(2022-03-28). Forest fires near Chernobyl plant cover over 10,000 hectares: Ukrainian ombudswoman. ecns.cn Forest fires, which broke out around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant due to hostilities, cover more than 10,000 hectares, Ukrainian Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said Sunday.
(2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …
(2022-03-27). Brazil's efforts to Rethink Energy Models Have Sugar in Mind. america.cgtn.com Brazil is the world's fifth-largest nation, and one of the world's leaders in renewable energy. Nearly 12% of the planet's freshwater flows in Brazil, so hydropower generates 61% of the country's electricity.‚ÄØ So, when climate phenomena like La Nina -a warming of the Pacific Ocean- are associated …
(2022-03-27). Forest loss caused by climate change in India 'worse' than estimates. peoplesdispatch.org Climate change has caused a significant loss of forests in India and can become an even bigger problem beating earlier predictions. According to a new national-scale research conducted by the University of Reading, UK, and recently published in the journal The study, which observed the relationship between rainfall and temperature with forest loss, also suggests that the actual loss could be much higher than mentioned in official reports. | Alice Hau…