Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Climate & Environment

U.S. rivers

Among the most endangered and considered the most polluted in the U.S. is the 1579km / 981-mile Ohio River.

18 April, 2023

US storms

The town of Wynne in northeastern Arkansas was also devastated, and officials reported two dead there, along with destroyed homes and people trapped in the…

2 April, 2023

UN 2023 Water Conference

Water use has been increasing globally by roughly 1% per year over the last 40 years and is expected to grow at a similar rate…

23 March, 2023

UN 2023 Water Conference

Water use has been increasing globally by roughly 1% per year over the last 40 years and is expected to grow at a similar rate…

22 March, 2023

Cyclone Freddy

Malawi already is grappling with the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history, which has killed more than 1,600 people since last year. Mozambique is also struggling…

15 March, 2023

Iraq water crisis

UN says a fifth of Iraqis can’t get water that’s safe to drink/use.

9 March, 2023

Catastrophic floods in Malaysia

The Met department has warned of more rains in the coming days.

6 March, 2023

Brazil and the US to collaborate on combating the climate crisis

Kerry will advance the US-Brazil Climate Change Working Group that Presidents Biden and Lula relaunched earlier this month.

28 February, 2023

Understanding the climate change

Since 2016, U-S government researchers funded by the Department of Energy have been simulating global warming and recording the results, in what is called the…

27 February, 2023

Brazil floods

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited impacted areas in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo.

22 February, 2023