July 14th 2016 WaterFirst published in Corporate Europe ObservatoryA few weeks after the May coup against Dilma Rousseff by conservative parties backed by the country's largest corporations, Brazil's “interim” government, led by Michel Temer, signed an emergency loan to the State of Rio de Janeiro to help finance infrastructure for the 2016 … [Read more...] about Brazil’s new government imposes Rio water privatisation to pay for Olympic Games
Environment/環境
Internal Exposure Concealed: The True State of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident
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Contamination at Largest US Air Force Base in Asia: Kadena, Okinawa
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アメリカの原発、次々と『前倒し』で廃炉へ
10年、20年の単位で早まる、アメリカ国内原子力発電所の廃止グレンS.K.ウィリアムズ / アメリカAOLエナジー 12月18日(Also see: The Nation’s Nuclear Plants Are … [Read more...] about アメリカの原発、次々と『前倒し』で廃炉へ
Biotech lobby’s push for new GMOs to escape regulation
'New Breeding Techniques' the next step in corporate control over our food?Originally published by Corporate Europe Observatory The biotech industry is staging an audacious bid to have a whole new generation of genetic engineering techniques excluded from European regulations. The pending decision of the European Commission on … [Read more...] about Biotech lobby’s push for new GMOs to escape regulation