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Global News Headlines 03/01
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March 1, 1998
FROM GREENPEACE, Greenbase Project
<<< TOXICS >>>
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2 The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) February 28, 1998 Pg. 1A Greenpeace
activists Friday protested Gov. Mike Foster's environmental policies by
stringing a four-story banner between a man and a woman suspended by ropes
down the side of the State Capitol. "ECO-JUSTICE NOW! " read the banner.
3 HEALTH-HONDURAS: PESTICIDE RELATED DEATHS UNDER- TEGUCIGALPA, (Feb.
26) IPS - A government commission probing the use of the pesticide Nemagon
on banana plantations has demanded environmental impact reports from more
than 50 companies to determine whether the health of workers and nearby
<<< NUCLEAR POWER >>>
4 CANADA: NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN POOR- OTTAWA, (Feb. 26) IPS - Canada's
nuclear power stations, operated by provincial authorities, are plagued
with environmental and safety problems despite pledges to clean them
up, according to a troubling new federal report.
<<< NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY >>>
5 The New York Times March 1, 1998 Page 27 At Brookhaven, a New Charge
That Radiation Threatens Water By BRUCE LAMBERT DATELINE: UPTON, N.Y.
Raising new questions about pollution at the Brookhaven
National Laboratory, a former scientist there has charged that
<<< ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY >>>
6 SCORES OF WORKERS ESCAPE MUDSLIDE IN PERU CUSCO, Peru, Feb 28 Reuters
- Scores of workers feared killed by a mudslide tearing through a valley in
the Peruvian Andes saved themselves by scurrying up a hillside, authorities
said today. "They are all safe," Jorge Alaluna, civil defence spokesman
7 Agence France Presse March 01, 1998 Philippine president orders
preparation for La Nina flooding DATELINE: MANILA, March 1 Philippine
President Fidel Ramos has ordered measures to prepare for possible mass
flooding related to the La Nina weather front amid fears rice fields could
8 AP March 01, 1998 Flash floods in southern Afghanistan kill 30,
injure 300 DATELINE: PESHAWAR, Pakistan Flash floods roared through
southern Afghanistan killing at least 30 people and leaving another 300
people injured, officials of the ruling Taliban militia and aid workers said
9 ASEAN ASKING U.N. FOR HELP TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES - KUALA LUMPUR,
March 1 AP - Southeast Asia is seeking international help to fight its
forest fires since the problem will affect the global climate, a senior
Malaysian official said today. Law Hieng Ding, the minister of science
10 Debt-laden Hydro-Quebec eyes U.S. market By Charles Cote QUEBEC CITY,
Feb 27 (Reuters) - Hydro-Quebec President Andre Caille believes his crystal
ball looks rosy when he envisions his huge government-owned utility making a
big push into the deregulated U.S. market. But analysts and other critics
11 Utility Europe March 1, 1998 Pg. 13 POWER OUT OF THIN AIR
BYLINE: Paul Newton Europe's wind power potential is massively
under-exploited. Recent debate on new capacity has centred on developing
offshore wind power when there is still plenty of on-shore potential.
12 Deutsche Presse-Agentur March 1, 1998 Thai premier gives green light
to Burmese pipeline DATELINE: Bangkok Thai Prime Minsiter Chuan Leekpai
has given the go-ahead to a controversial petroleum pipeline linking
western Thailand to natural gas reserves in Burma's offshore fields, news
<<< TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY >>>
13 The New York Times March 1, 1998 Accord Set to Save Redwoods
BYLINE: Reuters DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 Federal wildlife agencies
and the Pacific Lumber Company have tentatively agreed to save 8,000
additional acres of old-growth redwoods near California's Headwaters
14 03/01 Treesitter Activist By WILLIAM SCHIFFMANN SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A
butterfly living in a tree isn't unusual, unless it's environmental activist
Julia Butterfly perched 180 feet above the floor of an old-growth redwood
forest, staging a sit-in to save the woods from lumberjacks.
15 JAMAICA: ENDANGERED SPECIES FIGHTING- KINGSTON, (Feb. 26) IPS - The
future of several of Jamaica's endangered species seems rather dim as they
continue to battle problems ranging from poaching to the attitudes of the
island's people. One of these is the giant Swallowtail Butterfly.
16 Sunday Telegraph March 1, 1998 Pg. 09 Tourist hordes face no-go zones
by GREG NEALE NO-GO zones for tourists are being drawn up by leading
members of the travel industry. The move comes amid concern
that tourism - now the world's biggest industry - is damaging
17 AP March 01, 1998 Protesters denounce government, construction
project DATELINE: JAKARTA, Indonesia - Hundreds of people have staged
separate protests in an Indonesian provincial capital against President
Suharto's government and against a local construction project, police
18 The New York Times March 1, 1998 COURTS EXPANDING EFFORT TO BATTLE
WATER POLLUTION By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr. DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Feb. 28
A wave of lawsuits brought by environmentalists is compelling state and
Federal authorities to enforce a long-dormant provision of the Clean Water
<<< GENETIC ENGINEERING >>>
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19 Ecologists dangle from rope to stop Rhine barge ZURICH, March 1
(Reuters) Greenpeace activists descended a rope hanging from a bridge over
the Rhine River to block a passing barge and allow Swiss police to seize its
cargo of corn for testing, officials said on Sunday. "Nine activists
<<< OTHERS >>>
20 The Ottawa Citizen March 1, 1998 A6 Nigerian refugee relives perilous
escape: Life in exile brings frustrations to a family that longs to be home
by Juliet O'Neill His brother had been hanged. He, too, was a wanted man.
For a year and a half Owens Wiwa lived underground in safe houses.
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