Reviewing Project Censored's Latest Top 25 Censored Stories

-- Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) - $8.4 million;

-- Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) - $7.6 million;

-- Rep. Jane Harmon (D-CA) - $6.3 million;

-- Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI) - $5.8 million; and

-- Rep. John Carter (R-TX) - $5 million.

(15) World Bank's Carbon Trade Fiasco

On the pretext of environmental protection, "the World Bank is brokering carbon emission trading arrangements that destroy indigenous farmlands around the world" and do nothing to cut pollution or reduce the threat of climate change.

The scheme is similar to Obama's cap and trade bill (HR 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009) that lets corporate polluters reap huge windfall profits by charging consumers more for energy and fuel. It also facilitates new carbon trading derivatives speculation, yet does nothing to address environmental issues. On June 26, HR 2454 passed the House, but so far it's stalled in the Senate.

(16) US Repression of Haiti Continues

Two months after the Bush administration forcibly deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29, 2004, the UN Security Council authorized Blue Helmet peacekeepers to occupy the country. It was likely the first time ever to support and enforce a coup d'etat against a democratically elected president. To this day, Haitians have been denied their freedom under a repressive UN occupation. The Obama administration continues to endorse it.

(17) The ICC Facilitates US Covert War in Sudan

Huge potential oil reserves explain the significance of Darfur. Washington's genocide claim is a hoax. It's part of America's chess game with China for control of the region's resources, something both nations covet. Beijing already gets up to 30% of its oil from Africa by offering no-strings attached dollar credits compared to exploitive IMF and World Bank terms, and America's usual one-way kinds.

Under cover from the ICC's fraudulent indictment of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and other contrived reasons, America has exploited the region militarily for geopolitical advantage. The ICC stands exposed as an imperial tool, not the independent body it should be.

(18) Ecuador's Constitutional Rights of Nature

"In September 2008, Ecuador became the first country (ever) to declare constitutional rights to nature, thus codifying a new system of environmental protection."

Its Constitution declares nature:

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