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Turning up the HEAT

04/26/2008 'Turning up the HEAT' is a series of interactive and virtual debates on climate change and corporate power starting May 8th. You can turn up in person to the events in London, Cardiff and Manchester or you can watch and participate online.

Nestléä vaaditaan lähtemään Venäjältä

04/25/2008 Kiista palkoista Nestlén ja sen Permissä Uralilla toimivan makeistehtaan työntekijöiden välillä on kärjistynyt. Ay-johtaja on esittänyt, että Nestlén on lähdettävä Venäjältä, ellei se paranna suhtautumistaan työntekijöihinsä.

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The 'Three Amigos' Summit

04/24/2008 This week's closed-door meeting of leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States is likely to produce changes that "will favor narrow corporate interests over the public good," write trade analysts Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha.

'Time to Renegotiate NAFTA, Not Expand It'

Multinationals 'Squeezing Millions of Small Producers'

04/23/2008 Giant multinationals are undermining economic development in commodity-reliant developing countries by influencing the terms of trade in their favour, edging out small scale producers and shrinking their income and savings, says a new report.

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From: ActionAid International USA
Related: [Trade]

Supermarket Wants to Stop Protests, Says Thai Writer

04/22/2008 One of the three writers from Thailand whom the giant retailer Tesco is trying to suppress with serial libel writs has arrived in London at the invitation of the free speech body Index on Censorship.

Play Fair -raportti arvostelee urheilubrändejä

04/21/2008 Kohtuuttoman pitkät työpäivät ja köyhyyttä ylläpitävä palkka ovat urheiluvaatteita ja välineitä valmistavassa teollisuudessa pikemmin sääntö kuin poikkeus, kertoo kansainvälisen Play Fair verkoston kokoama raportti.

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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Labor]

Venezuela kansallisti suuren terästehtaan

04/21/2008 Venezuelan presidentti Hugo Chavez on ottanut valtion hallintaan maan suurimman terästehtaan. Tehtaan työläiset olivat vaatineet kansallistamista kiisteltyään kuukausia työnantajan kanssa palkoista ja eläkkeistä.

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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related: [Venezuela] [Labor]

BP pirates eye oil booty

04/17/2008 Campaigners dressed as pirates stage a demonstration against moves by UK-based multinational corporation BP to control the development, production and depletion of Iraqs oil reserves.

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From: War on Want
Related: [Iraq] [United Kingdom] [Energy]

Lentoliikenteen ilmastovaikutus on suurempi kuin pelkät hiilidioksidipäästöt

04/17/2008 Lentojen päästövaikutuksia arvioitaessa pitää nojautua ilmastotieteeseen niin poliittisessa päätöksenteossa kuin yrityksissäkin, huomauttaa WWF Suomi. Esimerkiksi Finnairin päästölaskuri ei WWF:n mukaan kuvaa oikein lentopäästöjen vaikutuksia ilmaston lämpenemiseen, sillä laskuri ei ota huomioon muita kasvihuonekaasupäästöjä kuin hiilidioksidin.

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From: WWF Suomi
Related: [Climate Change] [Politics]

Nokia itself appoints "the union leaders" at its plant in Mexico

04/11/2008 The world's leading mobile telephone producer Nokia admitted that "the union leaders" at Nokia's plant in Reynosa in Mexico are appointed by the company itself. Thus the principle of free organising of labour, approved by Nokia in its code of conduct, does not materialise in practise at its very own plant.

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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related: [Mexico] [Labor]

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Coca-Cola närästää Intiassa

04/10/2008 Yli 1 500 kyläläistä vaatii Coca-Colan pullottamon sulkemista Varanasissa Intiassa. Kyläläiset syyttävät suuryhtiötä kaivojen kuivumisesta ja maaperän ja veden pilaantumisesta.

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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related: [India] [Water/Sanitation]

Image: © Amit Srivastava / India Resource Center

Earth In Crisis, Warns Top Scientist

04/10/2008 Global warming has plunged the planet into a crisis and the fossil fuel industries are trying to hide the extent of the problem from the public, NASA's top climate scientist James Hansen has warned.
From: TerraDaily

Image: Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York

Mehdiganj residents demand closure of Coke plant

04/09/2008 Coca-Colas bottling plant in northern India has been facing the ire of local people. They say the soft drink maker has been operating illegally and has caused the severe water crisis in the area.

Europe Rewards 'Dirty' Power

There are plans to construct 40 major new coal fired power stations in Europe

04/09/2008 Polluting electricity generators in Europe are set to reap another round of extraordinary windfall profits from the carbon trading scheme meant to curb their carbon emissions, a new report reveals.

Nokia rikkoo omia eettisiä sääntöjään Meksikossa

04/09/2008 Meksikolaisen työelämän tutkimuslaitoksen CILASin tutkimusraportti moittii Nokiaa omien eettisten sääntöjensä rikkomisesta Reynosan-tehtaalla.

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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Mexico]

WWF: EU:n päästökaupassa energiayhtiöille maksetaan saastuttamisesta

04/08/2008 Viiden Euroopan maan energiayhtiöiden päästökauppavoitot ovat yli kaksi kertaa Slovenian bruttokansantuotteen kokoiset, kirjoittaa WWF. Järjestön mukaan kaikki päästöoikeudet pitäisi huutokaupata, jotta yhtiöt eivät voisi saada ansiotonta voittoa. Osa yhtiöistä on saanut oikeutensa ilmaiseksi mutta silti siirtänyt niiden laskennalliset kustannukset asiakkailleen.

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From: WWF Suomi
Related: [Europe] [Climate Change]

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Telling All On Carbon

Emissions will have to be stated in annual business reviews

04/07/2008 All quoted companies will be forced to detail carbon emissions in their annual reports after the Government caved in to backbench pressure.
From: The Independent

'Fossil Fools' Protests Target Oil Industry

Greenpeace says ExxonMobil unduly influences U.S. energy policy.

04/01/2008 NEW YORK, Mar 31 (OneWorld) - Green groups are planning to celebrate April Fools Day Tuesday with a variety of actions designed to embarrass oil industry bosses gathering in Washington.