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Court approves termination of United Airlines pension plans
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/unit-m13.shtml
Who should be responsible for honouring the promises that companies make to their workers?
Pension plans depend on company contributions and investment returns for their funding. The situation has been dire all round.
http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4100521

Following extensive consultations and deliberations, the Québec Government implemented a Water Policy in the fall of 2002 in order to: ensure the protection of this unique resource; manage water with a view to sustainable development; better protect public health and ecosystems.
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/eau/politique/index-en.htm

World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure, chaired by M. Michel Camdessus, presented its report titled Financing Water for All at the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto in March 2003. http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/Water_financing/financing_index.shtml

The Council of Great Lakes Governors encourages and facilitates environmentally responsible economic growth by establishing a cooperative effort between the public and private sectors among the eight Great Lakes states and with the provinces of Ontario and Quebec http://www.cglg.org/index.asp

Asia-Pacific climate pact launched
The United States has struck what many see as an empty deal on climate change with Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea. The six nations issued a joint "vision statement" at the launch on July 28 of their Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate.
http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=dossierreaditem&dossier=4&type=1&itemid=2257&language=1

Nations that are not required to cut emissions may, out of enlightened self interest, follow China, which, has been tackling the problems of cleaning up its environment http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=specifictopics&dossier=4&topic=152&CFID=1801378&CFTOKEN=44188392

World summit must remember development, observers say
One of the primary goals of the United Nations' world summit next month is supposed to be to evaluate the successes and failures so far of the Millennium Development Goals, but that goal is at risk of virtually disappearing amid the world body's focus on reforming itself http://www.un.org/reform/, critics warn. Inter Press Service News Agency (8/2) Subscription only

The advantages of nuclear energy
Washington Times Editorial Aug 5 To enhance America's national security and energy security over the long term, it is imperative that the United States expand its use of nuclear power.