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...Canada's Minister of Industry, David Emerson, wrote to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, urging that the patent office expedite the review of NTP's patents or at least lay out a timetable in public. "We knew nothing about these contacts and weren't given a chance to respond," says Kevin Anderson, a lawyer...
...didn't take long for the antagonistic rhetoric from all sides to start again. When asked about Moscow?s concerns that Tehran might respond to a tough Security Council statement by expelling the IAEA inspectors now working in Iran, Rice responded sharply: "What they?re doing currently is kind of a salami tactic. First it was just going to be [uranium] conversion. Then it was just going to be a small scale R & D. Then it was going to be about centrifuge production," Rice said. "So I don?t see Iran particularly constrained by the fact that the IAEA continues...
...During the three and a half hour meeting, according to a senior U.S. official present, "a number of ministers including Rice said we had to have the option of moving toward sanctions at some point in the future, should Iran not respond to the diplomatic process." U.S. officials hope to convince the other Security Council members to devise "targeted" sanctions aimed at the Iranian ruling class while minimizing the impact on ordinary people...
Such public stirrings are at last getting the attention of politicians and business leaders, who may not always respond to science but have a keen nose for where votes and profits lie. State and local lawmakers have started taking action to curb emissions, and major corporations are doing the same. Wal-Mart has begun installing wind turbines on its stores to generate electricity and is talking about putting solar reflectors over its parking lots. HSBC, the world's second largest bank, has pledged to neutralize its carbon output by investing in wind farms and other green projects. Even President Bush...
Belfer did not respond to a request to comment yesterday...