Global/International

The oxygen trade: Leaving Hondurans gasping for air

June 18, 2013

“We’re not selling this oxygen to anybody,” said Vitalino Álvarez, a participant in the Unified Aguán Farmers´ Movement (MUCA) in the boiling hot northern region of Honduras. Like many places around Honduras and the world, Álvarez’s community is a direct victim of international carbon trading programs—or what residents call “selling oxygen.”

Honduras coup update May 2013........

Honduras coup update May 2013........

http://www.sydney-says-no2honduras-coup.net/much-shorter-monthly-summari...

Almost 4 years into the coup, Honduras' war against farmers continue, with at least seven organised farmers assassinated in May 2013..

Political persecution in May 2013

Summary of known political killings this May 2013 in Honduras:

2 farmers in El Achiote, Aguan, Humberto Martínez and Celín Ochoa were murdered by hitmen on 5/5/13

Los Laureles farmers coop president of MUCA, José Omar Pérez Menjivar, was assassinated by palm oil hitmen on 11/5/13

The Stringer weekly newsletter - June 21

NEWS update: The Stringer went live February 20. Four months young The Stringer has been reaching a growing readership, nationally and internationally. In the three months since March 1, The Stringer on average has had 12,340 new visitors each month with May recording 15,072 new visitors.

Request for disclosure of information under Open Records Act and Freedom of Information Act re: Geral W. Sosbee

Here is my request to US Gov and Texas Gov to release information gathered during the investigation of a staged crime in Dallas, Texas, wherein my name was planted at the scene as a suspect.

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The US Wants Syrian Oil, Not Democracy

By Carl Gibson - 18 June, 2013

"... the Persian Gulf, the critical oil and natural gas-producing region that we fought so many wars to try and protect our economy from the adverse impact of losing that supply or having it available only at very high prices." -John Bolton, George W. Bush's ambassador to the United Nations

All the hubbub over Syria is all about oil. And if you don't believe me, believe John Bolton.

“Biofuel”: EU destroys 700,000 hectares of rainforest

The European Union wants to protect the climate and reduce carbon emissions from motor vehicles by blending fuels with increasing shares of supposedly eco-friendly “biofuels”.

Last year, 1.9 million tons of palm oil were added to diesel fuel in the EU – in addition to millions of tons of equally harmful rapeseed and soybean oils.

De Pod 2013-06-15 [ audio ]

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Perth retirees make wheelchairs for kids in need

By Stephanie Dalzell, ABC
Friday Mar 15, 2013

Brother Olly Pickett was building wheelchairs for children in a tiny workshop in Cambodia when he came across one of the youngest workers in the group.

The 15-year-old amputee was propped up on his knees, undeterred by the rough concrete floor he was kneeling on.

He was helping construct one of a dozen wheelchairs for children on the outskirts of the town who struggled to get to the local school each day.

The Stringer weekly newsletter - June 15

NEWS update: The Stringer went live February 20. Four months young The Stringer has been reaching a growing readership, nationally and internationally. In the three months since March 1, The Stringer on average has had 12,340 new visitors each month with May recording 15,072 new visitors.