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Ethanol may kill Arctic drilling in US energy bill

WASHINGTON - U.S. farmers' desire to sell more corn-based ethanol may be key to getting Senate and House lawmakers to set aside their differences over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and agree on final energy legislation this year.

NGO Statement on the Third Intergovernmental Conference on the Cartagena Protocol

NGO Statement Final Plenary Third Intergovernmental Conference on the Cartagena Protocol The Hague - April 26, 2002

Negotiators struggle with farm bill

WASHINGTON -- House and Senate farm-bill negotiators struggled through the weekend against a backdrop of election-year politics, highlighted by President Bush's coming trip to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's home state of South Dakota.

House, Senate Farm Negotiators Struggle with Bill""s Major Issues

Wall Street Journal | April 22, 2002 | By DAVID ROGERS, Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- House and Senate farm-bill negotiators struggled through the weekend against a backdrop of election-year politics, highlighted by President Bush's coming trip to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's home state of South Dakota.

The Delusion of Free Trade

New York Times | April 25, 2002 | By ERNEST F. HOLLINGS

Monterrey Consensus Must Become Reality, Annan Tells UN-Bretton Woods Meeting

April 22, 2002 The recent consensus on global development adopted at a United Nations conference in Monterrey, Mexico, must be transformed into reality, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today told key finance ministers from across the world meeting with the UN Economic and Social Council in New York.

Australia Fails to Block Consensus: 177 Other Countries Agree a Precautionary Approach to Risk Management on Biodiversity

IATP Press Release | By Kristin Dawkins | 19 April 2002

US and Australia Trade Blows over Wheat Monopoly

Lloyd's List | April 18, 2002 The world's biggest wheat exporters, the US and Australia, traded blows yesterday over an Australian wheat export monopoly caught in the crossfire of free trade talks, Reuters reports.

Fewer Clouds Overhead for IMF, World Bank

Washington Post | April 18, 2002 | By Paul Blustein, Washington Post Staff Writer

Hydro One""s Great Giveaway

The Globe and Mail | By Judy Darcy and Brian Payne | April 16, 2002 Ontario's former premier Mike Harris called it the biggest privatization in Canadian history; his successor, Ernie Eves, shows no sign of changing course. But labour unions and environmental groups call it a huge mistake -- and two unions are now in court trying to stop it.