News Archive: April - June 2002
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Taiwan gets T$61 mln to clean up worst oil spill top
TAIWAN: April 18, 2002
TAIPEI - Taiwan's environmental authority said yesterday it reached
a deal with the insurance firms of the Greek bulk carrier Amorgos
for T$61 million (US$1.7 million) in compensation to clean up the
worst oil spill in decades. Full
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Oil firms don't need Alaska refuge to drill - Democrats top
USA: April 18, 2002
WASHINGTON - A White House plan to open the unspoiled Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge to drilling should be rejected because oil companies
already have access to vast areas of Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico,
Senate Democrats said yesterday. Full
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US Senate set to resume Alaska oil-drilling debate top
USA: April 18, 2002
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate resumes debate yesterday on the centerpiece
of the Bush administration's energy plan - allowing drilling in
Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a proposal that a majority
of senators now oppose. Full
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UPDATE - Senate Republicans unveil Alaska oil drilling plan top
USA: April 17, 2002
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration's plan to open the unspoiled
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil companies was introduced
yesterday in the U.S. Senate, with Republicans looking for ways
to entice any wavering lawmakers to support drilling. Full
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Alaska drilling plan seen helped by Iraq embargo top
USA: April 10, 2002
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans, facing an uphill battle to open
an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling, said Monday that Iraq's
threatened oil embargo should help them win new support for the
measure. Full
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FEATURE - Alaska oil search proceeds outside ANWR spotlight top
USA: April 9, 2002
ANCHORAGE - Beneath the tundra on a once-overlooked stretch of
federal land in Arctic Alaska lies potential oil riches. Full
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Global Reporting Initiative Inaugurated at U.N. Event: A Milestone for Corporate Disclosure and Transparency top
NEW YORK, NY, Apr. 8 -/E-Wire/ Business Wire
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability
reporting institution, was formally inaugurated at a luncheon attended
by over 200 guests at the United Nations headquarters in New York
City on 4 April 2002. The GRI was convened in 1997 by the Coalition
for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), in collaboration
with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The UN event
marked the formal launch of GRI as a permanent, independent global
institution. Attendees at the event included government, corporate,
labour, NGO and investment leaders from around the world. Full
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US govt asked to release data on Alaska oil reserve top
USA: April 2, 2002
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee has urged
the Bush administration to release new estimates on the oil and
natural gas in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve for lawmakers
to consider in the Senate's upcoming debate on whether to allow
drilling in a nearby refuge. Full
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Oil tanker sinks after Shanghai collision-Xinhua top
CHINA: April 2, 2002
BEIJING - An out-of-control freighter bumped into a dock on the
Huangpu River in downtown Shanghai at the weekend, causing several
oil tankers to collide and one to sink, the official Xinhua news
agency said yesterday. Full
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UPDATE - US govt study says Alaska drilling harmful top
USA: April 2, 2002
WASHINGTON - Opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to
oil drilling could harm caribou, snow geese and other wildlife,
a new U.S. government study said last week, despite the Bush administration's
assurances that oil exploration would have little impact. Full
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Most U.S. Coastal Waters Polluted top
By Cat Lazaroff
WASHINGTON, DC, April 2, 2002 (ENS) - Almost half the nation's
coastal waters are so polluted that their usefulness to humans and
their ability to support aquatic life are impaired, finds a new
report by a quartet of federal agencies. The study, the first environmental
report card on the condition of the nation's coastal waters, rates
the quality of these resources as fair to poor. Full
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Spurred by Higher Emissions, Britain Boosts Renewables top
LONDON, UK, March 28, 2002 (ENS) - "The time for action is
now," said UK Energy Minister Brian Wilson today, reacting
to new figures showing a small increase in emissions of the greenhouse
gas carbon dioxide in the last two years. Full
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