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WTO Geneva meeting: no deal better than a bad deal
GENEVA (SWITZERLAND) – Last-ditch World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations are scheduled to take place in Geneva during the week...
15 December, 2003Kyoto agreement on climate change moves forward
MILAN (ITALY) - Concerted US attempts to derail the United Nations Kyoto Protocol on climate change have failed, said...
12 December, 2003Plantar’s directors threaten massive lay-offs in brazil if critics to the project are not muzzled
MILAN (ITALY) - An unequivocal display of clout and arrogance was shown by PLANTAR, the Brazilian eucalypt plantation company...
11 December, 2003Kyoto agreement on climate change gets nearer
MILAN (ITALY) - Ministers from all over the world arrive in Milan this week for the 9th Conference of...
09 December, 2003World bank’s dirty mining revealed in new report
WASHINGTON (US) / LISBON (PORTUGAL) - A new report released today at the final meeting of a World Bank...
08 December, 2003‘World Bank Pull Out of Oil and Coal’ Now Official Advice
WASHINGTON, DC (US) - An independent review commissioned by the World Bank and released today [1] recommends the Bank...
26 November, 2003GM Crops Lead to More Pesticide Use
LONDON (UK) - Friends of the Earth Comment on new report by the Northwest Science and Environmental Policy Center
25 November, 2003Protests follow assassination of Ecuadorian rights defender
VIENNA (AUSTRIA) - Activists plan to protest here today Monday Nov. 10 at 5 pm outside the Ecuadorian embassy...
10 November, 2003US toxic ghost fleet: UK environment agency in court
LONDON (UK) - Friends of the Earth is today taking the final steps to prevent a fleet of toxic...
05 November, 2003UK Environment Agency backs down over ghost fleet
LONDON (UK) - The UK Environment Agency has backed down over its decision to allow the so-called US 'Ghost...
31 October, 2003