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Feb 2 2009 - 1:16pm
75 Countries Sign onto New Clean Energy Agency
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (OneWorld.net) - Seventy-five nations including
Germany, India, Kenya, and the United Arab Emirates launched last week
the world's first multinational organization dedicated solely to
promoting renewable energy worldwide.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/359892-75-countries-sign-new-clean-energy-agency
From: Worldwatch Institute , OneWorld US, Earth Policy Institute ,
Link TV
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Feb 2 2009 - 12:57pm
Aid Continues Despite New Offensive in Eastern Congo
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (OneWorld.net) - An international humanitarian
group continues to deliver critical supplies including 850
fuel-efficient stoves to civilians in volatile eastern Congo, despite
the recent launch of a new military offensive in the war-torn country.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/359828-aid-distribution-continues-eastern-congo
From: OneWorld US, International Rescue Committee, Action Against
Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF), Human Rights Watch, Seattle
Times
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Feb 2 2009 - 12:00pm
Guatemalan Massacre Survivors Quilt for Justice
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (OneWorld.net) - Indigenous Guatemalan women that
survived the Rio Negro massacres -- hundreds of villagers were killed
after refusing to make way for the construction of a dam on their land
-- are using a memorial quilt that remembers their loved ones to press
the government for reparations.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/359891-guatemalans-weave-quilt-remember-massacre-victims
From: OneWorld US, OneWorld UK, Advocacy Project
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Feb 2 2009 - 11:09am
European Anti-Semitic Backlash Attacks Condemned
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (OneWorld.net) - A recent wave of attacks on Jewish
people in Europe has been condemned by a human rights monitor, which
identified some of the violence as an apparent backlash against the
recent Israeli incursion into Gaza.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/359840-european-anti-semitic-backlash-attacks-condemned
From: OneWorld US, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, New York
Times, BBC News
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Feb 2 2009 - 10:34am
Amazonians Make Plea for Forest
NEW YORK, Jan 30 (OneWorld.net) - Indigenous leaders from the Amazon
basin are calling for intense international scrutiny of the massive
abuse of their land, including deforestation, which is making them
increasingly vulnerable to the devastating effects of global warming.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/359845-amazonians-make-plea-forest
From: OneWorld US
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