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The theory sinks

June 15th, 2001 Two new studies quash industrialised countries hopes of meeting most of their Kyoto commitments by using carbon sinks Forests and soil 'sinks' may not eventually turn out to be so useful to industrialised countries in search of cheap ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Two scientific studies conducted in North American pine forests present evidence that estimates of increased absorption of carbon dioxide as its concentration in the atmosphere rises are unduly optimistic.

Americans not very different from their president

April 23, 2001 The US citizens are more concerned with cost than action to arrest climate change. Although 75 per cent of those surveyed in the US in a Time/CNN poll consider global warming a "very serious" or "fairly serious" problem, they are more worried about high electric bills or losing their jobs. Only 48 per cent are willing to shell out an extra quarter of a dollar per gallon of gasoline to reduce global warming and pollution.

Biggest rogue of them all

Press Release Biggest rogue of them all APRIL 3, 2001 The world should declare the US a rogue nation for this act of extreme selfishness. And the Indian government should stop being a pushover.

Boiling point

February 28, 2001 Greenhouse gas emissions could raise global temperatures much more than previously forecast leading to drought and flooding as weather patterns shift and polar ice melts

Conditions to aid and trade

February 15, 2001 World Resources Institute, a Washington-based non-government organisation, objects to criticism that Northern groups are arm-twisting developing countries into reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Anju Sharma responds

Wait and watch

January 24, 2001 The US government is in transition. But why should the rest of the world suffer?

Response: Equity is not the only way

January 05, 2001 Here at the Centre for Science and Environment we have received some responses to Equity Watch and its articles.  Here are some of the opposite points of view as expressed in regards to Anil Agarwal's editorial, US Tastes Cream Pie, which was featured in Equity Watch, Down to Earth magazine, and CSE's fortnightly email.

Climate Logjam

January 05, 2001 After wrecking the climate talks in The Hague, the US-led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo The US led umbrella group consisting of Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand refused to attend the ministerial meeting in Oslo, Norway. The meeting was aimed at resolving differences that wrecked the UN sponsored climate change conference in November 2000. The group felt that talks were futile unless the EU changed its position on key areas.