Debra Sweet | September 25, 2023 From Stephanie Rugoff: World Can’t Wait participated in the planning meetings for the Anti-Militarism Hub for the massive End Fossil Fuels March. Debra Sweet noted, “With…
Category: Environment
Fragile and dangerous moment for the planet
Debra Sweet | Firday June 9, 2023 As we go into three days here in NYC experiencing the harmful air that so much of the planet has or will experience due to…
No ‘Chinese Hoax,’ Climate Change Cannot Be Ignored
Curt Wechsler | April 18, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} Climate scientist Ben Santer fights ‘alternative facts’. He’s not alone. The consequences of global warming denial affect every person on the planet. Santer advises human actions must…
War on Truth “A Funeral Pyre for Science”
World Can’t Wait | February 6, 2017 The Trump cabal of religious extremists, privatization advocates and racists, as described by Jeremy Scahill, suppresses the science that doesn’t fit its agenda, “and that should terrify…
“Alternative Facts” from a Fascist White House
World Can’t Wait | January, 25 2017 January 24’s gag order on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its 2,000 scientists “suppresses the science that doesn’t fit [your government’s] religious, political and economic…
From Moscow to Gaza, Dakota to the Bay Area, the Human Right to Water is Inviolate
Debra Sweet | September 16, 2016 “Due to global warming, widespread drought and increasingly polluted water systems, the projected availability of clean freshwater in years to come to meet the rising…
Climate Protests in Paris Are Banned
Debra Sweet | November 29, 2015 Leaders of 150 governments are meeting this week for the UN climate change conference. A huge protest was planned, but was banned. Twenty-four environmental activists were…
Hurricane Katrina: A Man-Made Crime Against Humanity
World Can’t Wait | August 31, 2015 On September 13, 2006, the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration delivered its verdict to the White House….
Shell No in Portland Oregon: Protesters Keep Artic-Bound Tanker at Dock
Mike Hastie | July 30, 2015 By now, most people know there are 13 Greenpeace activists hanging from the St. Johns Bridge spanning the Willamette River that connects Portland to the small…
The United States Government Leads in Crimes Against the Planet: Obama Approves 30 Million Acres for Drilling
World Can’t Wait, Bay Area | May 29, 2015 “For a leader who has made fighting climate change a priority, President Barack Obama’s decision to approve Royal Dutch Shell’s return to oil…