Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1131
Giant Companies Pinpricked by 'Direct Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
ZUG, Switzerland, Oct 15 (IPS) - A Swiss village has decided to reject tax money from the firm Glencore and to instead donate it to charities. Other towns may follow, sending a strong signal to the government to follow the U.S. and the EU and introduce transparency rules for the extractive industry.
Sicilian Town Opposes U.S. Transmitters
- Inter Press Service
LUCCA, Italy, Oct 15 (IPS) - Niscemi, with its 30,000 local residents and its white houses, is a typical southern Sicilian town. But it stands out not only for its ancient cork forest, but also for the Naval Radio Transmitter Facility located within the protected forest itself.
Not Fukushima Again
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Oct 15 (IPS) - Two and a half years ago, Ayako Oga, now 30, found herself helpless as an earthquake and the tsunami it triggered hit Japan and crippled four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. She and her husband were forced to abandon their village Ookuma Machi, barely five kilometres away.
U.S. Science Reporters Becoming an Endangered Species
- Inter Press Service
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct 15 (IPS) - The news for environmental journalism in the United States is grim and getting grimmer.
Climate Change a Mixed Blessing for Cococut Farmers
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Oct 14 (IPS) - Climbing up the coconut industry has been anything but easy for Rosamund Benn, who has dedicated the past 32 years of her life working on a 50-acre coconut farm in The Pomeroon, a farming region of Guyana.
India Beats a Cyclone
- Inter Press Service
GOPALPUR, India, Oct 14 (IPS) - "No casualties have been reported till now," India's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) declared at 9:30 am the morning after the near Super Cyclone ‘Phailin' made landfall in India's east.
Iran Talks to Resume Amid Guarded Optimism
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 13 (IPS) - Almost exactly four months after the election of Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, talks over the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear programme will resume here on Tuesday.
Kurds Build Bridges At Last
- Inter Press Service
DERIK, Syria, Oct 13 (IPS) - After fleeing the war three months ago, Gulnaz is headed back for Syria to bury her brother within the 24 hours Islam stipulates. But it is far from easy to take the coffin across the Syrian-Iraqi border.
U.S. Govt Shutdown Dashes Immigrant Dreams
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (IPS) - Early on the morning of Oct. 1, Tapia* left her home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, took the subway into Manhattan and headed to the federal courthouse on Varick Street.
Mystery Attackers Hit Sinai
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 12 (IPS) - A period of more than three months since former president Mohamed Morsi's ouster by Egypt's powerful military establishment have been marked by almost daily attacks on Egyptian security personnel, especially in the restive Sinai Peninsula. The identity of the attackers remains a mystery.
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