Video: The life of the super-rich in Central Africa | DW Documentary

By DW Documentary – Apr 3, 2021

Many millionaires live in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the world’s poorest countries. This film depicts some of those who have made fortunes amid the chaos, including musicians, mining bosses, entrepreneurs and preachers.

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Video Documentary: Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans | Full Documentary | Directed by Jeff Gibbs (1:40:01)

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Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America. This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event, the environmental movement’s answer is to push for techno-fixes and band-aids. It’s too little, too late. →

Highly Recommended. Read more & video: “Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans | Full Documentary | Directed by Jeff Gibbs” (1:40:01)

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Defending the Amazon, Indigenous Rights & Planetary Integrity — Collective Evolution – September 13, 2019

(Collective-Evolution)  As the Amazon Rainforest crisis persists, our inability to protect our planet poses an existential threat to all of Earth’s inhabitants. As the sky recently turned black over Sao Paolo, Brazil because of smoke (thousands of kilometers away) from the fires that is so thick it can be viewed by NASA space satellites, the world’s leaders were assembled at the G-7 summit in Europe, seemingly more interested in exchanging sophomoric insults than solving the world’s most pressing and urgent problems. According to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, almost 73,000 forest fires have been documented this year alone. That’s an alarming 84% increase from what was observed in 2018. →

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The Amazon Rainforest Wildfires, Why Brazil’s President Is Being Blamed, And Its Massive Destruction To The Planet — True Activist – August 24, 2019

(True Activist) Wildfires damaging thousands of kilometres of land are happening all over the world right now. About 21,000 square miles of Siberia’s forests have gone up in flames earlier this month, which brings the worst wildfires in Russia on record. These blazes have shrouded major cities in the country with smoke, including Novosibirsk, and has even crossed the Pacific Ocean sending billowing clouds of smoke to the United States. →

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Record Number of Fires Burning in Amazon Rainforest — Waking Times – August 21, 2019

Record Number of Fires Burning in Amazon Rainforest

Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Waking Times

There are a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforestBrazil‘s space agency has said. Their smoke is visible from space and shrouded the city of São Paulo in darkness for about an hour Monday afternoon, CBS news reported.

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Disturbing New Report Reveals How Many Environmental Activists Are Murdered Each Week — July 30, 2019

By Julia Conley

The fight to protect land, homes, livelihoods, and wildlife from destructive, pollution-causing industries turned deadly for more than 160 environmental defenders in 2018, international human rights group Global Witness revealed Monday night in a new report.

Organizers campaigning against the destruction of the environment face governments, contract killers, and private security firms trying to stop them—sometimes working together. In total, 164 people were murdered last year while fighting such forces as the mining, logging, and agribusiness industries from taking over swathes of ancestral lands, communities, and natural habitats.

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‘The Biggest Attack on the Amazon in 50 Years’ Has Just Begun in Brazil(Video) – August 26, 2017

Vic Bishop, Staff Writer
Waking Times

In what is being called the biggest attack on the Amazon in fifty years, Brazil has just opened a massive area of the rainforest up to mining. A formerly protected national reserve twice the size of New Jersey, which is home to several indigenous tribes, has been officially abolished and will be turned over to mining interests.

Sadly, the decision wasn’t even made by a democratic body or informed vote, but by a presidential decree which changes rules, effectively abolishing a protected area known as the National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca). Brazilian President Michel Temer’s time in office has been marked by scandal and corruption, most notably for offering concessions to big business interests in exchange for money and votes……

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The Child Slaves Who Created Your Electric Car — August 14, 2017

By: Jess Murray / Truth Theory Whilst the news of Britain’s pledge to ban the sale of both petrol and diesel cars in favor of electric vehicles by 2040 sounds positive at first, reports have stated that there is a very serious downside that has recently been revealed. According to reports, children as young as four years old are…

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This Country Just Banned All Metals Mining to Save the Environment – May 2, 2017

Christina Sarich, Staff WriterWaking Times El Salvador just banned all metal mining to save its environment and people. It is the first country to make such a precedent-setting move. Most mining projects greatly damage the livelihoods and lifestyle of rural people, contaminating their water, their soil, and often cutting away large swaths of earth to…

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