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Global News Headlines 07/02
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Friday, July 2, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
1) Leaky Italian PVC plant ordered to close ENDS Daily - 30/06/99 The
Italian environment ministry last week ordered a major PVC manufacturing
plant near Venice to close after the most serious episode yet in a series of
environmental incidents at the site. The European Vinyls Corporation (EVC)
plant is currently being brought to a standstill. On 8 June, around four...
2) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 02, 1999 SECTION: Pg. 17 HEADLINE:
International: Coca-Cola sickness 'all in the mind' BYLINE: Aisling Irwin,
Medical Correspondent BODY: THE COCA-COLA crisis that hit Belgium last
month was no more than a mass psychological problem requiring "social
healing" rather than "medical cure", doctors and scientists say today....
3) The Independent (London) July 2, 1999 SECTION: NATIONAL; Pg. 8 HEADLINE:
SHEEP DIP MAY HAVE CAUSED NERVE DAMAGE BYLINE: Agriculture Michael Mccarthy
Environment Correspondent BODY: NEARLY A fifth of Britain's sheep farmers
may have suffered nerve damage from using highly toxic organophosphorous
(OP) sheep dips, a report sponsored by the Government suggested yesterday....
4) National Post July 2, 1999 National News A5 Pesticide could be linked to
decline of Atlantic salmon: 4-nonylphenol sprayed to kill spruce budworm BY
Chris Lambie HALIFAX - Scientists may have discovered a link between a
pesticide used to kill the spruce budworm and the decline of Atlantic salmon
stocks, which have fallen 90% over the past two decades. A new study shows...
NUCLEAR POWER
5) U.S. wants KEDO preserved even if 2nd missile launched WASHINGTON, July 1
(Kyodo) By: Paul Flatin The United States wants Japan to maintain its
support for the 1994 framework agreement between Washington and Pyongyang
even if North Korea carries out a second launch of its long-range Taepodong
missile, a senior U.S. government official said Thursday. At special...
6) NATION July 2, 1999 HEADLINE: Teachers wary of nuclear project BODY:
TEACHERS in Ongkharak district are reluctant to support the controversial
nuclear research reactor project in the area. The teachers claim that they
doubt the transparency of the information provided on the project by the
Office of Atomic Energy for Peace (OAEP), said Phensak Jaenghetphol, who is...
7) 07/02 German Govt Strife Obstacle To Nuclear Exit Talks By Chris
Reiter FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--German Economics Minister Werner
Mueller hopes that an agreement with the power industry over the
country's exit from nuclear energy can be reached by July 15, but the
government must end its internal strife first. While the government
and industry have drawn closer to...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
8) The Independent (London) July 2, 1999 SECTION: FOREIGN NEWS; Pg. 14
HEADLINE: SERBIA BLIGHTED BY BOMB FALLOUT BYLINE: Milenko Vasovic In
Belgrade BODY: THE FULL extent of the environmental catastrophe caused by
Nato bombing is being concealed by Belgrade, which fears the news will fuel
opposition to President Slobodan Milosevic, say ecologists and Serb...
9) 07/01 Puerto Rico Gov. Wants Navy Out By CHRIS HAWLEY SAN JUAN,
Puerto Rico (AP) -- Citing a history of stray bombs and environmental
damage, Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Rossello says he'll try to expel the
U.S. Navy from an outlying island. It's going to be a fight -- we're
all agreed on that, but we are committed," Rossello said Wednesday in
adopting a government...
10) Pakistan Sharif holds key meeting on Kashmir ISLAMABAD, July 2 (Reuters)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a key meeting of cabinet
ministers and defence forces chiefs on Friday to discuss the military
standoff with India over Kashmir, a senior government official said. He
said the meeting, attended by chiefs of Pakistan's Army, Navy and Air Force...
11) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Russia's nuclear launch network faces safety
threat: report DATELINE: MOSCOW, July 2 BODY: Engineers and scientists
tasked with maintaining the system to launch Russia's nuclear missiles have
warned of grave personnel problems that could compromise the network's
safety, a Russian daily reported Friday. Poorly paid at 1,500 roubles a...
12) 06/30 WSJ(7/1): U.S. Military Mulls Weapons That Spare People By
Thomas E. Ricks Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Could the U.S. bomb an enemy's chemical and
biological weapons without killing everyone for miles around? Not
yet. But for the past four years, in a secure underground bunker here
on Kirtland Air Force Base, a band of 11 engineers,...
13) AFP: Russian journalist's treason trial reopens DATELINE: VLADIVOSTOK,
Russia, July 2 BODY: The trial of Grigory Pasko, a Russian naval captain
and journalist accused of high treason, reopened Friday with the defense
stating its case. The trial, which began in November, was suspended for the
11th time on June 24 after the prosecution called for a 12-year
prison term...
OCEANS
14) 07/01 Diesel Spill Threatens Galapagos QUITO, Ecuador (AP) Worried
that an Ecuadorean cargo boat could spill its 6,000 barrels of diesel
fuel after washing up on one of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands,
authorities studied Thursday how to safely empty the fuel. The boat,
carrying cement, left the port of Guayaquil with mechanical problems
and grounded Sunday as it tried...
15) ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JULY 1, 1999 WHALE DETECTING BUOYS
COULD HELP SAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES A floating buoy may soon help save the
right whale, the world’s most endangered whale species. Scientists from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sea Grant Center for Fisheries
Engineering (CFER) have developed a buoy with a submerged microphone, or...
OZONE
(GREENPEACE)
16) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Greenpeace blasts Sydney's Green Games
claims DATELINE: SYDNEY, July 2 BODY: Sydney Olympic organisers were
accused Friday of breaking their own environmental guidelines for next
year's Games. Environmental lobby group Greenpeace said documents obtained
under Freedom of Information laws showed greenhouse gas-emitting...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
17) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Forest fires rage in Russia's heatwave of
the century DATELINE: MOSCOW, July 2 BODY: Forest fires raged on the
outskirts of Moscow and in several other regions Friday as the death toll
from Russia's biggest heatwave of the century rose to more than 140. In the
Moscow region, some 126 fires engulfed 145 hectares (362 acres) of forest...
18) The Independent (London) July 1, 1999 SECTION: FOREIGN NEWS; Pg. 9
HEADLINE: EARTH SLOWS DOWN AS MERCURY RISES BYLINE: Charles Arthur BODY: DO
THE days seem to drag? Do you feel that the whole world is just slowing
down? It's not the summertime blues: scientists have discovered that the
Earth is spinning more slowly. True, the rate is only half a millisecond...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
19) AP Worldstream July 02, 1999 HEADLINE: UN commission to set up task
force on animal feeding UN-Food Codes DATELINE: ROME BODY: A U.N. commission
said Friday that member countries have agreed to set up a special task force
to deal with animal feeding. The decision was to be formally made later in
the day, toward the end of a five-day meeting of the Codex Alimentarius...
20) 07/01 U.N. Food Body Fails To Reach Consensus On Dairy Hormone LONDON
(Dow Jones)--A United Nations food safety agency failed to agree
Thursday on safe levels of bovine somatotrophoins (BST), a chemical
administered to cows to boost milk yield. The Codex Alimentarius
Commission, an international food safety body of the United Nations,
said its members couldn't agree on what...
21) FOCUS-EU ban on animal feed antibiotics to stay LUXEMBOURG, July 1
(Reuters) - A European court on Thursday said a ban on sales of antibiotics
produced by Pfizer (PFE.N) and Alpharma (ALO.N) for use in animal feed would
not be removed until health risks could be adequately assessed. The European
Court of First Instance, in an initial ruling, said the ban, imposed over...
22) The Times (London) July 2, 1999 SECTION: Home news HEADLINE: Bodies of
rare animals found BYLINE: Simon de Bruxelles west of England correspondent
BODY: A MAN was being questioned by police yesterday after the carcasses of
36 rare or endangered animals were found in his deep freezer. Among
the creatures believed to have been killed to be mounted as ornaments
were two...
23) Cameroon makes exceptions to log export ban ABIDJAN, July 1 (Reuters) A
ban on export of logs from Cameroon became effective at midnight on June 30
as planned, but the government decided to make an exception for the two main
species exported, Environment and Forestry Minister Sylvestre Naah Ondoa
said. Ondoa told a news conference that exports of the ayous and sapelli...
24) QLD: 4WDrivers, riders to rally against forest agreement BODY: FORESTS
ACCESS GOLD COAST, Qld, July 2 AAP - A rally of bike riders, four-wheel
drivers and horse riders on Sunday will oppose proposed legislation which
they say will limit their access to vast tracts of south-east Queensland
forests. The Environmental Access for Recreationalist (EAR) group is...
25) WORLD BANK & WORLD CONSERVATION UNION CEMENT PARTNERSHIP WASHINGTON, DC,
June 30, 1999 (ENS) - The World Bank has formed a strategic partnership with
another non-governmental organization, IUCN-World Conservation Union, to
improve natural resource management in developing countries. World Bank
president James Wolfensohn and IUCN director-general Maritta von Bieberstein...
26) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Clinton welcomes America's bald eagle back
"from the brink" of extinction DATELINE: WASHINGTON, July 2 BODY: US
President Bill Clinton welcomed the bald eagle, America's national bird,
back from the brink of extinction Friday and urged the country to join
together in other conservation efforts. It's hard to think of a better way...
27) The Christian Science Monitor July 2, 1999 SECTION: USA; Pg. 2 HEADLINE:
Showdown over $7.8 billion plan to restore the Everglades BYLINE: Warren
Richey, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor DATELINE: WASHINGTON
HIGHLIGHT: Congress begins debating its share of nation's largest, costliest
restoration project. BODY: Florida politicians and environmental lobbyists...
28) The Times (London) July 2, 1999 SECTION: Business HEADLINE: New pension
rule could boost ethical investment BYLINE: Gavin Lumsden BODY: CAMPAIGN
groups and specialist fund managers yesterday praised the Government for
finally passing a rule that could boost the fledgeling ethical investment
market by Pounds 40 billion over the next five years. After months of...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
29) Greenpeace calls on EU to withdraw gene maize BRUSSELS, July 1 (Reuters) -
Environmental group Greenpeace called on the European Commission to withdraw
authorisations for genetically modified maize in the 15-member European
Union, and said it might sue if Brusssels failed to act. Greenpeace made the
call after researchers at Cornell University found in May that the hybrid...
30) 07/01 Justice Dept. Picks On More Than Cotton In Monsanto Bid By
Jerry Guidera WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) The Justice Department wants
Monsanto Co. (MTC) to shed more than the company had hoped in its bid
for a rival in the cotton seed market, according to people familiar
with the matter. Monsanto has offered to divest its cotton seed
operations in order to gain approval...
OTHERS
(GREENPEACE)
31) The Canberra Times July 2, 1999, Friday Edition SECTION: Part A; Page 9
HEADLINE: IT'S NEVER EASY BEING GREEN BODY: WHERE does the green lobby go
from here? That's the question that has been submerged in all the emphasis
on the future of the Democrats after their double compromise with the
Government over taxation reform and environment-protection policy. Most of...
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