Wal-Mart pledges $2 billion in food and grants to fight hunger

13 05 2010

Wal-Mart announced plans Wednesday to donate $2 billion over five years to food banks and hunger relief organizations, one of the largest charitable efforts that the nation’s largest grocer has undertaken. The Bentonville, Ark.-based chain said it will give more than 1.1 billion pounds of food — from packaged goods to fresh [...]

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Niger : l’héritage radioactif légué par AREVA

11 05 2010

Areva extrait de l’uranium au Nord du Niger, autour des villes d’Arlit et d’Akokan, depuis 40 ans. Greenpeace a pu accéder à certaines zones d’extraction minière en novembre dernier pour prélever des échantillons de sol, d’eau et d’air. La CRIIRAD, laboratoire indépendant, les a ensuite analysés en France. Résultat : la radioactivité dans ces zones [...]

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BP shareholder in Pa. sues execs over Gulf oil spill

10 05 2010

NEW ORLEANS – A BP shareholder has filed suit against the corporation’s top executives because of the offshore rig disaster that has led to the growing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Filed in federal court in New Orleans on Friday, the lawsuit by Pennsylvania resident Katherine Firpo accuses Anthony B. Hayward, the chief [...]

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HP in Deep Duty

5 05 2010

Hewlett-Packard is running into quite a bit of trouble abroad these days. First, allegations of bribery in Russia, and now claims of customs evasion in India. That country’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence this week claimed that HP ducked some $322 million in customs duties by undervaluing shipments of computers, printers, [...]

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News on Jirau project from Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira

3 05 2010

The following news items have been sent to Covalence by Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira:
Letter to GDF Suez (French)
Letter to GDF Suez (Portuguese) | Annex
Un projet hydroélectrique de la multinationale française GDF Suez met en danger les dernières tribus isolées d’Amazonie | Le Monde
GDF Suez convoite l’or bleu de l’Amazone | Le Soir
En Amazonie, [...]

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