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Month: January 2012

Eco-terrorism and terrorist-journalism

Posted on 23rd January 2012 by Benno Hansen

Course of events:    a) Animal rights activists are raided by police    b) Journalist cover the case Can you guess what’s next? Probably not…    c) Journalist is labelled ‘extremist’ and persecuted Can you guess the country? No, not the glorious nation of Kazakhstan. The USA. Get the facts straight for yourself: Check out Green is the…

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Reviews

Posted on 15th January 2012 by Benno Hansen

“a paradigm shifting book with tremendous depth and scope […] a journey that ranges from the anthropological story of modern humans from paleo times, to impressive cross-sections of human history, to an overview of what seems to be all major conflicts in the past few decades. […] guarantee to galvanize even the most eco-saavy reader's…

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Abusing animals for fun & covering up pollution – busy day in the US Army

Posted on 14th January 2012 by Benno Hansen

Huffington Post / Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Cover-Up Hinted In Navy Letter The U.S. Navy is asking government investigators to suppress information concerning the toxic water scandal at the Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune, according to a letter obtained Thursday by The Huffington Post. […] Government watchdogs and environmental advocates said they interpret the letter as…

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Watch DIRT! The Movie

Posted on 12th January 2012 by Benno Hansen

I just watched DIRT! The Movie for free at dotSUB. A really good movie about soil and the importance of a healthy biosphere of rich biodiversity. Takes a couple of detours (ie one about various spiritual connections to soil) that may seem weird depending on who you are and is quite a bit pro-organic agriculture…

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Musings on optimism vs fear, innovation vs collapse

Posted on 5th January 2012 by Benno Hansen

Today I happened upon this near one hour long couch talk by Geoffrey West (visit the site for audio or video). Among the themes he discuss is drawing some lines in the sand in the very long debate between Malthusian fears of over-population / over-exploitation of nature and the technological optimism that future inventions will…

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27 Jun

BBC News - Tracking where Russia is taking Ukraine's stolen grain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/61790625

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27 Jun

»Paramilitære og kriminelle har øget kontrollen med områderne ved hjælp af vold mod landsbyerne, og staten gør intet for at beskytte dem. De mennesker, der forsøger at beskytte jorden og miljøet, har i stigende grad ryggen mod muren«

https://politiken.dk/debat/art8850399/14-%C3%A5rige-Breiner-gik-sin-s%C3%A6dvanlige-rundtur-som-vagt-i-en-lille-bjergby.-P%C3%A5-hjemturen-blev-han-dr%C3%A6bt-af-skud

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20 Jun

"One cannot imagine that millions of tonnes of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine while in the rest of the world people are suffering hunger ... This is a real war crime."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-blockade-ukrainian-grain-exports-is-war-crime-eus-top-diplomat-2022-06-20/

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14 Jun

https://www.information.dk/udland/2022/06/droner-skaerper-buddhistmunkes-modstand-illegal-skovhugst-cambodja

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13 Jun

BBC News - Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Two bodies found in search for missing pair
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-61786946

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