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/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ GUYANA: Lawsuit Over Guyana Mine Calls For Company to Cleanup
The newly filed suit by three Guyanese citizens against the Canadian mining company Cambior is the latest action taken against a multinational corporation for environmental damage in the Third World./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ TECHNOLOGY: Race to Produce Toxic-Free Cotton Warms Up
Organic farmers in the United States are battling multinational seed and drug companies in the race to win emerging markets for 'environmentally friendly' cotton that requires little or no pesticides./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ UNITED STATES: Salmon Return Once Dam Goes
The Clyde River in the U.S. state of Vermont served up the first salmon in 40 years, when Warren Drown cast his net late last year.ENVIRONMENT: Lawsuit Over Guyana Mine Calls For Company to Cleanup
The newly filed suit by three Guyanese citizens against the Canadian mining company Cambior is the latest action taken against a multinational corporation for environmental damage in the Third World.U.S.-ENVIRONMENT: Engineers Plan Dam Removals
The Elwha S'Klallam indigenous peoples of Washington state used to report catching chinook salmon that weighed as much as 100 pounds.ENVIRONMENT: Court Ruling Targets Foreign Log imports
Plans to import raw logs from Chile, Russia, and New Zealand into the United States have suffered a setback, with a recent court ruling in favour of environmentalists.ENVIRONMENT: Race to Produce Toxic-Free Cotton Warms Up /REPEATING FOR THOSE NEEDING/
Organic farmers in the United States are battling multinational seed and drug companies in the race to win emerging markets for 'environmentally friendly' cotton that requires little or no pesticides.ENVIRONMENT: Race to Produce Toxic-Free Cotton Warms Up
Organic farmers in the United States are battling multinational seed and drug companies in the race to win emerging markets for 'environmentally friendly' cotton that requires little or no pesticides./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ PERU: Gold Mine Looms As Big Problem For Local Farmers
Splashing across a stream high up in the Andes of northern Peru, the horse lowers its head for water, but its rider tugs at the reins, jerking the horse's head away.ENVIRONMENT-U.S.: Environmental Justice Still Slow In Indian Country
Three years after President Bill Clinton signed an order, requiring several federal agencies to take steps to end what is now called 'environmental injustice', native communities remain dissatisfied.ENVIRONMENT-PERU: Gold Mine Looms As Big Problem For Local Farmers
Splashing across a stream high up in the Andes of northern Peru, the horse lowers its head for water, but its rider tugs at the reins, jerking the horse's head away./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ COLOMBIA: California Oil Giant In Dispute With Amazon People
Environmental activists are denouncing the California-based Occidental Petroleum for attempting to drill for oil on the lands of U'wa peoples of Colombia.ENVIRONMENT: Peruvian Native Peoples Have Stake in Medicinal Plant Deal
Deep in the heart of the forests of the Peruvian Amazon, a man silently and swiftly draws his machete across the white bark of a croton tree. At once, a thick frothy liquid the colour of blood begins to trickle down the blade.ENVIRONMENT: California Oil Giant In Dispute With Amazon People
Environmental activists are denouncing the California-based Occidental Petroleum for attempting to drill for oil on the lands of U'wa peoples of Colombia./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ UNITED STATES: California Floods Force Policymakers To Study Dams
California officials, who face compensation claims of one billion dollars for damage caused by recent storms and floods, say they need to radically rethink the system of dams and levees that should have prevented such a disaster.DEVELOPMENT: California Floods Force Policymakers To Study Dams
California officials, who face compensation claims of one billion dollars for damage caused by recent storms and floods, say they need to radically rethink the system of dams and levees that should have prevented such a disaster.ENVIRONMENT: Customs Agents Crack Down On Freon Vendors
Casey Raja and Roland Wood used to work about a dozen blocks apart in the northern part of this city, selling freon to refrigerator and car repair shops and other small businesses.TRADE-U.S: Businesses Declare War on Economic Sanctions
Some 35 major U.S. corporations are gearing up to battle a recent flurry of economic sanctions imposed by local and national governments against rogue nations./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ PERU: Poverty Drives Poor To Dredge The Amazon For Gold
Crews of four to five men, stripped down to their underwear, search for gold from a dozen boats in the middle of the Rio Madre de Dios, deep in the Amazon jungles in southern Peru.ENVIRONMENT-MINING: Small Miners Dredge Amazon For Gold
Crews of four to five men, stripped down to their underwear, search for gold from a dozen boats in the middle of the Rio Madre de Dios, deep in the Amazon jungles in southern Peru.ENVIRONMENT: Peruvian Andes Water Project Faces Uncertain Future
High up in the northern Peruvian Andes, two groups of a dozen men are digging trenches with pickaxes and spades, as the summer rain turns the dirt roads into muddy nightmares.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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