Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1088
U.S. Selling Coal Mining Rights at Undervalued Prices
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 05 (IPS) - The U.S. government is violating federal leasing policies when it sells land to certain coal-mining companies, according to a new audit from an official watchdog agency.
After Slowdown, Global Fight for Land Rights at Tipping Point
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 05 (IPS) - Global trends towards a strengthening of legal rights over land for local and indigenous communities appear to have slowed significantly in recent years, leading some analysts to warn that the fight for local control over forests has reached an inflection point with a new danger of backtracking on previous progress.
The Ugandan Traffic App to Tackle Corruption
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Feb 05 (IPS) - There's the good: "A slight delay of about a minute."
The bad: "Terrible jam!!"
And the unbelievable: "No jam." But as long as Kampala motorists and pedestrians are talking traffic, the eight Ugandan creators of new app called RoadConexion, are happy. For the time being, anyway.
Carbon-Neutral Costa Rica: A Climate Change Mirage?
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSÉ, Feb 05 (IPS) - Meeting Costa Rica's self-imposed goal of being the first country in the world to achieve carbon neutrality by 2021 will depend on the priority given this aim by the winner of the second round of the presidential elections in April.
Saving the Tiny Island of Petite Martinique
- Inter Press Service
SANCHEZ, Petite Martinique, Feb 05 (IPS) - Sanchez is a small central business district in Petite Martinique, the tiny island that forms part of the tri-nation state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
OP-ED: Egypt’s Revolution Teeters as Sisi Seeks the Presidency
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 04 (IPS) - Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is set to run for president and is expected to win handily. The ruling junta and the interim government have taken several steps to make this happen.
Not Enough Money to Bring Peace to CAR
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 04 (IPS) - There are growing concerns that the massive funding crisis for peacekeeping operations in the Central African Republic (CAR) will jeopardise any prospect of restoring stability to the country.
Pakistan Caught Between Talking and Fighting
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 04 (IPS) - Whether to make war or peace with the Taliban has become a dilemma for the Pakistani government.
U.S. Urged to Conclude Longstanding Review on Landmines
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 03 (IPS) - The U.S. government is being urged to conclude a review of national policy on landmines that has dragged on for more than four years, a lag that some say has indirectly led to the injury or death of more than 16,000 people.
Moral Monday Protests Inspire Truthful Tuesdays
- Inter Press Service
SPOKANE, Washington, Feb 03 (IPS) - Moral Monday, the populist movement in North Carolina that saw a diverse coalition of thousands of progressive activists descend upon the state legislature, is now spreading throughout the U.S. South.
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