Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1430
World Wind Power Climbs to New Record In 2011
- Inter Press Service
Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts.
Frustrated by the Euro, Greece Turns to Alternative Currencies
- Inter Press Service
'Watch out! The caustic soda is dangerous,' shouts Rea Pigiaki, while she blends the soda with lavender to prepare her scented soaps, which are very famous in Ierapetra, a small town in Southeast Crete.
Lessons in Democracy on South Sudan’s Airwaves
- Inter Press Service
It is late afternoon and a group of men and women begin to converge under the shade of a huge mango tree in Yambio town, the capital of South Sudan’s western Equatoria state. The group is not gathering for an ethnic, political or religious meeting. They are here to listen to the radio.
Anguilla Battles a Shrinking Coastline
- Inter Press Service
When Hurricane Luis, a category four storm, lashed the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla on Sep. 4, 1995, its forceful waves eroded all of the beaches, leaving vast areas of the shoreline carpeted with dead sea grass and debris torn from the coral reefs.
Argentina Responds to Climate Challenge with Transgenic Seeds
- Inter Press Service
Researchers in Argentina have isolated a sunflower gene and implanted it into corn, wheat and soybean seeds to make them more resistant to drought and soil salinity, problems increasingly faced by this South American agricultural powerhouse as a result of global warming.
Struggling to Rebuild Cote d'Ivoire’s Health System
- Inter Press Service
One-year-old Angama Ouattara lays on a rusted hospital bed, a drip attached to her tiny, left foot. Her mother, Minata, sits on the edge of the mattress, smoothing out the sheets she had to bring from home.
Antibiotics Toughen Bacteria on German Farms
- Inter Press Service
The recent death of five prematurely born children in the northern German city Bremen as a result of infections acquired in the hospital has strengthened fears among environmental and health experts that massive use of antibiotics in industrial livestock farming is creating extremely resistant bacteria.
Floodlights Illuminate Historic Cricket Moment in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
While the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association is hogging headlines over the alleged embezzlement of sports funds, Kashmiri youth are gearing up to write history in Kashmir’s cricket record.
Q&A: Cuban Census 'Will Show a Very Diverse Reality'
- Inter Press Service
Thirteen hurricanes, three of which had a major impact on housing; increased access to goods and services; and the start of the so-called 'updating' of the country’s economic and social policies are a few of the aspects that make Cuba different from what it was a decade ago.
Gender Empowerment Still Lags Far Behind in Global Village
- Inter Press Service
When the United Nations concluded a two-week session highlighting the plight of rural women last week, the meetings singled out both the achievements and shortcomings of the ongoing relentless battle for gender equality in a world still dominated - and overwhelmingly ruled - by men.
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