Articles by Andrea Germanos
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Big Tech War Profiteers Raked in $44 Billion during ‘Global War on Terror’
Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Sep 2021
The report “Big Tech Sells War” released on 9 Sep accuses Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants of providing tools–“from databases to drones”–that have propped up the war on terror for two decades. “When the U.S. chooses war over aid, Big Tech profits”, it affirms.
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‘The Pandemic Is Accelerating,’ Says WHO Chief, Warning of ‘New and Dangerous Phase’ of Coronavirus Crisis
Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2020
19 Jun 2020 -“More than 150,000 new cases of Covid-19 were reported to WHO yesterday—the most in a single day so far.”
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‘Victory for Farmers’ as Jury Awards Grower $265 Million in Damages from Drift of Monsanto’s Dicamba
Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Feb 2020
17 Feb 2020 – German chemicals giant Bayer announced today its intention to “swiftly appeal” a U.S. jury’s decision to award a Missouri peach farmer over $265 million in compensation for years of crop losses as a result of drifting dicamba weedkiller. “This verdict is just the tip of the iceberg.”
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Save the Insects, Save Ourselves: Researchers Sound Alarm on Bugpocalypse
Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Feb 2020
10 Feb 2020 – Global conservation scientists drew renewed attention to the “insect apocalypse” underway with two companion papers published Sunday [9 Feb] underscoring how the fate of human beings and that of insects is intertwined and the available solutions to address the crisis.
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New IUCN Report on Ocean Oxygen Loss Gives ‘Ultimate Wake-Up Call’ to Act on Climate
Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2019
7 Dec 2019 – A new report on ocean oxygen loss released today calls for a bold action to rein in planet-warming emissions and save the world’s “suffocating seas.” “Decisions taken at the ongoing climate conference will determine whether our ocean continues to sustain a rich variety of life, or whether habitable, oxygen-rich marine areas are increasingly, progressively, and irrevocably lost.”
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Because ‘a World without Insects Is Not Worth Living in,’ Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
9 Sep 2019
4 Sep 2019 – The German government announced today a plan to phase out the use of glyphosate—the key chemical in the weedkiller Roundup—with a total ban set to begin by the end of 2023. The European Commission in 2017 renewed the license for glyphosate in the bloc through the end of 2022. The “government intends to oppose any request for the E.U. to renew the license to produce the weedkiller, according to a release by the environment ministry.”
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Eyeing Landmark Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case, Vietnam Demands Monsanto Be Held Liable over Agent Orange
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
3 Sep 2018
“We believe Monsanto should be responsible for compensating Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange for the damages caused by the company’s herbicides.”
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Over 15,000 Scientists Just Issued a ‘Second Notice’ to Humanity. Can We Listen Now?
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
20 Nov 2017
13 Nov 2017 – Reassessing warning issued 25 years ago, the “second notice” to humanity warns of “widespread misery and catastrophic biodiversity loss” unless business-as-usual is upended.
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
13 Jun 2016
The Institute for Economics and Peace shows that chipping away at trillions spent on violence could render huge ‘peace dividend’. The findings are laid out in the think tank’s latest Global Peace Index, now in its 10th edition, released Wednesday [8 Jun]. It ranks 163 states and territories based on 23 indicators covering domestic and international conflict, societal safety and security, and a country’s militarization.
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
7 Mar 2016
24 Feb 2016 – Governments worldwide in 2015 capitalized on supposed national security threats to trample over human rights. That’s Amnesty International’s assessment of global human rights in its latest report.
→ read full articleHumankind Has Halved the Number of Trees on the Planet
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
7 Sep 2015
Trees ‘store huge amounts of carbon, are essential for the cycling of nutrients, for water and air quality, and for countless human services’.
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
2 Mar 2015
U.S. is ‘assisting African nations to produce biosafety laws that promote agribusiness interests instead of protecting Africans.’
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
26 Jan 2015
19 Jan 29015 – World-renowned linguist and scholar Noam Chomsky has criticized what he sees as Western hypocrisy following the recent terror attacks in Paris and the idea that there are two kinds of terrorism: “theirs versus ours.”
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
12 Jan 2015
‘It shows that we can reach our ultimate goal, namely to stop global warming,’ said climate minister.
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
22 Dec 2014
Speaking at rally to commemorate constitution anniversary, Maduro also calls for investigation of ‘imperialist nations which have bombed Libya, Iraq and Syria’
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
27 Oct 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist James Risen said Sunday [19 Oct 2014] that the secretive and multi-billion dollar war on terror has sparked an entire “mercenary class that feeds off unending war.”
→ read full articleSweetheart Deal among Mafiosi: Citigroup to Pay $7 Billion for Its “Egregious Misconduct”
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
21 Jul 2014
Banking giant sold “toxic financial products,” reaped profits; critics say it now gets a “sweetheart immunity deal.”
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
9 Jun 2014
The monarch butterflies’ numbers have been plummeting in recent years, and a new study has pointed to the likely main culprit: loss of its summer habitat as a result of genetically modified crops.
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
12 May 2014
Amid criticism, Brazil this month gave the OK to its first commercial release of genetically modified mosquitoes in an effort to combat dengue fever.
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
5 May 2014
A post-antibiotic era, far from being an apocalyptic fantasy, is instead a very real possibility for the 21st century. “Devastating” consequences from untreatable infections including diarrhoea, pneumonia, urinary tract infections and gonorrhoea now pose a potential threat in every corner of the world, to any person of any age, the World Health Organization states.
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
5 May 2014
One of those questioning the ice wall is Dale Klein, former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman and current head of the Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee hired by plant operator TEPCO. “I’m not convinced that the freeze wall is the best option,” he told Kyodo News. “What I’m concerned about is unintended consequences.”
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
17 Mar 2014
US tells human rights panel that treaty that bans torture, arbitrary killings and detention doesn’t apply to its military operations. The grilling happened Thursday [13 Mar 2014] in Geneva during the first of a two-day session held by the 18-member UN Human Rights Committee.
→ read full articleNation’s Libraries Warn of NSA’s ‘Ravenous Hunger’ for Data
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
9 Dec 2013
“We don’t want [library patrons] being surveilled because that will inhibit learning, and reading, and creativity.” The world’s largest library association is warning against the NSA’s “ravenous hunger” for information and is urging the passage of legislation to rein in the agency’s vast surveillance powers.
→ read full articleDump It in the Ocean: TEPCO’s Plan for Radioactive Fukushima Water
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
25 Nov 2013
‘There’s no risk to public health and safety,’ pronounces consultant working for the nuclear plant’s owner.
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Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
30 Sep 2013
In the latest in a series of mishaps to hit the crisis-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, a radiation-stopping “fence” around the reactors has developed a hole, plant operator TEPCO admitted on Thursday [26 Sep 2013]. Fences made of earth and sand sit in the harbor next to the plant and were erected to help contain radioactive material from flowing into the ocean.
→ read full articleNaomi Klein: ‘Anti-Shock Doctrines’ Show the Way to Resist
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
10 Jun 2013
“Only when the alternatives look tangible, look real, look credible and inspiring will the fear of saying no, of standing up to the troika begin to fade.” We need to have our ideas ready to move forward in a new way, she said. It’s time to build.
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