Posts Tagged ‘ravaged’

How flood-ravaged Kentucky is getting major federal infrastructure help

Image Credit: Johnny Ray Felton This article was produced by the Independent Media Institute. Tom Conway is the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Carl Asher clung to a wooden post on his porch for three hours—yelling for help in the darkness, water lapping at his neck—before risking it all. He threw himself […]

Extreme heatwave that has ravaged Jordan has had a negative impact on lives

As the extreme heat wave that has ravaged Jordan has negatively affected life, the municipality of Amman has decided to spray water with the sprinkler method in the city center, in particular in commercial areas.

‘A Very Resilient Community’: NSW Premier Visited Flood Ravaged Town of Forbes

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet on Thursday morning has visited the central-western town of Forbes where the threat of rising floodwaters is likely to linger for days, with more rain forecast in the coming days. He was joined by Deputy Premier Paul Toole and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott to receive a briefing from […]

In The Southeast, Climate Change Finds A Landscape Ravaged By Inequality

Above Photo: Getty Images. Meet The Groups Demanding Climate Justice That Fits The Region’s Unique Needs. The southeastern United States sees more billion-dollar disasters than any other region in the country. The region also sees more different kinds of natural disasters than other parts of the country. In 2020, six billion-dollar hurricanes hit the Gulf Coast, […]

Rivers Ravaged by Sand-Mining Mafias

Disturbing reports have been appearing from several parts of the country of rivers ravaged by sand-mining mafias to the extent that the very survival of some of the smaller rivers serious harmed in this way has been threatened. Much of this mining  is clearly illegal and controlled by powerful local mafias who do not hesitate […]

Is America hoping its withdrawal from Afghanistan makes that war-ravaged country China’s problem now?

A car bomb attack in Pakistan, possibly aimed at a Chinese diplomat, has demonstrated just how important peace and stability in the region is to Beijing and its $65 billion Belt and Road Initiative. On April 21 Wednesday evening a deadly blast struck a Pakistan hotel stemming from a car bomb, claiming four lives. The […]

Uttarakhand flash flood survivor: ‘I ravaged nature every day. Today a tree saved my life’

An Indian excavator operator who digs up the earth and levels hillsides for a living, narrowly dodged death on Sunday by clinging onto a tree following massive flash floods in northern Uttarakhand state, and says he now has newfound respect for nature. Vikram Chauhan, 49, was at work as usual on Sunday at the Rishiganga […]

Hondurans return to their homes ravaged by severe flooding

Locals return to their severely damaged homes after flooding caused by Hurricane Iota ravaged the area surrounding San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras. Hurricane Iota made landfall on November 17, unleashing considerable damage on Central America, already hit two weeks before by Hurricane Eta.

Clinton lost because war-ravaged communities in PA, WI, and MI saw her as pro-war, study says

Last fall I winced whenever Hillary Clinton or her surrogates promised regime change in Syria. Don’t these people get it? Americans don’t want to be waging more wars in the Middle East. Now an important new study has come out showing that Clinton paid for this arrogance: professors argue that Clinton lost the battleground states […]

PEN’s double standards over Israel boycott

Charlotte Silver Activism and BDS Beat 29 April 2016 Suzanne Nossel (via Flickr) Amidst a campaign aimed at convincing PEN American Center to reject Israeli government funding for its annual World Voices Festival that began this week, the literary group and its director Suzanne Nossel have displayed glaring double standards in their approach to cultural […]

SpaceX Undercut ULA Rocket Launch Pricing by 40 Percent

SpaceX Undercut ULA Rocket Launch Pricing by 40 Percent April 28th, 2016 In other words, the Air Force can show they’re saving money *wink*, while funneling billions of dollars for black world R&D to the usual suspects via some other mechanism. Via: Reuters: The […]

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