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An important victory against water privatization in South Africa
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on May 2, 2008 - 12:40pm.
Some great news coming out of Johannesburg in the battle against water privatization.
A High Court Judge has ruled the city's controversial usage of prepayment water meters unconstitutional. This is a tremendous victory for those fighting water privatization in South Africa, and particularly for residents of townships such as Soweto where the use of prepayment meters has restricted people's access to water drastically. Read more »
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Emission trade-off
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on March 10, 2008 - 5:36pm.
Not long after environmental groups lambasted the UK Government's cop-out on carbon offsets, the policy directors of some of the country’s leading development and aid agencies have now written a letter to The Times weighing-in on the debate. If you were persuaded by some of the development claims of the offset industry, then square that with the likes of Oxfam, the World Development Movement, Christian Aid, Tearfund, Practical Action and the New Economics Foundation who said today: Read more »
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Binayak Sen and the 'tattered Gandhian dream'
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on February 22, 2008 - 11:33am.
You may recall that we ran a special feature by regular NI contributor Mari Marcel Thekaekara on the worldwide protest to free Dr Binayak Sen – a doctor who works with poor communities in central India and who was arrested on trumped-up charges of 'terrorism' by the Indian Government. Read more »
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Offsets get a code of conned-uct
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on February 19, 2008 - 9:20pm.
The British Government's introduction of a 'Code of Conduct' for the voluntary carbon offset industry has been met with gaping yawns from environmentalists. Most greens have come to the conclusion that carbon offsets offer little in the way of effective climate solutions and can actually exacerbate the climate crisis by delaying the inevitable paradigm shift that takes us away from the fossil fuel economy. Read more »
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Free speech fallacies
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on November 29, 2007 - 2:16pm.
Oxford University student Clare Fisher writes in to tell us her views on the recent controversy surrounding the Oxford Union's decision to hold a debate on free speech including the controversial head of the Far Right British National Party (BNP), Nick Griffin, and Holocaust denier David Irving. Read more »
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Commonwealth contradictions
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on November 23, 2007 - 10:54am.
A reader wrote us recently about her concerns about the Heads of Commonwealth meeting taking place now in Uganda. She raises some important issues:
Dear Editor,
I have been desperately trying to find media coverage on the Heads of Commonwealth meeting that is being held in Kampala Uganda from 23-25 Nov. Worryingly I have been unable to find any development agencies that are concerned by the devastating human effect that the meetings are having. Read more »
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Green Gold
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on August 14, 2007 - 10:29am.
With the Climate Camp in the UK now underway, it is a good moment to reflect on some of the stakes involved in climate change activism. For many people, climate change is an abstract 'environmental' issue with little impact on their lives – but there are many people on the front lines who often face a life and death struggle. Such was the story of Sajida Khan, who's battle was not with climate change per se, but with some of its so-called 'solutions'. Read more »
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NGOs a No-Go at the WSF?
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on February 2, 2007 - 1:46pm.
Tensions between well-resourced NGOs and social movements was one of the major issues for debate at this year's World Social Forum. Read more »
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The WSF's Seven Year Itch
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on January 29, 2007 - 4:01pm.
Some reflection and discussion about the recent World Social Forum in Nairobi is beginning to emerge on the web. Read more »
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A Green OPEC?
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on January 28, 2007 - 11:37am.
Despite the underwhelming emphasis on climate change at the World Social Forum, there were a few interesting sessions and issues worth noting, many of which might not have been labeled as strictly ‘climate change’ sessions.
One in particular was a workshop on biofuels, organized by the Global Forest Coalition. Read more »
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