Environment

World Bank Head Meets with Critics in India Over Dam Construction

Press Note - 14.11.2000 World Bank President Compelled to meet over 2500 'Civil Society' representatives: No plans to fund Narmada again, President admits Govt. Representatives failed to show up at the Public Hearing on Narmada: Afraid of being exposed of their false claims, people alleged.

NAFTA Flouts Global Toxic Waste Dumping Treaty

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Italy Challenges "Substantial Equivalence"

From Nature Biotechnology November 2000 Volume 18 Number 11 pp 1137 - 1138 Italian GMO ban could spread By Anna Meldolesi

NGOs Invited to Meet With US Government on Biosafety Protocol

U.S. Government Meeting with Non-Governmental Organizations to discuss the First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol (ICCP)

WTO, UNEP Call for Improved Cooperation, Establishment of ""Early Warning Mechanism""

GENEVA--The heads of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Environment Program have issued a joint call for improved cooperation between the two bodies, including the establishment of an "early warning mechanism" to head off disputes involving conflicting obligations under multilateral trade and environment agreements.

Next U.S. President to Inherit Trade Policy Problems

Reuters / Adam Entous and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next U.S. president will face a daunting number of trade policy problems -- from ensuring that China meets its market-opening obligations to heading off a trade war with Europe.

EU Joins Swiss Call to Clarify Link Between WTO Rules, Environmental Accords

GENEVA--The European Union Oct. 19 joined Switzerland in calling on members of the World Trade Organization to reach a consensus on resolving possible conflicts between WTO rules and global environment agreements.

Highlights from NACEC Trade and Environment Symposium

Highlights from NACEC trade and environment symposium now available online Montreal, 16 October 2000--Highlights from the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (NACEC) two-day symposium, Understanding the Linkages between Trade and Environment, are now available online through the NACEC home page .

Worry Remains Whether Tacos Are Made Of Unapproved Biotech Grain

First It Was Kraft, Now Mission's Pulling Food From Shelves Company Will Now Use Only White Corn For Flour Mix WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2000

NAFTA Chapter 11 Methanex/U.S. Arbitration Sign-on Letter

Sign-on letter from NGO's in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. requesting support for participation of amici curiae (friends of the court) in the arbitration proceedings of the Methanex challenge to California's phase-out of MTBE.