Tag: Featured News
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Fukushima Nightmare Continues as Homeless People are Recruited for Cleanup, Scammed Out of Wages
Police and media in Japan have discovered that homeless people near Fukushima have been recruited to help clean up the three-year-old nuclear devastation for minimum wages, but haven’t seen most of their money. Most have wound up in debt. According to Reuters, recruiters like Seiji Sasa have been trolling Sendai Station another locations for homeless people to…
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Amazon Deforestation Threatens South America’s Water Security
By Paul Brown The continued destruction of the Amazon to exploit its resources for mining, agriculture and hydro-power is threatening the future of the South American continent, according to a report by campaigning groups using the latest scientific data. [caption id="attachment_316692" align="alignnone" width="500"] Deforestation of the Amazon, as shown here in Brazil, endangers the future…
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10 Best Documentaries of 2013
I love documentaries as they have an incredible ability to educate and motivate people to care about the world around them. We need more people to be part of the solution by tackling the most critical issues facing the planet. Check out my list of favorite documentaries of 2013. Share your favorites documentaries in the…
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A Year in the Life of Greenpeace
With your help, Greenpeace has not only reached around the globe to push policy and take direct action, but we have engaged the imagination of a world which is not happy with business as usual and demands a sustainable future. Below is a gallery of a mere few of those moments in the last year:…
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Devastating Drought Continues to Plague California
By Kiley Kroh As California enters its third consecutive dry winter, with no sign of moisture on the horizon, fears are growing over increased wildfire activity, agricultural losses and additional stress placed on already strained water supplies. [caption id="attachment_316651" align="alignnone" width="500"] California’s Central Valley—prime agricultural land—is being hit the hardest by the state-wide drought which…