President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change, earning statements of dismay from critics, including Jewish groups who regard the pullout as a diplomatic and environmental disaster.
Read MoreAfter three years of the junta’s ‘returning happiness’ mission, the country’s poor and ethnic minorities are still suffering from the junta’s ‘return the forest’ policy while the junta opens up more land for investors and cuts environmental regulations for big business. “In the next 10 years, the suspension of land rights will be a big …
Read MoreThese days, whenever Daniel Koskei walks into the Logoman Forest and finds a mound of soil, he prepares to take action – particularly if the wind is strong and the sun blazing hot. Such mounds can be a sign of illegal charcoal production, an activity that can lead to fire outbreaks in this eastern region …
Read MoreThis week, President Donald Trump proposed radical and cruel cuts to U.S. foreign aid. If his budget for 2018 is approved by Congress and implemented, it would slash crucial aid and development programs and weaken key institutions upholding human rights worldwide. As the head of the leading Jewish organization that works to end poverty and …
Read MoreCuts to foreign aid laid out in the White House’s proposed 2018 budget could have a dramatic effect on human rights, development and the environment around the world, advocates warn. The budget has little chance of passing in Congress, but does serve as a powerful statement of the Trump administration’s priorities — priorities that have …
Read MoreThe State Department leadership voiced support for President Trump’s proposed budget, which would impose deep cuts on spending for diplomacy and foreign aid, but critics vowed to fight to restore the funds in Congress. In a statement, the department said the president’s $37.6-billion request for it and for the U.S. Agency for International Development would support “a leaner, …
Read MorePresident Trump, you may have heard, is soon embarking on the first international trip of his presidency – to Saudi Arabia, Israel, The Vatican, Italy and Brussels. What you may not have heard is that while in Saudi Arabia, there is a possibility that Trump will not only meet with King Salman, who is currently allegedly …
Read MoreIn Guatemala we witness one of the most atrocious massacres in the history of the country and of Our America. They were under the protection and protection of the State. At least sixty girls tried to flee March 7 from the Safe Home “Virgin of the Assumption”, it was a hell they were living. There …
Read MoreMore than 200,000 people descended on the nation’s capital to demand action on climate change. Here are just a few of the thousands of reasons why they came, and why we must act now.
Read MoreThree Jewish groups called on President Donald Trump to keep the United States as a signatory in the United Nations Paris climate change agreement. The Union for Reform Judaism, the American Jewish World Service and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life joined 20 other religious groups in urging Trump to adhere to the agreement, …
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