On The Trail Of A Cure: Reality And Rhetoric On Treating Malaria
New treatments for malaria were developed in response to a resurgence of the disease in the 1990s.
BP attacked over ‘unsafe culture’
Oil company BP operated an unsafe culture at a Texas refinery where 15 died in an explosion and management should have spotted the warning signs years ago, according to a damning report being published today.The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB),…
Novartis Lobbies European Parliament on Patents
The Swiss firm has contacted all 785 members of the European Parliament over the past few weeks, urging them not to sign a written declaration opposing the Novartis stance on India's 2005 patents law. Novartis is taking legal action against…
International Aid Launches Global Safe Water Initiative, Unveils Portable BioSand Filter for Use in Developing World
Leading humanitarian health care agency, International Aid, today announced a major safe water initiative that will help address the growing health crisis caused by lack of access to clean water in developing countries worldwide. As the centerpiece of its safe…
RBS is accused of sponsoring global warming
THE ROYAL Bank of Scotland (RBS) is being threatened with a student boycott over its multi-billion-pound investments in climate-wrecking oil and gas projects around the world. The threat comes in the wake of a new report attacking RBS's record on…
B.P. included in new M+S Ethical Fund
Marks & Spencer has launched a new ethical investment fund which has troubled oil giant B.P. as one of its biggest holdings. BP has been criticised for safety and pollution failings, including the deaths of 15 workers at its Texas…
International Labour Conference
The member States of the ILO meet at the International Labour Conference, held every year in Geneva, Switzerland, in the month of June.Each member State is represented by a delegation consisting of two government delegates, an employer delegate, a worker…
CLIMATE CHANGES : ENERGY AND MOBILITY
European Foundation for the Sustainable Development of the Regions
