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28.03.2008 Join thousands of Stop Climate Chaos coalition campaigners for a Week of Action - 30 March to 5 April - to strengthen the UK Climate Change Bill.

28.03.2008 Suomi avustaa Maailman ruokaohjelmaa WFP:tä tänä vuonna kaikkiaan kahdellatoista miljoonalla eurolla. WFP:tä vaivaa rahoitusvaje, joka johtuu ruoan ja polttoaineen kallistumisesta.

28.03.2008 "Carbon dioxide emissions were lower in 2007 than 2006, although the suspicion is that this is down to good luck rather than good judgement," comments Friends of the Earth's energy campaigner.

27.03.2008 The way Britain treats asylum-seekers falls "seriously below" the standards of a civilised society, says the Independent Asylum Commission.

27.03.2008 Join London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s call for Porsche to back down from its complaints against the CO2 charge.

27.03.2008 Tampereen kaupunginvaltuusto hyväksyi keskiviikkona 26.3. kaupunginhallituksen esityksen Reilun kaupan kaupungin arvonimen hakemiseksi. Tampereesta saattaa tulla Suomen ensimmäinen tätä arvonimeä kantava kaupunki.

27.03.2008 Vihreiden mukaan kehitysrahat pitää irrottaa valtion talouden menokehyksistä, jotta Suomi voi hoitaa velvoitteena köyhyyden poistamiseksi taloussuhdanteista riippumatta. Ehdotus ei miellyttänyt valtiovarainministeri Jyrki Kataista – hänen mukaansa jaettava ei lisäänny pelisääntöjä muuttamalla.

27.03.2008 Paljon puhuttu globalisaatio näkyy myös koulujen arjessa. Kansainvälisyyskasvatus kuuluu opetussuunnitelmiin, ja luokissa vierailee esimerkiksi kansalaisjärjestöjen Kotina maapallo -hankkeen nuoria kouluttajia.

25.03.2008 British and French leaders Gordon Brown and Nicholas Sarkozy will this week sign up to an entente atomique and herald a new era of cross-Channel cooperation.

25.03.2008 Many young people are effectively being "raised online" spending over 20 hours a week using sites such as bebo, Myspace, Facebook and YouTube, according to new research.
Institute for Public Policy Research

24.03.2008 In a few weeks every fuel company in the UK will be obliged to include biofuel in their petrol and diesel supplies. But many people are worried about the environmental impact of biofuels.
+ Biofuels: a solution that became part of the problem

23.03.2008 The 25 new and most pressing issues likely to affect biodiversity in the UK between now and 2050.

21.03.2008 Campaigners staged a demonstration against sweatshop labour when Banana Republic, the up-market chain of the Gap clothes empire, opened its first European store in London.

21.03.2008 The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has upheld a complaint from The Camp for Climate Action at Heathrow in August 2007. The complaint against the Evening Standard 'seriously breached the PCC's Code, which the newspaper should have recognised earlier and sought to remedy'.
From: PCC

20.03.2008 A new exhibition at London's Science Museum will takes a look at aviation and its impact on climate change.

20.03.2008 Airlines that run empty "ghost flights", needlessly pumping hundreds of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, should face heavy fines, environmentalists have demanded.
From: The Independent

20.03.2008 Support for failing states, stabilising areas recovering from conflict - including a 1,000 strong civilian force - and tackling violent extremism are among proposals in Britain's newly unveiled National Security Strategy.
From UK Cabinet office

20.03.2008 One of the biggest fashion retailers in the US, Banana Republic, last night began an investigation into allegations that workers in India who make its clothes are being forced to work more than 70 hours a week for as little as 15p an hour.

19.03.2008 The British government’s plans for clean coal are another great green scam, writes George Monbiot.
From: Monbiot.com

19.03.2008 Kansanedustaja Kari Kärkkäinen (kd.) esittää välikysymystä kehitysyhteistyön määrärahoista, jotka hallitus päätti jättää ennalleen kehyspäätöksessään. Suurin oppositiopuolue sosiaalidemokraatit ei ole asiasta innostunut, vaikka sanookin kannattavansa kehitysrahojen lisäämistä.