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Months Top Sustainable Development News from Bangladesh
30-9-2001
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Last
minute door-to-door campaign as nation prepares for polls
Candidates across the country
are bracing for tomorrow's polls by scaling up the door-to-door mass
contact, with the curtain having fallen on the official electioneering
at midnight last night....
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300
foreign observers may monitor polls
Despite heightened global
tension following the September 11 horrific incidents in the US,
around 300 foreign polls observers are expected to monitor the
national elections in Bangladesh tomorrow
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Workshop
on empowerment of women
Speakers in a three-day long
workshop on the "Empowerment of Women for Development and
Stability" have stressed the need of proper education for the
empowerment of women....
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Election
2001 in the eyes of journalists
The law and order situation
continued to deteriorate in the country raising fear about violence on
the October 1 election day and during post-election period....
27-9-2001
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News
Brief - September 25, 2001
Source: News Garden
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Order
to suspend ETV transmission stayed for a day
The High Court (HC) yesterday
ordered the private television channel Ekushey Television (ETV) to
suspend its transmission on terrestrial band....
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OPEC
to keep its production steady
As crude prices extended
their slide on world oil markets by another day, OPEC representatives
faced a seemingly impossible dilemma of firming up prices without also
aggravating the global economic slowdown....
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Attacks
in US hit shrimp export from Bangladesh
Bangladesh Frozen Foods
Exporters Association (BFFEA) has expressed grave concern at the
continuous fall of the country's exports of frozen fish due to
September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States....
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Myanmar
seeks Malaysian help in developing IT projects
Myanmar's military leader
said Wednesday his junta wants Malaysia to help it develop information
and communications technology projects, officials said.
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State
of Railways in Bangladesh
Yet another railway accident
occurred last week that killed three persons and injured not less than
a hundred. It happened at the Ijjatpur railway station of Gazipur
district....
26-9-2001
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News
Brief - September 25, 2001
Source: News Garden
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Dispatch
of ballot papers begins
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War
or Nobel Peace Prize, a choice for Bush
US President George W Bush
should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize if he manages to respond to
the terrorist attacks on the United States without starting a war, 12
Norwegian academics, who nominated Bush,...
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Oil
sees small bounce after biggest fall in 10 years
Oil prices saw a corrective
bounce Tuesday, retracing a small part of the massive losses from a
day earlier when the market was beaten down by fears the slowing
global economy would erode petroleum demand....
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Dot.Com
becomes IT partner of AIESEC
AIESEC, the world's largest
student-run organisation present in 83 countries, and Dot....
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$160m
for Ctg, Dhaka highway development
A total of US dollar 160.2
million has been estimated as expenditure for maintenance and
development of Dhaka-Chittagong highway, reports BSS.
25-9-2001
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News
Brief - September 25, 2001
Source: News Garden
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Taliban
mobilise troops as US, British forces close in
US and British forces were
yesterday moving closer to launching their anticipated
search-and-destroy action against Osama bin Laden's alleged terror
network in Afghanistan....
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Long-term
programme needed to develop skilled manpower
Bangladesh has to develop
skilled manpower under a long-term programme to cater to the needs of
future job markets abroad and to tap the economic benefit from this
for nation building....
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Menace
of global warming
THE Bonn breakthrough on the
Kyoto Protocol, sceptics say, has actually turned back the clock on
the global combat against climate change....
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WB-BB
asset securitisation programme begins today
With a view to familiarising
the concept of asset securitisation and developing skills of the
non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs), a three-day workshop
begins in the city today jointly organised...
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Worldwide
GDP to drop by 2.2pc next year
The terrorist blitz on the
United States on September 11 will result in a fall of 2.2 per cent in
gross domestic product (GDP) worldwide next year and of 1....
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Attacks
leave OPEC with tough oil juggling act
Energy chiefs from the oil
exporting group OPEC faced a delicate balancing act as they headed for
Vienna on Monday to set crude output with the global economy reeling
from the terrorist attacks on the...
24-9-2001
23-9-2001
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News
Brief - Thursday, September 23, 2001
Source: News Garden
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Media
campaign against danger of global warming underlined,
The Independent (Bangladesh)
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FBI
asks 9 Islamic states to hand over terrorists?
The US Federal Bureau of
Investigation has asked nine Arab and Islamic states to hand over
hundreds of suspected "terrorists," a pro-Syrian Arabic
paper reported yesterday....
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Deployment
of Army, Navy, BDR personnel begins
Some 55,000 officers and
troops of the Bangladesh Army along with 10,000 Bangladesh Rifles and
2,000 Bangladesh Navy personnel begun full-scale deployment across the
country to ensure congenial atmosphere...
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Private
EPZ move for submarine cable hangs in balance
Bangladesh missed the
opportunity twice before to get connected to the international fibre
optic backbone, and the prospect of a private initiative also appears
bleak....
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'Japan
can absorb IT professionals from Bangladesh'
Japan's software industry can
absorb around 300,000 IT professionals at present, opening up a great
potential for Bangladesh, a Japanese IT entrepreneur said
yesterday....
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US
waives India and Pakistan sanctions
President Bush lifts
sanctions against Pakistan and India, as he builds a global coalition
in the wake of the attacks on America.
20-9-2001
19-9-2001
18-9-2001
- Dhaka
examining US request
The government is examining a
US request for overflight clearance, and use of refuelling, sea and
airport facilities in the event of a "coalition-based"
attack on Afghanistan or other "terrorist havens"....
- Deployment
of army begins today
The government has already
started deploying army in some trouble-torn districts to improve the
law-and-order situation for smooth holding of the upcoming national
elections....
- IMF,
WB call off annual meetings
The International Monetary
Fund and World Bank said today, they will not hold their annual
meetings, which were to be held in Washington, as planned on Sept
29-30....
- Terrorism
in the US and its impact on South Asia
Islamabad cannot afford to be
seen not cooperating with America in her drive against terrorism but
at the same time it cannot go against the country with which it has
close relations....
- BGMEA
signs MOU with Chinese govt agency
Bangladesh Garments
Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) Sunday signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation Bureau of Chinese Hebei province to expand...
- EC
re-allocates symbols to 4 candidates
The Election Commission (EC)
has re-allocated election symbols to four candidates who were
disqualified by it initially. The High Court validated their
candidature later....
- Workshop
begins
A workshop on
"Enhancement of Essential Skills to Get Appropriate Profession
for Women" began yesterday in the capital....
- A
compact magazine
Trend in information
technology is to put almost every kind of data in a single compact
disc. The invention of CDs opened a world of oppotunity to put a huge
amount of information into one CD....
- Dengue:
24 more hospitalised
Twenty-two more dengue
patient were admitted to different city hospitals in the last 24 hours
ending at 6pm yesterday, official sources said....
- UTEIS
report calls for prompt action to contain air pollution
Prompt action to contain
pollution from vehicles in Dhaka city will prevent premature death of
nearly 30,000 people over the next decade....
17-9-2001
- US
asks Dhaka for airspace and port facilities
The government of the United
States is learnt to have sought permission from Bangladesh for using a
number of key strategic facilities for a possible attack on
Afghanistan or other terrorist havens in
- Buriganga
needs legal protection
THE news that Sena Kalyan
Sangstha ( SKS) had obstructed the drive of the Bangladesh Inland
Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to remove illegal structures on the
bank of the river Buriganga says it...
- Asia
makes progress in reducing poverty: ADB
Asia's unrelenting
industrialisation march in the 1990s was a big catalyst in reducing
poverty in the region, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says....
- Dengue:
One more Dies in city
A five-month-old baby died
from dengue infection at Dhaka Medical College Hospital while 24 more
dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in the city in
the last 24 hours ending at 6 pm yesterday....
- FEMA
denies allegations
The leaders of the Fair
Election Monitoring Alliance (FEMA) in a recent meeting expressed
their anguish at the various allegations being made against it by some
people, said a press release....
- Urgent
action needed to combat abuse of children
Speakers at a national
workshop yesterday called for urgent and unified action to combat
sexual exploitation and abuse of children....
16-9-2001
- Afghans
flee country as Taliban call for Jihad
Fearful Afghans began
fleeing the country yesterday as their hardline Taliban rulers vowed
to wage a holy war against anyone helping Washington launch attacks on
the country and urged Muslims to fight...
- Pakistan
to allow airspace, base for US operation
Pakistan has agreed to the
full list of US demands for a possible attack on Afghanistan's Taliban
rulers who shelter suspected terrorist Osama Bin Laden, Pakistani
military and diplomatic sources said...
- Dhaka,
a garbage capital?
The impact of piling garbage
on Dhaka life is already devastating. And we barely seem to notice. As
our report states, 70% of the slid waste is collected perfunctorily
and 30 % is swept away by rain....
- Int'l
Ozone Day today
International Ozone Day will
be observed in the country today as elsewhere around the globe....
- Eulogising
the nature
The global position of our
country has blessed it with environmental variations. Unlike other
countries, we experience six different seasons in one single year,
each having duration of two months....
13-9-2001
12-9-2001
- Terrorist
attacks rock US
In a horrific sequence of
destruction, terrorists hijacked two airliners and crashed them into
the World Trade Centre in a coordinated series of attacks yesterday
morning that brought down the twin 110-storey...
- Election
2001: A choice between the two
BE it rain or sunshine
general elections 2001 is poised for 1st October. The performance
record of Awami League was just handed over to the voters on 13th
July....
- Spread
IT knowledge among women entrepreneurs
Advisor to the caretaker
government Rokia A. Rahman yesterday stressed the need for spreading
Information Technology knowledge among the women entrepreneurs....
- Shell
launches web site
Shell Companies in
Bangladesh, in partnership with their coventurers, Cairn Energy PLC
and HBR Energy Inc, launched their external web site www.shell....
- Making
Nazrul compact
Information technology is
making the world 'compact' every day. Riding on the computer
revolution of the 70s and 80s, information technology has become key
to modern living....
11-9-2001
10-9-2001
- Dengue
claims 3 more in city
Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF)
killed three people in different city hospitals in last 24 hours
ending at 6pm yesterday, raising the death toll to 11 this year....
- Meeting
today to settle dispute
In a bid to settle the
dispute over modernisation of Haripur 109 MW power project, the
Economic Relations Division (ERD) will hold a meeting today with
officials of the Energy Ministry, Power Development...
- Tourism
fair begins in city
The second Bangladesh Tourism
Fair (BTF) 2001 began at the Sonargaon Hotel in the city yesterday
under the auspices of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) as
part of its initiative to develop...
- CEC
orders police to remove illegal posters, banners
The Election Commission has
directed the officials concerned to take necessary measures so that
all political parties and contending candidates comply with the
election code of conduct....
- Reforming
the education system
The course should be spread
over all the years of the academic spectrum very judiciously to avoid
any burden. The questions in the exams should be objective type to
avoid copying....
- Global
warming to foment refugee crisis: Clinton
Global warming would create a
refugee crisis far worse than the one Australia has faced in the last
two weeks, former US President Bill Clinton said....
9-9-2001
- Grameen
IT Park
NEARLY two years back, at a
seminar attended mostly by government dignitaries, Professor Muhammad
Yunus, managing director of the Grameen Bank, had observed that
information technology (IT) held the key...
- Sonali
Bank to introduce ReadyCash card
Sonali Bank has signed an
agreement with American International (BD) Ltd (AIBD) for the
introduction of ReadyCash card....
- Unplanned
growth of shrimp farms affects environment
Unplanned growth of shrimp
farms by entering high-level salty water in cropland has endangered
the environment in southwestern parts of the country....
- Programme
to create mass awareness about voting
Barguna district information
office has taken up a month long programme in the district with a view
to creating mass awareness about voting in the upcoming general
election....
- ERMCO
launches web site on Election
The Election Research and
Monitoring Council (ERMCO) yesterday launched a web site containing
updated information and data on the upcoming elections....
7-9-2001
- Allocation
of polls symbols begins
Returning officers across the
country yesterday allocated election symbols to the finally-selected
candidates for the October 1 parliamentary polls, formally kicking off
a three-week electioneering....
- Felling
trees at Osmany
THE decision to form a
Commission to investigate the felling of trees at Osmany Udayan should
be a mission to save life and not just a post mortem investigation....
- Grameen
IT Park sees $100m export earnings by 2005
Grameen IT Park Limited (GITP)
-- the first of its kind in the country -- hopes to earn US$100
million from export of IT-related services by 2005....
- PRM
Int'l unveils plans to attract tourists
PRM International (Pvt) Ltd
Bangladesh has declared a number of programmes to attract local and
foreign tourists in the country....
- APEC
explores cure for sick global economy
Top Asia-Pacific economic
officials met on Thursday to hammer out strategies for battling the
global slowdown, chastened by a warning from the United States that it
cannot be relied on to fuel recovery...
- UNOCAL
funds BRAC community libraries
President and managing
director of UNOCAL, Bangladesh Ltd Scott A Barber handed over a cheque
to BRAC authorities for refurbishment of three community libraries in
Sylhet....
- Globalisation
and G-8
This refers to a very
rewarding write-up by Mr Chaklader Mahboob-ul Alam from Madrid (DS 3
September)....
6-9-2001
- EC-BB
failure lets loan defaulters slip thru'
Lapses on the part of the
Election Commission (EC) and the Bangladesh Bank have allowed 'a good
number of bank loan defaulters' to submit nomination papers for the
October 1 general election without a...
- Earthquakes
There is some degree of
international surprise that South Asian governments aren't paying
enough attention to the dire predictions about a major earthquake
hitting the zone, mankind's poorest one/fifth....
- ICCB
workshop calls for strict fraud prevention strategies
In the face of increasing
frauds in international business, a two-day workshop began yesterday
in the city with the aim to give the country's businesses and
professionals insights into the complexities...
- IMF
cuts global growth estimate again
With downside risks to the
global economy mounting and European growth prospects bleaker than
previously thought, IMF economists have cut their global growth
forecast for this year to 2....
- HP-Compaq
merger unlikely to succeed: US Research house
The merger between
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Compaq Computer Corp. is unlikely to succeed
and will only benefit competitors if it gets the go-ahead, US-based
research house Gartner Inc. said....
- EU
wants stronger global trading rules
Globalised world trade must
be more strongly controlled, European trade commissioner Pascal Lamy
has said, while rejecting as ineffective the proposed Tobin tax on
speculative financial transactions....
- Antarctic
plants resist damage from ozone hole
The unique flora of
Antarctica appears to be resisting damage from the ozone hole over the
South Pole far better than anyone expected, Dutch scientists say....
5-9-2001
- Two
'controversial' laws in RPO repealed
President Shabuddin Ahmad has
promulgated another ordinance repealing two 'controversial' electoral
laws incorporated in the Representation of People Order through an
ordinance on August 8....
- Commission
to probe felling of trees at Osmany Udyan
The government yesterday
formed a two member commission to investigate the incidents linked to
the felling of tress at Osmany Udyan, an official handout said here
yesterday....
- Garment
factory tragedy
NEARLY FOUR weeks have gone
by since a stampede in an eight-stored building at Mirpur in the city
left 21 garment workers dead, most of them women....
- BGMEA
admits factory faults leading to fire tragedies
Bangladesh Garment
Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday admitted
that despite different efforts it could not make the factory owners
and workers fully aware about safety measures to...
- ADB
to put new emphasis on private sector in development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
on Tuesday announced that it had approved a new strategy to encourage
private sector participation in infrastructure and capital market
development projects....
- Asian
telecom players need to spur demand
Asia's telecommunications
operators have to be more aggressive than ever if they are to ride out
the malaise now afflicting the industry, a regional analyst with
research group Gartner said today....
- WTO,
HR, environment to dominate EU-China summit
An EU-China summit here on
Wednesday and Thursday will be spotlighted by forthcoming membership
for China of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), human rights, a trade
imbalance and the environment....
- Sustainable
Human Dev Commission needed
Speakers at a roundtable
seminar underscored that Bangladesh needs to develop a strategy for
sustainable human development and recommended set up of a sustainable
human development commission (SHDC)....
- HP,
Compaq merging
High-tech giant
Hewlett-Packard Co. is buying rival Compaq Computer Corp. for about
$25 billion in a blockbuster merger that should shake up the
struggling computer industry....
4-9-2001
3-9-2001
- Tasks
ahead of EC
THE Election Commission has
declared invalid, pending appeals, nominations of 125 candidates for
the October 1 general election for having defaulted on bank loans....
- Seminar
on knowledge management held in city
A high level CPE seminar on
knowledge management was held at the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) on Thursday, says a press release....
- India
softens stance against WTO round
India, which has questioned
the need for a new round of global trade talks, softened its stance
after an informal meeting Saturday, but remained highly critical of
the market-opening process....
- Hot
tapping of 24 Brahmaputra basin gas line complete
Hot tapping of 24 Brahmaputra
Basin Gas Transmission line was done completed on Friday, connecting
it to the 14-km Ashuganj-Katihata section of Ashuganj-Habiganj Gas
Pipeline Project, says a press release
- Flash
flood in two dists
Monsoon rains, onrush of
water from across the border and sharp rise in water level of the
rivers Padma and Jamuna have caused flood in some areas of Manikganj
and Sirajganj....
- Telephone
system in Bogra breaks down
The telephone system of Bogra
has broken down and the subscribers are in untold sufferings due to
mismanagement and negligence of some officers and staff, according to
local people....
- Globalisation
and the G-8
The vast majority of the
protesters are not against globalisation and free trade....
- Fourth
population census report 'riddled with inconsistencies'
The recently published
preliminary report of the fourth population census is 'riddled with
inconsistencies and not comparable with different other surveys done
in recent times'....
- Concerted
efforts needed to check sexual exploitation of children
Speakers at a discussion said
sexual exploitation of children is a gross violation of fundamental
human rights and child rights and it is the most heinous crime against
humanity as well....
- BGMEA
to ensure safety measures for garment workers
The leaders of Bangladesh
Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday
vowed to enforce stringent measures in the garment industry to make it
comply to adopt workers' safety measures....
- 'No
alternative to IT edn in establishing democratic spirit'
Adviser for Education, Youth
and Sports and Science and Technology ASM Shahjahan yesterday formally
inaugurated the Institute of Information and Communication Technology
(IICT) in Bangladesh University...
2-9-2001
- 125
nominations cancelled for bank loan default
Eleven aspirants for
contesting the coming general election, including eight alleged bank
loan defaulters, yesterday appealed to the Election Commission (EC)
against cancellation of their nomination papers....
- Dengue
epidemic at the doorstep?
THE menacing footsteps of a
dengue epidemic are being heard, tragically after a relative reprieve
of a year since its dreadful outbreak in 1999...
- Monitoring
election-2001
THE high enthusiasm for
observing and monitoring the coming elections seems to arouse great
discomfort and worry in some people....
- G7
ministers meet Sept 28
The next meeting of the
finance ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations will
take place in Washington on Friday, September 28, a G7 official
confirmed Friday....
- Erosion:
Fund shortage hampers reconstruction of damaged dams
Erosion has taken an alarming
turn in all nine upazilas of Kurigram district during the last one and
a half weeks rendering 400 families homeless, devouring a vast area of
arable land....
- 8000
newborns die due to tetanus each year
Every year, 20,000 children
die of measles and another 8,000 new born children die due to tetanus
in Bangladesh, a leading health expert told an advocacy meeting
yesterday....
- Eight
receive FEJB Awards
Forum of Environmental
Journalists of Bangladesh (FEJB) yesterday distributed its annual
awards among eight winners of reporting and photojournalism on
environment...
30-8-2001
International News
»This
Months Top Sustainable Development & Other News Around the World
- Canada
urges against hasty U.S. move on Arctic oil, Reuters
- Electric-powered
cars take London by storm, ENN
- Mexico
City breathes easier as air quality improves, Reuters
- Air
fuel tax still on global agenda - Belgium, Reuters
- Canada
still opposes drilling in Arctic refuge, Reuters
- Climate
levy costs engineers £200m a year, The Times (UK)
- Corporations
struggle to answer global protests, Reuters
- DuPont,
Marubeni Conclude First UK Greenhouse Gas Emission Trade,
Eyeforenergy
- EPA
seeks emissions cuts, Chicago Tribune
- German
MVV signs deal for 17 wind energy plants, Reuters
- Global
Warming to Impact Developing Nations, Synergy Africa (Lusaka)
- Industry
counts cost of climate charge, Financial Times
- Scientists
to reconsider fuel efficiency standards, Reuters
- Shares
of several fuel cell developers gain, Reuters
- Media
campaign against danger of global warming underlined, The
Independent (Bangladesh)
- California
enforces emissions standards for lawn and garden equipment, ENN
- Agencies
Track Antarctic Ozone Hole, EarthVision
- California
officials discount ethanol industry report, Reuters
- DuPont
and Marubeni Execute First UK Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowance Trade,
PRNewswire
- Environmentalists
call on European Commission to drop biofuels proposal, Edie
- General
Motors takes fuel cells closer to commercialisation, Edie
- German
car makers tout natgas vehicles, Reuters
- German
RWE exploits latest car technology, Reuters
- Germany
turns it back on small-scale hydropower, Edie
- Japanese
power utilities seen using less crude, Reuters
- Mayor
says it will be very difficult for London to meet air standards and
launches his own strategy, Edie
- New
uncontrolled chemicals threaten ozone layer, says United Nations,
Edie
- No,
it's not corn or barley: Project would make ethanol from coal, AP
- Power
Plant Killed Over Air Quality Issues, LA Times
- US
orders planes to the Gulf
More than 100 American combat
aircraft are to begin redeploying to the Gulf in President Bush's
campaign against world terrorism.
- Pakistan
warns of 'destruction'
President Musharraf says
Pakistan is facing its worst crisis for 30 years over its support for
the US action against Osama Bin Laden.
- FuelCell
Energy gets big DaimlerChrysler order, Reuters
- German
credit bank proposes emissions trading funds, Reuters
- Large
Antarctic ozone hole forecast for 2001, ENN
- Mirant
commits $50 million to climate change initiatives, ENN
- CNG
shortages threaten public transportation in New
Delhi (September 14, 2001)
- WWF
leaders vow to conserve Arctic (September 12, 2001)
- Asia
Power seeks hydro-electricity assets in China, Reuters
- Australia
concerned over threat to Great Barrier Reef, Edie
- Canada
Studies Dangers of Rising Sea Levels, EarthVision
- Dutch
CO2 output rises in 2000, more increases seen, Reuters
- GM
expect to mass produce fuel cell cars by 2010, Reuters
- Military
has keen interest in fuel cell technology, Edie
- Most
companies can make energy savings of 10% without any additional
expenditure, Edie
- US
company commits $50 million to fund climate change initiatives,
Edie
- An
act of war, says Bush
President George W Bush on
Wednesday branded terrorist strikes at the heart of US power as
"an act of war" and vowed to avenge the murders of thousands
in a "monumental struggle of good versus evil"....
- 9/13-Planting
Trees Won't Save the Climate, Scientific American
- 9/12-Large
Majority of Public Now Believes in Global Warming and Supports
International Agreements to Limit Greenhouse Gases, PRNewswire
- FBI
executing search warrants in Florida
- Up
to 800 possibly dead at Pentagon
-
E.P.A.
Finds Some Soot Is Bad, Other Soot IsWorse, New York Times
-
US
EPA says won't reconsider diesel sulfur rule, Reuters
-
US
Senate panel delays action on Alaska drilling, Reuters
-
Congress
mulls taking White House to court, Reuters
-
Energy-Industry's
Links to Regulators, Administration Worry Environmentalists
-
Bonneville
Environmental Foundation Launches Web Based CO2 Calculator
-
Congress
threatens to take White House to court, Reuters
-
EPA
Will Not Reconsider Diesel Sulfur Rule, Reuters
-
India
may pull old vehicles off roads, Reuters
-
New
analysis: Green energy standard best for California, ENN
-
Norway
gives thumbs up to Statkraft for wind park, Reuters
-
NZ
should not rush into Kyoto climate pact - CHH, Reuters
-
Global
warming 'threatens Britain with little ice age', Guardian (UK)
-
Energy
Dept seeks comment on US - Mexico power line, Reuters
-
US
urges Mexico to allow foreign energy investment, Reuters
-
Global
Warming May Bring New Variety of Class Action, New York Times
-
World
coral reefs to die by 2050, scientist warns, Reuters
-
"Greenhouse"
Growing Greener on Patches of Earth, Study Finds, National
Geographic
-
Global
warming could disturb Ocean's ecosystem, Australian Broadcasting
Corporation
-
It's
a new era for drilling, Orlando Sentinel
-
JORDAN:
Stop the deadly polluters now, Jordan Times
-
Norwegian
turns greenhouse gas to fish fodder - paper, Reuters
-
Pennsylvania
suspends gasoline rules for Pittsburgh, Reuters
-
Wisconsin
green rules make drivers red at pumps, Reuters
-
Denver
Moves From Haze to a Clean-Air Milestone, New York Times
-
Denver
Closes In on Clean-Air Status, AP
-
Denver
leads effort to clear the air, AP
-
JAPAN:
Experts call for collaboration to address climate change, Kyodo
-
Vegetation
Responds to Climate Change More Than Carbon Dioxide Fluctuations,
Scientific American
-
‘Alternative’
view offered on battling climate change, MSNBC
-
Astronaut
warns of Earth impact, BBC
-
Breathing
lessons, Baltimore Sun
-
Bush
close to Senate panel win for Alaska drilling - survey, Reuters
-
'Clean
air' city is closer, Denver Post
-
Wind
Power Cheaper Than Coal, Environment News Service
-
CALIF:
Power Authority Debuts Amid Easing of State Crisis, LA Times
-
Natural
gas to help clear Cairo air, Reuters
-
Air
Pollution In Asia Surpassing Emission Levels in Europe and North
America, EarthVision
-
Clean
air decision seen as landmark, Reuters
-
Drivers
in Paris ordered to slow down due to pollution, AP
-
'Bangladesh
may become worst victim of global climate change', Daily Start
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