DEVELOPMENT: Tourism's New Wave Enrique Gili SAN DIEGO, California, 8 Jul (IPS) - David Aabo is en route from Peru to New York City after having spent much of the last few years in the South American country investigating opportunities for development that might help local entrepreneurs build a sustainable regional economy. more...   ENVIRONMENT: Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 2 Apr (IPS) - Building on his Oscar for the documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' and his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore Wednesday launched a 300-million-dollar media campaign to mobilise the public for concrete action to reduce global warming. more...   ENVIRONMENT: A Contest for the Biggest Loser Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, 31 Mar (IPS) - Toyota, the world's largest automaker, is facing the wrath of U.S. green groups and corporate watchdogs for its constant opposition to legislative proposals aimed at increasing fuel efficiency standards in California and other states. more...   RIGHTS-MIDEAST: Govts Ever More Draconian, Group Says William Fisher NEW YORK, 27 Mar (IPS) - One of the Arab world's most widely respected non-governmental organisations is charging that at least 14 Middle East and North African governments are systematically violating the civil liberties of their citizens -- and most of them are close U.S. allies in the war on terror. more...   POLITICS-US: Anti-War Grannies Arrested Trying to Enlist Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, 17 Mar (IPS) - As part of actions across the United States to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, 10 'Grandmothers for Peace', ranging in age from 57 to 80, were arrested Monday while trying to enlist in the United States Army. Acts of civil disobedience are planned this week in at least 17 other U.S. cities. more...   WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Evictions High on Atlanta Agenda Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, 26 Jan (IPS) - Some 400 activists from Atlanta, Georgia and around the U.S. South gathered for a People's Movement Assembly Saturday, in solidarity with the Global Day of Action organised under the World Social Forum process. more...   ENVIRONMENT-US: Voyages of the Green Armada Mark Weisenmiller TAMPA, Florida, 18 Jan (IPS) - name of one of the hottest new environmental non-profit organisations in the United States reflects the eternal optimism of its founders. more...   LABOUR-US: Under Siege, Unions Seek Int'l Support Abra Pollock WASHINGTON, 13 Dec (IPS) - In the face of globalisation, the U.S. labour movement is striving to reinvent -- and reinvigorate -- itself by establishing closer ties with the world's network of international unions. more...   ECONOMY-US: Stemming the Trickle-Up Effect Abra Pollock WASHINGTON, 10 Oct (IPS) - When he took office last year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he was increasingly concerned about the widening gap between the nation's rich and poor. more...   ENVIRONMENT-US: A Budding Market for Food Less Traveled Enrique Gili* - IPS/IFEJ SAN DIEGO, California, 4 Oct (IPS) - The scent of portobello mushrooms wafts through the air as two of the three co-owners of Roots prep for their morning customers. more...