Environment

House Democrats Seek to Promote Conservation in Farm Bill

New York Times | JULY 25, 2001 | By ELIZABETH BECKER WASHINGTON, July 24 - House Democrats, joined by moderate Republicans, said today that they would offer amendments to alter the new farm bill this week, seeking to double spending for conservation and to trim direct crop subsidies.

Laws Skirted Using NAFTA

Chicago Tribune | By R.C. Longworth, Tribune staff reporter An obscure clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement is being used by corporations and investors to override local labor and environmental laws, bypassing established court systems in the process.

NAFTA Environment Ministers Eye Market Approaches to Meet ""Green"" Goals

International Environment Reporter | Volume 24 Number 14 | By Peter Menyasz

Bush Says Labor, Environmental Concerns Should Not Hamper Trade Deals

THE WHITE HOUSE | Office of the Press Secretary | For Immediate Release June 20, 2001 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE The East Room

Farm Groups Announce Stance On Fast Track

Farm groups announce stance on fast track authority

Bush Asks Farmers For Help With Fast Track

By Reuters

OECD Adopts New Key Environmental Indicators

PARIS--Environment ministers from the world's industrialized countries May 16 adopted a series of "key environmental indicators" to allow for more consistent international comparison of the main environmental problems facing the planet.

Bush Sends Congress Outline for Trade Legislation

By Doug Palmer May 10, 2001 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Thursday sketched out its ideas for ending a seven-year stalemate in Congress over new trade negotiating authority, but failed to win over labor and environmental groups.

U.S., EU Seen Drifting Apart in Approach To Environmental Matters in WTO Talks

By Gary G. Yerkey International Environment Reporter Volume 24 Number 10 May 9, 2001 Page 358

Shift Payments from Grain to ""Green""

This article by Dennis Keeney appeared in The Des Moines Register / April 8, 2001, Sunday