Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1162
Bill Seeks to Halt Bee-Killing Pesticides in U.S.
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 29 (IPS) - Two Congressional Democrats have co-sponsored new legislation called the Save America's Pollinators Act of 2013 to take emergency action to save the remaining bees in the U.S., and in turn, the U.S. food supply.
OP-ED: If You Build It, They Will Go Around It
- Inter Press Service
SEATTLE, Washington, Jul 29 (IPS) - Puzzled by the immigration debate in the United States? Remember the Maginot Line.
Climate Change Teaches Some Lessons
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Jul 29 (IPS) - Tourism, agriculture, fishing, the water supply – climate change threatens the very foundations of society and the economy in Mauritius. As the Indian Ocean island nation develops its adaptation strategies, it is working to ground the next generation of citizens firmly in principles of sustainable development.
Bulgarians Set Out to Overhaul Politics
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Jul 29 (IPS) - For more than six weeks now, Bulgarians have been on the streets demanding an end to oligarchy and corruption.
Spain’s New Squatters
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Jul 28 (IPS) - "You live there for free, don't you?" asked a woman as she passed by the Buenaventura "corrala", a community in a building in this southern Spanish city occupied since February by families evicted from their homes for falling behind in their mortgage payments due to unemployment.
Cambodian Youth Look for Change
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Jul 27 (IPS) - As Cambodia readies for general elections this coming Sunday , the youth of Cambodia, who make up 36 percent of the country have signaled they are eager for ‘change.'
Technology and Innovation Aim at Greater Food Security
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 27 (IPS) - In the face of global climate change and currency devaluation, improved strategies are being used to combat high international poverty and malnutrition rates, and to increase global food security.
Malian Politicians Warn of Election Fraud
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Jul 27 (IPS) - An increasing number of Mali's political groups have warned of widespread fraud ahead of the presidential election on Sunday Jul. 28.
Will Prayers Save Farmers in the Land of the Gods?
- Inter Press Service
UTTARKASHI, India, Jul 27 (IPS) - Over a month after flash floods in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in north India left 1,000 dead and 6,000 missing, the government has yet to release a full agricultural impact assessment, sparking fears about the extent of damage to the region's farmland.
U.S. and EU Frustrate Peasants’ Rights Declaration
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 27 (IPS) - Staunch opposition by the U.S. delegation and, to one extent or another, by European countries has blocked the approval this year of a draft multilateral declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, which is backed by the developing world.
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