This week on the Global Research News Hour following the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors and the 35th anniversary of the demise of Chernobyl, we focus our attention on nuclear power in Canada as it is anticipated as part of a solution to fighting greenhouse gas emissions with so called clean energy. In our first half hour we hear from environmental journalist Robert Hunziker about Fukushima 10 years later and the role of various authorities to conceal the output of the disaster. Then in our last half hour, we hear a podcast from CFUV’s Chris cook with Professor M V Ramana, Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security about his reservations to embracing the SMR platform announced by the government as part of the Government’s climate action plan.

This week is Earth Week, and on the Global Research News Hour we take an unfiltered view at the impacts of climate change and on how the current environmental movement are failing us. In our first half hour, our guest, environmental activist and investigative journalist Cory Morningstar shares her thoughts about the increasing influence of the environmental NGOs and the billionaire foundations that finance them. Then in our second half hour we have a chat with geologist and paleo-climate scientist Andrew Glikson about major trends in climate patterns recently that have raised his doubts about the future of humanity.

This week on the Global Research News Hour, with the country of Yemen becoming the site of the greatest humanitarian crisis on the planet, we will convene a show endeavouring to get to the heart of who’s to blame and of what’s at stake. In our first half hour we’re joined by Vancouver based activist Azza Robji to describe how the crisis arose, what are the costs and how activists in Canada can make a difference. And in our second half hour, two journalists, Steve Sahiounie from Syria and Youssra Abdulmalik from Sana’a in Yemen offer their perspectives of where the country is at now with recent moves by the new U.S. President.

In this edition of the Global Research News Hour we feature an exclusive interview with the writer, geopolitical analyst and investigative journalist Pepe Escobar on some of the more prominent conflicts in the world and on the changes resulting from the novelties of COVID and growing ties among US rivals. We also quiz Ken Stone of Hamilton Coalition to Stop the war about the group's activities and priorities at present.

(Originally aired Jan 22, 2021) The Global Research News Hour cites instances of severe allergic reactions and even death immediately following the application of the vaccines by Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna. Internist and epidemic and anthrax expert Meryl Nass M.D. sees instances authorities are not prepared for and exposes the Emergency Use Authorization and instances dire to vaccine injured recipients. Our next guest, Canadian infectious disease expert Allison McGeer explains that despite the relatively small list of deaths, the roll-out should absolutely not be paused given the threat posed by COVID. Our last guest, Mary Holland of Children's Health Defense opposes the roll-out and explains why.

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we continue our look at past wars started in March by focusing on the wars in Yugoslavia in 1999 and Iraq in 2003

for our first half hour we here a documentary on Yugoslavia featuring opinions by Michel Chossudovsky, Živadin Jovanović, James Bissett and Scott Taylor. And in our second half, former UN Chief Weapons Officer Scott Ritter addresses the Iraq War and the claims of weapons of mass destruction there.

The Global Research News Hour marks the 10th anniversary since the start of the US/ NATO led assault on Libya with two informed critics. Our first, Abayomi Azikiwe examines some of the history, the geopolitics, and the state of the country today. Then in our second half hour, we talk to one of the journalists, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, located in Libya during the summer portion of the attack, followed by his analysis and his memory of what was most meaningful.

This week on the Global Research News Hour we feature a special documentary retrospective on the Syrian civil war which was in fact a foreign fueled insurgency, outlining the state of the players on the opposition side, including the US, and a review of the many facets that distinguishes this US war from previous military incursions. The voices include Syrian journalist and commentator Steven Sahiounie, independent journalist and historian Gareth Porter, and Syrian based Western journalist Vanessa Beeley.

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we examine the idea of the COVID crisis being a mask for the Elites to bring about changes on a global level that radically shift our lives in a way that benefits them. In the first half hour, Catherine Austin Fitts of solari.com makes her debut on the program, detailing her written report on the State of our Currencies: the End of Currencies. And in our second half hour, we hear from Mila Aleckovic-Bataille, a noted researcher into psychopathology and psychology about how the COVID measures brought in place are a form of Dark Psychiatric experiment.

This week salutes the last week of Black History Month by examining the shocking events taking place on the troubling nation of Haiti. The President Jovenel Moise claims he still rules the country in spite of a constitution that lawyers and opposition politicians say demands his rejection. We get the latest updates from Kim Ives of Haiti Liberte, and we get a more in depth background and context of the Canadian and US forces driving this agenda from Jean Saint-Vil, Haitian born activist living in Canada.