Displaced families in Lebanon turn vehicles into rain-soaked shelters

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François Kaserake Kamate on global complicity and the fight for the DRC

Francois Kaserake Kamate is a climate and human rights activist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For 13 years he has been involved in non-violent movements for justice and accountability. Kamate has been arrested countless times, had to relocate to Kinshasa, and even lost his job as an educator. He believes ignorance, poverty and corruption are the three …

‘Black rain’: Iran war’s toxic pollution will spread and last for decades

On March 8, Israeli drone strikes hit oil depots and refineries on the outskirts of Tehran, setting fuel on fire and releasing columns of black smoke, which mixed with rain clouds poured toxic chemicals onto the city later in the day. Nejat Rahmanian, a professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Bradford, experienced a similar event 35 …

A New Mexico Religious Pilgrimage Rode a Global Wave Hoping for Ripple Effects for the Environment

On January 12, three faith-motivated environmentalists set out on a trek from Carlsbad, New Mexico, to the state capitol in Santa Fe. They walked past fossil-fuel developments, through remote ranch lands and deep into the desert on their way. They wanted to use their journey to advocate for the passage of the Clear Horizons Act (SB18), a bill that would …

Daily Briefing March 15 — ToI reporter on life under Hezbollah’s rain of rockets

Health reporter Diana Bletter joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode of The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing. She talks about the first time that a Lebanon threat brought a Galilee hospital underground and emergency preparedness. In the second half of the program, they drill down into life in the north of Israel.

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