"We have ambitious goals at the Resources Committee, so we will get to work right away and build on our great record of accomplishment during the last Congress," Pombo said. "I want to change the debate on the challenges that lie ahead of us. The discussions on updating the ESA and producing energy in ANWR [...]
TWO REASONS OF HEARINGS In the very beginning of hearings the organizers mentioned that hearings should have been conducted then, "before passing the state budget"… This statement is extremely interesting in comparison with last statements of Minister of transport G. Kyrpa that the budget funds would not be expended for construction of the canal. As [...]
"This agreement will help solidify our national partnership to protect drinking water supplies and local water quality through promoting change in the way these waste water systems are managed," said EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Ben Grumbles. "I am pleased to formally recognize the contributions these partners make to achieve results in protecting public health [...]
The Sakhalin Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North have chosen January 20, 2005 as a day to protest the two oil and gas pipelines that are being developed by Exxon, Shell, British Petroleum, Sakhalin Energy and their subsidiaries. The indigenous peoples of Sakhalin, who practice a traditional self-subsistence economy based on fishing, hunting, reindeer [...]
The confirmation of Viktor Yushchenko as new Ukrainian President has given new hopes to us, campaigners against the plans of the former administration to drive a deep-water canal through that part of the core area of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve located in the Ukrainian Republic. As you may know, Ukraine now has a new [...]
While we are not an aid organisation, MSF needs help to get supplies to are?s in Aceh, Northern Sumatra. Many of the areas devastated are only accessible by boat and we have the Rainbow Warrior in the region. The Warrior and its crew of 19 is helping to transport food, medical supplies and MSF medical [...]
2005 also marks the 20th anniversary of the bombing of our flagship, the first Rainbow Warrior, by agents of the French government in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand. The ship had been preparing a campaign against French nuclear weapons testing. The threat of a nuclear weapon actually being used is today perhaps greater than ever. Nuclear [...]
An Infotag correspondent from Tiraspol quoted Denisenko as saying that the Dniester region’s legislation does not provide for participation in elections in Moldova. "Polling stations will not be set up on the territory of our region for one more reason we have not received any official requests from the Moldovan authorities in this regard. However, [...]
The EYFA Wintermeeting is the annual general meeting of the EYFA network, and the venue changes each year, from country to country. Gluaiseacht are hosting and organising the meeting this year in Ireland. Every Wintermeeting has a theme and as hosts, we have chosen ‘Anti-war Activism’ as the theme for this meeting. The meeting will [...]
"There are issues of water, land, fisheries, and they are all of concern right now," says Susie Ellis, vice president of Indonesia and Philippine programs for Conservation International. "Long-term, the damage to these areas is going to have significant socio-economic impact on the local livelihoods and the local fishermen in particular." Despite efforts by local [...]
