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Enviros Teamster Up With Unions		04 Oct 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle Enviros Teamster Up With Unions After years of sometimes testy relations, labor unions and environmental groups in the U.S. are joining forces to push for stronger protections for jobs and the environment at World Trade Organization talks in Seattle beginning November 30. Their coalition, the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment, is kicking things off today with a full-page ad in the New York Times saying that union members and enviros are committed to holdi ...
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Where Some See Profits, Others Sea Turtles		01 Oct 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle Where Some See Profits, Others Sea Turtles The heads of five prominent environmental groups accused the Clinton administration yesterday of abandoning environmental concerns as it prepares for the upcoming World Trade Organization meeting, to begin in Seattle in late November. The groups -- including the National Wildlife Federation and Friends of the Earth -- all claim to support global trade, but they allege that as a result of WTO membership, the U.S. has weakened pro ...
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How About Genetically Modified French Waiters?		07 Sep 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle How About Genetically Modified French Waiters? French Pres. Jacques Chirac said yesterday that France will stand firm in its opposition to genetically modified foods at the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization, to be held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3. The contentious issue of whether or not to include genetically modified food on the meeting's agenda has not yet been settled. Meanwhile, unions and activists in the U.S. are planning large prote ...
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Can't See the Forest for the Buildings		01 Sep 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle Can't See the Forest for the Buildings Many urban areas across the U.S. have lost about one-third of their trees in the last 25 years, in large part because of suburban sprawl and development, according to a survey by American Forests, a conservation group. Seattle is a prime example of this trend, the group noted as it convened in the city for a conference this week. In 1972, 10 percent of Seattle land was heavily treed; by 1996, the number had fallen to 5 percent. The ...
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Tricks of the Trade		13 Aug 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle Tricks of the Trade U.S. officials and corporations are worried that protestors who argue that free trade harms the environment and has other negative social effects will get too much attention at the World Trade Organization meeting to be held in Seattle in November. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) recently sent a letter to Pres. Clinton expressing "deep concern" that protestors will disrupt the talks and encouraging Clinton to give "a major pro-trade address ...
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Balance Beamed		22 Jul 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle Balance Beamed Six environmental groups filed suit yesterday against the federal government, arguing that they should have seats on two federally established committees that advise the U.S. on forest product trade issues. The committees are now composed solely of industry representatives, despite a federal law requiring them to be "fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented," says Patti Goldman of the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund. The committ ...
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Knock on Wood Trade		12 Jul 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle Knock on Wood Trade Vice Pres. Al Gore said on Friday that environmental and labor issues should be on the table at the World Trade Organization meeting of trade ministers to be held in Seattle, Wash., from November 30 to December 3. No matter what, enviros plan to make their voices heard during the meeting. Forest-protection activists have launched an international campaign against a plan to curb restrictions on trade in wood and wood products, which will be discussed a ...
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A Tarriffic Campaign		29 Jun 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle A Tarriffic Campaign The Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, and other environmental groups yesterday announced a vigorous campaign against a proposed zero-tariff agreement on forest products in the World Trade Organization. The greens say that the proposal to eliminate tariffs on paper and wood products would increase consumption of wood in countries that now face high prices and boost harvest levels in wood-exporting nations such as the U.S, jeopardizing forest pro ...
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I Could Have Had a Hormone-Free G8!		21 Jun 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle I Could Have Had a Hormone-Free G8! The U.S. and Canada blocked efforts this weekend at a G8 summit to create an international body that would have policed global food standards and instituted a ban on genetically modified crops and hormone-treated meat until a scientific panel assessed the safety of the foods. French Pres. Jacques Chirac pressed for the new measures, but the U.S. argued that the issues should be resolved by the World Trade Organization. In the end, the ...
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One Can's Trash Is Another Plan's Treasure		09 Jun 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle One Can's Trash Is Another Plan's Treasure One of the nation's largest garbage-to-energy projects got underway in central Washington last week, capturing enough methane gas from a massive landfill to power 3,000 homes. A local public utility and an aluminum company have become its first customers, and other utilities, including Seattle City Light, are eyeing deals as the project heads toward its goal of producing enough electricity to power 30,000 homes. The project also ...
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Enforcement Like a Bump on a Log		26 May 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Seattle Enforcement Like a Bump on a Log California's logging rules and enforcement are too weak, allowing excessive tree cutting that leads to mudslides, damaged water supplies, and endangered fish and wildlife, according to a study released yesterday by a U.S. Forest Service geologist. Meanwhile, as part of a 50-year habitat conservation plan, Seattle Mayor Paul Schell (D) yesterday proposed that logging be banned in the city-owned 90,546-acre watershed that is the primary wat ...
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Sprawl Brawl	Ben White	28 Apr 1999	Muckraker
The Sierra Club released poll numbers recently indicating that 47 percent of voters would be more likely to support a presidential candidate prepared to aggressively attack the problem of urban sprawl. Most people associate VP Al Gore with that issue, but Seattle Mayor Paul Schell has his own ideas. Schell jumped on Bill Bradley's presidential bandwagon last week and told this reporter a large part of the reason was the former New Jersey senator and hoop ...
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