Business & Human Rights: Environment Apr. 2002

full report: Value at Risk: Climate Change and the Future of Governance (CERES Sustainable Governance Project Report, prepared by Innovest Strategic Value Advisers, Inc., Apr. 2002)

Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest Gains Reprieve: Government Oil Firm Recommends Reduced Oil Development; Cites Community Resistance - A mega oil development planned for the Ecuadorian Amazon may be radically reduced in size, in response to opposition by indigenous groups. (EarthRights International, 18 Apr. 2002)

A Rainforest’s Reprieve: Ecuador’s Indians Win A Round Against Oil Development (Kenny Bruno, EarthRights International, 18 Apr. 2002)

{···español} Proyecto de novena ronda petrolera con 6 bloques (El Universo [Ecuador], 17 abril 2002)

Britain and Indonesia sign agreement to combat illegal timber trade (Associated Press, 18 Apr. 2002)

CHINA: World Bank Loans $93.9 Million For Sustainable Forestry -...The loan comes on the heels of a government-imposed logging ban along the Yangtze River in Hunan and Sichuan provinces (UN Wire, 18 Apr. 2002)

World Bank Supports Sustainable Forestry In China (World Bank, 16 Apr. 2002)

World needs global green tax - EU agency head:...EEA [European Environment Agency] Executive Director Domingo Jimenez-Beltran wants a global tax on environmentally harmful fossil fuels, with the proceeds used to help develop the world's poorest countries. (Robin Pomeroy, Reuters, 18 Apr. 2002)

Taiwan gets T$61 mln to clean up worst oil spill: Taiwan's environmental authority said yesterday it reached a deal with the insurance firms of the Greek bulk carrier Amorgos for T$61 million (US$1.7 million) in compensation to clean up the worst oil spill in decades. (Reuters, 18 Apr. 2002)

Three oil firms lose MTBE suit [USA]: A jury holds them responsible for Lake Tahoe well pollution -...Jurors also found that Shell and Lyondell Chemical Co. of Houston, the largest domestic manufacturer of MTBE, acted with "malice" in failing to warn consumers that the chemical posed an extraordinary environmental hazard. (Chris Bowman, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2002)

Unions, Environmental, Religious Groups Call for World Bank Reforms (AFL-CIO, 17 Apr. 2002)

full report: Responsible Reform of the World Bank: The Role of the United States in Improving the Development Effectiveness of World Bank Operations (by a coalition of U.S. civil society organizations, Apr. 2002)

Rainforests are falling to greed and corruption: Cameroon is one of the largest exporters of timber, but conservationists estimate half its rainforests have been lost through intensive harvesting...Environmental groups believe that at least half the logging operations are illegal. (Valerie Elliott, Times [UK], 17 Apr. 2002)

{···español} Ecologistas denuncian muerte de operario por imprevisión en construcción del OCP [Ecuador]: La organización Acción Ecológica denunció hoy que la imprevisión en la construcción de un nuevo oleoducto causó la muerte de un operario e hirió a otros dos. (El Universo [Ecuador], 17 abril 2002)

Illegal Logging Troubles Indonesian Plywood Industry (Xinhuanet [China], 17 Apr. 2002)

TECHNOLOGY: U.N., Chinese Officials Urge Sharing Of Breakthroughs - A U.N. conference on technology and sustainable development opened Monday in Beijing with U.N. Undersecretary General Nitin Desai saying scientific advances that aid in balancing ecology and development should be made available to all. Specifically citing nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology, Desai called for new international mechanisms to help share technological breakthroughs. (UN Wire, 17 Apr. 2002)

EPA going it alone on utility emission rules - Democrats [USA]: Democrats assailed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday for charging ahead with a plan to relax air pollution standards for aging U.S. power plants without seeking advice from health and environment experts. (Chris Baltimore, Reuters, 17 Apr. 2002)

Weedkiller makes male frogs into females - study: The most popular weedkiller in the United States [atrazine] can give male frogs female sex organs and other attributes, researchers said this week -...the study had implications for humans, especially children who have not reached puberty (Maggie Fox, Reuters, 17 Apr. 2002)

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Agencies Warn Of Risk To Children - A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Environment Agency says that up to 40 percent of global disease cases caused by environmental hazards are estimated to impact children under the age of 5 [refers to risks including synthetic chemicals, polluted indoor & outdoor air, road traffic, contaminated food & water, contaminants in toys, environmental tobacco smoke] (UN Wire, 16 Apr. 2002)

Children face environmental risks: Children across Europe have to cope with health risks they should not be expected to tolerate, experts say. (Alex Kirby, BBC News, 15 Apr. 2002)

Support for biodiversity linked to poverty reduction, says UNDP:...Encompassing partnerships with governments, civil society, local communities, and the private sector, UNDP/GEF provides assistance for 285 protected areas around the world covering 23.3 million hectares. (U.N. Development Programme, 16 Apr. 2002)

McDonald's feeds appetite for social responsibility: Stung by unfavorable attention it has attracted as a symbol of rampant globalization, McDonald's Corp. is touting its record of promoting animal welfare, protecting tropical rain forests and hiring disadvantaged workers. (Deborah Cohen, Reuters, 16 Apr. 2002)

McDonald's Issues First Worldwide Social Responsibility Report: NGO Initiatives Update Included in McDonald's Report: Conservation International, Environmental Defense, The Natural Step, Business for Social Responsibility (McDonald's Corporation, 15 Apr. 2002)

Home wanted for Britain's burgeoning tyre mountain: British businesses are harnessing new technologies to flatten the country's mountain of used tyres - growing by more than a million a month - as a European law gets set to make landfilling them illegal (Oliver Bullough, Reuters, 16 Apr. 2002)

Sitting Ducks: As polluting asbestos units and illegal mining thrive amid lax laws, lakhs of workers become easy prey for dreaded diseases [India] (Kushal P. S. Yadav, in Down to Earth, Centre for Science and Environment [India], 15 Apr. 2002)

Toxic Tea Tangle: Political machinations shroud safeguards to weed out pesticide-laden tea supplies [India/Germany] (Down to Earth, Centre for Science and Environment [India], 15 Apr. 2002)

Ecuador's oil pollution fears -...Oil waste is collected in vast pools often on agricultural land, making further cultivation impossible. (BBC News, 15 Apr. 2002)

G8 starts environment talks, under fire on Kyoto: Environment ministers from the world's leading nations turned their back on global warming on the weekend and instead tackled the tricky topic of how to encourage the private sector to do more for the cause of sustainable development. (David Ljunggren, Reuters, 15 Apr. 2002)

Indonesia planning permanent log export ban: Indonesia is planning to impose a permanent ban on exports of logs to protect its dwindling tropical forests (Reuters, 15 Apr. 2002)

Greenpeace strikes in Miami against mahogany trade - ...as part of a campaign to pressure the U.S. government to halt illegal shipments of the valuable hardwood (Jim Loney, Reuters, 15 Apr. 2002)

{···español} Restaurar: la tarea que viene [Colombia] -...Además, las empresas adquirieron compromisos para cuidar el medio ambiente...añade Mayr [Juan Mayr, ministro del Medio Ambiente] (Olga Lucía Martínez Ante, El Tiempo [Colombia], 14 abril 2002)

Workers Gear-up For Pollution Fight [Australia]: Workers want State Government [New South Wales, Australia] support so they can be more effective in protecting their communities against pollution. Labour Council will put the acid on Environment Minister Bob Debus to fund training for delegates and organisers about how they can utilise existing legislation to become frontline environmental watchdogs. (Workers Online [Australia], 12 Apr. 2002)

Battle for Biodiversity: France first to commit to saving the ancient forests: Germany next to join (Greenpeace, 12 Apr. 2002)

U.S.: Administration Criticized On Toxic Chemicals Pact Move - The Bush administration yesterday asked for congressional approval of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to eliminate a number of highly toxic chemicals, although environmentalists faulted the administration for backing off a commitment to create a method to add new pollutants to the list. (UN Wire, 12 Apr. 2002)

White House Move on Toxic-Chemicals Pact Assailed (Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2002)

Costa Rica has launched a "sustainable" coffee seal: Costa Rica has launched a "sustainable" coffee seal to be awarded to growers who protect plantation ecosystems, save energy, clean up waste-disposal, improve pest and disease control, provide healthy working conditions for pickers and reduce the use of chemicals. (Veronica Vega, Reuters, 12 Apr. 2002)

The Debate: Behind the corporate greenwash - Graham Ward claims the UK's energy companies take environmental issues very seriously, but Tony Juniper argues most do not take a global view and fail to recognise the scale of the challenge. (Tony Juniper, Director-designate at Friends of the Earth, and Graham Ward, Chairman of the British Energy Association, in Accountancy Age, 11 Apr. 2002)

Environmental Groups Urge Ford to Take Responsibility for Planned Destruction of the Environment in the Czech Republic: Ford Subsidiary [Mexican company Tenedora Nemak] Breaks Ground on Unspoiled Farmland, Risking Health and Environment of Czech Citizens (Environmental Law Service [Czech Republic] & Friends of the Earth Czech Republic, 10 Apr. 2002)

An Open Letter to Mr. William Clay Ford Jr., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Co. (from Environmental Law Service [Czech Republic] & other environmental NGOs, 10 Apr. 2002)

Objections of Czech environmental NGOs to the investment plan of TENEDORA NEMAK, S.A. DE C.V. in the Czech Republic (Prepared by CEE Bankwatch Network Czech Republic with the use of documentation of the Environmental Law Service & Greenpeace CZ, Apr. 2002)

Pratt & Whitney Sponsors Industry-EPA [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] Pollution-Reduction Initiative [aimed at reducing pollution at its metal finishing suppliers] -...Pratt & Whitney is the second corporate sponsor of the Strategic Goals Program, following the Raytheon Company in 2001. (GreenBiz.com, 10 Apr. 2002)

Eco soundings: Voluntary inactivity [UK] - In October 2000, Tony Blair exhorted Britain's leading 350 companies to publish environmental reports of their activities by the end of last year. New research by Friends of the Earth shows that just 23% of those companies have reported, 7% say they might and the rest aren't planning anything. So, after the failure of this voluntary approach, FoE, Save the Children Fund, Amnesty and the New Economics Foundation are working together to introduce a new draft law. (John Vidal, Guardian [UK], 10 Apr. 2002)

Thailand may alter Malaysia gas pipe route - paper: Thailand is studying alternative routes for a controversial gas pipeline to Malaysia, due to opposition from villagers and environmentalists, a Thai newspaper reported yesterday. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered studies into alternatives by oil and gas firm PTT Plc... (Reuters, 10 Apr. 2002)

ENERGY: Route change pending for gas pipeline [Thailand] - Residents' concerns prompt new study - The route of the Thai-Malaysia gas pipeline might be changed as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has told those involved to study alternatives...local communities, especially in Sadao and Chana, claim the route would damage the environment and livelihoods. (Chatrudee Theparat, Bangkok Post, 9 Apr. 2002)

EU set to make electronics firms pay for recycling: The European Parliament is set to approve a law today making electrical equipment makers pay for dealing with their products when they have been thrown away, in Europe's biggest-ever drive to promote recycling. (Robin Pomeroy, Reuters, 10 Apr. 2002)

Napa firm tops in social venture [USA]: Regale [which turns recycled paper into biodegradable packaging]...has won the National Social Venture Competition. The social venture competition was sponsored by The Goldman Sachs Foundation, Columbia Business School and University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. (Alec Rosenberg, The Argus [California], 9 Apr. 2002)

LIBERIA: Stop buying conflict timber, environmental watchdog appeals - The international environmental watchdog, Global Witness, appealed on Monday in an open letter to a Danish company, DLH Nordisk, to stop buying ‘conflict timber’ from Liberian companies. (U.N. Integrated Regional Information Networks, 9 Apr. 2002)

UNDP and Shell to assess social impact of major China pipeline project: The assessment will help maximize economic and social benefits in communities affected by the project and promote equitable development in areas adjoining the pipeline's route in western China...The study is one element of an overall environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) being conducted by Shell, the leader of the consortium currently in discussions with PetroChina over possible participation in the West -East Pipeline project. (U.N. Development Programme, 9 Apr. 2002)

Dow Shall Be Liable [India] - More than 500 survivors of the Union Carbide 1984 gas leak from Bhopal protested outside the Dow headquarters in Mumbai, accusing the Michigan-based company of double standards and racism (Darryl D'Monte and Nityanand Jayaraman, CorpWatch India, 8 Apr. 2002)

Letter from John Gibbons [former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy] to ExxonMobil - "...the recent action by your Washington, D.C., representative in lobbying the Bush Administration to dump Dr. Robert Watson as the United States representative on the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gives me every reason to quit doing business with ExxonMobil and to urge others to do the same." (John Gibbons, former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 8 Apr. 2002)

ExxonMobil hits back in memo: The US oil giant ExxonMobil has hit back at environmentalists in a row over a memo asking the White House to unseat the UN's chief climate change expert. (BBC News, 5 Apr. 2002)

Hospitals Show a Healthy Return on Environmental Innovations [USA]: Hospitals across the country were honored today for outstanding environmental performance at the first annual awards ceremony of Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E), a joint program of the American Hospital Association, American Nurses Association, Health Care Without Harm and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (GreenBiz.com, 8 Apr. 2002)

POLLUTION: Ability to control dirty factories `limited' [Thailand] - Law contradictory and slow, chief says - The Pollution Control Department is frustrated about its limited power to deal with polluting factories. Staff had so little power they were little different from postmen whose job was to forward pollution problems to other agencies, a senior inspection official said. (Ranjana Wangvipula, Bangkok Post, 8 Apr. 2002)

CLIMATE CHANGE: ExxonMobil Defends Lobbying Against IPCC Head - Petroleum giant ExxonMobil defended itself last week against allegations it lobbied U.S. President George W. Bush to withdraw support for Robert Watson, the incumbent chairman of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (UN Wire, 8 Apr. 2002)

ExxonMobil hits back in memo: The US oil giant ExxonMobil has hit back at environmentalists in a row over a memo asking the White House to unseat the UN's chief climate change expert. (BBC News, 5 Apr. 2002)

Over 86% Natural Forests Degraded [Ghana]: Prof. Kasim Kasanga, Minister for Lands and Forestry says over 86% of total land area originally covered by forest has been degraded through bad practices..."the total quantity of logs removed in 1999 amounting to 3.7 million cubic metres was 4 times the annual allowable cut." (Isaac Essel, Accra Mail [Ghana], 8 Apr. 2002)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Consensus Eludes Preparatory Meeting - The third preparatory meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development ended Friday night with the lack of an anticipated agreement on consensus documents for the event prompting organizers to decide to meet again ahead of a planned ministerial meeting in May...Craig Bennett of Friends of the Earth said the text's references to "private-public partnerships" are "essentially opportunities given to corporations to deliver the implement of sustainable development. ... Do they really have the interest of sustainable development at heart? ... We are talking about corporations taking advantage of global trade yet not willing to be accountable globally..." (Jim Wurst, UN Wire, 8 Apr. 2002)

Companies Skirt Disclosure of Environmental Liabilities [USA]: New study echoes social investors' call for the SEC to strengthen its rules regarding corporate disclosure of environmental liabilities (William Baue, SocialFunds.com, 8 Apr. 2002)

Bangladeshis scoop up dead fish:...Environment experts said that most lakes, canals and the Buriganga river around the Bangladesh capital had been polluted by harmful chemical and other wastes from hundreds of small and big industries which operate without waste treatment facilities. Many slum dwellers use the polluted water for drinking and washing, and suffer from a variety of diseases (Reuters, 8 Apr. 2002)

Firms pushed to disclose their impact on society: A coalition of governments, businesses and public interest groups launched last week a global campaign to encourage companies to issue public reports on their impact on society and the environment [Global Reporting Initiative]...The GRI guidelines are already being followed by more than 110 companies worldwide, including German chemicals group BASF AG, British Telecom, U.S. drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Japanese printer and photocopier maker Canon Inc., French Food group Danone, U.S.-based sports clothing company Nike and South African Breweries Plc. (Irwin Arieff, Reuters, 8 Apr. 2002)

Environmentalists say US hijacking UN summit: Environmental groups last week accused the United States and oil exporting nations of trying to gut a global action plan for environmentally friendly development to be adopted at a U.N. summit in South Africa..."The United States' only vision is that this planet should be run like a business park," Greenpeace's Remi Parmentier told a news conference (Irwin Arieff, Reuters, 8 Apr. 2002)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Prep Meeting Nears End Without Agreement - The third preparatory meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development entered its final day this morning without a consensus for the summit and with civil society representatives highly critical of the entire process...Paul Tennassee of the World Confederation of Labor said, "In this conference, they are trying to evade the whole issue of the social responsibility of corporations and this is an issue that has to be tackled head on." (Jim Wurst, UN Wire, 5 Apr. 2002)

Bank's £35m gift for WWF angers greens: HSBC has invested in many damaging projects - so why is it now giving money to a leading conservation agency? Opponents within the organisation [World Wide Fund for Nature] fear they are being used to "greenwash" the bank, which is accused of funding the destruction of virgin Indonesian rainforests and two controversial dam projects in China and southern Africa. (Severin Carrell, Independent [UK], 7 Apr. 2002)

'Boycott Esso' call over attempt to oust green expert [UK] - Motorists across Britain are being urged by environmentalists to boycott Esso petrol stations following claims that their parent company collaborated with the Bush administration in a bid to undermine the world's most influential exponent of global warming theory. (Steve Boggan, Independent [UK], 6 Apr. 2002)

IMF [International Metalworkers' Federation] publishes report on FTAA: The Free Trade Area of the Americas will present a major challenge for the labour movement....Although he [IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi] says that fair trade is one of the best instruments for development, "certain fundamental conditions must be fulfilled for this purpose, such as a clause guaranteeing minimum labour and environmental standards, and increased purchasing power, particularly in developing countries, so that people are able to buy what they produce." (IMF - International Metalworkers' Federation, 5 Apr. 2002)

Public-Private Partnerships to Save the World? Friends of the Earth today slammed the UK Government, the EU, and governments from other industrialised countries for putting big business before people and the environment during the preparations for this year's "Earth Summit". The environment group warned that the Johannesburg meeting looked set to become "the world's largest trade fair", unless governments seized the opportunity to address the negative aspects of corporate-led globalisation. (Friends of the Earth, 5 Apr. 2002)

Forest laws not worth the paper they're written:...Vast areas of remaining intact forest on four continents have been degraded because of poor enforcement of existing forest protection laws, according to researchers at the Washington-based World Resources Institute...Jim Strittholt, head of Global Forest Watch USA, pointed to a number of companies and banks - such as IKEA, the world's largest home-furnishings company, and ABN Amro, one of Europe's leading banks - that were using the research to ensure that their wood supplies or investments were not promoting deforestation (Danielle Knight, Inter Press Service, in Asia Times [Hong Kong], 5 Apr. 2002)

Report: Just 26 Percent Of Forests Unspoiled [Russia] - The romantic image of an endless expanse of unspoiled forest taiga stretching across Russia is no longer true, researchers warned at the presentation Wednesday of the first atlas of the country's forests...The report points to man-made fires, logging and mining as typical examples of ways in which man impinges on virgin forests. Once disturbed by such activities, the forests cannot be repaired, experts say. (Kevin O'Flynn, St. Petersburg Times [Russia], 5 Apr. 2002)

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Is Here to Stay: The Global Reporting Initiative, an organization working to make corporate performance more transparent, was formally inaugurated as an independent institution yesterday. (Mark Thomsen, SocialFunds.com, 5 Apr. 2002)

{···español} Greenpeace plantea demanda contra banco que financia el OCP [Ecuador]: La organización ecologista Greenpeace presentó un recurso al Gobierno del estado federado alemán de Renania del Norte-Westfalia contra un crédito del banco Westdeutsche Landesbank para la construcción del Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP)...Para la experta, el oleoducto...destruirá las selvas del país y los fundamentos de la vida de los pueblos indígenas y de especies animales amenazadas. Además, según greenpeace existe el peligro de que, a través de derramamientos accidentales de petróleo, se contaminen los suelos y las reservas de agua potable. (La Hora [Ecuador], 5 abril 2002)

Canada to toughen new-vehicle pollution rules: Canada said yesterday it will toughen pollution emission rules for all new vehicles, ending a loophole that allowed less stringent standards for popular sport utility vehicles and minivans. (Reuters, 5 Apr. 2002)

Truce over Canadian rainforest seen fraying: A year after environmentalists, timber producers, Indians and the government called a truce in a fight over logging in the "Great Bear Rainforest" on Canada's Pacific coast there are signs the agreement is under threat. (Reuters, 5 Apr. 2002)

Need for new law on companies' green reporting - Big business scorns PM's call for green reporting:...A coalition of groups has called on the UK Government to insist companies report because the voluntary approach has failed. (Friends of the Earth, 4 Apr. 2002)

Global Reporting Initiative finally inaugurated in New York (Ethical Corporation Magazine, 4 Apr. 2002)

The Jo'burg Memo - Fairness in a Fragile World - A Memorandum for the World Summit on Sustainable Development [a Memorandum for the World Summit by 16 authors from across the world, to contribute to the debate on both the desired outcomes of the Summit and the critical path for the sustainable development agenda in the next decade...the authors are drawn from NGOs, business, academic community, politics] (Heinrich Boell Foundation, 4 Apr. 2002)

{···español} Guatemala suspende proyecto hidroeléctrico [La empresa Hidroeléctrica Las Vacas] por contaminación de río (El Tiempo [Colombia], 4 abril 2002)

Social values to drive tomorrow's companies - UN: Tomorrow's companies will have to pay more attention to social and environmental values in an economic shift that will create major new business opportunities as well as pitfalls, according to a new report released at the United Nations yesterday. (Irwin Arieff, Reuters, 4 Apr. 2002)

press release: Global Trends Are Reshaping Business Strategy And Markets: Businesses that wish to survive and thrive in a global economy must respond to major social and environmental trends that are reshaping markets, says a report released today (U.N. Environment Programme, World Business Council for Sustainable Development & World Resources Institute, 3 Apr. 2002)

{···français} Les tendances mondiales remodèlent la stratégie des entreprises et les marchés: Pour survivre et prospérer dans le contexte actuel d’économie mondiale, les entreprises doivent réagir aux grandes tendances sociales et environnementales qui remodèlent les marchés. (Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement, World Business Council for Sustainable Development et World Resources Institute, 3 avril 2002)

full report: Tomorrow’s markets: Global trends and their implications for business (U.N. Environment Programme, World Business Council for Sustainable Development & World Resources Institute, Feb. 2002)

Leading Toward A Better World? The Role of Multinational Corporations in Economic & Social Development of Poor Countries: Keynote Speaker - John Browne, Group CEO, BP (John Browne, Group CEO, BP, speech at Harvard University, 3 Apr. 2002)

{···español} Gobierno ecuatoriano espera que petrolera repare daño ambiental: La ministra ecuatoriana de Ambiente, Lourdes Luque, dijo que espera que la empresa OCP-Ecuador cumpla su ofrecimiento de reparar el daño ambiental causado en el noroeste de Quito. (El Tiempo [Colombia], 3 abril 2002)

UN and business unveil new project to open Jo'burg Summit to the world:...Virtual Exhibition is a joint project of BASD - Business Action for Sustainable Development - and UNDP - the United Nations Development Programme. Billed as "a multi-media showcase of sustainable development initiatives", Virtual Exhibition will use web technology to profile sustainable development projects from all over the world. It will also provide a worldwide webcast of proceedings during the Johannesburg conference and encourage participation in the summit via a series of online exchanges. (Virtual Exhibition, 3 Apr. 2002)

CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S. To Endorse Indian Replacement Of Watson For IPCC -...The decision comes after a meeting between State Department officials and energy and automotive lobbyists yesterday, with reports saying the two industries and the U.S. administration itself were displeased with Watson because he has pressed for tough climate control measures. (UN Wire, 3 Apr. 2002)