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... GLOBAL NEWS ... NEWS 19) Destruction of Rainforests Declared Worst Ever N= developments in satellite imaging technology reveal that the Amazon rainforest is being destroyed twice as quickly as previously estimated due to the surreptitious practice of selective logging. 23) US Oil Targets Kyoto in Europe obbyists funded by the US oil industry have launched a campaign in Europe aimed at derailing efforts to tackle greenhouse gas pollution and climate change. Documents that have been obtained by Greenpeace reveal a systematic plan to persuade European business, politicians and media that the EU should abandon its commitments under the Kyoto protocol, the agreement that aims to reduce emissions that lead to global warming. awarded a US$385 million contingency contract by the US Department of Homeland Security to build detention camps able to hold 5,000 people each. 15) Chemical Industry is EPA's Primary Research Partner he US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) research program is increasingly relying on corporate joint ventures. The American Chemical Council is now the EPA's leading research partner. The EPA is diverting funds from basic health and environmental research towards research that addresses regulatory concerns of corporate funders. 20) Bottled Water: A Global Environmental Problem onsumers spend a collective US$100 billion every year on bottled water in the belief—often mistaken—that it is better for us than what flows from our taps. Worldwide, bottled water consumption surged to 41 billion gallons in 2004, up 57 per cent since 1999. 24) Cheney's Halliburton Stock Rose Over 3,000% in 2005 S Vice-President Dick Cheney's stock options in Halliburton rose from US$241,498 in 2004 to over $8 million in 2005, an increase of more than 3,000 per cent, as Halliburton continues to rake in billions of dollars from no-bid/no-audit 16) Ecuador and Mexico Defy USA on International Criminal Court Bo and Mexico have refused to sign bilateral immunity agreements (BIA) with the USA in ratification of the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty. Despite the Bush administration's threat to withhold economic aid, both countries confirmed allegiance to the ICC, the international body established to try individuals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. 21) Gold Mining Company Threatens — 2005, an increase , of more than 3,000 per Ancient Andean Glaciers cent, as Halliburton continues to rake in Bax Gold, a powerful multinational _ billions of dollars from no-bid/no-audit gold mining company, planned to melt — government contracts. three Andean glaciers in order to access gold deposits through open pit mining. 25) US Military in Paraguay The water from the glaciers would have Threatens Region been held for refreezing in the following ive hundred US troops arrived in winters. Opposition to the mine because of Paraguay with planes, weapons and destruction to water sources for Andean ammunition in July 2005, shortly after the farmers was widespread in Chile and the Paraguayan Senate granted US troops rest of the world. Construction of the mine immunity from national and International is expected to begin in 2006. Criminal Court jurisdiction. Neighbouring countries and human rights organisations 22) Billions of Dollars in Homeland are concerned that the massive air base at Security Spending Undisclosed Mariscal Estigarribia is potential real estate Me than US$8 billion in Homeland _ for the US military. oo ant ta 17) Iraq Invasion Promotes OPEC Agenda ccording to a report from journalist Greg Palast, the US invasion of Iraq was indeed about the oil. However, the US wasn't out to destroy OPEC, as claimed by neo-conservative writers, but to take part in it and increase US oil company profits. 22) Billions of Dollars in Homeland Security Spending Undisclosed ore than US$8 billion in Homeland Security funds has been doled out to States since the 9/11 attacks, but the public has little chance of knowing how this money is being spent. (Source: Project Censored 2007, Sonoma State University, California, USA, website http://www. projectcensored.org) 18) Physicist Challenges Official 9/11 Story Rew into the events of 9/11 by i, Brigham Young f Anse IMAGED Plo THE University physics mebee ina ARE Artanis! professor Steven E. Jones concludes that the we be official explanation for 5. fea the collapse of the World GB Trade Center buildings is if "Vy. implausible according to the laws of physics. Professor Jones is calling for an independent, international scientific investigation "guided not | by politicized notions and constraints, but a. on rather by observations and calculations". fT CHL WAVE Goel | ITH LCD snERD oF PLASMA le ms 3 Pe oo @ —— a Bowe rvs fife NEXUS +9 government contracts. OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2006 www.nexusmagazine.com