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U.S. May Face EU Trade Sanctions

Europe's steelmakers press for punishment in other markets MSNBC | Wall Street Journal | January 11, 2002 | By Geoff Winestock BRUSSELS - European steelmakers are pressing the European Union to threaten to use as much as $4 billion in trade sanctions - from a nonsteel trade dispute - to convince the U.S. to abandon plans to protect its steel industry.

Significant Biodiversity Loss Across North America Says CEC

American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)| Montreal, 7 January 2002 North America is facing a "widespread crisis" due to its shrinking biodiversity, according to a new report released today by the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).

City Girds for Protests at Economic Summit Meeting

New York Times | January 11, 2002 | By AL BAKER

Trade Is No Bonanza

Farm Journal | January 11, 2002 | By Sonja Hillgren Three months after Sept. 11, 2001, our modern date of infamy, a remarkable 92% of Americans backed the war against terrorism. An overwhelming majority of us are proud of U.S. might and leadership in battling terrorists and liberating Afghanistan.

Call for Action on Global Warming

Herbert River Express | January 10, 2002 SOARING summer temperatures, bushfires and drought highlight the need for rural Australia to become more active in calling for action to prevent global warming according to the Australian Democrats.

Texas Farmers Hope to Remove Some Political Obstacles to Prosperity

The Beaumont Enterprise | January 9, 2002 | By Dan Wallach Cattle prices are up, but rice is down. And a new federal farm bill that could affect agriculture for years to come is nowhere near being finished, analysts told a group of Southeast Texas farmers Tuesday.

Safety Net Needed; One Lender Looks at Farmers"" Bottom Lines

Grand Forks Herald | January 6, 2002 | BY: Mikkel Pates, Herald Staff Writer If farmers are going to be asked to raise crops at below their cost of production, the public must support them with a farm program.

NGOs Prepare for the World Social Forum

Inter Press Service | January 9, 2002 | By Brahima Ouedraogo BAMAKO - Activists in Africa are preparing for the World Social Forum to be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the end of the month.

European Parliament passes amendment against the Spanish Hydrological Plan

On November 15th, European Parliament voted in plenary a clause that expressed the Parliament's grave worries about the development of unsustainable water management schemes and infrastructures by the Spanish Government by 224 in favour, to 161 against and 30 abstentions.

The Mouse that Roared

Toronto Globe and Mail | By MICHAEL EDWARDS | January 3, 2002 The anti-globalization movement has been given an uncomfortable ride in the media since Sept. 11. Protesters have been uncharacteristically muted, fearful of the inevitable backlash if their activities are seen as insensitive, unpatriotic or merely irrelevant to fighting the battle of the moment.