McDonald’s, global seafood providers in landmark move for Arctic protection
World May 27, 2016 | 11:15 am
Amsterdam,25 May 2016 -- Global brands, including McDonald’s, Tesco, Iglo, Young’sSeafood, Icelandic Seachill, alongside the Norwegian Fishing Vessel OwnersAssociation, Fiskebåt, Russian f[...]
ECLAC presents a debt alleviation strategy based on a debt swap proposal at high-level meeting in Saint Kitts
World April 22, 2016 | 12:16 pm
ECLAC has made a call for the creation of a CaribbeanResilience Fund as part of a debt alleviation strategy based on a climatechange swap proposal. “The swap will involve the use of pledged clima[...]
U.S. authorities seize 1,110 kg of cocaine worth US$32.7 million
World April 16, 2016 | 8:43 am
Santo Domingo.- U.S. authorities reported yesterday they seized 1,110 kilograms of cocaine worth US$32.7 million in Caribbean waters, 150 nautical miles south of La Romana, Dominican Republic, and [...]
Taiwan’s fisheries plagued by human rights abuses and shark finning – Greenpeace investigation
World April 14, 2016 | 3:44 pm
Taipei, April 14, 2016. - A year-long Greenpeace East Asiainvestigation into Taiwan’s distant water tuna fisheries has exposed Illegalshark finning, labour and human rights abuses, as well as Tai[...]
Policy makers meet to discsus attainment of SDGs for the Caribbean
World April 5, 2016 | 9:32 am
Port of Spain.- Pursuitof the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Caribbean SmallIsland Developing States (SIDS) will be the main focus of discussion at ameeting in Port of Spai[...]
Council Member Mark Levine lauds expansion of bilingual education in NYC schools
World April 4, 2016 | 3:57 pm
New York. – The following statement can be attributed toNew York City Council Member Mark Levine:
“As the world becomes more connected, dual languageeducation programs can powerfully chan[...]
Witness to Berta Caceres’ murder allowed to return home
World April 2, 2016 | 10:10 am
New York, NY - American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, applauds the release of environmental activist Gustavo Castro, the s[...]
Obama offers a message of peace to the Cuban people
World March 22, 2016 | 9:33 am
Havana.- "I have come here to bury the last remnant of the cold war in the Americas," U.S. President Barack Obama said tuesday morning during a sweeping speech about American ideals and r[...]
US expats in DR prefer Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders
World March 21, 2016 | 1:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- Even though Hillary Clinton won big in the Dominican Republic, where she earned 87 percent of the vote, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won 69 percent of the vote in the Democrats Ab[...]
IEA shows CO2 emissions heading in right direction but rapid reduction is needed: Greenpeace
World March 16, 2016 | 10:00 am
Brussels.- Data released today by the International EnergyAgency (IEA) shows a stalling of global energy-related CO2 emissions in 2015,for the second year in a row.
“Greenpeace welcomes thi[...]
Fukushima nuclear disaster an ongoing crisis with no end in sight – Greenpeace
World March 11, 2016 | 9:54 am
Tokyo, 11 March 2016. -Greenpeace today commemorates the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nucleardisaster, renewing calls for those responsible to be held to account for theongoing crisis.
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Lost health and homes: the legacies of Chernobyl and Fukushima
World March 9, 2016 | 12:28 pm
Moscow, Kiev, 9 March 2016 - Survivors of Chernobyl arestill eating food with radioactive contamination above permissible limitsthirty years after the nuclear catastrophe forced hundreds of thousan[...]
US State Department releases new Int’l Narcotics Control Strategy Report
World March 5, 2016 | 9:46 am
Santo Domingo.- The majority of cocaine that enters the United States first moves through Central America, the US State Department revealed in its newest annual drug report.
According to the [...]
Honduran indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, has been murdered
World March 3, 2016 | 5:04 pm
The Guardian reports today: "Berta Cáceres, theHonduran indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, has been murdered,barely a week after she was threatened for opposing a hydroelectr[...]
Mobile phone signals assist Caribbean in containing spread of Chikungunya
World March 3, 2016 | 10:00 am
Informationgenerated from mobile phones can be successfully used to contain the spread ofnon-communicable diseases, as was recently done to stem the spread of theChikungunya virus in the Caribbean.[...]
‘Sustainable’ fish from major consumer brands linked to Arctic destruction
World March 2, 2016 | 4:15 pm
Amsterdam.- Fishing fleets that supply major consumerbrands are using giant trawlers in an area known as the ‘Arctic Galapagos’,according to a new Greenpeace investigation.
The research i[...]
NCY officials protect tenants, push for affordable housing
World March 1, 2016 | 1:03 pm
New York.—Mayor Bill de Blasiotoday announced the newly created Tenant Support Unit resolved its 1,000thtenant case since it launched in July 2015, keeping tenants in their homes andprotecting af[...]
Greenpeace launches high tech investigation into radiation impacts of Fukushima disaster on Pacific Ocean
World February 25, 2016 | 10:28 am
Tokyo.- GreenpeaceJapan today announced it is conducting an underwater investigation intoradiation contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into thePacific Ocean. The survey will be [...]
US shows concern about Zika impact in Haiti
World February 20, 2016 | 9:57 am
Brasilia.- A top US health official expressed "extreme concern" Friday over the potential for Zika to expand throughout Haiti and pointed out the United States is helping the deeply impov[...]
Activists set up basecamp at Mammut HQ to demand end to toxic chemical use
World February 18, 2016 | 12:16 pm
Seon, Switzerland, 17 February 2016: More than 15 Greenpeace activists from sixcountries have today installed a conference table on the facade of Mammut’sheadquarters in Seon, Switzerland to invi[...]