Tag: Africa
Doctors Without Borders: U.S. Should force Pfizer to share covid vaccine...
“I think really what should be prioritized is getting vaccinations to low- and middle-income countries and sharing the vaccine technologies.”
Eight of the 10 nations most at risk from climate and...
Toxic pollution in the environment, be it dirty air, contaminated water or unhealthy soils, accounted for more than 8 million deaths globally in 2018.
One in three directors at Africa’s biggest bank have ties to...
Over 80 percent of directors had a past or current tie to polluting industries, either as a current or former adviser or employee.
Big Pharma’s ‘appalling’ $26 billion in shareholder payouts could fund vaccines...
“Instead of creating new vaccine billionaires, we need to be vaccinating billions in developing countries.”
Damming rivers is terrible for human rights, ecosystems and food security
Despite industry rhetoric, hydropower is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable energy future.
Can fragile cities cope with an influx of climate migrants?
With the coming years, climate-induced migration to "urban hot spots" is likely to intensify.
You don’t want to imagine an ocean without coral reefs—but you...
Scientists call the coral reefs the “rainforests of the sea,” because coral reefs—like rainforests—are highly diverse ecosystems; their destruction would lead to the extinction of a large number of species.
Ethiopia: Death and despair as divisions erupt into violent conflict
Ethiopians are killing one another in the Tigray region of the country where an armed conflict is raging between the Ethiopian military and forces loyal to the regional government.
Possible monkey extinction highlights the risk to Africa’s most endangered primate...
Does a rare monkey still roam what’s left of the forests of Côte d’Ivoire?
“We haven’t given up on...
Planet of war
Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the U.S. military prepares for global combat.
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EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue
The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike
A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage
Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run
DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.