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Remunicipalizing Our Cities |
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By: Dan Hancox, The Guardian
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| 19 January 2020 |
From sparkling water fountains to better waste services and lower drug prices, cities are showing the benefits of remunicipalisation In 2015, a strident editorial appeared in Global Water Intelligence, a trade magazine for the water industry, under the title: Exorcising the “R” word. “It would be a travesty,”
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CSO Condemn UN’s Corporate Take-over |
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By: FIAN and various CSOs
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| 16 January 2020 |
WEF takeover of UN strongly condemned. With the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos around the corner, hundreds of CSOs reiterate condemnation of the partnership between the corporate world with the UN.
As corporate executives fly into Davos for the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF),
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Outrage over Siemens Backing Adani Coal |
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By: Deutsche Welle
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| 13 January 2020 |
Climate Activists Outraged as Siemens Backs Adani Coal Mining Project in Australia
Siemens has announced it will remain involved in a controversial coal mining project in Australia, despite massive environmental criticism as the country continues to be ravaged by bushfires.
The German engineering conglomerate has a contract worth roughly €18 million ($20 million) which requires
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Tribute to Ghanimat Azhdari |
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By: Jimmy Thomson, The Narwhal
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| 10 January 2020 |
‘She was absolutely adored’: Iranian scientist spent her life fighting for indigenous voices in conservation.
Ghanimat Azhdari was born into a nomadic tribe in Iran and was a PhD student at Canada’s University of Guelph, where she was working with indigenous communities in the boreal forest to map cultural sites. This
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The Future of Africa`s Food Security |
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By: Busani Bafana, Inter Press Service
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| 09 January 2020 |
IBADAN, Nigeria—Africa will starve or survive on expensive food imports because it is not growing new farmers, research shows. And the challenge remains among researchers, policy makers, public and private sector actors to get African youth interested in agriculture on a continent where a growing number of people go to
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New York Evictions Down, Thanks to Voters |
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By: Mara Gay, The New York Time
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| 26 December 2019 |
The rent protections passed by the newly Democratic State Senate are working.
This spring, New York State enacted the strongest tenant protections in a quarter century. Already, they have made a difference in the lives of thousands of New York City residents.
Since the law took effect in June, landlords have tried
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USA: ½ Million Homeless at Christmas |
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By: Alan Macleod, Mint Press News
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| 23 December 2019 |
This Christmas, over half a million persons in the United States will struggle with homelessness. The U.S. government estimates ending homelessness would cost around $20 billion, less than the amount spent on Christmas decorations that people in the U.S., who appears to have little appetite to address the growing social
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Netherlands: The Right to Climate Protection! |
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By: Lukas Schulze, Buzzfeed News
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| 20 December 2019 |
People have a fundamental right to be protected from climate change, a landmark court ruling says. The Dutch Supreme Court`s decision could have huge repercussions for how other countries tackle rising emissions.
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled Friday that the government must take urgent action on climate change to
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Brazil: New Decree to Support Land Grabs |
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By: Sputnik News
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| 12 December 2019 |
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signs a decree giving title to smallholder farmers, but may encourage land grabbing.
President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree on Tuesday that will allow tens of thousands of small farmers finally to earn title to the land they cultivate, fulfilling a campaign promise to the agricultural sector
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India: Protesting > 40K Trees Cut for Mine, Police Crack Down |
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By: Newsclick Report
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| 12 December 2019 |
India: Talabira Odisha: Over 40,000 trees removed to pave way for Adani’s Mine. Heavy police force is present on the site to completely cordon off the region. Activists are terming the removal of the trees as a grave violation of community forest rights.
The green lungs of industrial Odisha’s Sambalpur are
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Canada: Town Dies amid Environmental Changes |
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By: Chris Arsenault, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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| 10 December 2019 |
Closing down: aging residents, falling fish stocks spell end for Canadian town. A tiny town in Canada is closing down, with residents in the tight-knit community packing their belongings and making the final preparations to shutter their homes
TORONTO—Perched along Canada`s windswept North Atlantic coast, the town of Little Bay Islands
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Brazil: 2 Indigenous Guajajaras Murdered |
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By: Rosa Gauditano, Survival International
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| 09 December 2019 |
Last Saturday, December 7, two indigenous Guajajara men were shot to death and two others injured. The shots were fired by occupants of a vehicle on the side of a road through Cana Brava Indigenous Land. This attack comes just over a month after the murder of Paulo Paulino Guajajara,
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Kashmir: A Land without Internet |
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By: Peerzada Ashiq, The Hindu
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| 08 December 2019 |
In a land without Internet, the communication blackout is forcing young entrepreneurs out of Kashmir Valley. With the Internet blackout stretching for more than 120 days in Jammu and Kashmir, start-ups that began with much fanfare are closing down. Peerzada Ashiq reports on young Kashmiri entrepreneurs who are leaving behind
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South Korea: Neighborhoods Rallying before Death |
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By: Isaiah Winters, Gwangju News
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| 06 December 2019 |
Lost in Gwangju
Every year in Korea, autumn foliage treats us to one last gasp of life before the bleak onset of winter. I can’t help but liken this to cases of terminal lucidity, when patients on their deathbeds regain a fleeting clarity of expression before suddenly passing away. In much
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13 Countries Vote against Pro-Palestine |
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By: Times of Israel
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| 03 December 2019 |
States led by Germany change their voting pattern in favor of Israel, opposing Division of Palestinian Rights, although motion still passes by wide margin.
Over a dozen countries on Tuesday abruptly changed their voting pattern at the United Nations in Israel’s favor, opposing an annual resolution expressing support for a pro-Palestinian
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US Farmers: `They`re trying to wipe us off the map` |
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By: Alana Semuels, TIME
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| 27 November 2019 |
Small-scale farmers in the United States are nearing extinction
For nearly two centuries, the Rieckmann family has raised cows for milk in this muddy patch of land in the middle of Wisconsin. Mary and John Rieckmann, who now run the farm and its 45 cows, have seen all manners of ups
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Call for Proposals: Homes, Housing & Human Rights |
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By: Student Organizers at Trent University
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| 24 November 2019 |
13th Annual Community Movements Conference
Homes, Housing, and Human Rights January 31 - February 1, 2020
Peterborough, Ontario
On behalf of Trent Students affiliated with the International Development Studies program and the Student Association for International Development (SAID), we would like to invite you to participate in our 13th annual
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London: 150 Homeless Die in Streets, 2018 |
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By: Mark Blunden, The Independent
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| 21 November 2019 |
The Homeless Fund: Nearly 150 people ‘with hope in their lives’ dead in one year in London. Recent church services commemorated all those lost to London`s homelessness crisis
Nearly 150 people are known to have perished sleeping rough last year – the average age for women to die was 43, nearly
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EU Fisheries in Western Sahara "Unlawful" |
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By: WSRW
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| 20 November 2019 |
Former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the United Nations, Mr. Hans Corell (Sweden), has again criticized EU`s approach to fisheries practices in Western Sahara. The statements came in a speech delivered at the annual conference of The Belgian Society of international Law, in Brussels, 14–15
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India: Gov’t. Rethinks Vicious Forest Act |
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By: Ishan Kukreti, Down to Earth
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| 18 November 2019 |
Government withdraws proposed changes to Indian Forest Act. Minister Prakash Javadekar said draft created misconception among people.
The Union government was withdrawing the officers’ draft of the Indian Forest Act (IFA), 1927 amendment, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) Prakash Javadekar told reporters on November 15, 2019.
Inspector General of Forests (Forest
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