Today, over 30 U.S. environmental, development and faith-based organizations sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives (Acrobat .pdf) calling on Members to support the End Oil Aid Act. “The U.S. can play a critical role in fighting our addiction to oil, alleviating global poverty and combating climate change as we move toward a … Read More
Day: June 5, 2007
NGOs Warn of Climate Dangers – Business Not Bothered Despite Trying to Green its Image
A coalition of relief and development agencies like Christian Aid and Tearfund will warn 600 delegates to the ‘UN 3rd World Conference on Disaster Reduction’ in Geneva today of the dangers of climate change. The agencies will warn delegates that “unless urgent preventative action is taken by governments, climate change will worsen the impact of … Read More
Putin Turns The Screw on BP
Well all the papers this morning are about the new cold war stand-off between American and Russia over its missile defence system, with Putin retaliating that he might position Russian nuclear weapons towards Europe. Well nuclear missiles are not the only standoff Putin is involved in at the moment. He also cranked up the tension … Read More
The Dark Side of Biofuels
The Guardian reports this morning that armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of the biofuel, palm oil. Surging demand for palm oil has prompted rightwing paramilitaries to seize swaths of territory, according to activists and farmers. Thousands of families are believed to have fled a campaign … Read More