Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1188
U.S. Moving Toward Controversial New Role in Global Energy Market
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 (IPS) - Energy specialists say that advancements in fossil fuel extraction technologies have sparked a "revolution" in U.S. energy production, especially given radical recent changes in the global energy market and the U.S. role within it.
Keeping Food Security Central to U.N.'s Post-2015 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 14 (IPS) - As the United Nations prepares to launch an ambitious post-2015 development agenda later this year, the message from one of its Rome-based agencies is unequivocal: the eradication of hunger and malnutrition should remain a high priority when the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) end in 2015.
The “Secret Treasure” of Food Waste
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Jun 14 (IPS) - Twenty-nine-year-old Andrzej W. and his partner lived for almost a year off of food found in the trash bin of the upscale supermarket Piotr i Pawel in Muranow, a neighbourhood near the centre of the Polish capital Warsaw. And they ate in style.
Kenyans Mobilise Against Taxing the Poor
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 14 (IPS) - On a side street in Nairobi's bustling neighbourhood of Shauri Moyo, Faisal Ngila shouts to street vendors, motorbike taxi drivers and pedestrians. "Do you know taxes are increasing in Kenya?" he asks, handing out flyers urging Kenyans to say "no to Unga (maize flour) tax" by dialling a phone number that will register their signature on a petition.
India Goes Bananas Over GM Crops
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 14 (IPS) - India's environmental and food security activists who have so far succeeded in stalling attempts to introduce genetically modified (GM) food crops into this largely farming country now find themselves up against a bill in parliament that could criminalise such opposition.
Nicaragua Takes Decisive Step Towards Chinese Construction of Canal
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Jun 13 (IPS) - A five-century wait could come to an end when the Nicaraguan government grants a concession this year to a Chinese company to build a canal between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, despite local protests and international scepticism.
Q&A: Impact Assessment Key in Rural Development Projects
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jun 13 (IPS) - The Latin American Centre for Rural Development (RIMISP) is promoting a method for assessing strategies, results, reach and impact of IFAD-funded agricultural projects targeting vulnerable groups in the region.
Developing Countries Lead Global Shift to Green Energy
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 13 (IPS) - Emerging economies such as Mexico and India are shifting energy investments into renewable resources while industrialised countries hesitate, noted two new United Nations reports released Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya.
Rights Groups Push to Improve New York Sex Trafficking Law
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 13 (IPS) - It started for Ruth when she was 12 years old and for Lowyal when she was 13. After being raped by her mother's boyfriend, Ruth ran away from home and was picked up by a pimp, who sold her into prostitution.
Is the 2030 Goal for Hunger Eradication Realistic?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (IPS) - With less than three years before a 2015 deadline, the developing world is largely expected to miss one of the U.N.'s key Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): halving the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger.
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