Understanding Uganda’s TotalEnergies’ lawsuit
Ugandan activists are legally fighting TotalEnergies, the French multinational oil and gas company. This lawsuit shines a spotlight on the human rights and environmental concerns surrounding the company’s operations in Uganda. Uganda has become an attractive destination for multinational corporations seeking to exploit its abundance of resources. This rush for...
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Artificial grass a huge contributor to marine plastic pollution crisis
A recent study has uncovered that tiny plastic fibres used to produce AstroTurf often wind up in water bodies close to major cities, posing a substantial threat to ocean ecology. AstroTurf (AT) is a surfacing material that simulates natural grass by using synthetic, primarily plastic, fibres in different shapes, sizes,...
Scientists warn the Gulf Stream shutdown could happen this century
According to a new study, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – which helps regulate the Northern Hemisphere’s climate – could collapse any time between 2025 and 2095. A critical system of ocean currents could collapse far sooner than previously predicted under the pressure of human-driven climate change; an alarming...
Europe set to bake under extreme heat for weeks
Temperatures across the globe are predicted to break records and exacerbate wildfires as the dire consequences of climate change become more apparent with each passing year. At present, thousands find themselves trapped in the inferno that’s gripping the Mediterranean. This is expected to last for weeks as global temperatures soar and...
Japan to release radioactive water into ocean
The Japanese government plans to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, but the plan doesn’t come without controversy. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, triggered a massive tsunami along Japan’s Pacific coastline. The incident...
Consultation launched to make period products free in Northern Ireland
Last Monday, the Executive Office of Stormont (Northern Irish Assembly) launched a public consultation to make period products free to all. The consultation follows the passing of the Period Products Act last year, which made products freely available in schools, colleges and all public buildings, including governmental buildings. The bill was...
Scotland wants to decriminalise drug possession
Under the new policies and proposed legislative changes, the country’s government wants to allow people found in possession of drugs to be treated and supported rather than criminalised and excluded.
As part of a new effort to tackle Scotland’s chronically high drug death rates, the country’s government is challenging Westminster to decriminalise all illicit substances for personal use.
During a press conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland’s drugs policy minister
A UK woman’s arrest proves abortion laws affect all of us
Pro-choice demonstrators are calling for revised laws and broader understanding of an issue often viewed as someone else’s. When Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, the abortion debate reignited with a vengeance. This legal decision came as a shock to those on both sides of the pro-life/pro-choice debate. But like America’s mounting gun violence, the regression of abortion rights overseas has given British commentators a false sense of separation – a...
UK government urged to tackle toxic masculinity in schools
A cross-party group of MPs on the Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee has called for a strategy to focus on male pupils who are failing to engage with relationship and sex education. According to a study by the Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee, sexual harassment and abuse of female pupils and staff is a ‘scourge’ in British schools. For this reason, the cross-party group of MPs is calling for...
Côte d’Ivoire’s ambulance boat revolutionises healthcare access
In an initiative aimed at improving healthcare accessibility in remote areas, Côte d'Ivoire launched its first-ever ambulance boat this month, catering to the medical needs of villagers residing along the country's Assinie-Mafia region. Government, healthcare practitioners, and local communities in Assinie-Mafia are working together to improve emergency medical services across all of Côte d'Ivoire. A new ambulance boat named Min N'Gouamin has just been unveiled. Translated to ‘my health’, it...
