[posted by David Shephardson on Reuters, February 2, 2018] The U.S. Justice Department is seeking “substantial” civil fines from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV after the government filed suit accusing the company of illegally using software that led to excess emissions in 104,000 U.S. diesel vehicles sold since 2014, a person briefed on the matter said on Friday. Bloomberg News reported Friday that the Justice Department sent Fiat...

[posted by Melissa Twig on The Independent, January 30, 2018] When we turn on a tap, we in the developed world expect an endless stream of clean water to gush out. Like popping a pill when we have a headache or biting into a strawberry mid-winter, it’s a modern privilege most of us are barely even aware of. But South Africans are coming to the daunting realisation that the right to water and sanitation – one of the defining aspects of...

Rassegna Stampa

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[Posted by Joan Martinez-Alier on The Ecologist, January 31, 2018] Protects against the extraction of fossil fuels and other natural resources – ecological distribution conflicts – cannot simply be resolved by payments of compensation. That is because for most people outside of the corporate boardroom, money is not the primary concern. The Environmental Justice Atlas or EJAtlas of the Autonomous University of Barcelona...

A mani basse sui territori

[di Enzo Cripezzi su Focus/orientamenti] Lo spaccato raccontato in “Le mani sulla città”, memorabile opera cinematografica del regista Franco Rosi, appare oggi amaramente emblematico, facendo le debite proporzioni peggiorative. A dispetto del periodo di produzione – siamo nel 1963 – non può dirsi consegnato alla storia. In una scena, simbolica e significativa, il concetto di speculazione viene abilmente comunicato in poco più di un...