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Month: April 2009

Authorities vs Environmentalism

Posted on 26th April 2009 by Benno Hansen

Full scale warfare isn’t necessary for me to take note of a case of ‘ecowar’. Far from it – for starters see the crime tag. Large scale covert conflict between states and their conscious populations however is a rather new thing. Or at least something that seems to be increasing. In the UK authorities have…

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Europe illegally dumps toxic, nuclear waste in Somali waters

Posted on 15th April 2009 by Benno Hansen

Just discovered an angle to the Somali fishing-oil-piracy trouble that I somehow entirely missed: Dumped toxic waste! “[Our motive is] to stop illegal fishing and dumping in our waters … We don’t consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits [to be] those who illegally fish and dump in our seas and dump waste in…

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Israel built its nuclear bombs with stolen Egyptian uranium

Posted on 15th April 2009 by Benno Hansen

Funny how so many of Israels wars and occupied territories just happen to include a tale of a natural resource. There is the Palestinian water, the off shore gas and now: the Egyptian uranium. See ‘Israel secretly exploited Egypt’s uranium’; a story seen a couple of places around the net. According to this story, Israel…

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Water of the “Holy Land”:

Posted on 5th April 2009 by Benno Hansen

For quite some time I have been keeping an eye on the influence of water in the Israel vs Palestine conflict. On top of all the other ‘ecowars’ I have Google track for me. But I have been reluctant to post on it for a variety of reasons. Now I have decided to do something…

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Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss – research https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/21/global-food-industry-to-drive-rapid-habitat-loss-research?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

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Secretive ‘gold rush’ for deep-sea mining dominated by handful of firms https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/09/secretive-gold-rush-for-deep-sea-mining-dominated-by-handful-of-firms?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

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The "massive and constantly updated stream of data has proven useful in monitoring the time-sensitive aspects of the escalation of social unrest in the past, demonstrating potential for identifying emerging security threats in the wake of climate change" https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/12/big-data-could-help-anticipate-violence-and-put-peace-in-its-way/

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