human health.
Most Americans think of Agent Orange as something from the distant and disagreeable past—as dated as hippie vans and tie-dyed T-shirts. But the truth is that Agent Orange is still with us. And will be for decades to come.
The group is challenging a decision to allow the Navy to conduct training operations in state parks.
U.S. Secretary of State, and supporter of wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine, a man who once backed dividing Iraq into three countries, proponent of not really ending endless wars, cofounder of revolving-door dealer in shameless profiteering from government connections for weapons companies WestExec Advisors, Antony Blinken made a speech on Wednesday.
Militaries are frequently exempt from publicly reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and there is currently no consolidated public reporting of GHG emissions for the national militaries of the European Union.
Agence France-Presse reports that the 15-member United Nations Security Council will hold a video-conference summit this coming Tuesday February 23 to discuss the impact of “global warming on world peace.”
This week’s conversation is the 3rd of the World BEYOND War Irish chapter’s weekly Wednesday webinar series. We spoke with Dublin-based filmmaker Dave Donnellan on war’s environmental impact.
World BEYOND War Board President Leah Bolger presents on this webinar the social, environmental, and economic impact of U.S. bases and how to close them.
Half Moon Bay has hung a flag outside City Hall made by students highlighting their ideas of peace that will eventually travel to the United Nations in 2021.