Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1223
Should South African Taxpayers Subsidise Car-Making Robots?
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 17 (IPS) - If job creation is South Africa's major social and economic priority, the country should be investing in people rather than in robots that populate the country's highly-automated automotive manufacturing sector, according to local economists.
Land, But No Paradise, for Brazil Massacre Survivors
- Inter Press Service
ELDORADO DOS CARAJÁS, Brazil, Apr 16 (IPS) - The order came from the office of the governor of the northern Brazilian state of Pará, Almir Gabriel, at 5:00 PM on Apr. 17, 1996: clear route PA-150, the epicentre of social protests for land reform, at any cost.
Keystone Opponents Deepen Criticism of Proposed Pipeline
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 16 (IPS) - Two new reports, put out by a cross-section of U.S. environmental and public interest groups, are attacking central rationales for the construction of a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline proposal, which has emerged as an emblematic cause for green groups who have angrily denounced a U.S. government approvals process.
New York Nuke Waste in Limbo as Concerns Rise
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 16 (IPS) - Over one million kgs of nuclear waste sit in limbo on the banks of the Hudson River, in dry cask storage units and spent fuel pools just 60 kms north of New York City, according to environmental organisations.
The Brazilian State of Pará, Where Land is Power
- Inter Press Service
MARABÁ, Brazil, Apr 16 (IPS) - Toiling beneath a blazing sun in the humid heat of the Amazon, Waldemar dos Santos, 60, tends the community garden he shares with other landless peasant farmers in the Brazilian state of Pará, as they wait for agrarian reform to provide them with the opportunity for a better life.
Luxury Homes Block Up Delta near Buenos Aires
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Apr 16 (IPS) - Gated residential communities on the Paraná Delta have sprawled out of control in recent years, and are plugging up the local ecosystem and preventing the natural runoff of water that cushions the impact of floods in a vast area near the Argentine capital.
Mauritians Unprepared for Effects of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
PORT-LOUIS, Apr 16 (IPS) - Mauritius may be one of the best-prepared countries in the world when it comes to cyclones, but recent heavy rains and flooding due to climate change have brought the country's readiness for coping with increased rainfall into question.
Q&A: 'Empowering Girls Alone Will Not Bring Social Change'
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (IPS) - The Global Education First Initiative stands at the forefront of this week's Learning Ministerial Meetings in Washington, D.C., underscoring the importance of education in the development of the global economy.
The Road to Fulfilling Election Promises
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 16 (IPS) - Kenya's newly sworn-in President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta may be faced with a number of challenges, including an impending International Criminal Court case and a slow economy. But he must also tackle corruption and ethnic divisions as he embarks on his five-year term as head of state of East Africa's largest economy.
Momentum Builds in U.S., Beyond to End Corporate Tax Evasion
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 16 (IPS) - The U.S. government's main watchdog on Monday reported that U.S. corporations are paying taxes on less than half of their declared income, largely due to dozens of tax breaks that have come under increased scrutiny in recent months.
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