Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1333
Five Years of Protests in Nicaragua for a Partial Pension
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Aug 31 (IPS) - Luisa Gutiérrez, 65, dances a frenzied mambo on an unusual dance floor: a street in the Nicaraguan capital. Dozens of cars line up behind her, honking their horns impatiently, while she, surrounded by elderly people with canes, walkers and protest signs, dances to demand a government pension.
Burkina Faso's VIPs – Very Important People Championing Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 31 (IPS) - For far too many households in Burkina Faso, going to the toilet means heading for the bush. The Burkinabè government has launched a new campaign to change this, calling on prominent personalities as both sponsors and champions.
Kashmir’s Melting Glaciers May Cut Ice With Sceptics
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Aug 31 (IPS) - Jowhar Ahmed, an air-conditioner dealer in Srinagar, is pleased at a spurt in business this summer caused by temperatures soaring over 35 degrees Celsius - unusual in this alpine valley ringed by snow-capped mountains.
Farming Among the Waste in Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Aug 30 (IPS) - Cameroonian urban famer Juliana Numfor has six plots of land where she grows maize, cassava, sweet potatoes and leafy vegetables, including cabbages, wild okra and greens.
Biomass Plant Lights up Rural Senegal
- Inter Press Service
KALOM, Sénégal, Aug 30 (IPS) - A new power plant in the eastern Senegalese village of Kalom is generating more than just electricity. Powered by agricultural waste, the station has lit up homes, lightened women's domestic burdens and even put a little money in some residents' pockets.
Despite Possible Attacks, Gaza Plans Half-Billion-Dollar Desalination Plant
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Aug 30 (IPS) - Last May the European Commission reported that scores of infrastructure projects in the Gaza Strip, financed mostly by the European Union, have been damaged or destroyed, wittingly or unwittingly, by Israeli military forces in the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian Occupied Territories.
Kashmir's Roads Turn Militant
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Aug 30 (IPS) - The violence that killed thousands in Kashmir during the turbulent 1990s has eased; now killer roads are taking their toll.
Hurricane Isaac Highlights Vulnerabilities in the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 30 (IPS) - The impact of Hurricane Isaac as it made its way through the Caribbean region highlighted both the fragility of some countries in the face of extreme meteorological events, which are expected to become more and more intense, and the different strategies adopted to mitigate the risk of disasters.
U.S.: Government and Industry Partner to Promote Electric Cars
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Aug 29 (IPS) - A 120-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to the nationwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Project aims to promote and expand the use of electric vehicles in the United States.
Sweden to Fund Innovations in Water Sector
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Aug 29 (IPS) - When the international community was struggling to ward off a potential decline in development aid in early 2000, it came up with a novel idea: a proposal for "new and innovative sources of financing", including a tax on airline tickets and a levy on foreign exchange transactions.
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