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Global News Headlines 07/19
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Monday, July 19, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
1) Jul. 19-MAR-- [B] FEED SCARE: German Press: Dioxin found in feed from 23
firms By Bridge News Hamburg--Jul 18--Some 23 German animal feed producers
are likely to recall production due to high levels of the cancer-causing
chemical dioxin in their products, German newspaper Die Welt reported.
Dioxin is the chemical that was found in Belgian feed in late June, causing...
NUCLEAR POWER
(GREENPEACE)
2) Protest rally held in S. Korea against MOX shipment SEOUL, July 19 (Kyodo)
About 30 members of South Korea's leading environmental movement group held
a rally Monday to protest Japan's plan to ship mixed-plutonium-uranium oxide
(MOX) fuel by way of the Korea Strait. At the rally, held in front of the
Japanese Embassy in central Seoul, protesters from the Korean Federation of...
(GREENPEACE)
3) South China Morning Post July 19, 1999 SECTION: News; Pg. 7 HEADLINE:
Plutonium ships fear BODY: Two shiploads of plutonium bound for Japan
could ignite the "powder keg" of rising hostility in the Taiwan Strait,
Greenpeace said yesterday. The half-tonne shipment of 40 plutonium fuel
elements posed further risks to a region already destabilised by military...
(GREENPEACE)
4) BBC, Online July 19, 1999 UK Nuclear ship finally leaves port A ship taking
nuclear fuel to Japan has left port, after being delayed for several hours
by environmental protesters towing a giant white elephant. Seven Greenpeace
protesters, five men and two women, were arrested following the overnight
demonstration at the harbour in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, but later...
(GREENPEACE)
5) Japan says British nuclear shipment safe TOKYO, July 19 Reuters Japan said
on Monday the blockage of a nuclear fuel shipment by environmental group
Greenpeace was "regrettable," stressing that the cargo was well-protected.
As we have said previously, the transporting of the nuclear fuel is
sufficiently protected and there is no problem with the transport," said a...
6) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 19, 1999 HEADLINE: ROUNDUP: Leak discovered
in second Japanese nuclear reactor DATELINE: Toyko BODY: A leak was detected
in a second nuclear reactor in Japan's southern Saga province, forcing
operators to halve power output, reports said Monday. The leak happened
Sunday at the Genkai nuclear power plant on Kyushu island, six days after...
7) N-plant hosted public tour within hours of coolant leak Yomiuri Shimbun,
19 July 1999 About 90 invited visitors toured the outside of Tsuruga
nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture just four hours after a
leakage occurred at its No. 2 reactor, it was learned Saturday.
Though the Japan Atomic Power Co. (Genden) said there was no danger
to visitors and its officials...
8) Inter Press Service HEADLINE: NUCLEAR-PAKISTAN: CHINA'S ACCIDENT-PRONE
REACTOR RAISES CONCERN BYLINE: By Muddassir Rizvi DATELINE: ISLAMABAD, Jul.
19 BODY: Following the confirmation by China of an accident at the
Qinshan nuclear reactor last year, Pakistani scientists are demanding
that their government allow an independent assessment of Chashma, a
copy of the Chinese...
9) 07/19 DJ U.S. Nuclear Plants May Lack Cooling Water This Summer NEW
YORK (Dow Jones)--After a heatwave in the U.S. Northeast sent
regional power demand skyrocketing earlier this summer, the nuclear
power industry is watching how elevated temperatures affect
day-to-day operations at U.S. nuclear power plants. Plant operators
use water from lakes, rivers, and...
10) SUNDAY OBSERVER (UK) July 18, 1999 'Is this the real reason my little baby
died?' Study shows possible link between radioactive factory waste and
rising infant mortality rates Rob Edwards Sunday July 18, 1999 When Hayley
Bradshaw gave birth to a dead baby girl, there was no plausible medical
explanation. 'I was devastated, angry, totally and utterly lost,' she said....
OCEANS
(GREENPEACE)
11) Inter Press Service HEADLINE: RIGHTS-THAILAND: SMALL FISHERS AGITATE IN
TROUBLED WATERS BYLINE: By Boonthan Sakanond DATELINE: BANGKOK, Jul. 19
BODY: Come night time, it is common to sight hundreds of brightly lit
fishing trawlers all along the sea off southern Thailand searching for a
slippery but expensive commodity -- anchovy fish. But now small fishermen...
(GREENPEACE)
12) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Greenpeace urges more action to protect
tuna DATELINE: SYDNEY, July 19 Kyodo BODY: Australia's launch of
international legal action to halt Japan's experimental southern bluefin
tuna fishing program was commendable but did not go far enough, the
Australian branch of Greenpeace International said Monday. Spokeswoman...
13) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Japan will keep catching tuna for
research DATELINE: TOKYO, July 19 Kyodo BODY: Japan will keep catching
southern bluefin tuna for research purposes in waters around Australia and
New Zealand until early August despite protests from the two countries, a
senior Japanese government official said Monday. Yuki Takagi, vice minister...
14) 07/19 FISHING FOR SHELLFISH BANNED IN POISON SCARE By Nick Drainey,
PA News Government officials were today carrying out checks for
poisonous toxins in shellfish following a ban on fishing for scallops
off the west coast of Scotland. The Scottish Executive has banned the
fishing of scallops and queen scallops in 8,000 square miles of water
because of amnesic...
15) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: France, Italy, Monaco agree on sanctuary for
whales, dolphins DATELINE: PARIS, July 19 BODY: A Mediterranean whale and
dolphin sanctuary has been agreed in principle by France, Italy and Monaco,
the French foreign ministry said Monday. The signing of the agreement is
scheduled for very soon," ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said. Under...
16) AP Worldstream July 19, 1999 HEADLINE: Warmer, dirtier Mediterranean
increasingly homey for foreign fish DATELINE: PALERMO, Italy BODY: The
Mediterranean is undergoing a transformation toward the tropical, with 110
new species of fish that have moved in as waters warm, Italian researchers
said Monday. The fish newcomers from the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic...
17) Coral Bleaching Causing Concern PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius (PANA, 07/19/99) -
Coral bleaching is seriously causing concern for the island state of
Mauritius, the Pro-vice chancellor of the University of Mauritius has said.
In a statement issued in Port-Louis, Prof. Indur Fagoonee noted that during
1997/1998, coral reefs throughout the tropics were subjected to the
most...
18) South China Morning Post July 19, 1999 SECTION: News; Pg. 4 HEADLINE: Nets
linked to dolphin deaths BODY: ANNE STEWART The high number of dolphin
strandings this year could have been caused by fishing nets, new research
shows. There have been reported strandings of nine dolphins and five
porpoises this year. The bodies of all the porpoises and seven dolphins were...
19) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 19, 1999 HEADLINE: Supertankers may disorient
whales - U.S. environmentalists DATELINE: Los Angeles BODY: Underwater
noise from shipping, oil rigs and military orientation systems can upset
whales so much that they are driven off their traditional migration routes,
a study presented in Los Angeles by the Natural Resources Defence Council...
OZONE
(GREENPEACE)
20) The Australian, On-line, All green on Games - for now From NATASHA BITA
in London 19jul99 THE International Olympic Committee's top environmental
adviser gave the 2000 Games the green light yesterday, despite concerns over
the use of ozone-destroying chemicals. Olav Myrholt - the IOC's
environmental consultant for the Sydney, Athens and Salt Lake City Games -...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
21) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 19, 1999 HEADLINE: FEATURE: Could rising
sea levels flood New York City? BYLINE: Joerg Michel BODY: New York (dpa)
-Foreign tourists arriving in New York City for the first time often land at
John F. Kennedy International Airport, take the bus or the subway to their
hotel in Manhattan and start their visit to the city that never sleeps by...
(GREENPEACE)
22) Greenpeace protestors storm Australian shale oil project BODY: BRISBANE,
Australia, July 19 (AFP) - Seven Greenpeace protestors were arrested Monday
as a group of 40 stormed an experimental Australian shale oil plant and shut
it down, claiming the facility and others like it could do long-term damage
to the Great Barrier Reef. Agence France Presse, July 19, 1999 Greenpeace...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
23) Insect Pests Under Control in Northeast China SHENYANG (July 19) XINHUA -
A massive infestation of insects in northeast China's Liaoning Province,
which has affected about 200,000 ha of forests, has been basically brought
under control. Triggered by abnormally warm weather last winter, the
infestation involved more than 20 species of insects, and more than five...
24) The New York Times July 19, 1999, Late Edition - Final SECTION: A; Page
4; Column 3; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: Water Scarce, Barcelona Plans Big
Pipe To Tap Rhone BYLINE: MARLISE SIMONS DATELINE: MARSEILLES, France
BODY: Water shortage is far from anyone's mind on the banks of the
mighty Rhone River as it surges from the high glaciers of Switzerland
down through eastern France....
25) 07/19 Poaching Takes Toll in Cambodia By CHRIS FONTAINE PHNOM PENH,
Cambodia (AP) A high-tech survey in Cambodia's largest national park
has found a diversity of wildlife preserved by decades of isolation,
but an absence of tigers and elephants suggests that poaching is
taking a toll. Using traps that take photographs rather than ensnare
wild beasts, the New...
26) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: INDONESIAN GOVT CONCERNED OVER CONDITION OF FORESTS
DATELINE: JAKARTA, July 19 BODY: Minister of Forestry and Plantations
Muslimin Nasution has expressed concerns over the diminishing quality of
forest resources as forest fires and illegal loggings are rife in several
parts of the country. He said the government's forestry development policy...
27) QLD: Sawmills stop as forest protest comes to the city BODY: BRISBANE,
July 19 AAP - Work at more than 40 southeast Queensland sawmills will halt
tomorrow as workers join a rally in Brisbane to save small towns. The rally
outside state parliament is expected to draw up to 3,000 supporters who
believe the government's draft Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) would force...
28) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 19, 1999 HEADLINE: Lucrative musk business
brings deer to the brink of extinction BYLINE: Sabine Raensch DATELINE:
Frankfurt BODY: The mere mention of musk sends perfume makers into raptures.
Sensuous, unfathomable, intensive are some the epithets used to describe the
most exclusive of all perfume essences. Only three of the great French...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
29) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, Interview - World may go non-GM says campaigner UK:
July 19, 1999 World agriculture could still turn its back on biotechnology
according to one of the leaders of the organic movement. "We're still
saying we can have global agriculture without genetic modification,"
Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association, told Reuters in a...
30) The Guardian (London) July 19, 1999 SECTION: Guardian City Pages; Pg. 21
HEADLINE: Brussels can't afford to wage a GM food fight; Debate Duncan Brack
BODY: First Brussels was hit by $ 190m (pounds 121.8m) of sanctions in the
banana trade row, then this week with a further $116m over hormone-treated
beef. The EU was once again the loser after the World Trade Organisation...
31) U.S. takes aim at four EU nations in beef fight WASHINGTON, July 19 Reuters
- France, Germany, Italy and Denmark will shoulder most of the 100-percent
duties being dished up by Washington in a beef trade dispute because the
four nations have the most influence in resolving the quarrel, a senior U.S.
trade official said on Monday. What we are doing is perfectly within the...
32) 07/19 RICE GRAINS PROTEST AGAINST GM CROP PATENTS By Eileen Murphy,
Consumer Affairs Correspondent, PA News Ministers will today receive
the world's smallest petition against genetically modified (GM)
foods, printed on grains of rice. Anti-GM campaigners claim the tiny
grains of rice carry the hopes of millions of farmers in the
developing world who face the...
33) The Times (London) July 19, 1999 SECTION: Home news HEADLINE: GM pants
and socks next on protesters' list BYLINE: Robin Young BODY: Are your pants
politically correct and environmentally acceptable? That is the question
that clothing retailers and department stores are going to dread in coming
weeks as attention turns from genetically modified foods to genetically...
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