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'Green' Approaches to Water Gaining Ground Around World
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 18 (IPS) - After Hurricane Sandy swept through the northeast of the United States late October 2012, millions of New Yorkers were left for days without electricity. But they still had access to drinking water, thanks to New York City's reliance on protected watershed areas for potable water.
Vote, Violence and Weather Top 2012 U.S. TV News
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (IPS) - The presidential election topped news coverage in 2012 from the three major U.S. television networks, closely followed by violence in the United States and Middle East, and extreme weather events in the United States, according to the latest annual review by the authoritative Tyndall Report.
Opposition to U.S. Corporate Political Spending Gains Momentum
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (IPS) - Activists and watchdog groups across the United States unveiled a new national push on Thursday to urge policymakers to roll back a controversial 2010 Supreme Court decision that led to the unprecedented spending of about 6 billion dollars, much of it untraceable, during recent national elections.
Peru Moves to Protect its Natural Bounty
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jan 17 (IPS) - Peru's economic growth is largely dependent on its wealth of natural resources, which provide over 50 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) and 80 percent of exports. In view of this fact, the government is developing a project for the valuation and protection of this natural bounty.
Peering into the Energy Crystal Ball
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 17 (IPS) - Trying to predict the future of the energy sector is like trying to predict the weather in London in an era of global warming. But delegates had a go at it during the three-day World Future Energy Summit that ended in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 17.
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- Inter Press Service
Sustainable Transport Gets a Boost in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jan 17 (IPS) - Latin America's big cities should cooperate with each other in order to overcome shared challenges in transport issues, such as sustainability and a more human-centered approach to urban development, experts say.
OP-ED: Organic Farming Movement Marginal but Growing Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (IPS) - Despite the growing worldwide demand for organic food, clothing and other products, the area of land certified as organic still makes up just 0.9 percent of global agricultural land, with 37 million hectares being farmed organically.
Obama Misses Opportunity to Stem Gun Flow to Mexico
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (IPS) - Unveiling the most extensive gun control proposal in generations, U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed nearly two dozen executive orders and called on the U.S. Congress to enact a legislative package to blunt the country's growing trend of gun violence.
Young Cubans Take a Critical Look at Fatherhood
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 16 (IPS) - While more and more young men in Cuba today are rising above cultural prejudices that condition their role as fathers, many continue to conform to traditional styles of fatherhood, often reproducing negative patterns of neglect and abandonment, with serious repercussions for the whole family in light of the country's economic and legal situation.
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