Landmine Monitor 2011: Handicap International Denounces New Use of...
The Landmine Monitor 2011 – the annual report on the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty[1] – which was released Wednesday in Bangkok, found that at least three States not party to the treaty used anti-personnel...
View ArticleSix Billion Dollar Subsidy for Dirty Corn Ethanol Defeated
Congress finished its tax legislation today without including a provision to extend a massive subsidy for corn ethanol that is set to expire at the end of the year. The subsidy — the Volumetric...
View ArticleMust-See: Best News Report This Year On Link Between Climate Change And...
Last week I wrote that “ Every Network Gets Extreme Weather Story Right .” The ABC News weather editor even ended his story, “Now’s the time we start limiting manmade greenhouse gases.” But the major...
View ArticleThe World is Closer to a Food Crisis Than Most People Realize
Lester Brown In the early spring this year, US farmers were on their way to planting some 96m acres in corn, the most in 75 years. A warm early spring got the crop off to a great start. Analysts were...
View ArticleDespite Promises, Colombia FTA Does Little to End Abuse of Labor Activists
According to activists, 34 Colombian trade unionists have been killed since the LAP was implemented, including 11 this year alone.
View ArticleRight-Wing Media Downplay Economic Harm From Sequester Cuts
Right-wing media are downplaying the economic consequences of across-the-board spending cuts. In fact, economists agree that those cuts - known as the sequester - would lead to thousands of jobs lost...
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