Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 997
Pacific Climate Change Warriors Block World’s Largest Coal Port
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - Climate Change Warriors from 12 Pacific Island nations paddled canoes into the world's largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia, Friday to bring attention to their grave fears about the consequences of climate change on their home countries.
Family Farmers – Forward to the Future
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 17 (IPS) - "Who is more concerned than the rural family with regards to preservation of natural resources for future generations?"
OPINION: The Survivors
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Oct 17 (IPS) - Oct. 18 is the EU's Anti-Trafficking Day, as well as the United Kingdom's Anti-Slavery Day. These events offer a good opportunity to talk about human trafficking within Europe's borders, but we should not forget that there are victims and survivors all over the world.
Mexico’s Cocktail of Political and Narco-Violence and Poverty
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 17 (IPS) - The images filled the front pages of Mexico's newspapers: 61 half-dressed state policemen kneeling, with their hands tied, in the main square of the town of Tepatepec in the central state of Hidalgo, while local residents threatened to burn them alive.
Writing the Final Chapter on AIDS
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 17 (IPS) - Although AIDS has defied science by killing millions of people throughout Africa in the last three decades, HIV experts now believe that they have found the magic numbers to end AIDS as a public health threat in 15 years.
Pressure Building on Obama to Impose Ebola Travel Ban
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (IPS) - President Barack Obama is under significant pressure to impose a range of restrictions on travellers coming to the United States from West African countries affected by the current Ebola outbreak.
Bamboo Could Be a Savior for Climate Change, Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 16 (IPS) - Bamboo Avenue is a two-and-a-half mile stretch of road in Jamaica's St. Elizabeth parish. It is lined with giant bamboo plants which tower above the road and cross in the middle to form a shady tunnel. The avenue was established in the 17th century by the owners of the Holland Estate to provide shade for travelers and to protect the road from erosion.
Panama’s Coral Reefs Ringed with Threats
- Inter Press Service
TABOGA, Panama, Oct 16 (IPS) - Fermín Gómez, a 53-year-old Panamanian fisherman, pushes off in his boat, the "Tres Hermanas," every morning at 06:00 hours to fish in the waters off Taboga island. Five hours later he returns to shore.
Vanishing Species: Local Communities Count their Losses
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 16 (IPS) - The Mountain Chicken isn't a fowl, as its name suggests, but a frog. Kimisha Thomas, hailing from the Caribbean island nation of Dominica, remembers a time when she could find these amphibians or ‘crapaud' as locals call them "just in the backyard".
Kyrgyzstan Looks to Alternative Fuels Ahead of Looming Winter Shortages
- Inter Press Service
BISHKEK, Oct 16 (IPS) - Each winter in Kyrgyzstan the energy situation seems to worsen; blackouts last longer, and officials seem less able to do anything to improve conditions. This year is expected to be particularly difficult.
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