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Freeze, Company!

Most U.S. companies suspected of breaking environmental laws are never charged with a crime, as federal prosecutors often opt to seek civil fines instead of pursuing criminal sanctions, according to […]

We Should Be There Right Now, But We're Writing These Dumb Headlines Instead

In one of the largest protests in recent history, tens of thousands are taking to the streets of Seattle today to demonstrate against the World Trade Organization, which officially launches […]

What the demonstrators are fighting for

SEATTLE, Wash. In the USA today, according to USA Today, the holiday shopping season opened with a 6.4 percent jump in sales from last year. The Labor Department reported that […]

Raj Patel, anti-WTO activist

Raj Patel has worked for both the WTO and World Bank, and is currently active in campaigns against them. He is based in Ithaca, N.Y., where he is a Ph.D. […]

Where to go for the word on the WTO

216.122.30.133/wto This exhaustive calendar lists all the action in Seattle. www.worldtradeobserver.org The World Trade Observer provides daily coverage of the events in Seattle and includes magazine-style articles, as well as […]

There's a Place in France Where the Mad Protestors Dance

Some 5,000 environmentalists, farmers, and other French citizens marched through Paris on Saturday to demand that the World Trade Organization put people before profits at its ministerial meeting that begins […]

Whales Get a Really, Really, Really Big Sanctuary

France, Italy, and Monaco on Thursday created the first whale sanctuary north of the equator, an area in the Mediterranean Sea twice the size of Switzerland. Thirteen cetacean species live […]

Dry Me a River

More than half of the world’s major rivers are polluted or are going dry, according to the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century, which is meeting at The […]

Once Bitten, But Not Shy at All

Ukraine restarted the last working nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant on Friday after almost five months of repairs, ignoring strong international pressure to shut it down. Ukrainian officials […]

Exhortin' Us to Hear the WHO

Environmental degradation increasingly threatens the existence of the world’s 300 million indigenous people, as do disease and poverty, according to a report released Friday by the World Health Organization. For […]