Green or Greedy? Corporations’ Role in Global Sustainable Development

Worldwatch Institute

February 6, 2015

As national governments struggle to resolve pressing global challenges, corporations are positioning themselves within the United Nations framework as efficient players and crucial partners in international policy debates. But with their immense economic and political sway, can corporations contribute to development discussions without the “corporate capture” of governance? In the

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Pest Control Products Act 'act'

Sierra Club

February 5, 2015

Government members of the Federal Standing Committee on Health are using their majority to force a very quick review of the Pest Control Products Act (the law that governs the licensing of pesticides in Canada). But why the big rush? To get it over with quickly before the public knows what’s happening? One acute observer described the government members as 'railroading' the Act. Concerned? John

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