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      'True Climate Hero' Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives Injured in Suspected Bomb Attack

      'True Climate Hero' Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives Injured in Suspected Bomb Attack

      "Cowardly attacks like these have no place in our society," said Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid.

      Common Dreams Staff
      May 06, 2021

      This is a developing news story... Check back for possible updates...

      Former Maldives president and climate champion Mohamed Nasheed was injured Thursday in a suspected bomb attack as he was getting into his car in the nation's capital of Male.

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      American Farmers Are Reaping the Climate Denial Whirlwind

      American Farmers Are Reaping the Climate Denial Whirlwind

      Last year it was the residents of Paradise, California who paid the price, when their city burned to the ground in a matter of hours. Today it is farmers. Tomorrow it might well be me, or you.

      Ryan Cooper
      Jun 05, 2019

      It's commonly thought on the right (and sometimes on the left) that the United States will not be harmed too much by climate change. With our wealth, geography, and relative isolation from the rest of the world, we will be able to fence out climate refugees and continue to drive gas-guzzling SUVs until the end of time.

      This idea is sorely mistaken. It's true that America will not be as catastrophically harmed as Bangladesh, India, or the Maldives. But we are far from immune--just witness this season's epic flooding across the Midwest, which has drowned farmland throughout the region. American farmers are paying for a generation of U.S. dithering and denial about climate change.

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      Diego Garcia: The "Unsinkable Carrier" Springs a Leak

      Diego Garcia: The "Unsinkable Carrier" Springs a Leak

      A court ruling against colonial exploitation could threaten a strategic U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean. Indigenous advocates say it’s about time.

      Conn Hallinan
      Apr 14, 2019

      The recent decision by the Hague-based International Court of Justice that the Chagos Islands -- with its huge U.S. military base at Diego Garcia -- are being illegally occupied by the United Kingdom (UK) has the potential to upend the strategic plans of a dozen regional capitals, ranging from Beijing to Riyadh.

      For a tiny speck of land measuring only 38 miles in length, Diego Garcia casts a long shadow. Sometimes called Washington's "unsinkable aircraft carrier," planes and warships based on the island played an essential role in the first and second Gulf wars, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the war in Libya. Its strategic location between Africa and Indonesia and 1,000 miles south of India gives the U.S. access to the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the vast Indian Ocean. No oil tanker, no warship, no aircraft can move without its knowledge.

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