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Month: April 2010

Group of retired US military leaders campaign for climate bill

Posted on 30th April 2010 by Benno Hansen

33 retired US generals and admirals have written a strong appeal for a climate change bill. Climate change is threatening America’s security. The Pentagon and security leaders of both parties consider climate disruption to be a “threat multiplier” – it exacerbates existing problems by decreasing stability, increasing conflict, and incubating the socioeconomic conditions that foster…

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Blood Diamonds at TH!NK3

Posted on 20th April 2010 by Benno Hansen

Conflict diamonds have now inspired (at least) two articles by my fellow TH!NK3’er Brazilian Luan Galani. Kimberley Process at stake Blood diamonds continue to be mined and sold from Marange (Zimbabwe) – which contains the largest known concentration of diamonds in the world – and find their way into jewellery stores worldwide. Kimberley Process is…

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Water Wars at TH!NK3

Posted on 11th April 2010 by Benno Hansen

Today there are two water war articles at TH!NK 3 Developing World: WATER IS ANOTHER MATTER by Hanna Clarys and Are you ready for Water Wars? by Hemant Jain. The latter is an illustration and a couple of links. Hanna’s article is about the situation in Palestine. A few excerpts: Palestinians have three main water…

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Mekamui Message: No More Mining, No More Bloodshed (TH!NK3)

Posted on 9th April 2010 by Benno Hansen

Bougainville Copper Limited’s Panguna mine closed in 1989 after an armed struggle against the company and the government of Papua New Guinea. BCL is controlled by mining giant Rio Tinto. Clive was a fighter for the Bougainville Revolutionary Army. Locals claim that up to 20,000 people died during the secessionist struggle, many from health related…

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Press clips: Water, pollution, oil, diamonds…

Posted on 4th April 2010 by Benno Hansen

Spending my time brewing up rants for development.thinkaboutit.eu Ecowar news stories get a little less attention. But here are a bunch from my news alerts that I couldn’t just delete. Some of the usual suspects. First diamonds: Dealers try to thwart conflict diamond trade in Zimbabwe, but loopholes persist The World Diamond Council (WDC) has…

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Air Force Jet Takes Off with Sustainable Fuel Source

Posted on 1st April 2010 by Benno Hansen

Inhabitat.com has an article with images of this story. It is just one of several green Pentagon projects. “A huge milestone was recently reached at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida when an A-10C Thunderbolt jet took to the air running its engine on plant based fuel. The Air Force is the largest consumer of…

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"Those who made their money peddling fossil fuels—the execs and shareholders holding funds—owe something to those who got hurt. It’s not... all that different from the demand for reparations." - @Tamaraity
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Psychological warfare on their own population

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@MichaelEMann As expected, RW media doubles down on blaming Greenies for #AUSTRALIAFIRES. https://t.co/oMZUDUidZT

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3 Nov

"Few land conflict-related killings in #Brazil result in convictions ... According to Brazil’s pastoral land commission, a rural violence watchdog, of 157 land conflict killings in Maranhão state between 1985 and 2017, just five cases went to court."
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2 Nov

The Saudis target Yemen’s rural livelihood, bombing farms, food systems, markets, water treatment facilities, and even agricultural extension offices. In urban areas, fishing boats and food processing and storage facilities were targeted.
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