by Burning Issues Video | Apr 18, 2016 | Burning Issues, Climate
[fve]https://youtu.be/gUqFqDm3668[/fve] Hydraulic fracturing – "fracking" – to extract oil and gas deposits deep underground is rapidly becoming a global concern, says Jesse Coleman, a research investigator for Greenpeace, in this Burning Issues video segment. The...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 14, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/-gAE5NIft40[/fve] There is as much as $27 trillion hidden in shell companies around the world, outside of the reach of governments and public scrutiny, according to Porter McConnell, the director of the Financial Transparency Coalition. That has...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 13, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/FkVh3IlnMTU[/fve] The U.S. has "become, in essence, the new Rome," says Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell in the George W. Bush administration, in this Burning Issues video segment. Wilkerson, who...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 12, 2016 | Burning Issues, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/k-2qPJ0Rytg[/fve] An estimated $1 trillion dollars annually is siphoned out of developing countries into hidden offshore bank accounts in tax havens around the world, says Tom Cardamone, managing director of Global Financial Integrity, in this...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Climate, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/H_vVwcEw8gQ[/fve] Jason Kowalski, U.S. policy director for 350.org, the global, grassroots organization battling climate change, explains in this Burning Issues video how climate change has become a national security issue. As the Republican...
