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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Speech to UN General Assembly introducing the resolution on : “The Human Right to Water and Sanitation”
Intervention of the Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in the General Assembly of the United Nations “The Human Right to Water and Sanitation” New York, July 28, 2010 Mr. President, Allow me to begin the presentation of this Resolution by recalling that human ... Continued...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Water to be a human right?
A resolution before the UN General Assembly this week seeks to declare the right to water and sanitation as a human right – a move that should give a push to address the severe and increasing global water crisis. THERE is almost nothing more important to human beings than water. We cannot live wi... Continued...

Friday, July 23, 2010

EU urged to promote 'territorial vision' of farming
Meeting in Brussels earlier this week, agriculture stakeholders from across Europe have called on the EU to move away from intensive farming to a more sustainable model that supports the economic renaissance of rural areas. A conference organised by the European Commission in Brussels this week (... Continued...

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world
Everyone gathered for the town hall meeting had been repeatedly instructed to show civility to the gentlemen from BP and the federal government. These fine folks had made time in their busy schedules to come to a high school gymnasium on a Tuesday night in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, one of many ... Continued...

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Press release - EPA and co-pollutants
June 9, 2010 Contacts: Susan Boa, susanboa@gmail.com, 202-368-0568 Nicky Sheats, nsheats@tesc.edu, 609-558-4987 Environmental Justice and Science Leaders Unite To Urge Action On Climate Change Policy Protecting EPA's Authority Vital; Addressing Co-Pollutants Critical to Protecting Nat... Continued...

10,000 Peasants March against Monsanto in Haiti; Peasant Leader to Visit US
Hinche, Haiti– An estimated 10,000 peasants gathered for a massive march in Central Haiti on June 4, 2010, to protest what has been described as “the next earthquake for Haiti” – a donation of 475 tons of hybrid corn seeds and vegetable seeds by the US-based agribusiness giant Monsanto, in partners... Continued...

Friday, May 21, 2010

Senate vote on historic financial reform critical for agriculture
Minneapolis – The Senate’s approval of an historic financial reform bill last night is a first step toward preventing the excessive financial speculation that has wreaked havoc in agricultural commodity futures contracts over the last several years, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Tra... Continued...

Monday, May 17, 2010

Food reserves needed to respond to global food crisis
Minneapolis/Dublin – Civil society organizations today called on governments and United Nations bodies to honor previous commitments to explore the potential of food reserves to address hunger and stabilize agricultural markets. The letter, signed by more than 60 groups, was presented at a UN meetin... Continued...

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Tap that water: Controversy surrounds the argument for dam-building in Africa
AFRICA is the “underdammed” continent. It is the least irrigated and electrified, yet it uses only 3% of its renewable water, against 52% in South Asia. So there is plenty of scope for an African dam-building boom. Ghana long ago dammed the River Volta, Egypt the Nile, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambiqu... Continued...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

World Bank and OECD call for hike in global water price
Experts call for hike in global water price: World Bank and OECD say water is a finite resource that must be valued at a higher price in order to repair old supply systems and build new ones Major economies are pushing for substantial increases in the price of water around the world as concern mo... Continued...

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Gore Takes Cash for Water Campaign from Chemical Firm
Published on Sunday, April 18, 2010 by The Indepenent/UK Gore Takes Cash for Water Campaign from Chemical Firm Environmentalists condemn former vice-president for letting controversial company fund Life Earth Al Gore, the self-styled squeakiest-clean and deepest-green politician in American ... Continued...

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Severn Trent presses for reforms to allow water trading
The water industry needs to undergo radical reform in order to survive, according to one of the biggest utilities in Britain, Severn Trent. The reforms would also reduce debt levels and customers' bills, according to chief executive Tony Wray, who wants companies to divert more water from rivers ... Continued...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Pickens Wants Texas Agency to Nix Water Plan
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Billionaire T. Boone Pickens wants a court to derail state approval of a water management plan that he claims would take $10 million off the value of his groundwater rights in the Texas Panhandle. Pickens' attorney, Marty Jones, said Tuesday that the oilman filed a lawsuit ... Continued...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Key comments on CFTC's energy position limits plan
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked for public comment in January on a proposal that would cap the number of contracts a trader can hold in oil and gas markets. The position limits plan, which is being proposed to prevent excessive concentration in energy trading, is open for pu... Continued...

Sunday, April 11, 2010

How dry is my valley? Farms short on water
On a crisp, brilliant day at the end of March, the farms near the Sacramento Valley town of Arbuckle were bursting with green and looked as if they'd popped straight off a fruit-crate label. A few wet clouds hung over the Coast Range, and Doug Griffin kept a wary eye on them, hoping they would bring... Continued...

Friday, April 9, 2010

Bolivia, Ecuador denied climate funds
You can decide to boycott the Copenhagen Accord -- but that comes at a price. For Bolivia, that's $3 million; for Ecuador, it's $2.5 million. Bolivia emerged as one of the most vociferous critics of the U.S.- brokered climate deal last December, arguing that the political deal aim... Continued...

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Complications of Measuring Water Use
In The New York Times on Wednesday, I reported about the Carbon Disclosure Project�s new campaign to get global corporations to report their water use. Climate change is expected to worsen water shortages in the coming decades, and 137 international financial institutions are backing the Carbon... Continued...

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

USTR Announces Deal w/ Brazil to Avoid Sanctions Over Cotton
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration announced Tuesday it has reached agreement with Brazil over a cotton subsidies dispute that will head off over $800 million in sanctions on U.S. products, the first stage of which were due to be implemented Wednesday. Brazil, with approval of the World Trad... Continued...

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

De Castro: EU should seek 'reciprocity' in green farm rules
How should the CAP be reformed to make it respond to today's multiple challenges, including increased but sustainable food production? This is a challenge. We are working now on the financial perspectives and I've already said that we need to change the agenda. First, we need to explain to ev... Continued...

Friday, March 5, 2010

Community building and climate justice
The non-binding Copenhagen Accord effectively failed to respond to the threat of climate change at the international level. Nationally, U.S. legislators are in limbo—some arguing for cap and trade, others for cap and dividend, and still others insisting that climate change simply doesn't exist. Thes... Continued...