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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Mark Steel: You can't bath with one jug of water?
A vital commodity will soon only be available to the privileged few If this was a business column I'd suggest one industry to invest in would be bailiffs. A few years ago it was hard work to be so late in paying a bill that you'd get referred to bailiffs, but now if you're 15 minutes late paying ... Continued...

Friday, June 19, 2009

G8 finance ministers want curbs on commodity speculation
LECCE, Italy, June 13 (Reuters) - Finance ministers of the Group of Eight nations made little mention of currencies or bond yields as they ended their meeting on Saturday, but there was clear evidence of disquiet over oil and commodity prices. French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said minist... Continued...

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Government Study Warns of Climate Change Effects
WASHINGTON — The impact of a changing climate is already being felt across the United States, like shifting migration patterns of butterflies in the West and heavier downpours in the Midwest and East, according to a government study to be released on Tuesday. Even if the nation takes significant ... Continued...

Sunday, June 14, 2009

The American Empire Is Bankrupt
By This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency . It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the last gasp of the American imperium. That’s over. It is... Continued...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

ENERGY: Oil Economy Driving Growth of Controversial Tar Sands
VANCOUVER, Canada, Jun 1 (IPS) - A report from one of the world’s top energy consultancies says oil production in Canada’s tar sands could see a five-fold increase by 2035. "The oil sands have moved from the fringe to the center of energy supply," notes the report "Growth in the Canadian Oil Sand... Continued...

Sec. Hillary Clinton on Hunger
This morning, one billion people around the world woke up hungry and tonight, they will go to sleep hungry. This issue has not gotten the attention it deserves, and it is a personal priority of mine and of the Obama Administration to address the challenge of chronic hunger with a very high level of ... Continued...

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

U.S. and Canadian Environmental Groups Join Forces
WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2009 (ENS) - For the first time, some of the largest environmental and conservation membership organizations in the U.S. and Canada have agreed to collaborate on addressing problems common to both countries. After their first meeting outside Washington on June 2, the chief... Continued...

Monday, June 8, 2009

Milking Trade Subsidies
Less than six months into his new administration, President Barack Obama has already managed to spark a trade war with Mexico over trucking. Protectionist measures like quotas on Chinese tires could be on the cards, too. Now, newly expanded milk subsidies also threaten both America's reputation and ... Continued...

Bonn: Tax on rich nations' ships and planes could fund climate aid
Britain and other rich countries could be asked to accept a levy on international flight tickets to raise billions of dollars to help the world's poorest nations adapt to climate change under an international global warming deal. The suggestions come at the start of the second week in the latest ... Continued...

Friday, June 5, 2009

Harvesting the Rain: An Old Idea Takes on New Life
As Californians grapple with ways to save water in this third consecutive dry year, Jerry Block has taken an extreme path. Last month, the retired medical doctor had four gravity-fed, 5,000-gallon polyethylene water tanks installed on his Monte Sereno property. The system will harvest raindrops t... Continued...

Monday, June 1, 2009

Green technology should be shared
The battle over intellectual property rights is likely to be one of the most important of this century. It has enormous economic, social and political implications in a wide range of areas, from medicine to the arts and culture – anything where the public interest in the widespread dissemination of ... Continued...

Saturday, May 30, 2009

'We Know What to Do: Why Don't We Do It?'
Wangari Maathai's office in fuming, downtown Nairobi is full of citations and mementos, but there is one special photograph. It's of her and Barack Obama planting an olive tree in Uhuru park in the city centre in October 2006. It could be any two celebrities posing for a routine photo call, but ther... Continued...

Thursday, May 28, 2009

WTO Sets First Ministerial Meeting in Four Years for November
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- The World Trade Organization scheduled its first ministerial meeting in four years in November, though global trade talks won’t be on the agenda. Under the Geneva-based WTO’s rules, ministerial conferences should be held at least once every two years. Negotiators had held of... Continued...

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Cargill, Bunge Win Most Export Aid Since 1992 as Credit Slows
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Cargill Inc., Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Bunge Ltd. are benefiting from the most government support for farm exports since 1992 as the U.S. steps up loan guarantees for foreign buyers unable to get credit. About $4.35 billion was allocated to countries from Jamaica to Tu... Continued...

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

FACTBOX: Meetings where WTO Doha round could be discussed
(Reuters) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed on Tuesday to hold a ministerial conference this year in Geneva from November 30 to December 2. The conference, its first since one in Hong Kong in late 2005, will focus on long-term trade issues, the economy and the future of the WTO, and wil... Continued...

African land grab for food security not profit, says UN
Only a short time ago, African farmland seemed of little interest to outsiders. But last year's food crisis and water scarcity in many countries has changed foreigners' appetite with the result being that fertile soil in Africa is now sought by international investors to the tune of hundreds of thou... Continued...

Trade and Hard Times
Foreign trade has been a potent force for good over more than half a century. It propelled Japan’s emergence from the ashes of World War II and helped it become an industrial powerhouse. It is the cornerstone of development strategies from China to Brazil. It is what links countries all over the wor... Continued...

India's activists push their government to put a price on carbon
A coalition of Indian activists, academics and entrepreneurs is urging India's leaders to take a more aggressive stand on climate change. In two days of talks with U.S. lawmakers and policy experts in Washington, D.C., the group said Indian society is starting a serious internal discussion about ... Continued...

Monday, May 25, 2009

Africa urged to help locals benefit in "land grab"
ROME (Reuters) - African countries whose farmland is being bought by foreign investors must defend local people's rights to avoid eviction, while investors should beware being tainted as human rights abusers or "land grabbers". International agencies' first detailed report on the trend, published... Continued...

Sunday, May 24, 2009

A chance to stop the dirtiest oil
Say it was a moment in history, and you could do something to stop the ecologically most destructive project on the face of the earth. Would you raise your voice or just wave it on? Minnesota has that opportunity, and many Ojibwe tribal members are raising their voices to do the right thing. T... Continued...