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Friday, March 5, 2010

Community building and climate justice
The non-binding Copenhagen Accord effectively failed to respond to the threat of climate change at the international level. Nationally, U.S. legislators are in limbo—some arguing for cap and trade, others for cap and dividend, and still others insisting that climate change simply doesn't exist. Thes... Continued...

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Independent Latin America Forms Its Own Organization
Latin America took another historic step forward this week with the creation of a new regional organization of 32 Latin American and Caribbean countries. The United States and Canada were excluded. The increasing independence of Latin America has been one of the most important geopolitical chang... Continued...

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

China considering green tax as extent of air and water pollution is revealed
The national survey, which took 570,000 staff two years to complete, also revealed China's intensive farming practices were almost equally to blame for pollution as its many factories and coal-fired power stations. Announcing the results of China's first official nationwide pollution survey China... Continued...

Friday, February 5, 2010

Overcoming the Copenhagen Failure
NEW YORK – Pretty speeches can take you only so far. A month after the Copenhagen climate conference, it is clear that the world’s leaders were unable to translate rhetoric about global warming into action. It was, of course, nice that world leaders could agree that it would be bad to risk the de... Continued...

Beyond The World of the Social Forum
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan (IPS) The secret of the vitality of the World Social Forum (WSF) lies in the fact that it is organised as an open space which, without renouncing its original mission of challenging neoliberalism, proposes to recharge the batteries of citizen activism, which is now necessary on ... Continued...

Thursday, February 4, 2010

NFL and Reebok Fumble
Forced overtime, cheated of wages, constant harassment, Trapped in abject poverty in a Salvadoran Sweatshop NFL jerseys have been sewn under illegal sweatshop conditions at the Chi Fung factory in El Salvador for at least the last four years, according to a new report by the National Labor Committ... Continued...

Thursday, January 28, 2010

At Davos, Sarkozy Calls for Global Finance Rules
DAVOS, Switzerland — France wants to use its presidency of the Group of 20 next year to create a new international monetary system, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday, adding that he believed the dollar should no longer be the primary reserve currency in the global economy. In an expans... Continued...

Salmon Water Now Exposes Big Ag's Manipulation of Delta Water Policy
Salmon Water Now, a collaboration between fishermen and media professionals, has released a superb new video, “The Water Pirates,” describing how agribusiness maintains a dangerous stranglehold on water management policy in California, according to Larry Collins, commercial salmon fisherman. Anybody... Continued...

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

High oil sands costs are driving Shell elsewhere
CALGARY -- More than a year after it delayed a decision on a major new oil sands expansion, Royal Dutch Shell PLC is backing further away from Canada's richest crude resource. Shell will dramatically slow its future growth in the Fort McMurray area, according to chief executive officer , who said t... Continued...

Sunday, January 24, 2010

The key to Yemen and Afghanistan
The coming summits in London on Afghanistan and Yemen will undoubtedly focus on issues traditionally seen as hindering international efforts to advance the long-term stability of both countries. For Afghanistan, the international coalition's objectives will include developing a concrete and coherent... Continued...

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Ugandan fruit farmers get boost from Bill Gates and Coca-Cola partnership
$11.5m partnership expected to increase income of 50,000 fruit growers and could benefit Katine farmers. Katine fruit growers could benefit from a partnership between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the NGO TechnoServe and the Coca-Cola Company that aims to increase the income of farmers in ... Continued...

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Arab states' food gap soars above $155bn in nine years
Arab nations have reeled under a cumulative farm gap of more than $155 billion (Dh569bn) over the past nine years to emerge as the largest single food importer despite their massive land potential, according to official figures. Except for fish and vegetables, Arabs are suffering from a shortage ... Continued...

India Spars with Pakistan, China over Water
A water war looms in the Indus River basin Kashmir has for decades been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan over which the two countries have fought wars. Now, with both sides desperate for more water from population and industrialization pressures, hydroelectric projects on either si... Continued...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Non-distorting farm subsidies may still distort-study
Efforts to overhaul agricultural support in rich countries are increasingly under challenge for failing to remove the unfair distortions in global trade that they purport to eliminate, a new study says. The study by agriculture and trade economists, published by the International Centre for Trade... Continued...

Dumping on Mexico
When American companies cannot compete against imports that they believe are being “dumped” at below-market prices, they are quick to demand remedies from Washington, usually in the form of punitive tariffs. These days, the alleged culprit is often China. But try looking at things from south of ... Continued...

Friday, December 11, 2009

Helping Brazil to help itself
In an effort to stem the appreciation of its currency, the real, Brazil has twice resorted to capital controls. In response to these measures, IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn says capital controls are "not something that come from hell", but the IMF won't be recommending them any time soon to remedy... Continued...

Monday, December 7, 2009

CARE Electric: Hydropower Without Dams
Lifelong inventor Johann Hoffmann has devised a way to harness river power to generate electricity without building expensive, environmentally destructive dams Johann Hoffmann started patenting inventions to protect the environment while still a young boy in his native Austria. His first? creat... Continued...

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

WTO Ministerial fails to make progress, again
Geneva—Negotiations at the World Trade Organization are intractably stalled as trade ministers find themselves stuck debating a Doha Round that has long been outdated for the times. Instead, trade ministers need to step back and chart a new course for trade, according to the Institute for Agricultur... Continued...

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

U.S. Investment Treaties and the Public Interest
U.S.-China Negotiations, the Administration’s Review of the Bilateral Investment Treaty Program, and the Implications for Labor, Environment, Democracy and Development Thursday, December 10, 2:30 – 4 pm Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385, 1st and C Streets, NE Sponsored by Sen. Sherro... Continued...

Press Release: Climate agreement must support shift toward sustainable agriculture
December 1, 2009 Contact: Ben Lilliston, 612-870-3416, ben@iatp.org Minneapolis – To effectively address global climate change, policy solutions must support a transition toward more sustainable agriculture systems that recognize the critical role agriculture plays in the world, concludes a se... Continued...