How FAO helps greenwash the timber industry’s greenhouse gas emissions
Mon Aug 30 2010 - Source:
WRM
Faced with greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of the production chain, the timber industry has a choice. It could look at reducing emissions. Or it could attempt to greenwash its operations, in effect attempting to evade responsibility. Perhaps not surprisingly, given its record, the industry is opting for the latter.
Dakar World Social Forum: resistance and struggle of African peoples
Mon Aug 30 2010 - Source:
WSM
Focusing on the history of resistance and struggle of African peoples, the 2011 WSF should find the necessary interface with global struggles and strategies that are common with those of Africa, the South and the rest of the world.
Outrage at UN report on Nigeria oils spills
Thu Aug 26 2010 - Source:
FOEI
Friends of the Earth International is outraged by reports that a major UN investigation into Nigeria oil spills funded by oil giant Shell relies more on figures produced by oil companies and Nigerian state statistics than on community testimony and organizations on the ground who work with communities.
