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DEVELOPMENT: Communities From Amazon to Himalayas Win Small Gains
Several thousand Paraguayan villagers living on the Parana river in South America represent the latest community challenge to the World Bank.HUMAN RIGHTS-BURMA: Unocal Sued Second Time over Burma Project
Fifteen Burmese citizens have filed a lawsuit against Unocal for human rights abuses stemming from a natural gas pipeline joint venture involving the California-based oil company and Burma's military government.SOUTHERN AFRICA: World Bank Probe Into Lesotho Deaths Urged
Environmental activists are urging the World Bank to launch an independent probe into the deaths last month of five striking workers at a dam construction site in the tiny southern African kingdom of Lesotho.HUMAN RIGHTS-BURMA: Unocal Sued by Burmese Government in Exile
Unocal recently adopted the slogan "We get it" to show customers that it understands their desire for fast, friendly service.DRUGS-U.S.: Probes Ordered into Alleged CIA Link to Crack-Cocaine
Thirteen years ago, frogmen laden with 181 kilogrammes of cocaine and tens of thousands of dollars in cash, were caught swimming into Hunter's Point, a poor neighbourhood on the eastern side of this city.ENVIRONMENT-INDONESIA: Mining Company Cancels Risk Insurance
Gold mine operators on the island of New Guinea in the South Pacific have cancelled two major political risk insurance policies in a move intended as a show of confidence in the Indonesian government, analysts say./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ NEW GUINEA: World’s largest gold mine cancels World Bank contract
A World Bank insurance contract for the world's largest gold mine on the island of New Guinea in the South Pacific has been cancelled.ENVIRONMENT: Redwood Logging Remains in Limbo
A light fog often veils the 2,000-year-old giant redwood forest that plays host to the coho salmon, the marbled murrelet bird, and hundreds of other species.ENVIRONMENT: World’s largest gold mine cancels World Bank insurance contract
A World Bank insurance contract for the world's largest gold mine on the island of New Guinea in the South Pacific has been cancelled.of Floods and Fires
Floods and fires are terrible events that should be prevented at all costs, right? Wrong. New studies published in the latest edition of Science magazine say the benefits may outweigh the damage./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ RUSSIA: Amoco Oil Exploration Plans in Russia Assailed
Environmental groups warn that a proposed World Bank loan for the Chicago-based Amoco oil company to drill for oil in western Siberia could have serious environmental consequences.ENVIRONMENT-BANGLADESH: River People Petition World Bank
Several thousand Bangladeshis who lost their homes in heavy storms last May have sent a petition to the World Bank to ask for an independent investigation into their problems.FINANCE: Brazil, Russia top list of World Bank problem projects
Brazil and Russia have the highest proportion of problem projects financed by the World Bank, according to Bank documents obtained by IPS./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ UNITED STATES: Environmentalists would prefer to get rid of Smokey the Bear
Environmentalists have long campaigned to save the Chinese panda, the European brown bear, and the Canadian spirit bear, but there is one bear that has fallen out of favour: Smokey the bear.ENVIRONMENT: Environmentalists would prefer to get rid of Smokey the Bear
Environmentalists have long campaigned to save the Chinese panda, the European brown bear, and the Canadian spirit bear, but there is one bear that has fallen out of favour: Smokey the bear.ENVIRONMENT: Environmentalists would prefer to get rid of Smokey the Bear
Environmentalists have long campaigned to save the Chinese panda, the European brown bear, and the Canadian spirit bear, but there is one bear that has fallen out of favour: Smokey the bear.ENVIRONMENT: Centuries-Old Navajo and Hopi Struggle Continues
Some 2,000 members of the Navajo nation say that the U.S. government is forcing them off lands in the deserts of northern Arizona that they have shared in peace and in war with the Hopi peoples for centuries.ENVIRONMENT: Native Americans Settle Mining Disputes but Remain Wary
Native American groups in Montana and Wisconsin have settled pollution disputes with mining companies, but they remain wary that their environmental problems are still not over./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ ENVIRONMENT: Dupont, Asarco Top Polluters in the United States
Chemical manufacturer Dupont and mining giant Asarco are the top U.S. polluters, annually pumping thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in the air, water and land, according to the latest figures released by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).ENVIRONMENT: Dupont, Asarco Top Polluters in the United States/REPEAT/
Chemical manufacturer Dupont and mining giant Asarco are the top U.S. polluters, annually pumping thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in the air, water and land, according to the latest figures released by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).ENVIRONMENT: Dupont, Asarco Top Polluters in the United States
Chemical manufacturer Dupont and mining giant Asarco are the top U.S. polluters, annually pumping thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in the air, water and land, according to the latest figures released by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).« Previous Page — Next Page »
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