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U.S. Regulatory System “Stymied by Special Interests”

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (IPS) - A broad-based alliance of public interest and other groups is warning that years of attacks by business interests has made the U.S. regulatory so inefficient that public safety is being put at risk.

Q&A: U.N. Looks to High Seas to Alleviate Food Crisis

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is convinced there is sufficient global capacity to produce enough food to adequately feed the world's seven billion people.

When the Train Passes, But Never Arrives

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

TUCURINCA, Colombia, Jun 11 (IPS) - José "Goyo" Hernández has never been given a mask to keep him from breathing in the coal dust blowing off the 13 trains that pass daily through this village in the municipality of Zona Bananera in the northern Colombian department of Magdalena, during his 12-hour shift at the railway crossing.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit Record High in 2012

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

WASHINGTON, Jun 11 (IPS) - Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide rose by 1.4 percent last year, setting a new record, according to data released Monday.

Cuba Kicks Off Cyclone Season with ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Rains

Monday, June 10, 2013

HAVANA, Jun 10 (IPS) - The new cyclone season in Cuba is forecast to be highly active, and it announced its arrival with intense rains that caused rivers to burst their banks and flooded extensive areas in the western province of Pinar del Río.

Behind the Climate Finance Headlines

Monday, June 10, 2013

BONN, Germany, Jun 10 (IPS) - Developed countries report that they delivered more than 33 billion dollars in Fast Start Finance (known as FSF), beyond the pledges they made at COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. Recent analysis suggests that the funding delivered may have exceeded 38 billion dollars.  But that is not the whole story.

Iceland Renews Push for Aluminium Plant

Sunday, June 09, 2013

REYKJAVIK, Jun 09 (IPS) - The new Icelandic government was only a day old when it announced in mid-May that it would do all it could to push ahead with the Helguvik aluminium smelter. Construction for the smelter began in in 2008 but since then has met with a variety of problems, mostly energy-related.

Making a Business Out of Water Rationing

Sunday, June 09, 2013

HARARE, Jun 09 (IPS) - For 61-year-old Sarah Chikwanha from water-starved Chitungwiza, a town about 25 kilometres outside Harare, Zimbabwe, there is no choice. She must buy her water from illegal water traders, whose businesses have sprung up across the country.

The Future of the Pacific Ocean Hangs in the Balance

Saturday, June 08, 2013

SYDNEY, Jun 08 (IPS) - The immense scale of the Pacific Ocean at 165 million square kilometres inspires awe and fascination, but for those who inhabit the 22 Pacific island countries and territories, it is the very source of life. Without it, livelihoods and economies would collapse, hunger and ill-health would become endemic and human survival would be threatened.

Mexican Climate Fund Short of Cash, Slow Off the Mark

Saturday, June 08, 2013

MEXICO CITY, Jun 08 (IPS) - The Climate Change Fund set up in November in Mexico faces enormous challenges such as the enforcement of anti-corruption standards, which make it unlikely that concrete actions will begin this year, according to civil society organisations.

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