News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 639
Brazilian-Made Plastic Solar Panels, a Clean Energy Breakthrough
- Inter Press Service
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Mar 12 (IPS) - As part of the country's growing emphasis on green tech research, Brazilian scientists have developed plastic solar panels that could revolutionise power generation from this clean, renewable energy source.
India Strives to Become ‘Drought Proof’
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, Mar 12 (IPS) - In a country of 1.2 billion people, the threat of drought takes on epic proportions.
Over a period of two centuries (between 1801 and 2002), India experienced 42 severe droughts, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation. One of these, in 1979, cut food grain production by 20 percent; another, in 1987, damaged 58.6 million hectares of cultivated land, affecting 285 million people.
Changing Weather, Changing Fortunes
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Mar 12 (IPS) - Sri Lanka has paused for breath after the extreme weather conditions last year that many associate with climate change.
Thailand Negotiating ‘Worrying’ Deal With EU
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Mar 12 (IPS) - The negotiations launched this week for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Thailand and the European Union have raised concerns among both Thai and European non-governmental organisations, who fear that EU demands could have a negative impact on Thailand's progressive public health policies.
Pressure Grows on Washington to Pass IMF Governance Reforms
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (IPS) - Around 100 scholars, former government officials and policymakers are calling on the U.S. Congress to enact pending legislation enabling broad governance reforms within the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that would strengthen the voice of developing countries within the institution.
Anti-Nuke Movement Goes to the Gulf
- Inter Press Service
MANAMA, Mar 11 (IPS) - After a week of activities in Oslo during the Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, major anti-nuclear campaigners moved Monday to the Bahraini capital, Manama, in yet another step towards the abolition of atomic weapons.
Fighting Sex Trafficking in Brazil - in Fiction and Reality
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 11 (IPS) - The story generally begins in Brazil's hinterland, with a pretty, young woman from a disadvantaged background and with little formal education, who is drawn in by false promises and ends up in a sex trade network that stretches overseas.
Necessary Extinction
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Mar 11 (IPS) - When the environment changes, smart creatures adapt. And, in the face of a changing climate and changing economics, smart people are backing green energy. In 2011 almost a third of new electricity came from renewable sources. But, just as the first mammals had to contend with a world of dinosaurs, the pioneers of green energy have to contend with a world based on an obsolete carbon-based energy system that refuses to upgrade.
Resentment as South Africa Speaks Business for Continent
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 11 (IPS) - There is growing resentment in Africa about the way in which South Africa professes to speak for the rest of the continent in its role as a member of key developing nation blocs, researchers and experts have warned.
Fukushima Running Out of Workers
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Mar 11 (IPS) - Japan has promised to scrap the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors that faced the world's worst nuclear accident. But Hiroyuki Watanabe, councillor in Iwaki City located 30 kilometres from the accident site, greets such intentions on the second anniversary of the disaster on Monday with misgiving.
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