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Proposed desalination plant could harm ocean environment, report says

In this article published on the Los Angeles Times, Bettina Boxall writes: Seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach could significantly harm coastal waters unless major changes are made, panel says. Boxall explains: A proposed seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach could...

A Year After Sandy, Living Dangerously by the Sea

We read an interesting story this week by Bryan Walsh on TIME Science & Space. Walsh is a senior writer for TIME magazine, covering energy and the environment. The first sentence of his article tells it all: ‘Sea-level rise amplified the devastating coastal flooding caused by...

Peacekeeping Helicopter attacked, No support for Abyei referendum, Indonesia, WWF…

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Peacekeeping Helicopter attacked in Congo; United States denies supporting Abyei unilateral referendum; Indonesia seeks to get back its manufacturing mojo; Setting a solar sail by WWF. - Congo-Kinshasa: Attack On...

Speak out against Bashir’s upcoming visit to the UN!

Enough Project invites you to sign the Petition to Urge President Obama to Act and Respond to Bashir’s Planned Visit. President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, who is indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, is planning to...

Join us to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington!

We announced it earlier this month, we will organize tonight a discussion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Information regarding how to join us has been sent in our Newsletter, we hope that as many of you will join us as at our previous discussion. In the...

Help Children Mending Hearts Shop for Class Supplies

On April, we posted about Children Mending Hearts and asked you to vote for them on GOOD Maker. A couple of months have passed and CMH will be reaching over 1,500 students in the next six months with over twenty classes at various locations in the Los Angeles area and exchange partners...

Malala Day: Teens ready to report on historic education summit

Tomorrow, on Friday 12 July 2013, Malala Yousafzai will celebrate her 16th birthday by delivering a keynote speech to the United Nations advocating global education. The teenage was brutally shot in the head in November 2012 by the Taliban in Pakistan, for being a schoolgirl and asking...

Sudan: Anti-NCP Global Protests on June 30, 2013

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir came to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989.  On Bashir’s 24th coup anniversary, protest rallies will take place around the world. Girifna published a post all the events: Protest Rally in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington D.C June...

USA must not hunt down whistleblower Edward Snowden

Amnesty International declared that the US authorities ‘must not prosecute anyone for disclosing information about the government’s human rights violations, Amnesty International said after Edward Snowden was charged under the Espionage Act‘. The organization also believes...

Support I am a Nuba and Sudan Sunrise for Nuba Day 2013!

I am a Nuba, the Nuba Youth in Diaspora living in the United States of America, and their partner Sudan Sunrise would like you to help Nubans from across the US gather in Des Moines, Iowa, USA on July 5-7 for Nuba Day 2013. They posted a video on Youtube and explain: Help Nubans from...