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Banner in Sydney, Australia.
06.05.2008 Coca-Cola is looking to make huge profits as one of the three primary sponsors of the Olympic Torch Relay despite flagrant human rights abuses perpetrated by China, writes grassroots activist Amit Srivastava.
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From: India Resource Center
Related topics/regions: [China] [Germany] [Tibet] [Business] [Human rights]
Image: Banner in Sydney, Australia. © India Resource Center
Amazon rainforest.
06.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (OneWorld) - The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change concerns.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Land] [Business] [Credit and investment] [Climate change] [Forests] [Indigenous rights]
Image: Amazon rainforest. © WWF International
Sunset industry? Not according to the API
05.05.2008 The American Petroleum Institute has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues "America's future" lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas.
From: Gristmill
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Energy] [Consumption] [Climate change] [Pollution]
Image: Sunset industry? Not according to the API © Friends of the Earth International
ExxonMobil: 'pouring scorn on renewables investment'. Credit: MontroseDP
04.05.2008 Just as the need for renewables becomes critical, the oil giants signal an alarming retreat, writes Jeremy Leggett.
From: The Guardian
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Related topics/regions: [Energy] [Climate change] [Renewable energy]
Image: ExxonMobil: 'pouring scorn on renewables investment'. Credit: MontroseDP
Corn: food or fuel?
03.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (OneWorld) - The global food crisis is likely to persist if speculative investment by the corporate world is not reined in soon, warned a top expert responsible for reporting to the United Nations on human rights violations.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Food] [Credit and investment] [Trade] [Human rights] [Geopolitics] [Governance]
Image: Corn: food or fuel? © Network for New Energy Choices
02.05.2008 Many British food and drinks processing companies have much to do before they can claim to be operating sustainably in terms of water consumption, concludes a new report.
From Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Water/sanitation]

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