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South Sudan: S. Sudan Official: Oil Companies Did 'Nothing' to Protect Environment
Sep 23, 2015
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Radio Tamazuj
A petroleum ministry official has admitted that oil companies before and after independence have done nothing to stop environmental damage caused by oil extraction, while…
Australia: Australian Defence Under-Prepared for Climate Change Security Threat
Sep 22, 2015
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Michael Brissenden, ABC News
A former head of the Australian military has warned that the ADF needs to do more to integrate climate change impact into defence planning. Retired…
DRC: NGO Ranks 155 Companies Across 20 Industries Revealing Significant Supply Chain, ESG Risks for Major Brands
Sep 22, 2015
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PRNewswire
Most U.S. large cap companies are still lagging in efforts to affect positive change with regard to global humanitarian issues, according to research released today…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Dealt Setback by U.S. Court Ruling on Oil Sale
Sep 22, 2015
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Bruce Stanley and Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Bloomberg
A U.S. federal court dealt a setback to efforts by Iraq’s self-governing Kurds to sell Iraqi crude oil in the U.S., further complicating the Kurdish…
Sudan: Sudan Says Oil Companies Refusing to Repair Faulty Wells amid Oil Slump
Sep 22, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
The Sudanese government disclosed on Tuesday that it has been unable to raise its production of oil due to the global slide in crude prices.…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Reassert Right to Export Oil to U.S. Despite Court Ruling
Sep 22, 2015
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Reuters
Kurdistan reasserted its right to export oil independently to the United States and other countries on Tuesday despite a court ruling in favor of the…
Syria: Syrian War Spurs First Withdrawal from Doomsday Arctic Seed Vault
Sep 21, 2015
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Alister Doyle, Reuters
Syria's civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a "doomsday" vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials…
Why Climate Change is Australia's Greatest National Security Issue
Sep 20, 2015
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Clive Williams
I recently gave my "National Security and Counterterrorism" Masters students a syndicate exercise at the end of their course requiring them to prioritise the most…
Iraq: Four Killed in Suspected Iraq Cholera Outbreak
Sep 19, 2015
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AFP
A suspected cholera outbreak has killed four people west of Baghdad, where vulnerable displaced populations have been affected by the lack of clean water, health…
Myanmar: UK Mining Firm Withdraws Permit for Jade Area in Kachin State
Sep 19, 2015
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Kachin News
Aurasian Minerals Plc (AuM) a British mining firm that last year had applied for a mineral exploration permit in a jade mining area in Burma…
US and China have Escalating War of Words over South China Sea Territory Dispute
Sep 18, 2015
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Zachary Davies Boren
The world's two most powerful countries are involved in an escalating dispute over territory in the South China Sea. China has nearly finished developing artificial…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Gas Unlikely to Arrive in Turkey Earlier Than 2019
Sep 18, 2015
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Ali Ünal, Daily Sabah
As the future of the Turkish Stream is still uncertain due to disagreements between Russia and Turkey, natural gas resources from the Kurdistan Regional Government…
DRC: Congo's Conflict Minerals: US Companies Struggle to Trace Tantalum, Tungsten, Tin, Gold in Their Products
Sep 18, 2015
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Morgan Winsor, International Business Times
US firms are spending millions to comply with a complex provision in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that requires companies to divulge their use of…
The Climate Wars Are Coming – And More Refugees with Them
Sep 17, 2015
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Paul Hockenos
In his State of the European Union address on Sept. 9, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker broached a topic that until now has been virtually…
Amazon Women on the Front Lines: The Waorani
Sep 17, 2015
Meet the Waorani of the Ecuadorian Amazon. They are fighting for traditional life and championing alternatives to threats to their ancestral territory—one of the wildest,…
Liberia: Imminent Land Crisis If… -As G/Gedeh Seeks Intervention
Sep 17, 2015
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In Profile Daily
Grand Gedeh County Superintendent, Peter L. Solo, has made a passionate plea to United Nations Secretary General Special Representative to Liberia to help use diplomatic…
Myanmar: Surge in Illegal Logging by Chinese in Myanmar Alarms Activists
Sep 17, 2015
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Tom Phillips, The Guardian
A torrent of illegal timber worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year is pouring across Myanmar’s border into China as loggers reach deeper into…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: China Reportedly Building Runway on Reef Near Philippine-Claimed Gas Field
Sep 17, 2015
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Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes
China appears to be building an airstrip on a dredged reef near an oil and gas field also claimed by the Philippines, a move that…
Introducing the Toxic Remnants of War Network
Sep 16, 2015
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Toxic Remnants of War
Damage to the natural environment has long been a hallmark of conflict. But technological developments, both in terms of how hostilities are conducted, and the…
Planning Matters
Sep 16, 2015
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Kashmir Images
In 1961, diamond-rich Botswana and Sierra Leone had approximately the same per capita income of about US$1,070, when both these countries in Africa adopted and…
Iraq/Kurdistan: To Boost Local Production KRG Invites Bidders to Build Oil Refineries
Sep 16, 2015
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Rudaw
In a bid to increase domestic refining capacity, the Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) calls on interested companies in the oil refining industry to…
Japan/United States/Okinawa: Pentagon Blocks Report on ‘Toxic Contamination’ at Base Outside Okinawa Capital
Sep 16, 2015
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Jon Mitchell, Japan Times
The U.S. military is refusing to release a report detailing environmental contamination at Camp Kinser, a 2.7-sq.-km U.S. Marine Corps supply base near Okinawa’s capital,…
Cluster Hire in Security, Resilience, and Sustainability
Sep 15, 2015
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Northeastern University
The College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH) at Northeastern University invites applications and nominations for open rank positions in all relevant areas of security,…
Introducing the Toxic Remnants of War Network
Sep 15, 2015
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Doug Weir
Damage to the natural environment has long been a hallmark of conflict. But technological developments, both in terms of how hostilities are conducted, and the…
China/Vietnam/Japan/South China Sea: Japan to Give Vietnam Boats, Equipment Amid China's Buildup
Sep 15, 2015
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John Boudreau, Bloomberg
Japan will extend 100 billion yen ($832 million) in infrastructure aid to Vietnam and provide patrol boats as the two countries vow to expand ties…
New Graduate and Professional Education Program: Certificate in Environment, Peace and Security at Columbia University
Sep 14, 2015
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Columbia University
Evidence is accumulating that linkages between environment and security dynamics are more important than previously thought. Governments, the public, corporations, and other organizations around the…
The Losing Battle Against Conflict Minerals
Sep 14, 2015
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Natasja Sheriff
United States regulations concerning the trade in conflict minerals, aimed at reducing the devastating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are proving difficult…
Myanmar: Oil and Gas Experts Predict Burmese Boomtown
Sep 14, 2015
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Democratic Voice of Burma
Despite the slump in energy prices, oil and gas fields in Burma will soon be the busiest in Asia as foreign and local investors begin…
Africa: African Nations Work Together to Rid Supply Chains of Conflict Materials
Sep 14, 2015
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Alison Moodie, Guardian
A group of African nations have developed a framework that will make it easier for companies to keep conflict minerals out of their supply chains.…
Iraq: Iraq Warns Oil Companies of Spending Cuts
Sep 14, 2015
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Kevin Baxter, Wall Street Journal
Iraq’s oil ministry has issued a stark warning to the international oil companies running its energy sector that it will slash spending in 2016 as…