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Global News Headlines 07/12
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Monday, July 12, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
(GREENPEACE)
1) MIDDLE EAST NEWS ITEMS July 11, 1999 HEADLINE: GREENPEACE ANGERED AS
TAALABAYA WASTE DUMP IS IN FLAMES DESPITE EARLIER GOVT PLEDGES BODY:
According to local press reports, the Greenpeace Mediterranean office in
Beirut issued a press release revealing that the dumpsite of Taalabaya in
the mid-Bekaa valley is on fire again. Exactly one month ago, Greenpeace...
2) Gazette (Montreal) July 12, 1999, FINAL SECTION: News; A6 HEADLINE: Mercury
fears rise for North: Half of lakes have fish with excess levels BYLINE: BOB
WEBER DATELINE: FORT GOOD HOPE, N.W.T. BODY: Wilfred Jackson had heard about
mercury contamination in some of the lakes near the Mackenzie River. But
when the health advisory came up from Edmonton a couple of years ago to say...
3) The Guardian (London) July 12, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 4
HEADLINE: Call for action over polluted breast milk; Scientists highlight
health risks as babies get 'cocktail of chemicals' BYLINE: Sue Quinn BODY:
Sue Quinn Breast milk has been found to be polluted with a cocktail of
chemicals including those found in perfume, sunscreen and pesticides, some...
4) Experts Discuss Convention On Dangerous Chemicals DAKAR, Senegal (PANA,
07/12/99) A five-day international conference to jump-start the new
Convention on trade in dangerous chemicals opened in Rome Monday. The
meeting, attended by more than 100 countries, will discuss a
mechanism for including new chemicals to the treaty and agreeing on
technical and...
NUCLEAR POWER
(GREENPEACE)
5) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Eleven held after Greenpeace protest against
shipping nuclear waste DATELINE: CHERBOURG, France, July 12 BODY: French
police Monday were holding 11 Greenpeace activists who occupied two cranes
in this northwestern port in a bid to delay the departure of two ships
loaded with recycled nuclear waste for Japan. Of the 11 held, four were...
(GREENPEACE)
6) Irish Times July 10, 1999, CITY EDITION SECTION: HOME NEWS; Pg. 5 HEADLINE:
Nuclear ships linked to new role for Sellafield BYLINE: KEVIN O'SULLIVAN
BODY: The environmental group Greenpeace has warned the Government to take
much stronger action to prevent shipment of nuclear fuel from Britain if it
does not want to see significant scaling-up of BNFL's operations in...
7) 8-cm crack detected in pipe at Fukui nuclear reactor FUKUI, Japan,
July 13 (Kyodo) An 8-centimeter-long crack has been found in a pipe
at the containment building of the Fukui nuclear power plant where an
estimated 90 tons of radioactive cooling water leaked Monday, plant
officials said later in the day. The crack was found in the curved
portion of a stainless steel...
8) 07/12 Japanese Nuclear Reactor Shut Down TOKYO (AP) Engineers shut
down a nuclear reactor in western Japan this morning after monitoring
equipment showed it was leaking radioactive water, an official said.
The No. 2 reactor operated by Japan Atomic Power Co. in Tsuruga, 200
miles west of Tokyo, was manually shut down at 6:48 a.m., company
spokesman Yoshikazu Murabe said....
9) Kyoto institute to return used nuclear fuel to U.S. OSAKA, July 12 (Kyodo)
The Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute said Monday it will return
used nuclear fuel to the United States over a period of seven years from
next month It will be the first return shipment of nuclear fuel Japan has
been buying from the U.S. in 26 years, according to the institute, which...
10) The Washington Times July 12, 1999 Final Edition SECTION: A; COMMENTARY;
Pg. A13 HEADLINE: Possible new spurt in nuclear power plants BYLINE: S. Fred
Singer BODY: Atomic energy in the United States is gaining a new lease on
life. This may come as a shock to the folks at the Worldwatch Institute
other environmental groups that are convinced nuclear reactors are on their...
11) The Ottawa Citizen July 12, 1999, FINAL SECTION: News; A8 HEADLINE:
Nuclear batteries cut tools to size: Power source will be size of a grain
of sand BYLINE: Sean Hargrave DATELINE: LONDON BODY: LONDON -- Scientists
are developing nuclear batteries the size of a grain of sand to power the
microscopic devices of the next century. The burgeoning field of...
12) TASS Kiev cannot use EBRD loans to build nuclear reactors view BYLINE:
Natalia Kozlova DATELINE: KIEV, July 12 BODY: Ukraine cannot use loans
promised by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to finish
the construction of new reactors at the Khmelnitsky and Rovno nuclear power
stations needed to make up for the drop in of power generation due to the...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
(GREENPEACE)
13) The Boston Globe July 12, 1999 City Edition SECTION: NATIONAL/ FOREIGN;
Pg. A1 HEADLINE: Canada facing opposition in plan to burn plutonium BYLINE:
Colin Nickerson, BODY: OTTAWA - It seemed a high-minded if impetuous offer,
the sort of sweeping international gesture for which Canada has become
famous. At a 1996 disarmament summit in Moscow, Canada's prime minister,...
14) THE KOREA HERALD July 12, 1999 HEADLINE: Seoul, Washington, Tokyo uniting
against N.K.'s second missile test BYLINE: By Shin Yong-bae Staff reporter
BODY: South Korean, U.S. and Japanese officials are trying to formulate a
unified diplomatic front against Pyongyang's threat to launch a second
ballistic missile, sources here said yesterday. Officials from South Korea...
15) 07/12 WSJ(7/13): International: India Halts Most Military Action In
Kashmir; Pakistan Claims Pullout As Victory By Jonathan Karp Staff
Reporter of The Wall Street Journal NEW DELHI -- India silenced
most of its guns and called off airstrikes in the Himalayan region of
Kashmir after Pakistan accepted a Friday deadline for withdrawing all
Pakistan-based forces from...
OCEANS
(GREENPEACE)
16) 07/12 Norway arrests 19 after anti-whaling protest OSLO (Reuters)
Norway's coast guard arrested 19 people Monday and detained a vessel
belonging to Greenpeace after a daring North Sea protest against
Norwegian whalers. Greenpeace said 17 activists were arrested along
with two independent journalists after it launched four inflatable
dinghies from the vessel...
(GREENPEACE)
17) 07/12 Greenpeace, Whalers Face Off By DOUG MELLGREN OSLO, Norway (AP)
Norwegian whale hunters tussled with Greenpeace activists in the
North Sea on Monday, with Greenpeace claiming the whalers shot at
them and the whalers insisting they fired at a whale. No one was
injured. The Norwegian Coast Guard seized the Greenpeace vessel
Sirius and arrested 15 activists, but had...
18) Scientists urge halt to Mexican saltworks plan By Caroline Brothers MEXICO
CITY, July 12 (Reuters) Thirty-three international scientists launched a
campaign on Monday to press the Mexican government to discard plans to
build the world's biggest saltworks on the edge of a delicate whale-breeding
lagoon. Nobel prize laureates Mario Molina, Murray Gell-Mann, Andrew Huxley...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
(GREENPEACE)
19) Sunday Times (London) July 11, 1999, Sunday SECTION: Features HEADLINE:
Water company ready to launch wind farm at sea BYLINE: Mark Prigg BODY: THE
world's first large-scale offshore wind farm could be in operation within
three years off the coast of Wales, writes Mark Prigg. Hyder, the Welsh
utility company, claims it already has the technology and is just waiting...
20) The Guardian (London) July 12, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 1
HEADLINE: Oil pipeline disaster 'imminent' BYLINE: Michael Sean Gillard,
Andrew Rowell and Melissa Jones BODY: An ecological disaster far worse than
the Exxon Valdez catastrophe in Alaska 10 years ago could happen at any
moment, according to six senior employees of the company that runs the...
21) The Guardian (London) July 12, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 5
HEADLINE: Safety versus the bottom line; Whistleblowers allege that
inspection reports have been falsified and only luck has prevented a
pipeline spill BYLINE: Michael Sean Gillard, Andrew Rowell and Melissa Jones
BODY: Snaking its way south for 800 miles, the Trans Alaska pipeline stands...
22) 2 dead in Southern California flooding LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) A
powerful freak rainstorm that washed the Los Angeles Basin this
weekend has killed at least two people and left three others missing.
The dead were in the Forest Falls area of the San Bernardino
National Forest, where cabins were swamped after about 1 1/2 inches
of rain flooded a creek. Officials...
23) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Government on alert as fears of another
major flood haunt Bangladesh BYLINE: Nadeem Qadir DATELINE: DHAKA, July 12
BODY: The Bangladeshi government said Monday it was on alert for possible
major flooding after continuing monsoon rains and rising river levels
sparked fears of a repeat of last year's calamity. Officials at the Flood...
24) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Central China floods inflict multi-million
dollar damage in month DATELINE: BEIJING, July 12 BODY: Disastrous flooding
in China's central Hubei province has left 36 dead and caused economic
losses of more than 4.6 billion yuan (554 million dollars) in less than one
month, state media said Monday. The heavy rains and flooding along the...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
25) AFP HEADLINE: WTO authorises US, Canada to retaliate against EU over
hormones DATELINE: GENEVA, July 12 BODY: The United States and Canada are
free to impose sanctions against EU products in retaliation for an EU
embargo against North American beef containing added hormones, the World
Trade Organisation (WTO) ruled on Monday. The WTO, which has already judged...
26) NSW: Timber lobby group vows to confront forest protesters BODY: FORESTS
SYDNEY, July 12 AAP - A timber lobby group today vowed to confront green
activists occupying a portion of state forest north of Sydney. NSW Forest
Products Association (FPA) executive director Col Dorber said loggers agreed
to suspend operations in the Olney State Forest near Newcastle for another...
27) NSW: Forest protesters to fight back BODY: FORESTS LEAD SYDNEY, July 12
AAP - A confrontation is looming at a state forest north of Sydney with more
green activists arriving to reinforce a four-day blockade and vowing to
resist attempts by timber workers to remove them. North East Forest
Alliance spokeswoman Susie Russell said today numbers at the protest would...
28) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Aboriginal leader says Australian uranium
mine spells spiritual death DATELINE: SYDNEY, July 12 BODY: One of
Australia's best-known Aboriginal leaders lashed out Monday at a
government-backed uranium mine, just hours before UNESCO is to decide
whether to put an adjacent World Heritage park on an "in danger" list....
29) UNESCO keeps Australia's Kakadu Park off risk list By Tom Heneghan PARIS,
July 12 (Reuters) - The United Nations scientific and cultural body UNESCO
decided on Monday not to put Australia's Kakadu National Park on its
"endangered sites" list, opening the way for a uranium mine to begin
operating there. Under heavy Australian lobbying pressure, UNESCO's World...
30) The Vancouver Sun July 12, 1999, FINAL SECTION: News; A1/Front HEADLINE:
Biologist clings to hope for marmots: Endangered species struggles despite
cash, publicity BYLINE: Larry Pynn DATELINE: GREEN MOUNTAIN BODY: GREEN
MOUNTAIN -- It is Canada's only wildlife species with its own publicist, an
Internet Web site, and a $2-million bank account. But despite all the...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
31) New Scientist July 10, 1999 SECTION: This Week, Pg. 18 HEADLINE: Reap
what you sow ... BYLINE: Andy Coghlan HIGHLIGHT: FOCUS The British public
has made it clear that it doesn't want to eat them. But what will
genetically modified crops do to wildlife ? A huge, and controversial, field
trial should hold the answers BODY: THE fate of genetically modified food in...
(GREENPEACE)
32) ABC, On-line, European Opposition May Force Regulation for GM Crops Monday
12 July, 1999 (1:23pm AEST) Australia may be forced to back down on
its current stand that genetic crops don't need to be regulated for
environmental reasons. It's claimed that growing opposition in
Europe, where 15 supermarket chains now refuse to use modified foods
and concern over...
33) EU to vote on approving three new GMOs BRUSSELS, July 12 (Reuters) The
European Commission has asked European governments to approve three new
genetically modified organisms, less than three weeks after environment
ministers backed a de facto temporary halt to GMO approvals, a Commission
spokesman said on Monday. But the official said the Commission was only...
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