News headlines in 2015, page 38

MEXICO CITY, Aug 11 (IPS) - A few centuries ago, the biotechnology industry would have been able to buy a papal bull to expiate its sins and grant it redemption. But in his encyclical on the environment, "Laudato Si", Pope Francis condemns genetically modified organisms (GMOs) without leaving room for a pardon.

NEW YORK, Aug 10 (IPS) - Protesters rallied outside Japan's Sendai nuclear plant a day ahead of its planned opening and four years after the Fukushima disaster galvanised opposition to nuclear power in the country.

MOSCOW, Aug 10 (IPS) - We refer to the IPS article posted by Mr. Somar Wijayadasaa former Representative at the United Nations.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Aug 10 (IPS) - Award-winning St. Lucian poet and playwright Kendel Hippolyte thinks that Caribbean nationals should view the Earth as their mother.

BERLIN/TOKYO, Aug 10 (IPS) - Seventy years after the brutal and militarily unwarranted atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, a nuclear weapons free world is far from within reach.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 08 (IPS) - Brazil's rush to build hydroelectric dams, refineries, railways, ports and other megaprojects since the last decade, not only at home but in other countries as well, has been fueled by the sheer volume of financing from its development bank.

MANILA, Aug 07 (IPS) - Renewable energy is now being seen by many people around the world as a cost-effective development solution both for developed and developing nations. Countries have slowly been realising that the use of coal and the huge amount of carbon emissions it generates harms the environment and impacts our daily activities.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - This week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally unveiled the details of his Clean Power Plan (CPP), a comprehensive carbon-cutting strategy he described as "the biggest and most important step…ever taken to combat climate change" in a prior video address posted on Facebook.

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 07 (IPS) - The traditions of Argentina's gauchos or cowboys have joined together with modern agricultural technology in a unique alliance between stockbreeders and environmentalists aimed at preserving biodiversity in the pampas, boosting productivity, and enhancing the flavour of this South America's country's famous beef.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - As part of a politically-amusing annual ritual, the guessing game is on at the United Nations: will he, or will he not, address the General Assembly, along with more than 150 heads of state who are due in New York next month?