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May. 27: Superior refinery expansion: The $6 billion question Duluth News Tribune

May. 8: Japan Petroleum to expand Canada oil sands project Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)

May. 15: Pipeline expansion thru Minnesota would boost oil flow from Canada Business North

May. 16: Scenes From the Tar Wars Mother Jones

May. 1: Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck? Talk Back

May. 16: Construction can begin on oil pipeline The Forum

Apr. 30: Proposal would block construction of some ND oil pipelines Associated Press

May. 1: Summary of North Dakota ballot initiatives Associated Press

May. 14: Environmental Groups Go After Big Oil White House Bulletin

May. 9: Oil prices: Another prediction Lindsay Daily Post

May. 15: HATCH ASKS ENERGY COMMITTEE TO LIFT MORATORIUM ON OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT

May. 13: Farm Bill a Missed Opportunity IATP

May. 13: French assembly rejects proposal on GM crops www.france24.com

May. 10: Cal-Water wins $49.7 million in gasoline-additive settlement Mercury News

May. 9: San Francisco to Test Drinking Water Security System Environment News Service (ENS) 2008

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7 raisons pour lesquelles Doha ne peut pas résoudre la crise alimentaire
IATP
PDF 163k Document summary

Les dirigeants des institutions commerciales et financieres mondiales—l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), la Banque mondiale, le Fonds monetaire international (FMI) et l’Organisation de cooperation et de développement economiques (OCDE)—font pression pour aboutir a une conclusion des negociations commerciales du cycle de Doha de l’OMC. Il s’agirait, d’apres eux, d’une solution a la crise alimentaire mondiale. Voici sept raisons pour lesquelles ils ont tort et trois mesures concrètes que les decideurs en matière de politique commerciale devraient prendre afin d’assurer que la population ait accès à la nourriture dont ils ont besoin.

Puede la Ronda de Doha de la OMC resolver la Crisis Alimentaria Mundial?
IATP
PDF 160k Document summary

Los lideres de las instituciones financieras y del comercio mundial - Organizacion Mundial del Comercio (OMC), el Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y la Organizacion Economica para la Cooperacion y el Desarrollo (OECD) - estan promoviendo el logro de la conclusion de la Ronda de Doha de negociacion de acuerdos comerciales de la OMC, como una manera de solucionar la actual crisis alimentaria. Abajo son desarrolladas siete razones que explican porque estan equivocados, asi como tres pasos concretos que los legisladores deberian seguir para ayudar a asegurarle a la gente alrededor del mundo la obtencion de los alimentos que necesita.

7 Reasons Why the Doha Round Will Not Solve the Food Crisis
IATP
PDF 144k Document summary

Leaders at the WTO and World Bank are pushing for a Doha Round to help solve the food crisis, but here are seven reasons why they are wrong.

Once a Generation: The Search for Universal Food Security
Karen Lehman, IATP
PDF 497k Document summary

In preparation for the 1996 FAO Food Summit, Karen Lehman detailed how food crisis of the mid-90s had come about, identifying the changes in policy that led to the end of food reserves and supply management programs world-wide.

Plan of Action to Achieve Universal Food Security
PDF 366k Document summary

A call for a Sustainable Food Security Convention originally made made to FAO in 1996 and presented here in the last updated version from 1999.

World Grain Shortage and the World Food Summit
Mark Ritchie
PDF 1514k Document summary

A memo from Mark Ritchie summarizing the need for a global campaign for supplay managment and grain reserves. This memo led to the drafting of an Action Plan submitted to the FAO in Rome, November 1996.

Back to the Drawing Board
Kevin P. Gallagher and Timothy A. Wise
PDF 93k Document summary

A review of the economic projections, from the World Bank and other institutions, that show how limited the gains are for most developing countries and how high the hidden costs of an agreement could be.

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