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Biofuels and hunger, two sides of the same coin
Europe's pro-biofuel policies are taking food from the mouths of millions of people in central America, causing severe malnutrition and increasing child mortality
Monbiot: Rio+20 produces 283 paragraphs of fluff
190 governments express "deep concern" about the world's environmental crises, but don't plan to do anything about them.
A tale of two conferences: The social and ecological crises of capitalism
In Mexico and Brazil, the capitalist elite discusses how to continue exploiting humans and the natural world in the service of profit, while cloaking their intentions in the benign language of growth, development and sustainability.
Canada, US, and Vatican unite against human rights at Rio+20
Amnesty International describes "a shameful alliance against making a commitment to human rights"
Video: Canadian youth activist opens People's Plenary in Rio
Cameron Fenton: "Without a full turn around by world leaders and their representatives Rio is set to go down in history as one of the most colossal failures on on climate change and environmental protection."
Raul Castro at Rio+20: "The only alternative is to build more just societies""
Cuban President Raul Castro told the UN conference in Rio de Janeiro, that the rich countries cannot continue living well at the expense of the poor.
Thousands march through Rio to demand climate action from UN
Tens of thousands of protesters joined an enormous demonstration through the centre of the Rio de Janeiro, to demand economic justice and action over climate change.
Bolivian activists: This is not "The future we want"
All governments must reject this agreement and halt the negotiations process until concrete commitments are made to replace the neo-liberal model with one based on fair development in harmony with nature and the philosophy of Living Well (Vivir Bien)
Rio+20: The earth summit heads for 'epic failure'
"Abandon hope all ye who enter here" should have been written over the entrance to the Rio+20 summit.