Japan moves to resume importing whale meat from Norway

AP Worldstream;  March 6, 2002 ;     245 words ......Agency has requested permission to import whale meat from Norway, ending an 11-year hiatus...December last year would allow Japan to buy whale meat from overseas for the first time since...three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of minke whale meat have already arrived in Japan for inspection...

Japan plans to resume importing whale meat from Norway

AP Worldstream;  March 6, 2002 ;   JOJI SAKURAI, Associated Press Writer;   452 words ......TOKYO Japan plans to resume importing whale meat for the first time in 11 years, buying...Fisheries Agency wants to start importing whale meat as soon as possible once the Trade Ministry approves Japan's first overseas whale meat purchase since 1991, said agency official...

CHINA TO CREATE NETWORK TO OBSERVE GREENHOUSE GAS

AsiaInfo Services;  March 12, 2008 ;     231 words ......China to Create Network to Observe Greenhouse Gas BEIJING, Aug 03, 2008 (SinoCast via...plans to quicken the construction of a greenhouse gas observation system in order to strengthen...their ability to observe and analyze greenhouse gas, said Zheng Guoguang, the director...

JPN: Whale meat back on school menus

AAP General News (Australia);  February 15, 2006 ;     294 words ......General News (Australia) 02-15-2006 JPN: Whale meat back on school menus TOKYO, Feb 14 Kyodo...number of Japanese schools are putting whale meat back on the menu, education officials...education, which resumed the regular use of whale meat in school lunches in January 2005, has...

Rep. Baldwin Introduces Greenhouse Gas Registry Act

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 16, 2008 ;     787 words ......Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, has introduced the Greenhouse Gas Registry Act (H.R. 6877), legislation...provide for the creation of a federal greenhouse gas registry." The bill, introduced on...full-text of the legislation follows:Greenhouse Gas Registry ActH.R. 6877To provide for...

VOA NEWS: JAPAN CONFRONTS WHALE MEAT GLUT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 16, 2006 ;     596 words ......By Steve Herman Many Japanese consider whale meat a delicacy and now a new generation is...country has an unprecedented surplus of whale meat - thousands of tons of it - mainly due...campaign to get the public to eat more whale meat is intended to re-balance the market...

More Japanese schools offer whale meat lunch

Xinhua News Agency;  February 14, 2006 ;     234 words ...More Japanese schools offer whale meat lunch TOKYO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- More than 1.6 tons of whale meat were served as school lunch in over 100...whaling tradition, is promoting the use of whale meat in schools. The efforts were viewed as...

Cities' roles in producing greenhouse gas emissions exaggerated, says...

Cape Times (South Africa);  September 26, 2008 ;     424 words ......accused of producing almost 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and it's not fair, according...institute, said blaming cities for greenhouse gas missed the point that cities were a...require high consumption levels and high greenhouse gas emissions, he said in the statement...

Japan finds whale meat a tough sell

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 10, 2006 ;   Hiroko Tabuchi Associated Press;   592 words ......The result is an unprecedented glut of whale meat. Prices -- once about $15 a pound...It's a tough sell. "To put it simply, whale meat tastes horrible," said 30-year-old Kosuke...in Tokyo who turned their noses up at whale meat. Young people are put off by the tough...

Rep. Engel Introduces Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 14, 2007 ;     787 words ......Engel, R-New York, has introduced the Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007 (H.R. 2651...full-text of the legislation follows:Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007H.R. 2651To...TITLE.This Act may be cited as the `Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007'.SEC. 2...

NSW: Protocol measures greenhouse gas emissions

AAP General News (Australia);  March 18, 2002 ;     274 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: Protocol measures greenhouse gas emissions SYDNEY, March 18 AAP - Australian...able to apply internationally accepted greenhouse gas accounting and reporting standards...Minister Kim Yeadon today launched the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for the World Business Council...

Japanese can't swallow surplus of whale meat: Tough, tastes bad and the...

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 10, 2006 ;   Hiroko Tabuchi;   396 words ......The result is an unprecedented glut of whale meat. Prices -- once about $15 a pound...It's a tough sell. "To put it simply, whale meat tastes horrible," said 30-year-old Kosuke...in Tokyo who turned their noses up at whale meat. Young people are put off by the tough...

Japan To Resume Whale Meat Imports

AP Online;  March 6, 2002 ;   JOJI SAKURAI, Associated Press Writer;   394 words ......AP) _ Japan plans to resume importing whale meat for the first time in 11 years, buying...Fisheries Agency wants to start importing whale meat as soon as possible once the Trade Ministry...Komatsu. Norway says it wants to sell whale meat, and if we say no, it will go against...

FED: Whale meat was not stolen: Japanese whalers

AAP General News (Australia);  July 18, 2008 ;     276 words ......General News (Australia) 07-18-2008 FED: Whale meat was not stolen: Japanese whalers CANBERRA...say crew members accused of stealing whale meat have been cleared of any crime. Greenpeace...been illegally selling large amounts of whale meat on their return to Japan from whaling...

WISCONSIN: Rep. Black Introduces Bill Relating to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 13, 2007 ;     774 words ......introduced a bill (A.B. 157) that relates to greenhouse gas emission management. The Wisconsin...in the atmosphere. The bill treats greenhouse gas emissions from the generation of electricity...requiring the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by significant sources ...