ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Microplastics worse for crabs and other marine life than previously thought: Enter through gills

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

  ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   Microplastics worse for crabs and other marine life than previously thought: Enter through gills Posted: 18 Jul 2014 08:56 AM PDT The tiny plastic particles polluting our seas are not only orally ingested by marine creatures, but also enter their systems through their gills, …

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

JULY/AUGUST 2013 Para español haga clic aquí. This month we bring you news about a free webinar on the Sustainable Development Goals and post-2015 agenda, a new ECI documentary, publications, educational opportunities, new staff, and more! Have a look! CONTENT Free Earth Charter webinar on post-2015 and Sustainable Development Goals …

Online seminars to introduce the Earth Charter and the Initiative

kristyGreen Prosperity, Global Citizen, Earth Systems Science

Online seminars to introduce the Earth Charter and the Initiative ECI Secretariat will be offering four online seminars to introduce the Earth Charter, once a week every week in September. Click here for more… ___________________________________________________________________________ An independent policy paper on the Earth Charter and Rio+20 is now available Three scholars …

Amendments for free – MEPs work with lobbyists to water down derivatives legislation

kristySRI/ESG News

AMENDMENTS FOR FREE New article from Corporate Europe Observatory Three MEPs were recently caught red-handed after tabling amendments to EU-legislation in return for money. This was a major scandal. But Corporate Europe Observatory has found that it is still standard practice in the Parliament for lobbyists to draft amendments – …

Financial lobby manipulates bond debate, Commission acts in the

kristyReforming Global Finance

NEW ARTICLE FROM CEO: BETTING ON INSECURITY The financial lobby has exploited the opacity of financial markets to avoid curbs on speculation against EU member state economies. The lack of precise information on what happened with Greek, Irish, Portuguese and Spanish bonds might – ironically – have protected the speculators …