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Propaganda by Proxy: How the EU funds green lobby groups

The European Union is funding some of the most powerful environmental NGOs in Brussels – while in turn, they lobby the EU for more money and influence.

March 8, 2010
New study: Taxes on medicines are a tax on the sick

New analysis reveals Iran, Nigeria, Nepal among the worst; countries should strive to abolish medicine tariffs

January 25, 2010
Gordon Brown’s publicity stunt won’t help the poor

Think tank warns against minimum spending law on aid

January 15, 2010
New Study - A Closer Union: The Political Abuse of Foreign Aid

New study details how the Trades Union Congress receives taxpayers’ money intended to promote economic development in poor countries

January 11, 2010
Time for a rational approach to agriculture

Modern agricultural technologies are the answer, not the problem

January 6, 2010
Alec van Gelder: WTO Ministerial A Pointless Exercise
December 2, 2009

Most recent opinion

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Don’t slash spending – re-think it
10 Mar 2010 - 3:11pm

The strikes in Greece against budget cuts are a warning to all the other governments which have dug themselves into deep debt.  But the good news for some - including Obama's new National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - is that budget reform can be done: Canada did it the mid-'90s.

We Gain From Trade With China
23 Feb 2010 - 4:53pm

China makes iPods, but the value it adds is only $4 for a $150 Apple iPod. Is trade with China a bad thing?

Stop turning cheap food into expensive fuel
17 Feb 2010 - 2:54pm

Biofuels don't make sense for the environment, the economy or the taxpayer

Upcoming events

Is the world going to run out of food?

IPN Environment Project Director, Caroline Boin, will be debating the "countdown to starvation."

March 22, 2010
3rd Annual Packaging and Labelling Congress

Julian Harris is speaking at the 3rd Annual Packaging and Labelling Congress.

April 13, 2010 - April 14, 2010