Released Oct 13 2025, the Second Global Tipping Points Report confirms Earth has crossed its first climate threshold. Pollution, war, and innovation collide — but hope remains when hearts turn back to their Creator.
Facts & Timeline Forever Chemicals (PFAS) in Small Towns:In Brockway, Pennsylvania, residents are battling well water contamination from PFAS — industrial chemicals that do not break down and are linked […]
Facts & Timeline Minsk I (September 2014): After Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of fighting in Donbas, Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists signed the first Minsk Protocol. It aimed […]
Facts & Timeline Aging infrastructure: Much of the UK’s water and sewage network is over 100 years old, with many pipes dating back to the Victorian era. (wikipedia) Billions needed: […]
Coastal erosion and flooding affect over 2.4 million homes in England that are considered at risk. Flooding causes an average of £1.3 billion…
Facts & Timeline Scale of war: Since the invasion began in February 2022, more than 10 million Ukrainians have fled their homes, with ~6 million living abroad as refugees and […]
Facts & Timeline Raw sewage discharges: In 2023 alone, UK water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers and seas more than 300,000 times, amounting to over 1.7 million hours of […]
Facts & TimelineEuromaidan & government change (2013–2014): In late 2013, Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned a planned EU association deal under Russian pressure. Mass protests (the Euromaidan movement) followed, leading […]
Facts & Timeline October 7, 2023 Hamas attack: Hamas fighters crossed into Israel, killing over 1,200 people and abducting about 250, including civilians from the Nova music festival. (bbc.com) Israel’s […]
Palestinian resident: “We don’t find water anywhere — we come here fighting for it. People are desperate for water and yet there is not enough for everyone.” Another resident: “Gaza is gasping for water.
Facts & Timeline Partition & creation of Israel (1947–1948): The United Nations adopted Resolution 181 in 1947 to partition the British Mandate of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. […]
Facts & Timeline Current reactor stock & restarts: Japan currently has 33 operable nuclear reactors, though after the 2011 Fukushima disaster many were shut down and only a portion have […]
Facts & Timeline Origins of wastewater stockpiles: After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, cooling damaged reactors required large volumes of water. Groundwater and rain also leached into reactor buildings, […]
Facts & Timeline Tokara swarm, 2025: Since June 21, 2025, the Tokara Islands (Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan) have been shaken by hundreds of earthquakes in what’s become the most intense […]
Facts & Timeline Stubble burning: Every autumn, farmers in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh burn leftover rice straw to quickly clear fields for wheat planting. This practice contributes up to […]
Because grid supply is inconsistent or prone to outages, many businesses, institutions, and rural users in Punjab rely on diesel generators (DG) as backup power sources. In Punjab DGs emitted…
Facts & Timeline Feasibility study ordered: In September 2025, Delhi’s Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced a pilot study of smog-eating photocatalytic coatings on roads, pavements, and public spaces. (Indian […]
War outbreak: Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The EU’s response reflects both solidarity with Ukraine and self-preservation.Allowing Russia unchecked aggression would undermine European security. Yet divisions exist…
Facts & DefinitionsSurface water = rivers, lakes, reservoirs.Groundwater = water stored underground in aquifers (supplies ~65% of EU drinking water).Both are essential for public health — if polluted, treatment plants […]
Facts & Timeline PFAS (“per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances”) are man-made “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, fertility problems, and immune system harm. In February–March 2025, the EU scaled back its proposed […]
Facts & Recent Instances In 2025, China unveiled a draft Ecological and Environmental Code intended to consolidate and streamline many environmental laws — but critics warn it could create loopholes […]
Facts & Timeline Climate TRACE is a global coalition launched in 2020, backed by Al Gore and over 100 partner organizations. It uses satellite data, AI, and remote sensing to […]
Facts & Timeline In 2018, China set a goal to “eliminate heavy air pollution by 2025” under its Blue Sky Protection Campaign. The target was to drastically reduce days of […]
Facts & Timeline On 8 September 2025, protests erupted after the government banned 26 social media platforms (including Facebook, X, and YouTube). (Wikipedia) Security forces used live ammunition on the […]
Facts & Timeline In July 2025, clashes erupted along the disputed Thailand–Cambodia border, escalating rapidly from small arms fire to F-16 airstrikes and heavy artillery exchanges. Reuters Thailand positioned six […]
Facts & Timeline A study published in Science Advances (2025) estimates that air pollution from the entire life cycle of oil and gas (extraction, transport, refining, burning) causes approximately 91,000 […]
Facts & TimelineThe American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2025” report finds 156 million people (46% of the U.S. population) live in counties with failing grades for either ozone […]
Facts & Timeline In 2025, wildfires across Canada and the western U.S. produced massive thick smoke plumes that drifted south and east into U.S. states, triggering air quality alerts across […]
Facts & Timeline Conflict pattern: Since roughly 2015, jihadist insurgencies and militia reprisals have escalated across the Central Sahel (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger), with civilians routinely targeted. Council on Foreign […]
Facts & Timeline The war in Tigray began on 4 November 2020, when Ethiopian federal forces launched a military offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Human Rights Watch […]
Facts & Timeline The civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on 15 April 2023. Wikipedia At least 12 million people have […]
Key Facts & Recent Cases In U.S. immigration law, persons facing deportation do not have a guaranteed right to court-appointed counsel in most cases, because immigration courts are civil, not […]
Historical Context In a presidential press conference from the new State Department auditorium on March 23, 1961, President John F. Kennedy said: “I want to make a brief statement about […]
Key Facts & Historical Markers After World War I, the League of Nations was established in 1920 as the first international body aiming to prevent future wars and promote cooperation. […]
The world has long viewed global warming as an unsolvable crisis. Scientists warn of rising sea levels, extreme weather, and mass extinction, while activists call for urgent reform and accountability. […]
If you’ve ever felt like world events are spinning out of control, you’re not alone. Wars, natural disasters, pandemics, rising crime, and economic instability dominate the news. But did you […]
In today’s fast-paced digital age, it might be easy to think that an ancient book like the Bible no longer applies. But a closer look reveals that the Bible is […]
Key Facts & Historical Markers The Abu Ghraib prison scandal emerged in April 2004, when CBS News broadcast images of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi detainees, provoking global outrage. (wikipedia.org) (ccrjustice.org) […]
While the Abu Ghraib scandal exposed abuse of foreign detainees, a broader and ongoing problem within U.S. military ranks involves sexual assault and rape of military personnel, especially women, by […]
Key Facts & TimelineOpened: January 11, 2002, under President George W. Bush, to detain terrorism suspects captured during the “war on terror.” (Wikipedia)Design: U.S. established the base in Cuba as […]
Key Facts & Timeline Date of attacks: September 11, 2001. Coordinated hijackings: 19 al-Qaeda operatives hijacked 4 commercial airliners. • American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World […]