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>>This
Months Top Sustainable Development News from Bangladesh
31-7-2001
30-7-2001
29-7-2001
26-7-2001
- In
democracy, tolerance is the key
Chief Advisor Latifur Rahman
has underscored the need for top political leaders and parties to
exercise tolerance and restraint for an enabling atmosphere for a free
and fair election....
- Population
census: Bid to cover up blunders
The Bangladesh Bureau of
Statistics (BBS) has apparently resorted to a trick to cover up its
blunders and is now conducting a 'mock' post enumeration check of the
fourth population census, sources said....
- Ordinance
on electoral laws likely soon
President Shahabuddin Ahmad
is expected to promulgate an ordinance styled "Representation of
People's Order (Amendment) Act 2001" by next week....
- Good
news for SAARC
EVER since the postponement
of last SAARC Summit in November 1999 brought about by India's refusal
to share the same dais with Pakistan's military ruler the regional
forum has had a real rough ride....
- BGMEA,
ADB to study viability of RMG backward linkage industries
A delegation of Bangladesh
Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) led by its
President Kutubuddin Ahmed met Asian Development Bank (ADB) Resident
Director here Phiphit Suphaphiphat yesterday....
- South
Asia symposium on girl child opens
UNICEF and Pakistan undertake
to resolve issues of the girl child, eleven years into the SAARC
Decade of the Girl Child, to take action to claim their rights, says a
press release....
- Indian
software firms getting back to mundane biz
Faced with lower global tech
spending, Indian software companies, which had been trying to move up
the value chain, are reverting to mundane work like maintenance and
systems integration to keep the order...
25-7-2001
22-7-2001
- President
concerned at law & order situation
President Shahabuddin Ahmad
yesterday expressed grave concern at law and order downslide during a
one-hour meeting with the council of advisors at the Bangabhaban
yesterday....
- Govt
to borrow $150m from foreign banks
In the face of a fast
depleting foreign exchange reserve, the government is planning to
commercially borrow about $150 million from foreign banks to support
its major import needs....
- Japanese
press slams G7 economic statement for over-optimism
Japanese newspapers on Sunday
slammed the economic statement by Group of Seven (G7) leaders for
being too optimistic and lacking the determination to avoid global
recession....
- New
investment company goes into operation
A new private sector
development finance company, Industrial & Infrastructure
Development Finance Company Ltd, has been launched for promoting and
financing new investments in industrial and infrastructure...
- BB
T-bill auction held
The 150th auction of the
28-day, 91-day, 182-day, 364-day, 2-year and 5-year treasury bills
were held here yesterday. Some Tk 1944 crore, Tk 20 crore, Tk 73 crore,
Tk 21 crore and Tk 7....
- River
erosion affects 35 villages in Narail
At least 35 villages in
Lohagora and Kalia upazilas of Narail district have been badly
affected by erosion of the mighty Madhumati and Navaganga rivers....
- Different
ways of measuring human development
Can one attain the highest
possible level of human progress and development without achieving a
high degree of self- contentment? If not, how does one measure
something so intangible as self-contentment?...
- G
8 ups the ante for world's poor
The leaders of the world's
rich powers, heavily criticised for failing the poor, promised to lift
Africa out of poverty and launch a new world fund against the scourge
of AIDS at the end of a summit yesterday....
21-7-2001
- Call
to protect Osmany Udyan
Hundreds of protestors
including academics, environmental activists, professional leaders,
politicians and journalists at a rally yesterday demanded appropriate
legal measures to protect the Osmany Udyan....
- World
Bank endorses new environment strategy
The World Bank has endorsed a
new environment strategy aimed at further integrating environmental
concerns into the Bank's future projects and programmes....
- Poor
ASEAN nations call for narrowing development gap
Poorer members of the diverse
Southeast Asian bloc Saturday stepped up demands for their more
advanced partners to intensify efforts to narrow the yawning gap in
levels of regional affluence....
- G
8 summit, protest go together
Fresh violence erupted at
protest marches on the second day of a world summit yesterday, with
riot police firing tear gas at demonstrators who smashed windows and
hurled ripped-up paving stones....
- HSBC
launching Phonebanking
The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in Bangladesh has launched its new
product Phonebanking, a state-of-the-art automated telephone banking
service, for its corporate customers,...
- BTTB
trying to update bills next month
The Bangladesh Telegraph and
Telephone Board (BTTB) is trying to update preparation and delivery of
subscribers' telephone bills by the end of next month....
- Revisiting
the corruption debate
Combating corruption is now
increasingly recognised as a crucial step in stimulating economic
growth and reducing poverty. Our government can no longer afford to
sweep the issue under the rug....
- Draft
of electoral rules finalized
After a series of meetings, the
Election Commission has prepared a draft of electoral rules with
provisions for stern action against offenders....
- Hasina
demands duty-free access of LDC products to US market
Awami League president and
immediate-past prime minister Sheikh Hasina has demanded zero-tariff
access of goods of the least developed countries (LDCs), including
Bangladesh, to the US market....
- Make
health services affordable
Speakers at a discussion
yesterday underscored the need for better administration and
management of the health sector to make its services affordable and
accessible to the people....
- Besieged
by swelling sewerage
OVERBURDENED and overflowing
sewerage has become sort of a signature of city life these days. Be it
in the old or new part of the city, clogged drains and choked sewers
pose a common sight....
19-7-2001
- Export
option considered in recently-signed PSCs
All the four production
sharing contracts (PSCs) under the second round block bidding for oil
and gas exploration in Bangladesh were done, keeping in mind the
option for gas export in future, Petrobangla...
- Illegal
structures along Buriganga demolished
About 40 illegal structures
along the Buriganga were demolished yesterday during a joint drive to
recover the foreshore of Dhaka river port....
- Administrative
reshuffle
The hornet's nest seems to
have been stirred with Justice Latifur Rahman, chief advisor to the
caretaker government, effecting a plethora of administrative changes
at the secretaries' level within hours...
- Foreign
partners in KAFCO drain out money while govt swallows loss
The foreign investors of
Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (KAFCO) have drained out huge money as
project constructors. They also made money as sales commission for
product marketing....
- Police
raid Genoa for arms as protests against G8 begin
Italian police swept Genoa
for arms and raided anarchist squats Tuesday as three new bomb scares
heightened security fears in the Italian city three days before a
Group of Eight summit, legal sources said....
- Law
centre opens to help developing nations in WTO
An independent body to help
developing countries handle legal issues and defend their interests at
the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was formally launched Tuesday, one
of its senior officers said....
- Fish
crisis in Faridpur, Netrakona
Severe crisis of fish has
been prevailing in Faridpur and Netrakona districts. Our Faridpur
Correspondent reports: Acute crisis of fish has been persisting in all
the markets of the district....
- World
Bank to launch cyber-gateway to development
The World Bank is launching
its most ambitious information project to date: an Internet portal
that aims to be a major entry-point to the Web's resources on
development issues....
- Bangladesh
gas to India
UNOCAL has signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the West Bengal Government on
the supply of natural gas from Bangladesh, reports BBC....
- Preventing
HIV epidemic
Reflecting on the outcome of the
United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, Dr Gro
Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organisation,
declared "We health professionals...
18-7-2001
17-7-2001
- Chief Advisor
addresses: No
alternative to arms recovery, stern steps against terrorists
Head of caretaker government
Justice Latifur Rahman has pledged to arrange a free and fair election
through the recovery of illegal arms and stern action against
terrorists and their patrons....
- 10
advisors sworn in, portfolios allocated
Ten advisors of the caretaker
government headed by Chief Advisor Justice Latifur Rahman were sworn
in yesterday....
- Ministry
takes drive for expansion of finer quality rice cultivation
Bangladesh can enter the
international market with its scented rice varieties like Katarivog,
and this would create a new source of foreign exchange for the
country....
- Indian
airline chooses Mercator software systems
Indian domestic airline Royal
Airways, based in Delhi, has chosen Mercator, the Emirates airline IT
services subsidiary based in Dubai, to provide its reservations and
departure control systems, saysa...
- Wokshop
held on Dhaka flood control project
A daylong workshop on the
proposed 'Dhaka Eastern Bypass-Cum-Flood Control Project' was held at
the conference room of Jamuna Bridge Division with its Secretary Syed
Marghub Murshed in the chair on Sunday....
- ADAB,
CEN slate felling of trees at Osmani Uddyan
The Association of
Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB) and Coalition of
Environmental NGOs (CEN) have strongly protested the felling of over
100 trees at city's Osmani Uddyan by a vested quarter....
- Sound
pollution poses threat to public health
Sound pollution in Madaripur
town has been posing threat to the public health as it crossed the
tolerable limit. According to experts, the tolerable level of sound
for human being is 45 decibel....
- US
lauds Dhaka's effort for democracy
US Secretary of State Colin L
Powell appreciated Bangladesh's role in bringing stability to the
South Asia region....
- Pollution
from 903 industries to be checked
A Division Bench of the High
Court Division of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice Joynul
Abedin and Justice A. B. M....
- Most
polluted city
Since we are achieving
various titles like 'the most corrupt country', 'bottomless basket',
etc, I am waiting for the official announcement that Dhaka is the
'most polluted city in the world' (unofficially..
- Unthinkable
land grab
Grabbing land, whatever it
is-even government land-has become too easy nowadays provided
blessings are there from the influential quarters. And that is what
happened in case of grabbing 2...
16-7-2001
- Chief
Advisor sworn in
Justice Latifur Rahman was
sworn in as chief advisor of the caretaker government yesterday
evening....
- Appeal
to save Osmany Udyan
Hundreds of angry
demonstrators on Sunday staged a rally vehemently protesting the
felling of over 100 trees inside the Osmany Udyan in the late night on
Friday to grab the land for constructing ahotel-cum-shopping...
- Constitutional
provisions for caretaker government
With former chief justice
Latifur Rahman sworn in as the chief advisor of the caretaker
government, tenure of the Sheikh Hasina government expired
yesterday....
- Chief
Advisor addresses nation today
Chief Adviser of the
caretaker government Justice Latifur Rahman will address the nation at
7:30 pm today. Bangladesh Betar and Bangla-desh Television will
broadcast his address simultaneously....
- 10
advisors take oath today
President Shahabuddin Ahmed
will appoint and administer oath of office to 10 advisors of the new
caretaker government today....
- WB
finds budget targets hard to meet Bank says foreign aid disbursement
unlikely to increase in FY02
The World Bank has said it is
unlikely that disbursement of official development assistance would
increase during FY02 even if reform programmes are initiated by the
new government....
- Internet
trade to boost income of ASEAN's 200m poor farmers
Southeast Asia's poor farmers
will have a chance to raise their incomes and leapfrog decades of
underdevelopment when a regional project allowing them to trade their
products via the Internet is launched...
- World
leaders, protesters set for G8 showdown
Up to 100,000 anti-globalisation
protesters are set to descend on Genoa, Italy, this week, stepping up
fears of violence at a Group of Eight Summit. Organisers plan
peaceful, mass action....
- Taiwan
IT industry faces first slump
A prolonged world economic
slowdown has dragged Taiwan's once proud information technology (IT)
industry to its first ever decline, analysts say....
-
Victims
of Air Pollution
With air pollution going on
unabated Dhaka city is heading towards a big health disaster, writes
Noor Ayesha. WHEN Noor Alam, a kid of two years three months,
was brought to the Dhaka Shishu Hospital one day last month doctors
thought it was an usual case of malnutrition. The kid had difficulty
in walking and speech. He used to cry repeatedly.
15-7-2001
14-7-2001
12-7-2001
10-7-2001
9-7-2001
- Chief
Advisor may move into Jamuna today
The chief advisor to the
forthcoming non-party caretaker government, Justice Latifur Rahman, is
scheduled today to move into his official residence, the state guest
house Jamuna....
- CEC
expects polls in first week of October
Chief Election Commissioner MA
Syed expects the next general election to take place in the first week
of October, weather permitting....
- Hasina
to attend G-8 summit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
will attend the G-8 summit in Italy later this month in her individual
capacity as the leader of the LDCs to speak on poverty alleviation,
official sources said yesterday....
- BGMEA
for talks with ADB to end controversy over textile sector
The Bangladesh Garment
Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday asked the
Asian Development Bank (ADB) to sit for a discussion with the
association to remove the controversy arising out...
- Seminar
on e-commerce held at JOBS
DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Ltd
and eVastra Corporation, USA, displayed their prototype
business-to-business web portal at the JOBS Project office in Gulshan
in the city Wednesday, says a press release....
- Voter
database CDs reviewed
Election Commission officials
at a workshop yesterday reviewed the technical aspects of its Voter
Database Compat Disks (CDs), containing voter lists of all the four
districts under Sylhet division....
- Acid
attack? 4 of a family killed in Munshiganj
Four members of a family were
killed and three others injured at village Shikaipara in Sadar upazila
early yesterday....
- More
IT firms eye lucrative medical transcription market
With a view to capture business
in the booming medical transcription and insurance claims processing
of the US healthcare industry, Far Infotech Ltd, a local company, has
set up a joint venture with the...
8-7-2001
- Cooperative
Day observed
- New
grading system will be modified
The newly introduced grading
system will be modified to make it at par with standard international
systems, the authorities concerned said yesterday....
- Avoid
oil exploration in Sundarbans
The Sunadarbans, a world
heritage site and key to ecological balance in south-west Bangladesh,
must be protected from oil and gas exploration and its flora and fauna
including the Royal Bengal Tiger must...
- BB
to review pending claims of Jamdani saree, lungi, gamchha export
subsidy
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has
formed a committee to review the claims for cash subsidy by exporters
of Jamdani saree, lungi and gamchha (kind of a towel) to decide
whether their export claims are genuine....
- Workshop
begins today on HR, gender issues
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
(BSS), the national news agency, will begin a two-day media workshop
on human rights and gender issues from today to equip its newspersons
with the tools and techniques of reporting...
- Sundarbans
Irregularities in bio-diversity project alleged
Various irregularities are
going on in the construction work of bio-diversity conservation
project of the Sundarbans, sources said....
- Erosion
threatens Chandpur Irrigation Project
The erosion by the River Meghna
once again threatens the existence of "Chandpur Irrigation
Project (CIP)", one of the biggest irrigation projects of
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)....
- UNB
report contradicted
Alliance for Cooperation and
Legal Aid Bangladesh (ACLAB) has denied allegation of misappropriation
of fund for rehabilitation of sex workers in Jessore as reported by
UNB and published in certain national...
7-7-2001
5-7-2001
- Appoint
Chief Advisor just after expiry of JS tenure
A high-powered BNP delegation
met President Shahabuddin Ahmad at the Bangabhaban yesterday and urged
him to appoint Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government immediately
after expiry of tenure of the
- Indo-Bangla
border talks inconclusive
Dhaka and Delhi spelled out
their respective positions and views regarding demarcation of the
undemarcated boundary and exchange of enclaves and 'adverse positions'
at the three-day border talks that...
- Kibria
terms lending rates high
A leading NGO sponsored
commercial bank -- BRAC Bank Ltd (BBL) -- started its formal journey
yesterday with a promise to open up new horizons for accelerated
growth and development to eradicate poverty....
- 3000-line
digital phone exchange opens at Naogaon
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
yesterday opened a 3000-line digital telephone exchange for Naogaon
district headquarters and another 300-line digital telephone exchange
for Dashmina in Patuakhali district....
- Indians
hack 2 Bangladeshis, take away 200 cows
More than 100 Indian citizens
backed by BSF trespassed on Bangladesh territory of Bilvatia in
Bholahat upazila, hacked two farmers and forcibly took away 200 head
of cattle on Tuesday....
- General
elections 2001: Choice before voters
The citizens would wish firm
commitment in the manifestos and in public articulation of the
political parties-- their respective stand on either resorting to or
discarding hartal as means of political...
- DeltaSoft
IT training programme
Quality IT training is the
pre-condition for creating appropriate employment opportunities for
the young, qualified generation of Bangladesh, said Managing Director
of DeltaSoft Limited, Ashraful H Chowdhury...
4-7-2001
2-7-2001
- 6720
BADC DTWs lying idle affecting irrigation across country
- Equitable
use of water - The Independent Editorial
- A
right to know the facts about HIV and AIDS
- The
best use of gas resources
Increasingly, Bangladesh has been thrust into a situation where it has
to very quickly decide how it wishes to use its gas resources, the
best source of finite energy found so far on its soil....
- Indo-Bangla
border talks begin today
Bangladesh and Indian officials
begin a three-day border talks in Dhaka today....
- Last
minute hitch delays GP's WAP service by a month
The launching of mobile
Internet service by the country's leading mobile phone provider
Grameen Phone (GP), scheduled to start yesterday, has been delayed by
a month, GrameenPhone officials said....
- Experts
see Asian economies picking up by year-end
Four years after Thailand
devalued the baht and sent East Asia spinning into crisis, gloom has
again descended on the region's economies, but economists are sticking
by predictions of a turnaround...
- Roundtable
on arsenic tomorrow
A day-long high-profile
roundtable on "arsenic crisis today - strategy for tomorrow"
will be held in the city tomorrow to sensitize the magnitude of the
arsenic contamination that has afflicted a vast...
- Netherlands
to grant Tk 57cr for IT training
Bangladesh will receive Tk 57
crore as grant under the Netherlands ORET programme for purchasing
10,388 computers, computer equipment and training of 6,764 teachers
under the Ministry of Education....
- Approaches
to poverty reduction in Bangladesh
WE live in a world of deep
poverty amidst plenty. Of the world's six billion people, 2.8 billion
almost half live on less than $2 a day, and 1.2 billion a fifth live
on less than $1 a day....
1-7-2001
30-6-2001
International News
>>This
Months Top Sustainable Development News Around the World
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U.S.
Kyoto counterplan demanded, Japan Times
-
After
the talk, time for action, Asia Times
-
Targets
for low-emission cars to be set, Japan Today
-
Weakness
on Warming, Washington Post
-
Kyoto
Deal Approved After Last-Minute Scare, Reuters
-
Congress
Moves to Follow on Kyoto, Los Angeles Times
-
Environmentalist
Claim Global Bid to Reduce 'Greenhouse Gases' Instead Cuts
Expectations, Los Angeles Times
-
Global
warming after Kyoto, Financial Times
-
Japan
may ratify Kyoto pact: Kawaguchi, Japan Times
-
Politics
and people remain obstacles to Kyoto, Reuters
-
U.S.
Left Out of Warming Treaty EU-Japan Bargain Saves Kyoto Pact,
Washington Post
-
Researchers
forecast rapid, irreversible climate warming, Environmental News
Network
-
178
Nations Reach Climate Accord; U.S. Only Looks On, New York Times
-
Alberta
to fight Kyoto 'breakthrough', Ottowa Citizen
-
Climate
Agreement Leaves U.S. Out in the Cold, Washington Post
-
Climate
deal: Is it enough?, BBC
-
Climate
summit ends with deal on Kyoto Protocol, Irish Times
-
Details
of Bonn Agreement on Kyoto, AP
-
DJ
EU Climate Change Negotiator Urges More Cuts In Emissions, AP
-
Fukuda
hints at Kyoto protocol ratification without U.S., Kyodo News
-
International
Nuclear Forum: Discrimination Toward Nuclear Electricity Jeopardizes
Climate Goals, Business Wire
-
Kyoto
could cost Alberta billions, Edmonton Journal
-
Main
points of Bonn deal, CNN
-
Obstacles
to Kyoto Remain - Politics And People, Reuters
-
Officials
to Tackle Fine Print to Seal Kyoto Deal, Reuters
-
Oilpatch
cautions against Kyoto, CBC
-
Powell:
US Will Work on Emissions Cuts, AP
-
Questions
Remain Over Kyoto Protocol, AP
-
Senators
Slam Bush on Kyoto; Others Say Pact Flawed, Reuters
-
Climate
Talks Start But Hopes of Deal Fade, Reuters
-
Climate
treaty 'will boost economies', BBC
-
Europe´s
Struggle to Salvage Kyoto, Radio Netherlands
-
Japan
and Europe to make economic gains by ratifying Kyoto without the USA,
WWF
-
U.N.
Talks on Global Warming Resume, AP
-
A
treaty gasping for air: This week's Bonn summit could decide the fate
of the Kyoto protocol, Financial Times
-
Bush
Faces Pressure on Global Warming, Washington Post
-
Climate
talks resume with pressure to save Kyoto pact, MSNBC
-
Crowded
skies impact air quality, MSNBC
-
European
leaders planning to urge Bush to back Kyoto pact on global warming,
Washington Post
-
Frustrated
Europeans Set to Battle U.S. on Climate, New York Times
-
Mexico
pledges to ratify Kyoto, Japan Today
-
Pressure
for Kyoto treaty changes to placate US, Irish Times
-
Talks
to save climate treaty begin, BBC
-
U.N.
Talks on Global Warming Resume, AP
-
Blueprint
to avert global disaster, Guardian
-
Bush
drilling a dry hole in US energy output boost, Reuters
-
Calif.
opens new power plant, awaits summer crunch, Reuters
-
Climate
group says Kyoto must proceed without US, Reuters
-
EU
says Kyoto deal might not be possible at Bonn, Reuters
-
Rosy
outlook for wind power as new markets emerge, Reuters
-
Australia,
Japan Back Away from Kyoto Climate Protocol, aujaback.htm
-
Japan
to press US on Kyoto, BBC
-
Carbon
sinks are 'a short-term fix', Times (UK)
-
EU
fears for climate deal after Australia talks, Reuters
-
Belgian
minister says Kyoto pact changes possible, Reuters
-
Carbon
sinks won't solve global warming - report, Reuters
-
Even
as the ink dried on the Kyoto protocol …, Times (UK)
-
India
road plan would cost 28,000 trees - minister, Reuters
-
Japan
environment minister to visit US on Kyoto, Reuters
-
Japan
PM resists pressures, sees time for Kyoto, Reuters
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Kyoto:
Why Care?, Times (UK)
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NZ,
Aussie split on Kyoto, New Zealand Herald
-
Bush
cuts aid to India, others for reducing global warming, South Nexus
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Front-Row
Exposure to Global Warming, LA Times
-
SUVs
Drive Area to Polllution Violations, Washington Post
-
Bush
Wants to Cut Global Warming Aid, AP
-
Bush
would cut funds to combat global warming, Salon
-
Europe
Sees the Heavy Hand of U.S. Over Climate Treaty, LA Times
-
Bush
Wants to Cut Global Warming Aid, AP
-
Compromise
sketched for Kyoto Protocol as talks loom, AFP
-
Europe
Sees the Heavy Hand of U.S. Over Climate Treaty, LA Times
-
Compromise
sketched for Kyoto Protocol as talks loom, AFP
-
Australia
Refuses Kyoto Protocol, AP
-
Australia
refuses to come clean on Kyoto position, Reuters
-
Australia
'unconvinced' on Kyoto, BBC
-
Environmental
groups slam Bush in radio advert campaign, Reuters
-
EU
Fears for Climate Deal After Australia Talks, Reuters
-
EU
Lobbies Australia to Back Kyoto Climate Pact, Reuters
-
EU
won't alter view on Kyoto, Chirac says, Japan Times
-
Germany
confident of deal with Japan on climate, Reuters
-
Hill
fails to give Australia's Kyoto Protocol stance to EU delegates,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
-
How
Kyoto's name will go down in history, Asahi Shimbun
-
Koizumi
walking fine line between U.S., EU on Kyoto, Asahi Shimbun
-
Push
on with Kyoto pact: Kawaguchi, Japan Times
-
U.N.
May Delay Climate Treaty's Target Date, New York Times
-
UK
study shows policy change needed to help cut CO2, Reuters
-
BUSH AND JAPANESE LEADER MEET AT CAMP
DAVID - New York Times
Internet: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/01/world/01PREX.html
Meeting in the relaxed setting of Camp David, President Bush and
Japan's new prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, jointly embraced a
rapid reform of Japan's recession-plagued economy but carefully
sidestepped major differences on global warming and missile defense.
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CLIMATE TREATY GULF YAWNS WIDE - BBC News
Internet: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1412000/1412357.stm
Crisis talks aimed at saving the Kyoto Protocol on climate change have
ended with little progress to report. The informal talks were supposed
to clear the way for a deal on the protocol's working at a conference
in Germany in July. But the chairman, Jan Pronk, the Dutch environment
minister, said there were still big differences unresolved. And the
prospect of agreement next month is far from certain.
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EU URGES US TO LET OTHER PARTIES GO AHEAD
WITH KYOTO PROTOCOL - People's Daily
Internet: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200106/28/eng20010628_73693.html
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday urged the United States to let
other parties go ahead with the agreed Kyoto Protocol to continue the
fight against global warming. Margot Wallstrom, the EU environment
commissioner, raised the question as to whether the U.S. would let
other parties that have signed the Kyoto Protocol go ahead with
implementing it. "Will the U.S. let other parties go ahead? That
is at least what (U.S.) President (George W.) Bush promised,"
said Wallstrom.
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CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS JUMP 2.7% IN THE
U.S. - LA Times
Internet: http://www.latimes.com/print/20010630/t000054022.html
WASHINGTON--Carbon dioxide emissions, a major contributor to global
warming, jumped nearly 3% in the United States last year while
declining in other industrialized nations, according to preliminary
estimates released Friday. The new figures, compiled by the U.S.
Energy Information Administration, show that the United States
released 1,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere in 2000, up 41 million tons from 1999. It was the biggest
U.S. increase in years.
-
Japan
pledges to enlist US in any new climate change treaty, AFP
-
U.S.
and Japan Plan New Climate Review, New York Times
-
Carbon
Dioxide Emissions Jump 2.7% in the U.S., LA Times
-
Key
countries resolve to honour Kyoto without US, Guardian (UK)
-
Koizumi
to Back Kyoto Accord in Meeting With Bush, Washington Post
-
Koizumi,
Bush Agree on Growth, Not on Kyoto Treaty, Reuters
-
Voluntary
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts Are Working, EarthVision
-
Weakened
ocean currents could cause climate flip, ENN
-
Bush
energy plan sent to Congress, ENN
-
Bush
submits energy plan, pushes conservation, Reuters
-
Climate
treaty gulf yawns wide, BBC
-
Details
of Bush energy legislation proposal, Reuters
-
EPA
Chief Seeks NAFTA Warming Talks, AP
-
House
Bars Great Lake Drilling, Washington Post
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Slap at Bush, House Votes to Bar Oil Drilling in Great Lakes, New
York Times
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ENVIRONMENT
MINISTRY PLUGS GREEN TAX IN FIRST WHITE PAPER
In its inaugural white paper approved Tuesday by the Cabinet, the
Environment Ministry is touting the merits of introducing an
environment tax to help put Japan on a more environmentally
sustainable path and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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