California Passes First-Ever State Bill on Congo Conflict Minerals From enoughproject.org: It began with individuals, spread to campuses, was taken up by cities, and last Friday California became the very first U.S. state to take action on conflict minerals from Congo. By a vote of 67 to 11, the California…
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The Russian Government has given the green light to build a transcontinental railway linking Siberia with North America. Traversing the Beiring Strait, it would be the world’s longest tunnel. The $65 billion project would aim to provide raw goods to North America while “developing a robust renewable energy transmission corridor…
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The United States is not absolved from its role in creating crisis in East Africa. Absent from the conversation is the ongoing U.S. domination of the region along with U.S. complicity with corruption and warfare. Interestingly, the United States-funded Famine Early Warning Systems (FEWS) alerted the “international community” at least…
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