News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 868
CLIMATE CHANGE: No Deal in Sight, Say Leading Economies of the South
- Inter Press Service
Environment ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China are sceptical that a legally-binding agreement on climate change will be reached in Cancun, Mexico in December.
ROMANIA: Slow Food - Opportunity for Small Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Mari Cat, an economist by profession, thinks nothing of selling meat, bread and apple juice at a stall in the ‘Slow Food’ market in this central Romanian town.
Civil Society Calls on World Bank to Reform its Energy Lending
- Inter Press Service
Against the backdrop of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's spring meetings this weekend, numerous groups have chimed in on the need for and direction of a new World Bank energy strategy.
Bitter Taste in Mexican Coffee Farmers' Mouths
- Inter Press Service
A Turkish proverb says 'coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.' But growers of the more expensive arabica coffee beans in Mexico are more worried about a government plan to promote the cheaper robusta beans than about poetic maxims.
GM Crops Go to US High Court, Environmental Laws on the Line
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in its first-ever case involving genetically modified crops. The decision in this case may have a significant impact on both the future of genetically modified foods and government oversight of that and other environmental issues.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Plan For Nuclear Waste Dump Faces Backlash
- Inter Press Service
Aboriginal landowners in Australia’s far north are battling government plans to construct this country’s long-term nuclear waste storage facility on their land.
ECUADOR: Co-op Proves that the Poor Can Eat Organic, Too
- Inter Press Service
'There is no reason why we poor people have to eat badly,' says Ecuadorian farmer Juan Anguisaca. 'It’s not true that organic products have to be expensive. They can be profitable and within the reach of the poor,' Rodrigo Aucay adds.
KENYA: Farming Butterflies Puts Food on the Table
- Inter Press Service
For 10 years, Roselyne Shikami, sold boiled eggs at the bus station just outside the densely wooded Kakamega Forest in western Kenya, near the border with Uganda. Now she is selling butterflies.
SOUTH AFRICA: Children Help to Assess Water Health
- Inter Press Service
Miss, Miss, there are tiny creatures here in the water!' a Grade 7 pupil shouts excitedly, trying to draw attention to his water sample. At first, the liquid looks clear, but upon closer examination, one can make out a tiny aquatic invertebrate.
ARGENTINA: We're Drowning in Sadness' - Native Group's Land Flooded
- Inter Press Service
The legal battle waged by an indigenous community in northern Argentina against the government over a project that flooded half of their territory highlights the fact that legal title to their land is not enough to overcome the marginalisation they have faced for centuries.
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