News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 624
Krill Super-Trawlers Pushing Penguins Toward Extinction
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Apr 24 (IPS) - Everyone loves penguins, but few will know today is World Penguin Day. Fewer still are those who know penguins are threatened with extinction by climate change and giant fishing trawlers from Europe and Asia stalking the oceans around Antarctica.
Caribbean Tourism Stakes Salvation on Greener Policies
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 24 (IPS) - Tourism, widely regarded as the mainstay of Caribbean economies, is being challenged to remain sustainable in an era of climate change and its impact on beaches, rivers and other attractions.
U.S., Others Wrangle over Future Arctic Governance
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (IPS) - With climate change rapidly opening up new opportunities for shipping and resource extraction across the once permanently frozen Arctic, the United States and other northern countries are being compelled to re-examine their policies, both national and collective, towards this region of growing geostrategic importance.
U.S. Regulator Lodges “Environmental Objections” to Keystone Plan
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 23 (IPS) - Advocacy groups here are applauding the publication of new government concerns, formally expressed Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over a recent assessment of the environmental impact of a major oil pipeline that would run between Canada and the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Mining and Logging Companies “Leaving Chile without Water”
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 23 (IPS) - More than 100 environmental, social and indigenous organisations protested Monday in the Chilean capital to demand that the state regain control over the management of water, which was privatised by the dictatorship in 1981.
Spain’s New Evictions Law “Protects Banks”
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Apr 23 (IPS) - A new mortgage bill approved by Spain's lower house of parliament would merely put a bandaid on the plight of people whose homes are being repossessed, and would not guarantee protection for most families facing eviction, activists complain.
Their Missing Daughters
- Inter Press Service
GUWAHATI, India, Apr 23 (IPS) - It is as if they have given up hope of ever seeing their girls again. They are an Adivasi family from a remote village in Assam state in India, nestled in the Himalayan foothills. The picturesque surroundings belie the hollowness they feel within.
Israeli Cloud Hovers Over Green Energy
- Inter Press Service
MASAFER YATTA, Occupied West Bank, Apr 23 (IPS) - A quiet diplomatic war is being waged by several European governments against the Israeli authorities, specifically the Israeli Civil Administration which controls the Israeli occupied West Bank.
China Outranks West to Grab Top Spot in Global Tourism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - China, which has outranked Japan as the world's second largest economy and moved ahead of Russia as the world's second largest military spender, has hit the top spot in global tourism.
Somali Women Cashing in on Business
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Apr 22 (IPS) - In the Hamarweyne market, Mogadishu's largest, 24-year-old Maryama Yunis is finding success with her tiny cosmetic store. The young Somali entrepreneur has been in business for two years, selling everything from soaps and shampoos to lipsticks and eyeliners, and now she's turning a decent profit.
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