Corporations hold Europe captive
The middle finger on José Manuel Barroso’s right hand has been in constant action lately. It has been used to deliver an “up yours” salute to 99% of the world’s population. A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the…
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A LANDMARK VICTORY FOR JUSTICE: Biowatch’s Battle with the South African State and Monsanto
The book, written by Biowatch founder trustees Rachel Wynberg and David Fig, tells the inside story of how a reasonable request for access to GMO permit applications catapulted an environmental watch-dog into almost a decade of litigation against the South…
Women say YES to Development! Women say NO to Corporate Mining!
Today, we celebrate our hopes, our rights, our voices, our movements as we continue to work towards the elimination of violence and discrimination, our right to self-determination, our right to decide on our bodies, communities and natural resources. We voice…
Tawang erupt in protest against mega hydro projects
Thousands of people led by the Buddhist monks and nuns descended on the streets of Tawang today demanding scrapping of mega hydro projects and to protest against corrupt dealings in the district. This was third and the biggest in the…
Ahead of Singapore Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations, U.S. Public Opposition to Deal Grows
More Than 400 Civil Society Groups Call for Transparency and Core Principles for International Economic Pacts, While the AFL-CIO Releases New Organizational Resolution Criticizing Direction and Process of TPP Talks WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the sixteenth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership…
Political Council of the ALBA rejects Chevron’s actions against Ecuador
The Foreign Ministers of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, meeting in Caracas, approved a special declaration in which they express their opposition to the actions held by Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company against Ecuador. Moreover ALBA…
[Signature collection] Organizations request the dismissal of proceedings for reporting activities of CaixaBank
Statement For the dismissal of proceedings against 8 activists of Ecologistas en Acción for condemning the activities of CaixaBank. In December, 2011, Ecologistas en Acción, as a part of their Federal Congress, displayed three placards in the central office of CaixaBank…
PRESS RELEASE: EDF SUING CLIMATE ACTIVISTS FOR £5 MILLION – PROTESTERS FACE LOSING HOMES
EDF suing climate activists for £5million Evidence of police/corporate collusion as police serve legal papers on activists on behalf of EDF, and hand over personal data Key CCTV footage at police station may have been deleted Counter-Terrorism Command visited activist at…
Apple fails in its responsibility to monitor suppliers
In its code of conduct, Apple claims that it requires its suppliers to uphold its workers’ basic human rights as understood by the international community, and to treat them with dignity and respect. In contrast, our investigations demonstrate that Apple supplier factories are…
The struggle of the indigenous Higaonon peoples of Opol continues
It has been nine months since PAN AP launched its campaign to uphold the rights of the indigenous Higaonon peoples to their ancestral land in Opol town of Misamis Oriental in Southern Philippines. The campaign earned its biggest blow when…
Advocating to scrap the EU Emissions Trading Scheme = Advocating for climate policy that works
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is in trouble – big time. That much most analysts, policy makers, politicians, carbon traders, industrial polluters and NGOs agree. When it comes to diagnosis of the causes behind the symptom, prescriptions, or what…
Press Release: “It is time the EU scraps its carbon Emissions Trading System”
A growing group of civil society organisations[i] is calling on the EU to abolish its Emission Trading System (ETS) to open space for truly effective climate policies. Today they release a joint declaration that highlights the many structural loopholes the ETS…