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Why Don’t Many Western Activists Care About Syria’s Devastating Forest Fires?

October 17, 2020

The Syrian people who have already been suffering from nearly a decade of externally waged Hybrid War are now forced to deal with the environmental devastation caused by the 156 forest fires that rece…

The Bigger Picture is Hiding Behind a Virus

April 5, 2020

Opinion

Things often look the way they do because someone claiming authority tells us they look that way. If that sounds too cynical, pause for a moment and reflect on what seemed most important to you just a…

Garbage Apocalypse Now! Corporations Have Escaped Blame for Too Long

October 30, 2019

Opinion

Of all the myriad headlines now dominating the news, the global waste crisis is undoubtedly the least ‘sexiest.’ As compared to war, for example, garbage lacks the tantalizing clash of personalities; …

Killing Nature While Playing Geopolitics

May 10, 2019

Opinion

There’s nothing like a wake-up howl from nature to freeze the sound and fury convulsing the geopolitical chessboard – and drown dreams of regime change, accusations of “aggressive behavior”, and petty…

Dying of Consumption While Guzzling Snake Oil: a Realist’s Perspective on the Environmental Crisis

October 30, 2018

Opinion

Preservation of our environment remains well toward the bottom of our priorities. Personally and collectively, in our daily lives and in the media, we fixate on career, financial accumulation, economi…

Lebanon’s Mountains Are Being Destroyed

June 12, 2018

Opinion

Rarely are journalists lost for words. But how do you describe the destruction of entire mountains, the slashing down of tens of thousands of pine trees, the very shape of the landscape changed by mor…

China’s Environmental Challenges: Under the Dome with No Way Out?

November 18, 2016

Miscellaneous

Introduction Four decades of rapid economic growth in China has come at a huge price to the environment, from smog-ridden skies to contaminated rivers, toxic soils and “cancer villages”. These increas…

Men, Beware of This Toxic Chemical in Your Food and Environment

November 13, 2016

Food

The existence of toxic chemicals in our environment and especially in our food must be of grave concern to all. However, the fourth article of the Chemical Reality series is going to focus on a toxic …