Bolivian President Evo Morales recently signed a pact with the heads of Cuba and Venezuela in Havana to endorse a trade alternative to the us- backed free trade. Bolivia joined the group
The French government's plan to build a new nuclear reactor near the port of Cherbourg in Normandy province has sparked large-scale protests in the country. Between 12,500 to 30,000 anti-nuclear
Following pressure from campaigners, Dutch bank ING has withdrawn its financial support to two pulp mills to be built along the Uruguay river saying it would cause air, water and land
For the third time in five years, negotiations on fishing between the European Union (eu) and Tanzania failed because of dissatisfaction with the conditions of the agreement. eu recently rejected
Trinidad's capital recently witnessed a protest against a proposed aluminium smelter when about 200 people lit candles, sang hymns and marched through a park claiming the smelter will harm the area's
Ten us states, with New York city and Washington dc, recently sued the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) in a long-running court battle over the agency's new emission standards for power
The Asian Development Bank (adb) has decided to double its lending to India by 2008 in the areas of water, transport, energy and urban infrastructure. The amount will go up from us $1.3 billion
Norway recently hit back at a group of 12 nations led by the uk, which insisted the Scandinavian country put an end to whale hunts. Norway broke the global moratorium on commercial whaling in
