Daily Archives: September 2, 2024

World Leaders Who Opted to Skip the United Nations

Featured, Global, Global Geopolitics, Global Governance, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Credit: United Nations UNITED NATIONS, Sep 3 2024 (IPS) – When the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly took place last September, there were several key world leaders missing in action (MIAs)—including, most importantly, leaders of the four of…

Sixty years ago, the United States took a major step to protect the wilderness

WASHINGTON – President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the national Wilderness Act sixty years ago, marking a major step in the movement to preserve forests, waterways and wildlife from human development. When Johnson signed the act on Sept. 3, 1964, he launched a system that protects about 110 million acres of federal land today. It was…