CANADA Opposition Builds to New "Tar Sands" Pipeline Jillian Kestler-D'Amours MONTREAL, 17 Jan (IPS) - As public hearings began earlier this month into a controversial pipeline that would transport crude oil from the Alberta tar sands to tankers along the coast of British Columbia, environmental groups and First Nations communities have raised staunch opposition to the project, which they say puts both the environment and their traditional way of life at risk. more...   Report Exposes "Survival Sex Trade" in Post-Earthquake Haiti Kanya D'Almeida NEW YORK, 12 Jan (IPS) - Eighteen-year-old "Kettlyne", a Haitian orphan living in the rubble-strewn Croix Deprez camp – one of the many remaining tent-cities that houses refugees from the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake – is unable to feed her three-year-old daughter. more...   Rio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed? Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, 11 Jan (IPS) - Humanity is driving Earth's climate and ecosystems towards dangerous tipping points, requiring radical new forms of international cooperation and governance, experts say. more...   HAITI Open for Business – Part 2 Correspondents* - IPS/Haiti Grassroots Watch PORT-AU-PRINCE, 20 Dec (IPS) - Ever since being elected earlier this year, Haitian President Michel Martelly and his team have been betting Haiti's reconstruction on foreign investors. more...   SOUTH SUDAN Women Aim to Protect Their Rights in a Young State Amanda Wilson WASHINGTON, 15 Dec (IPS) - As South Sudan maps out its economic future at the South Sudan International Engagement Conference (IEC) this week in Washington, women from the new country called on donors to invest in projects that ensure women benefit equally from development plans. more...   US-EU Economic Crisis Threatens Global Recession, U.N. Warns Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 1 Dec (IPS) - The United Nations Thursday reaffirmed a lingering fear haunting Western capitals: the world economy is teetering on the brink of another major downturn and heading towards a global economic recession. more...   Millions Stand to Benefit from Farmers' Co-ops Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, 22 Nov (IPS) - The 925 million people who went hungry in 2010 are just one facet of an ever-worsening food security crisis. Both food producers and consumers face the consequences of price volatility and unsustainable agricultural practices - challenges that leave leaders on local and global levels alike seeking sustainable models for agriculture. more...   GHANA Toxic Electronic Waste Contaminates Surrounding Area Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, 1 Nov (IPS) - Mountains of hazardous waste grow by about 40 million tons every year. This waste, mostly from Europe and North America, is burned in developing countries like Ghana in a hazardous effort to recover valuable metals. more...   Q&A Cooperatives a "Compelling Model of Economic Enterprise" José Domingo Guariglia interviews FELICE LLAMAS, focal point on cooperatives for the United Nations UNITED NATIONS, 29 Oct (IPS) - With 800 million members in over 100 countries, the cooperative sector is a globally important group of collective organisations. On Oct. 31, the United Nations (U.N.) will begin a year of recognising their importance by launching the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) in New York. more...   HAITI Nascent Union Charges Reprisals by Textile Factory Owners Ansel Herz* PORT-AU-PRINCE, 27 Oct (IPS) - Workers in Haiti's apparel manufacturing sector charge that factory owners are repressing attempts to organise workers in the capital, after the dismissals of six of seven leading members of a new union within just two weeks of its formation. more...