Growing concerns over radiation risks as report finds widespread environmental damage on an unimaginable scale in the US Font: The Guardian Fracking in America generated 280bn US gallons of toxic waste water last year – enough to flood all of Washington DC beneath a 22ft deep toxic lagoon, a new

In the three years since the Lisbon Treaty entered into force, EU decision-making has become more complex and opaque, and there are signs that the secondary legislative procedure, or comitology, no longer exists, writes Daniel Guéguen. Font: EurActiv.com Daniel Guéguen is a lawyer and economist who worked for more than 35 years in

This briefing analyses leaked proposals for so-called investor-state dispute settlement under the proposed EU-US deal and reveals a determined lobby campaign from industry lobby groups and law firms to grant unprecedented rights to corporations to sue governments for legislation and regulations that interfere with their profits. The proposed Transatlantic Trade

El Gobierno se compromete por escrito a compensar a Acciona si se anula la privatización por el lucro cesante, los costes financieros y las inversiones hechas Font: El Pais Cuando en enero pasado el gabinete jurídico de la Generalitat defendió ante el Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña (TSJC) que

Aquí podeu consultar el pla de rescat a Grècia fixat per la Troika el 2012. Entre molts aspectes, la privatització de l’aigua a Grècia i Tessalònica, en contra de la sobirania nacional i en contra els tractats europeus que fixen la neutralitat de la Comissió Europea en el sector de l’aigua.

Severn Trent is the latest water company to be targeted for takeover by a motley group of investment funds. An analysis of their past deals reveals huge profits, meagre tax bills and a seemingly casual approach to ethical concerns. Once again public assets are turned into wealth for the few.

“A business of real public importance can only be carried on advantageously upon so large a scale as to render the liberty of competition almost illusory […] It is much better to treat it at once as a public function.” J.S. Mill, 1872 “The Commission believes that the privatisation of

With a view to 25 years of the privatisation of the water sector in 2014, our affiliated union UNISON has commissioned a report about the water industry in the UK. The report demonstrates that the water industry in England needs radical reform. Font: European Federation of Public Service Unions The

La ola de privatizaciones afecta a prestaciones básicas como el agua, la limpieza, el transporte y hasta los cementerios públicos Los expertos no creen demostrado que la gestión privada sea más eficiente Font: elPais Los servicios municipales de las principales ciudades andaluzas son cada vez menos públicos. Los autobuses, la