Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1459
PUERTO RICO: Cleaner Energy Sources Prove Divisive
- Inter Press Service
As Puerto Rico seeks to lower soaring utility rates while simultaneously shifting toward cleaner energy sources, it faces grassroots opposition to two major projects even though at least one is 100-percent renewable.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Informal Economy Ensures Equitable Development
- Inter Press Service
Although Papua New Guinea is known as a resource-rich country, 85 percent of the population depends on the informal economy for a living.
Cracks Widen in Syrian Economy
- Inter Press Service
As the Syrian uprising enters its tenth month, the country’s economy is suffering. Since last March, the Syrian government has been cracking down on pro-democracy protests, and the once peaceful uprising has morphed into a full-blown armed rebellion in areas such as Homs, Hama and Jabal al-Zawiya.
SOUTH SUDAN: Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Conflict
- Inter Press Service
In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro (who did not give his last name) sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she survived the recent inter-ethnic clashes in Pibor county that killed her mother and sisters.
Britain Boosts Economic Ties with the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
As China sees its influence continue to grow in this part of the world, a delegation from the United Kingdom arrived in Grenada last weekend with a proverbial carrot for its former colonies, vowing to create new opportunities for trade, investment and innovation 'in our respective economies'.
CHILE: Recovery from Forest Fire Could Take 80 Years
- Inter Press Service
'It's extremely serious, a full-blown environmental catastrophe,' environmentalist Sara Larrain told IPS, describing the impact of the fire that has been raging through the Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia since Dec. 27.
Romanians Discover Street Protest
- Inter Press Service
For more than a week, thousands have been demonstrating in cities across Romania. Participants from all walks of life bring to the fore the broadest array of demands in what looks like a celebratory discovery of street protest. The main call is against lack of transparency and accountability in decision-making.
JAPAN: Tsunami Brings Sea Change to Tohoku
- Inter Press Service
Yumi Goto, 60, lives with her husband in a temporary shelter on a windy hill that overlooks vast stretches of tsunami-devastated seacoast where her home was once located.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Castration for Sex Offenders Triumphs
- Inter Press Service
The Czech government has defied calls from international human rights groups to stop the 'degrading' practice of surgically castrating sex offenders.
U.S.: 'Money Isn't Speech, Corporations Aren't People'
- Inter Press Service
In most mainstream media the words 'corruption' and 'election fraud' accompany images of makeshift polling stations manned by armed guards in Burma or burning tires beside tattered ballot boxes in South Sudan — the insidiousness of stolen elections and a crumbling democracy is very seldom associated with the United States.
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