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Pepsi Shareholders Meet

05/12/2008 Corporate accountability advocates called on Pepsi to publicly report water quality information, as is required of public water systems, during one of the corporation's annual shareholder meetings last week.

Image: Public tap water is more highly regulated than bottled water, say advocates. © malla_mi (flickr)

Topic Guide: Water and Sanitation

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Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups

05/06/2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (OneWorld) - The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change concerns.

Image: Amazon rainforest. © WWF International

Together, We Can Destroy The Future

05/05/2008 The American Petroleum Institute has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues "America's future" lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas.
From: Gristmill

Image: Sunset industry? Not according to the API © Friends of the Earth International

Dawn Of An Energy Famine

05/04/2008 Just as the need for renewables becomes critical, the oil giants signal an alarming retreat, writes Jeremy Leggett.
From: The Guardian

Image: ExxonMobil: 'pouring scorn on renewables investment'. Credit: MontroseDP

UN's Food Rights Advocate Warns Speculators

05/03/2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (OneWorld) - The global food crisis is likely to persist if speculative investment by the corporate world is not reined in soon, warned a top expert responsible for reporting to the United Nations on human rights violations.