Benno Hansen's List: Ecowar Garage

Republican leaders passed an amendment barring the entire Defense Department from using any alternative fuels, for any purpose, if they’re more expensive than oil.

In 2007, insurgent attacks on fuel convoys were responsible for one-third of U.S. casualties

Not long ago, for a three-day mission out of a forward operating base in Afghanistan, each Marine would have humped between 20 and 35 pounds of batteries. One of the reasons Marines are so lethal in such small numbers today is that they are constantly connected by radios and computers. But radios and computers require a constant supply of batteries, brought by convoy over some of the deadliest roads on earth and then piled on the backs of Marines in highly kinetic environments.

reduced dependence on energy supply lines means greater autonomy, flexibility, and effectiveness.

"Ecocide is in essence the very antithesis of life. It leads to resource depletion, and where there is an escalation of resource depletion, war comes chasing behind."

“The killing of an innocent young girl is deeply shocking, but unfortunately is not an isolated incident in Cambodia. State-sponsored land grabbing and violence against communities have long been a major problem, and it’s getting worse. As the country’s corrupt elite sells off more and more land to foreign investors without any regard for the human or environmental cost, clashes between communities with everything to lose and authorities are increasingly common. The situation is out of control, and the international community must act now before more people are killed,” said Global Witness Director Patrick Alley.

An average of one person a day is being killed in "water wars" in rural areas, while scores of animals are wasting away before perishing

Short water supplies have devastated farm output, the report said, endangering the lives of local people and their livestock.

Some believe the government was right for dealing with "greedy" oil workers who wanted bigger salaries.

   

Others have felt compelled to join a small but vocal protest movement.

separatist rebels in Angola's enclave of Cabinda, the West African state's major oil-producing zone, have offered to hold peace talks that could end decades of conflict that has hampered the development of Angola's oil industry.

The ruling party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, "is too deeply entrenched for political change to come simply through voting," observed global security consultancy Stratfor.

The ICG rightly foresees the outbreak of war between the two countries if India resorts to stopping water from flowing into Pakistan, which according the IWT is its share, and that creates a dangerous situation for Pakistan.

New Delhi was building three dams on Chenab and Sutlej. By virtue of these dams, the reports said, India would come into a position to divert water way from Pakistan right at the time it badly needed it for the crops

Reiterating that settlements are illegal under international law, the ministers notably condemned "the marked acceleration" of settlement building since the end of a 2010 moratorium and expressed "deep concern" over settler extremism and incitement in the West Bank.

They also voiced concern over evictions and the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem "and the prevention of peaceful Palestinian cultural, economic, social or political activities".

The Report says the main cause of future problems is the excessively short-term predominant political and economic model.

We demand the creation of international environmental standards, mandatory for countries, companies, corporations, and individuals. Ecocide (wilful damage to the environment, ecosystems, biodiversity) should be internationally recognised as a crime of the greatest magnitude.

the horns of Africa, are hit by the worse drought ever bringing to life its associated problems of severe food scarcity, water crisis, malnutrition, conflict, migration, unemployment and displacement and deaths of people.

The ‘flood’ of crises that will confront the world’s poorest continent in the near future will compound the existing problems of food insecurity, water crisis, droughts, floods, diseases, maternal and infant mortality, human insecurity, migration and unending conflict over resources among other things.

"If Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) come and destabilise the area, the oil and gas exploration will not take place and our tourism sector will greatly be affected. So we have to guard it jealously to make sure that nothing happens," Nyakairima said.

Chut Wutty, 48, a wiry fellow with skin the color of polished mahogany, was shot and killed on April 26 during a confrontation with uniformed Cambodian soldiers and military police officers. He had been escorting two Cambodia Daily journalists through a forest in Koh Kong province in southwestern Cambodia.

in a way, Wutty was a soldier, he’s almost like a casualty of war, a war to sustain life in Cambodia