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The US military is the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels

Since 2001, the US military emitted over 1.2 billion metric tons of greenshouse gases into the atmosphere. 400 million metric tons of that figure is directly related to the wars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmolNG0fnMA&feature=youtu.be Costs of War Project report: https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p... +++ Truth is not fake news. Justice is not fake news. We don’t have to tell you More

Yes! — 10 Ways Human Rights and Democracy Won in 2014 (Yeah, You Heard That Right)

Let’s be honest: It was a brutal year for human rights. But we still have victories worth celebrating. by Sarah van Gelder Yes! Magazine December 29, 2014 Ferguson, Missouri. October, 2014. Photo by Sarah-Ji. In 2014, we saw a lot of brutality. Unarmed black men and women were killed by police, women were raped on college More