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Tell Secretary Clinton we want a clean energy future, not the dirtiest oil on earth [07.03.09]
Right now, while the United States is working to move into a clean energy economy, a stealth dirty oil mega project is sneaking across the border.It's up to us to stop it. [Read More]
[video] What is corporate social responsibility and how accurate should corporate entities be? [07.03.09]
What obligation do businesses have to be good citizens, and how do corporations committed to ethical practices fare against competitors who focus first and foremost on the bottom line [Read More]
The Wall Street White House [07.03.09]
Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, is to be installed as Under Secretary of Economics, Business, and Agricultural Affairs. [Read More]
Sahara gas pipeline gets go-ahead [07.03.09]
Nigeria, Niger and Algeria have signed an agreement to build a multi-billion dollar pipeline to take Nigerian gas across the Sahara to the Mediterranean. [Read More]
Demand Rejection of ArborGen's Request to Plant 260,000 Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees Across the U.S. Southeast: [07.02.09]
DEADLINE: MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009, 5pm Eastern USDA/APHIS Federal Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059 [Read More]
Health Care, Health Deception, Health Freedom [07.02.09]
Well, there's nothing more fundamental than food and health and nowhere is the assault on human rights more aggressive. [Read More]
Turkey Resumes Dam Project [07.02.09]
The Turkish government will revive a $1.6 billion dam project on the Tigris River despite concerns that it will displace tens of thousands of people, damage wildlife habitat, and destroy historic archaeological sites. [Read More]
An Independent Corporate Front Group? [07.02.09]
Would a consulting company owned by Exxon be considered an impartial source of analysis on global warming, or would such a firm owned by Xe (formerly Blackwater) be regarded as a good judge of federal policy on the use of mercenaries? [Read More]
Your Voice Does Count [07.02.09]
There are numerous Food and Water Watch campaigns running, some requiring a signature and some that will go over the top with a donation. [Read More]
EU sets new industry pollution standards [06.30.09]
European Union governments agreed Thursday to set new pollution standards for heavy industry and power plants to limit how much dust and toxic gas they can release by 2016. [Read More]
Rio Tinto sued for pollution at “best practice” mine “ [06.30.09]
A few years ago Rio Tinto walked away from one of the most controversial mines in its recent history – the Flambeau copper project in Wisconsin, USA. A coalition of Native American and local people had taken up arms against one of the world’s ... [Read More]
ECUADOR: Chevron's Amazon 'fake cleanup' trial [06.28.09]
A report submitted this week to a court in Ecuador finding dangerous levels of contamination at oil wells Chevron says it cleaned up in the 1990s is expected to reinforce a fraud indictment against two Chevron lawyers in a $27.3 billion ... [Read More]
'Mountaintop removal is a human rights issue' [06.28.09]
A U.S. Senate subcommittee held a hearing yesterday on the impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on water quality in Appalachia, and the proceedings suggest there's a consensus developing that the practice needs to be stopped. [Read More]
GBC Honors Levi Strauss & Co. for More Than 25 Years of Leadership in HIV/AIDS Pandemic [06.28.09]
The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC) today will award Levi Strauss & Co. its Richard Holbrooke Leadership Award for the company's longtime leadership in the fight against the HIV/AIDS global pandemic.. [Read More]
Is Hershey's Secret Ingredient Child Slavery?v [06.26.09]
What do you think is the secret ingredient of a Hershey bar? Sugar, milk, or cocoa? What about the slave labor of thousands of children? Across Western Africa, and especially in the Ivory Coast, children are held in slavery and exploitative labor ... [Read More]
Confronting global trade as a root cause of the financial crisis! [06.26.09]
Some Key Points for Member Groups of the Our World Is Not For Sale Network [OWINFS] at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, June 22-24, 2009. [Read More]
Viewpoint: What happened to the crackdown on executive pay? [06.26.09]
Last February, amid public anger over millions in bonuses at bailed-out insurance giant AIG, our top national political leaders rushed to express their outrage - and even took some steps to place a lid on over-the-top executive pay. [Read More]
Researchers debunk claims that Employee Free Choice Act would cause unemployment [06.26.09]
This past March, Facing South was one of the first places to reveal that a widely-quoted study claiming the Employee Free Choice Act would lead to widespread unemployment was, in fact, the product of a for-hire consultant, paid for by prominent ... [Read More]
Blood diamond scheme 'is failing' [06.25.09]
The Kimberley Process certification scheme, which aims to stop the use of diamonds to fund conflict, is failing, according to a campaign group. [Read More]
Supreme Court Clears Way for Mining Company to Destroy Alaskan Lake [06.25.09]
22nd - The Supreme Court ruled today that the Clean Water Act permits a mining company to pump hundreds of thousands of gallons per day of a toxic wastewater slurry into an Alaskan lake, killing its fish and aquatic life. The ruling has dire ... [Read More]
Cargill and the Priest: Priest Stands Up Against BigAg and Deforestation [06.25.09]
Father Edilberto Sena arrives at Rural Radio station and takes up his position behind the microphone. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his script for today's show. One question is scribbled on it for the daily debate: ‘Why is this happening?' [Read More]
Over 25,000 Letters Sent To City Councils of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles [06.25.09]
Washington, DC - The Wal-Mart Watch community across the country is taking action to prevent Wal-Mart from using the recession to enter new communities. [Read More]
Palin's Pipeline From Hell [06.25.09]
There's a stealth dirty oil mega-project sneaking into the United States. It's arriving piece by piece, pipeline by pipeline, refinery by refinery, and permit by permit -- but it's a singularly immense monstrosity conceived by Big Oil. It's called ... [Read More]
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) should have more funding not less. [06.16.09]
The US Geological Survey reported today that nutrient loading in the Gulf of Mexico will be among the highest measured in the past 30 years. This news underscores how decades of broken funding promises are a big reason why agriculture is a leading ... [Read More]
Immigrant deaths in detention raise questions about oversight of private prisons [06.16.09]
A coalition of immigrant and civil rights groups held a vigil in front of the Atlanta headquarters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency last week to mark the three-month anniversary of Roberto Martinez Medina's death in immigrant ... [Read More]




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