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January 22, 1997
FROM GREENPEACE, Greenbase Project

<<< TOXICS >>>

  2 Financial Times January  23, 1997, Policy is 'hostile' to
organic farmers Maggie Urry Government policy is "hostile" to
organic farming, the agriculture select committee was told
yesterday.Mr Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association, the

  3 India Tightens Import of Plastic Wastes NEW DELHI (Jan. 23)
XINHUA The Indian government has banned  import of used plastic in
the form of waste or scrap in order to  contain pollution and
prevent damage to the environment, the Hindustan  Times said today.

  4 Eleven inhale poison gas from German factory fire  BONN,
Germany, Jan 23 (Reuter) - A huge fire at a chemical factory caused
poisonous gas to pour into the centre of the Bavarian town of
Memmingen on Thursday, injuring four firemen and seven police who

<<< NUCLEAR POWER >>>

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  5 01/23 Agence France Presse  NZ seeks Japanese assurance that
nuclear  ship will not enter its waters "We would hope to get an
undertaking from Japan that it would not travers the exclusive
economic zone of New Zealand," he said.  The British-registered

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  6 New Zealand says still uneasy about nuclear ship ADELAIDE, Jan
23 (Reuter) - New Zealand on Thursday continued to express concern
about the passage and safety of a Japan-bound ship carrying
plutonium waste while Australia said it had been assured the ship

  7 Taiwan insists N.Korea nuclear waste deal safe By Alice Hung
TAIPEI, Jan 23 (Reuter) - Taiwan on Thursday defended its
controversial plan to ship nuclear waste to cash-starved North
Korea, pledging not to bow to pressure from South Korea.

<<< NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY >>>

  8 DISARMAMENT:  CONFERENCE OPENS WITHOUT A SCRIPT GENEVA, (Jan.
21) IPS - The open season on international  disarmament started
slowly here today as the 61-member Disarmament  Conference
struggled against stagnation in attempts to draw up an agenda.

  9 France weighed nuclear threat in Bosnia -book By Bernard
Edinger PARIS, Jan 22 (Reuter) - French military chiefs considered
threatening to use short-range nuclear missiles in ex-Yugoslavia
when its U.N. peacekeepers faced the possibility of being overrun

 10 U.S. studying deep nuclear cuts under START-3 By Charles
Aldinger WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuter) - The United States said on
Thursday it was actively studying further deep cuts in nuclear
warheads under a possible START-3 treaty with Russia, but stressed

 11 Germany urges India to drop nuclear test ban stand By Nelson
Graves NEW DELHI, Jan 23 (Reuter) - German Vice Chancellor Klaus
Kinkel on Thursday appealed to India to abandon its opposition to
a global treaty to ban nuclear weapons tests, saying the accord was

 12 U.S. works on nuclear deal with Russia By Jonathan Clayton
BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (Reuter) - Washington will offer Moscow a deal
cutting the huge U.S. advantage in sea-based strategic nuclear
missiles as part of efforts to win Russian support for NATO plans

 13 Law on chemical weapons destruction turned down. MOSCOW,
January 23 (Itar-Tass) - The Federation Council today turned  down
the law "on the destruction of chemical weapons," believing that
in the present wording it can lead to serious ecological problems.

<<< OCEANS >>>

 14 Financial Times January  23, 1997 More ageing tankers to stay
in use By Charles Batchelor, Transport Correspondent Increased
demand for oil shipments will keep many elderly tankers in service
well past the date when they would normally be scrapped, according
to a

 15 Mainichi Daily News January  23, 1997 Oil spill cleanup efforts
suspended  Efforts to clean up oil spilled from a Russian tanker
that sank in the Sea of Japan were suspended Wednesday and
volunteers were sent home due to stormy weather. New oil slicks

<<< ATMOSPHERE >>>

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 16 Environmentalists split on climate change plan By Vicki Allen
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuter) - In its effort to get an international
agreement to fight global warming, the Clinton administration faces
opposition not only from polluting industries, but from a fractious

 17 Stichting Algemeen Nederlands POORER EU STATES MUST CONTRIBUTE
TO CO2 REDUCTION - DE BOER The poorer countries, as well as other
members, of the European Union must contribute to a reduction in
global warming said Dutch Environment Minister Margreet de Boer

 18 Australian fires deliberately lit, say police MELBOURNE, Jan 23
(Reuter) - Forest fires that ravaged the outskirts of Australia's
second biggest city, killing three people and razing over 40 homes,
were started deliberately, police in Melbourne said on Thursday.

<<< TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY >>>

 19 Business VietNam Feb  1997 Environment loses in race for
economic growth Bien Hoa, Feb 1997 Bien Hoa: More than two decades
after the Americans decimated VN's tropical  forests  and farmland
with defoliants and bombing, the country's ecosystem is under
attack

 20 Ecuador wants reopening of Texaco suit By SCOTT NEUMAN NEW YORK
Jan. 23 (UPI) Ecuador has asked Thursday a New York federal court
to reopen a lawsuit against Texaco Petroleum Corp. for alleged
environmental contamination of the country's Amazon rain forest.

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