Toxic Chemicals

The Military Elephant in the Room Will Lead to An Unjust Transition

December 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Biofuels, Climate Change, Conferences, Militarism, Military vs The Environment, Poisoning the Environment, Toxic Chemicals, US Military

by Pippa Bartolotti, published on the International Peace Bureau, December 2, 2023 Post-review of NATO Climate Killer Part 2: Climate Crossfire Webinar, recorded on December 2nd, 2023, during COP 28 As we navigate COP 28, this webinar addressed the pertinent issues of military spending and its environmental ramifications. Ably introduced by the Canadian policy analyst IPB Vice President Steven Staples,[…]

After Toxic Train Wreck, Residents Demand Answers

March 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Paths to Emancipation, The War at Home, Toxic Chemicals

by Otis Grotwohl, published on Workers World, February 22, 2023 Weeks after the disaster, more terrifying information is coming out about the toxic train derailment Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. The two-mile-long, 150-car train, owned by Norfolk Southern, weighed 18,000 tons and was carrying hazardous material when it jackknifed as a result of a broken axle. Following the “controlled[…]

East Palestine, Ohio and the Oligarchy

March 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Corporatism, Socio-Economic Struggles, Toxic Chemicals, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 1, 2023 A freight train derailment brought environmental catastrophe to a small Ohio town. While the circumstances are somewhat unique, events followed a predictable pattern in a country run by and for the ruling class. The U.S. is an oligarchy. Stating this fact explains events that may seem mysterious if this[…]

While Cuba Deals with the Matanzas Fire, the U.S. Watches and Waits

August 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Cuba, petroleum, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Toxic Chemicals

by Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan and Medea Benjamin, published on Resumen-English, August 10, 2022 By now, the images of the oil explosion that erupted in the Cuban province of Matanzas on Friday, August 5 that has just been extinguished has been seen around the world. When lightning struck an oil tank in Cuba’s largest oil storage facility, it quickly exploded and[…]

Leaking Massive Red Hill Jet Fuel Tanks Will Not Be Closed Anytime Soon

April 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Militarism, Poisoning the Environment, Toxic Chemicals

by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, April 15, 2022 Don’t Get Your Hopes Up! On March 7, 2022 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the defueling and closure of the 80-year-old leaking 250 million gallon jet fuel tanks at Red Hill on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i. The order came 95 days after a catastrophic 19,000-gallon leak of jet fuel into[…]

War and Food

March 29, 2022 UNAC Editor GMO Argriculture, Latin America, Public Health, Shortages of Supplies, Toxic Chemicals, War on the Poor

by Silvia Ribeiro, published on Resumen, March 26, 2022 Food prices rising rapidly, apparently as a consequence of the war in Russia and Ukraine is having serious impact for many populations, exposing the global vulnerability in which the industrial agri-food system dominated by transnational corporations places us. According to United Nations sources, we are on the verge of a new[…]

Address the Global Public Health Crisis: Ban Glyphosate Now!

September 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Environment, Toxic Chemicals

by Colin Todhunter, published on Countercurrents, September 6, 2021 Glyphosate is usually marketed as Roundup and paired with GMO seeds from Monsanto, recently bought out by Bayer, another multinational purveyor of toxins. Farmers spray massive quantities of this deadly substance which attacks your kidneys and liver and causes cancer, on their crops. It is marketed to homeowners, landlords and businesses[…]

The Wolf in Sheep’s Skin: IMF, WTO and WB

March 2, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Economics, International Aid and Debt, Toxic Chemicals

by Syed Ehtisham, published on Countercurrents, February 15 2021 IMF and WB do not function like UN agencies on a ‘One nation, one vote’ system. Voting power is pegged to the size of economy and on financial contribution to the WB. The after effects of some of the decisions of IMF/WB are as below: In 1994, Zambia declared that it[…]

Flint Water Scandal charges: Slap on the Wrist for Ex-Governor

January 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Political Corruption, The War at Home, Toxic Chemicals, War on the Poor

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, January 20, 2021 In April 2014 the city of Flint, Mich., made the fatal decision to switch its water supply from Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the heavily contaminated Flint River. Flint residents have waited almost seven years for the responsible parties — in particular former Governor Rick Snyder — to face[…]

The Truth About Recycling

January 24, 2021 UNAC Editor petroleum, Toxic Chemicals

by Paul Goettlich, published on Socialist Action, January 15, 2021 We’re told that a world without plastics is impossible to imagine. But 70 years ago, I lived with almost none of it. Modern humans lived without it for almost 200-thousand years. Now it’s plainly an existential threat to all life on Earth. And it’s literally everywhere. It’s impossible to overstate[…]