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> > CANADA CANADA CANADA CANADA
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> > NEW BOOK ON ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS AND SOCIETY,
> >MCGILL UNIVERSITY The book is entitled, "Ethics, Economics and
> >International Relations: Transparent Sovereignty in the Commonwealth of
> >Life". It is written by Dr. Peter G. Brown, Director of the McGill
School
> >of Environmental Studies, McGill University, Montreal, published by
> >Edinburgh University Press. Peter Brown tries to get us beyond
> >traditional economics, even beyond incrementalism where we try to
> >piecemeal traditional economics with green taxes and other economic
> >instruments. Brown develops what he calls "Stewardship Economics", an
> >economics that makes humans one part of the resource base and the web of
> >life. It takes humans out of the centre where resources and all other
> >life forms are made for the use and abuse of humans. Here is what Brown
> >says: "Stewardship economics extends, and may hope to complete, the
quest
> >for a general theory by explicitly locating the human economy in the
> >earth's biophysical systems. It requires therefore both an accurate
> >description of the economy in those systems and a normative structure
> >that will allow us to say how these systems should function. Stewardship
> >economics recognizes the finitude of the earth and its systems." Brown
> >warns that, "the most pervasive scientific error made by mainstream
> >economics is that it carries forward, as an unexamined background
> >assumption that humans are not significant actors in the earth's
> >biophysical systems. In more economic texts there is no description of
> >any kind of nature.....it is as if the rest of the physical world did
not
> >exist or that humans could not affect it." Brown reminds us that, "our
> >concern is with the commonwealth of life: for its flourishing, including
> >its own, and its restoration." He adds that, "the thrust of this book is
> >the depiction of a contract between all persons to respect each other's
> >basic rights, and to extend the contract to all life." To achieve a
> >stewardship economy that operates within the commonwealth of life (e.g,
> >the resource rich life-supporting, economy-supporting ecosystem), Brown
> >states that society has fiduciary responsibilities that include
operating
> >an economy within a "Common Pool Resource" (CPR). The concept was first
> >developed by Elinor Ostrom and reported in her book "Governing the
> >Commons". Brown writes, "a common pool resource can be a fishery, a
> >forest, the Internet, the air, the oceans, the ecological health of a
> >stream, and so on. In all these cases, and many, many more resources
> >units can be appropriated by individuals without regard to the health of
> >the system," and states that, "Ostrom has identified eight
> >characteristics of institutions that are successful in protecting common
> >pool resources. Markets, private property, and government may all have
> >roles to play in a successful system." For more information contact Dr.
> >Peter G. Brown, Director, McGill School of Environment, 3534 University
> >Ave., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, ph. (514) 398-2827, email
> >[log in to unmask] . Visit their website at
> ><http://www.mcgill.ca/mse/>http://www.mcgill.ca/mse/
> >******************************************************************
> >GALLON TO GIVE TALK ON THE HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
> >MOVEMENT IN CANADA, PIMLOTT LECTURE Gary Gallon, President of the
> >Canadian Institute for Business and the Environment (CIBE), will give a
> >talk on "The History and Economics of Environmentalism in Canada", at
the
> >University of Toronto Lecture Series. The lecture series is held
annually
> >by Innis College in honour of Dr. Douglas Pimlott, the famous Canadian
> >scientist who specialized in demystifying wolves, their families and
> >their habits. Co-hosted by Dr. Beth Savan, Director Environmental
Studies
> >at Innis College and Monte Hummel, head of the World Wildlife Fund
> >Canada, the Pimlott Memorial Lecture will be held Thursday, February 15,
> >2001, 6:00 pm, at the Town Hall, Innis College, University of Toronto, 2
> >Sussex Ave., Toronto, ph. (416) 978-3424, email [log in to unmask]
> >. ******************************************************************
> >CONCERN EXPRESSED IN EUROPE ABOUT CANADA'S
> >ENVIRONMENTAL DECLINE Environment officials in the United States and
> >Europe have been watching in disbelief as Canada, particularly its
> >Provinces, fall behind on environmental protection and greenhouse gas
> >emissions reduction. Where Canada was a leader in the 1970's and the
> >1980's, it has failed to keep up with world environmental progress in
the
> >1990's. Much of this came from the massive budget cuts and senior
science
> >and engineering staff cuts in Environment Canada and the provinces in
the
> >mid-1990's. At least Environment Canada has been turned around with new
> >cash and some staff infusions from the Government of Canada. But
Alberta,
> >Quebec, and Ontario continue to treat environment as an obstacle to
> >economic development and have relegated environmental protection to the
> >back of the Cabinet Bus. This environmental backslide in Canada has not
> >gone unseen by the rest of the world. The Center for International
> >Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), based in Oslo, Norway, has
> >just published an article entitled, "Canada on the Brink: From
> >Frontrunner to Laggard?, and written by researchers, Jonas Vevatne and
> >Santiago Olmos. They wrote that, "Canada was lambasted as "Fossil of the
> >Week" at the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP 6) in The Hague by
> >environmental activists and was accused of attempting to water down the
> >Kyoto Protocol. At the same time, the election campaigns were underway
in
> >Canada where climate issues were hardly mentioned. What is happening to
> >one of the most active environmental frontrunners of the 1980's when its
> >Minister of Environment doesn't even show up to COP 6 ?" CICERO said
> >that, "Canada was named Fossil of the Week for its efforts to include
> >existing forests and agriculture in the category of carbon sinks
> >(absorption of carbon dioxide n forests and land). Canada was criticized
> >particularly strongly for its demand that export of nuclear energy
> >technology should be covered by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM),
so
> >that it could export nuclear power plants to developing countries as a
> >greenhouse gas reduction measure.", adding that even, "David Runnalls
> >believes that the criticism was well deserved." The article cites as
one
> >of the reasons for Canada's decline is the decline in environmental
> >interest by the two large opposition parties. The Canadian Alliance, the
> >official opposition, and the Block Quebecois are both more interested in
> >expanding regional powers, not environmental powers. CICERO quoted David
> >Runnalls, President of Canada's International Institute for Sustainable
> >Development (IISD) based in Winnipeg, saying that, "the main opposition
> >party, the Canadian Alliance dedicated only one sentence to
environmental
> >protection in its 23-page program, and has not formulated any climate
> >policy or position on the Kyoto Protocol. The Liberal strongly
emphasized
> >the possible economic benefits of climate measures but have nevertheless
> >failed to make the environment an issue in the campaign." The report
> >stated that, "the strong polarization of the election race has dampened
> >the parties' willingness to enter into a debate on the environment, and
> >there is little to indicate that there will be any change in the short
> >run." For more information contact the Center for International Climate
> >and Environmental Research (CICERO), Pb. 1129, Blindem, Sognsvelen 68,
> >0318 Oslo, Norway, ph. 47.22.85.87.50, email [log in to unmask] , or
> >[log in to unmask] . To download the full paper go to
> >http://www.cicero.uio.no/cicerone/00/6/Eng/cic6santiago.pdf . Also see
> >the GCSI article on politics and GHG in Canada
> >http://www.gcsi.ca/risingheat.html . And see the West Coast
Environmental
> >Law Centre's report card on GHG and Canada at
> >http://www.wcel.org/wcelpub/2000/13244.pdf .
> >***********************************************************************
> >SEMINAR ON MEETING CANADA'S COMMITMENTS TO
> >KYOTO PROTOCOL, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY The School of Community and Public
> >Affairs at Concordia University's and the McGill School of Environment
> >will host an evening panel on "Climate Change: Meeting Canada's
> >Commitments" Wednesday, 14 February 2001, from 6 to 8 pm at the
Concordia
> >University Faculty Club Lounge, 1455 de Maisonneuve, Hall Building
Blvd.,
> >Room H767, Montreal, Quebec. The panel will be chaired by Desiree McGraw
> >of the McGill School of Environment and will include: Jean Charest,
leader
> >of the Quebec Liberal Party and former Environment Minister (Canada);
Ted
> >Ferguson >from Canada's Clean Development Mechanism and Joint
> >Implementation Office; Elizabeth May, Executive Director of the Sierra
> >Club of Canada; and, Frank Muller, Professor of Environmental Economics,
> >Concordia University and Visiting Professor, McGill School of
Environment
> >. For more information, contact the Concordia University at ph.
> >514-848-2575.
> >*********************************************************************
> >VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TO HOST
> >UNEP INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S CONFERENCE IN 2002 Victoria, British
> >Columbia, has been selected as the venue for the fourth UNEP
> >International Children's Conference on the Environment which will take
> >place from 22 to 24 May 2002. The Conference will be held at the
> >University of Victoria and is expected to bring together 800 children
(10
> >to 12 years old) >from over 115 countries, providing them with an
> >opportunity to learn about and voice their concerns on the state of the
> >environment as well as to showcase environmental initiatives by schools.
> >The Conference is also expected to produce a statement from children to
> >the world leaders who will meet in the summer of 2002 in Johannesburg
for
> >the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Among the issues the
> >Conference will focus on are: resource conservation, climate change and
> >water. "I am very pleased that Canada will host this important event",
> >said David Anderson, Minister of the Environment for Canada and current
> >President of UNEP's Governing Council. "There are natural links between
a
> >healthy environment and healthy children. The various experiences,
> >observations and ideas of the children around the world really bring home
> >to us their desire for concrete actions to address environmental issues
> >in a tangible manner." For more information contact Theodore Oben,
> >Programme Officer, Children Youth and Sport Programmes, UNEP, Nairobi,
> >Kenya, tel: 254-2-623262, fax: 623692, e-mail: [log in to unmask];
> >or Tore J. Brevik, UNEP Spokesman/Director, Communications and Public
> >Information, tel: 254-2-623292, fax: 623927, e-mail:
> >[log in to unmask] See also www.unep.org/children_youth/ . For
> >Canada, please contact: Anne L. Mathewson, Chair, ICC Canada 2002,
> >Corporate & Environmental Communications Manager, Tetra Pak Canada Inc.,
> >Markham, Ontario, tel: 1-905-305-9777, e-mail [log in to unmask]
> >. For Connecticut, please contact: Mr. Tim Love/Joanne Tawfilis,
> >Coalition for Justice and Community Understanding, Ledyard, Connecticut,
> >tel: 1-860-464-2999, fax: 1-860-464-2368, e-mail
> >[log in to unmask]
> >************************************************************** MINING
> >OPERATIONS IN CANADA RELEASED 2.3 MILLION
> >POUNDS OF HEAVY METALS IN 1998 The Canadian Environmental Defence Fund
> >(CEDF) in Toronto, said mining smelters in Canada released more than 2.3
> >million pounds of heavy metals in 1998, including arsenic, mercury, lead
> >and nickel compounds. These have all highly poisonous and harmful to
> >people's health and the environment. The fund said the worst polluter
was
> >Inco Ltd., the western world's largest nickel miner, which released 1.1
> >million pounds of heavy metal into the environment >from its facilities
> >in Ontario and Manitoba. "Overall, Inco released almost two billion
> >pounds of sulfur dioxide which causes acid rain," CEDF said. Their report
> >listed Noranda Inc., Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., a unit of Anglo
> >American Plc, Falconbridge Ltd. and Cominco Ltd., as major polluters.
> >Mausberg said the information for the report came from information
> >provided by the mining groups to a consultant for Environment Canada.
> >Ranked by facility, the fund's report said Inco's Copper Cliff operation
> >in Sudbury, Ontario, was a major polluter, followed by Noranda's Horne
> >smelter in Quebec, then Hudson Bay's Flin Flon smelter in Manitoba,
> >Inco's Thompson operation in Manitoba, Falconbridge's Kidd Creek
facility
> >in Ontario and Cominco's Trail zinc operation in British Columbia. "We
> >certainly have a strategy in place to spend considerable money to make
> >considerably more progress in the Sudbury area and out in Thomson, to
> >address both the sulfur dioxide and the metal emissions," Inco spokesman
> >Jerry Rogers said. Noranda said it was trying to reduce toxins from
Horne
> >by more than 50 percent. The smelter processed 720,000 tonnes of copper
> >concentrates in 1999. "We are currently working on a program, and have
> >already spent C$60 million, to reduce those emissions by another 50
> >percent within the next two, two and a half years," Noranda spokesman
> >Denis Couture told Reuters. Story by Lesley Wroughton, Reuters News
> >Service. See the Mining Association of Canada website at
> >http://www.mining.ca/ . Visit the Canadian Environmental Defense Fund
> >website at http://www.cedf.net/ .
> >********************************************************************
> >AMERICANA ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW IN MONTREAL, MARCH 28
> >TO 30, 2001 AMERICANA 2001 is a Pan-American Environmental Technology
> >Trade Show and Conference that will be held March 28-29-30, 2001 in
> >Montreal Convention Centre (Quebec) Canada. For its 4th edition, with
the
> >theme "Evolving solutions for a changing world", AMERICANA keeps growing
> >in 2001 expecting 10 000 participants, 400 exhibitors for the Trade
Show,
> >300 guest speakers in different tracks (Air, Climate Change, Water,
> >Contaminated Sites, Solid Wastes, Environmental Management, etc.) and
600
> >business meetings that will be organized for the International Business
> >Matchmaking Program. AMERICANA 2001 is organized by RESEAU
environnement,
> >the Quebec's largest business association in the Environmental Industry.
> >For more information contact Americana 2001, 911 Jean-Talon East, # 220,
> >Montreal, Quebec H2R 1V5, Ph. (514) 270-7110, Fax (514) 270-7154. Email
> ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] . Visit their website at
> >http://www.americana.org .
> >************************************************************************
> >GORD MILLER, ONTARIO'S ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER TO SPEAK
> >AT CEIA ONTARIO BUSINESS BREAKFAST Gordon Miller the Environmental
> >Commissioner of Ontario will speak Thursday, February 15, 2001, 7:30 am
> >at an environment business opportunities breakfast (EBOB) hosted by the
> >Canadian Environment Industry Association, Ontario Chapter at the
> >International Plaza Hotel, Ballroom C, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario.
> >A hot breakfast will be served. Expect to join up to 100 environment
> >business representatives at the breakfast. Cost of the breakfast is $55.
> >To register contact CEIA Ontario, 2175 Sheppard Ave., E., Suite 310,
> >Toronto, Ontario M2J 1W8, ph. (416) 491-1670, fax (416) 491-1670 email
> >[log in to unmask] . Visit their website at http://www.ceia.on.ca .
> >************************************************************************
> >AWMA CONFERENCE ON IMPLEMENTING CANADA-WIDE STANDARDS The Air & Waste
> >Management Association (AWMA) will sponsor a the "Implementation of
> >Canada-Wide Standards Conference" March 7 and 8, 2001, at the Toronto
> >Marriott Eaton Centre. It is cosponsored by Environment Canada and
> >chaired by Dr. Jane Pagel, Vice-President, Corporate and Government
> >Affairs, Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. The keynote speaker will be
> >Barry Stemshorn, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection
> >Service, Environment Canada. It will deal with ozone and small diameter
> >particulate, mercury and petroleum hydrocarbons in soil standards, and
> >dioxins, furans and benzene. The Canada-Wide Standards are an attempt by
> >the provinces and the Canadian Council of the Ministers of the
> >Environment (CCME) to take over the standard-setting role of the federal
> >government. So far the Canada-Wide Standards are late and have delayed
> >what would have come out of the federal government under the Canadian
> >Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). The Canada-Wide standards are weak
> >and don't meet standards that are required in the United States, plus
> >they are unenforceable at the national level since the provinces have
> >been mandated to enforce each of the Canada-Wide Standards within their
> >own jurisdiction. Quebec, Ontario and Alberta have so far stripped their
> >environment ministries of resources and staff that they are not in a
> >position to enforce new standards. In essence, the provinces would be
> >operating with an unfunded mandate - - they are required to do it, but
> >don't have the resources to do it. The cost of participation for
> >non-members is $625.00. For more information contact AWMA, One Gateway
> >Center, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, ph. 1-800-270-3444,
> >or ph. (412) 232-3444, fax (412) 232-3450. Visit the website at
> >http://www.awma.org .
> >*************************************************************************
> > SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN TAXES IN
> >VANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 2001 The Second Annual Global Conference on
> >"Environmental Taxation Issues: Experience and Potential," will be
hosted
> >by the Pembina Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia from April 1st
to
> >3rd, 2001. It is co-sponsored by Cleveland State University, the BC
> >Institute of Technology, and the Government of British Columbia. The
> >objective of the conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of
> >ideas, information and research findings among scholars, executives, tax
> >professionals, non- governmental organizations and policy makers focussed
> >on environmental taxation issues, experience and potential throughout
the
> >world. Participants will include professors of taxation, accounting, and
> >finance from major universities worldwide, tax and accounting
> >professionals from leading CPA and law firms, executives from industry,
> >members of non-governmental organizations and officials from
governmental
> >bodies throughout the world. The registration cost is $250 + GST.
Contact
> >Aida Burgos, BCIT Venture Development Centre, 3700 Willingdon Ave.,
> >Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3H2, ph. (604) 453-4018, fax (604) 436-0286, email
> >[log in to unmask] . Download conference brochure, registration form
and
> >call for papers from the website http://www.piad.ab.ca/ , and click on
> >"What's New".
>
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> >Letter to the Editor, Dear Gallon Environment Letter:
> >
> >The article on Birdwatching as a $25 billion dollar "industry" tells me
> >how out of touch the urban environmental movement is in America. I too
> >enjoy birdwatching. I have been a compiler for 25 years and have several
> >feeders at my home, but to equate birdwatching with the steel industry
> >or the chemical industry, strains the imagination. Explain to me exactly
> >what birdwatching produces? Could we even exist without the steel
> >industry and chemical industry. I am disappointed in your shortsighted
> >logic. Without the agricultural industry the minerals industry and the
> >other basic raw materials industries that make our country great and
allow
> >us the standard of living we enjoy... there wouldn't be any time for
bird
> >watching. We would be spending 90% of our time seeking shelter and
> >finding food to survive. Let's put a little more thought into your
> >articles. We can enjoy birdwatching and have both a viable steel
> >industry and chemical industry without trashing them. Sincerely,
Michael
> >Noel, Farmer/Rancher, email
> >*****************************************************************
> > Dear Editor, Instead of just harping on the "What if we had less
> >democracy" vein of thinking, how about the following, also from USA
> >Today, on the topic of "What if we had more democracy"?? Thanks, by the
> >way, for including the letters to the editor in this issue of your
> >newsletter. And you do an incredible job of pulling together lots of
> >useful environmental news, and I do appreciate that. (You don't need to
> >add this email address to your mailing list -- Sincerely, Craig Harvey,
> >email [log in to unmask]
> >************************************************************* WICKES
> >STORE IN BANGOR, MAINE BLOCKADED FOR SELLING
> >INTERFOR, B.C. WOOD PRODUCTS Members of the Student Environmental
Action
> >Coalition in Bangor, Maine, protested in front of the do-it-yourself
> >store hardware store "WICKES" in Bangor, demanding that the company stop
> >selling old-growth word products >from International Forest Products
> >(Interfor) out of British Columbia. Student perched atop three tall
metal
> >tripods, whiles others chained themselves to the bases, blocking
> >entrances to the store. Eleven students from College of the Atlantic and
> >the University of New Hampshire were arrested. "WICKES knows the history
> >of Interfor Forest Products in the ancient temperate rainforest in
> >British Columbia, Canada and yet the company still carries Interfor's
> >products," said Mike Roselle, Forests Campaigner for Greenpeace, who
> >supported the student action. "Today's protest is part of a national
> >grass roots uprising across the United States. Concerned citizens are
> >doing everything in their power to expose both Interfor's highly
> >destructive practices and the stores that refuse to stop selling their
> >products," said Roselle. The students maintain that forest products must
> >come from well-managed forests that have been certified to Forest
> >Stewardship Council (FSC) standards or better. Many retailers, including
> >home furnishing giant IKEA, have already pledged to use only forest
> >products that have been FSC- certified. Although many forestry companies
> >operating in the Great Bear Rainforest are working with environmental
> >organizations in British Columbia to protect highly contentious areas
> >within the rainforest, Interfor walked away from negotiations and has
> >resumed its logging plans, says Greenpeace. Since then,
environmentalists
> >have exposed the company's plans to log 18 pristine valleys and
> >critically important areas of the Great Bear Rainforest in the next five
> >years. Contact Rob Fish, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Bangor,
> >Maine, email [log in to unmask]
>
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MA
> >PLE LEAF PACKING FACTORY POLLUTES MANITOBA RIVER A Maple Leaf Pork
> >plant was built in Brandon, Manitoba, once it promised to help build and
> >pay for the maintenance of a new Brandon municipal sewage treatment
plant
> >that the Maple Leak Pork plant could use to discharge its slaughterhouse
> >waste. The u.v. treatment system broke down and a new computer system
> >installed to run the waste water operations was found to be incompatible
> >with the rest of the new sewage treatment plant operations. As a result,
> >the Maple Leaf-assisted sewage plant began discharge large amounts of
> >improperly treated pork and human waste into the Assiniboine River
during
> >a long period in the Summer of 2000. Downstream water users were not
> >notified of the pollution. Their drinking water and recreation water
were
> >harmed by it, according to Bill Paton, a Brandon University biologist.
He
> >said that farmers who irrigate strawberries and lettuce with river water
> >should have been told to take precautions. In June, the amount of fecal
> >coliform discharged into the river from Maple Leaf waste exceeded the
> >limit in the treatment plant's licence >from Manitoba Conservation. By
> >July, the mean reading was more than six times the licence limit. Fecal
> >coliforms are bacteria found in the guts of warm- blooded animals. They
> >are used as an indicator for other disease-causing organisms that are
> >harder to detect. Swimming is not recommended when fecal coliform levels
> >are above 200 per 100 millilitres of water. The mean reading for July
> >2000 at the end of the Maple Leaf pipe was 1,255, but that would have
been
> >diluted in the river. The strain of E. coli that killed seven people in
> >Walkerton, Ont., last summer is rarely found in pigs, but Paton sees
> >parallels to Walkerton in the lack of checks and balances when something
> >goes wrong. The $12-million sewage treatment plant was built by the City
> >of Brandon as an incentive for the new slaughterhouse. City staff run
the
> >treatment facility, although Maple Leaf pays the operating expenses.
> >Source, "Downstream warning urged in wake of pollution surge", By Helen
> >Fallding, Winnipeg Free Press, Mon, Jan 8, 2001.
> >***********************************************************************
> >NORTH AMERICAN FISHERIES ECONOMICS FORUM, TO BE HELD IN
> >NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 2001 The first North American Fisheries Economics
> >Forum will be held on April 1 to 4, 2001 at the Pontchartrain Hotel in
> >New Orleans, Louisiana. The goals of the Forum are to strengthen
> >communication between North American fisheries economists in industry,
> >government and academia, and to provide opportunities to discuss
research
> >results, research in process and future research needs and plans. The
> >keynote theme for the Forum is "The State of North American Fisheries
> >Economics." Sessions relating to this keynote theme will include
> >discussions on the future of North American fisheries economics,
> >fisheries economics data, teaching fisheries economics, and publishing
in
> >the area of fisheries economics. Other special sessions will be held on
> >topics including seafood trade and the internet, economics of fishing
> >cooperatives under the American Fisheries Act, bio-economic models and
> >fishery management, measuring efficiency and capacity in fisheries,
> >economic assessments of marine reserves, catfish economics, and
economics
> >and conflicts between commercial and sport fisheries. Additional
> >sessions on other topics are under development. The Forum will serve as
> >the inaugural meeting of the North American Association of Fisheries
> >Economists. This Association will be affiliated with International
> >Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), an international
> >organization of fisheries economists which meets in even-numbered years
in
> >different countries around the world. The most recent IIFET meeting was
> >held in Corvallis, Oregon in July 2000, and the next meeting will be in
> >Brisbane, Australia in July 2002. North American Fisheries Economics
> >Forums will be held in odd-numbered years in different coastal areas of
> >North America. For additional information, contact Gunnar Knapp, Program
> >Chair, University of Alaska Anchorage (telephone 907-786-7717; e-mail
> >[log in to unmask]). The deadline for submitting abstracts is February
> >2, 2001. Additional information about the First North American Fisheries
> >Economics Forum, including lists of sessions and participants and
> >procedures for submitting abstracts, registering for the Forum and
making
> >hotel reservations, may be found at the website
> >http://www.naafe.uaa.alaska.edu .
> >*************************************************************************
> > U.S. EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES CONTINUE TO INCREASE:
> >COAL, OIL AND NATURAL GAS LARGEST SOURCES Total greenhouse gas (GHG)
> >emissions of the six main greenhouse gases (weighted to reflect
> >equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)), in the United States rose
> >from 6,689 to 6,748 million metric tons. These gases include CO2,
> >methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur
> >hexafluoride. The CO2 from fossil fuel combustion at power plants and
> >factories is the largest source of all greenhouse gases, accounting for
> >80 percent of all emissions in 1999. Fossil fuel combustion was
> >responsible for 88 percent of total greenhouse emission growth from 1990
> >to 1999. The study also shows that >from 1990 - 1999, GHG emissions from
> >cars, trucks and buses rose 21 percent, while total highway miles
> >traveled climbed 13 percent. A Federal Register notice announcing a
> >40-day public comment period on the report was published Jan. 9, 2001.
To
> >receive a hard copy of this document, fax a request to the Agency at
> >202-260-6405, or write to the following address: U.S. EPA, Office of
> >Atmospheric Programs, Market Policy Branch (MC: 2175), 1200 Pennsylvania
> >Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. For technical information, call Wiley
> >Barbour of EPA's Office of Air and Radiation at ph. (202) 260-6972. The
> >report is available at
> >http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/emissions.
>
>***************************************************************************
U.
> >S. EPA REGION 10 ISSUES RFP ON PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP AND
> >RECYCLING The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 is
> >soliciting proposals for projects that address product stewardship,
> >recycling, source reduction, reuse, market development, or green
> >purchasing. The amount of the contracts could range from US$10,000 to
> >$20,000. Grants or cooperative agreements will be awarded though Solid
> >Waste Assistance Funds (SWAF) under the authority of Section 8001 of the
> >Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. Goals EPA Region 10
seeks
> >to fund proposals that fit into one or more of the following categories:
> >Promote education and outreach on source reduction, product stewardship,
> >reuse, recycling, composting, and/or buying recycled products Identify
> >and test strategies that lead to improved environmental performance by
> >Region 10 business organizations. Provide technical assistance or spur
> >innovative technology development to promote source reduction, product
> >stewardship, reuse, recycling, composting, and/or buying recycled
> >products. Stimulate market development for materials that are difficult
> >to recycle, such as construction and demolition debris, electronics,
> >tires, etc. Incorporate EPA initiatives (e.g., community-based
> >environmental protection, environmental justice, extended product
> >responsibility, sustainability, protecting children's health from
> >environmental threats) with source reduction, product stewardship,
reuse,
> >recycling, composting, and/or recycled product procurement projects. EPA
> >Region 10 includes the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and
the
> >lands in Indian country belonging to federally recognized tribes in
those
> >states. Matching funds are not required under this solicitation. All
> >matching funds or other contributions provided by the grantee are
subject
> >to audits and all federal regulations. Written proposals should be
> >submitted on double-sided recycled paper with a minimum of 30%
> >post-consumer content. The proposal process relies extensively on direct
> >communication (in person or by phone, fax or electronic mail) with the
> >EPA Region 10 contact. For this solicitation please contact Domenic
> >Calabro at ph. (206) 553-6640 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask]
The
> >deadline for application is February 15, 2001, when a two-page
> >pre-proposals should be received by the EPA. Applicants are encouraged
to
> >contact an EPA Region 10 representative prior to submitting their
> >pre-proposal. Contact Domenic Calabro at ph. 206-553- 6640 or email
> >[log in to unmask] This solicitation and additional EPA Region 10
> >Solid Waste Program funding information are available on the Internet at
> >the website http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/productstewardship.htm :
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> >GREENING INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON GLOBALIZATION AND
> >COMPETITIVENESS WAS HELD IN BANGKOK, JANUARY 2001 The Greening of
> >Industry Network (GIN) held its annual conference on "Sustainablity at
> >the Millennium: Globalization, Competitiveness, and the Public Trust",
> >January 21-24, 2001, in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the 9th International
> >Conference of the Greening of Industry Network The Honorary Conference
> >Chair was Dr. Supachai Panitchapakdi, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister
> >and Director-General Designate of the World Trade Organization. The
> >co-chair was Jan Pronk, Minister of Environment of the Netherlands. The
> >four-day conference featured more than 150 presentations in plenary
> >sessions, workshops, exhibitions, posters, discussion and debate,
> >delegates from business, government and research will explore that
latest
> >research, business strategies, policies and case studies on
cross-cutting
> >issues of industrial development, environment and society. They pursued
> >the issue of transition "From Environment to Sustainability". The
> >conference started with sessions on Fair Globalization Policy,
> >Doctoral Research Workshops, and a meeting of the Environmental
> >Management Accounting Network. This convening marks the first
> >international GIN conference in Asia, and we will use the occasion to
> >launch the Second Decade of the Greening of Industry Network. The
> >conference program is posted at http://www.eric.chula.ac.th/GIN-Asia/.
> >Conference sponsors include Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Ministry
of
> >Science, Technology and Environment, United States-Asia Environmental
> >Partnership, Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the
> >Environment, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Environment
Programme,
> >European Community, Regional Institute of Environment Technology -
> >Singapore, Ford Motor Company, Kenan Institute Asia, International Human
> >Dimensions of Global Environmental Change - Industrial Transformation,
> >New Jersey Institute of Technology. See
> >http://www.eric.chula.ac.th/GIN-Asia/sponsors.html .
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> > Canadian Institute for Business and the
> > Environment, Montreal & Toronto
> > All rights reserved.
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> Justin Dillon
> Director, International Education Unit
> School of Education
> King's College London
> Franklin-Wilkins Building
> 150 Stamford Street
> London SE1 8WA
> United Kingdom
>
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 3096/3099
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> A map showing the location of the School of Education can be found at:
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>
> Please note that if you are visiting, it is advisable to head for the
> School of Education entrance, close to the south end of Waterloo Bridge.
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