Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1153
Killer Smoke Blows Through Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 19 (IPS) - Governments in the Western Pacific Islands, believed to be home to a third of the world's smokers, have begun a long battle with the growing crisis of non-communicable diseases. Such diseases currently account for 75 percent of the region's fatalities.
Opponents of Fracking Seek to Thwart Shale Gas Finance
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (IPS) - Non-governmental organisations are putting pressure on multilateral financial institutions not to finance production of shale gas by hydraulic fracturing or fracking because of the high environmental costs they say are associated with this method.
‘Deserts Can Save Forests’
- Inter Press Service
KUBUQI, China, Aug 18 (IPS) - It may take development of the deserts to save forests, say experts, who stress that desert ecology needs to be preserved and enhanced.
Crossing Borders with Trade
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG/MBABANE, Aug 18 (IPS) - Experts are agreed that the key to unlocking the economic potential of the Southern African Development Community lies in easing cross-border flows of people, goods, capital and services.
When the Taliban Ran With Their Feat
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Aug 18 (IPS) - Nervousness permeates the very air of Dera Ismail Khan these days. It has been more than a fortnight since militants attacked a high security prison here in a military-like operation and released about 200 inmates, including Taliban commanders.
The Role of the State in Developing Countries under Attack from New FTAs
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 17 (IPS) - Two new trade agreements involving the two economic giants, the United States and the European Union, are leading a charge against the role of the state in the economy of developing countries.
Africa’s Largest Hydroelectric Project May Hit the Rocks
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG/LUBUMBASHI, Aug 17 (IPS) - There are big aspirations for Africa's largest hydroelectric project, the Inga III that is set to be built in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But analysts are sceptical that such an ambitious project will ever be realised.
Critics Push to Stall New Obama “Social Cost of Carbon” Calculations
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (IPS) - The U.S. Department of Energy has announced it is accepting a petition from a conservative advocacy group critical of a recent substantial increase to official calculations of the so-called "social cost of carbon".
Protests in Portugal Going Grey
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Aug 16 (IPS) - The elderly have taken to the streets in Portugal to protest drastic public sector pension cuts announced this week by the government of conservative Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
U.S. Arms Industry Would Lose Big from Egypt Aid Cut-Off
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) - The United States, which has refused to cut off its hefty 1.3 billion dollars in annual military aid to Egypt, continues to argue that depriving arms to the 438,500-strong security forces will only "destabilise" the crisis-ridden country.
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