Global News Headlines 07/26

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Monday, July 26, 1999
Greenbase Unit
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 TOXICS 

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1) FEATURE - Russia's lovely but troubled Lake Baikal By Patrick Lannin
BAIKALSK, Russia, July 26 Reuters - Let your eyes sweep over the glittering
blue vastness of Russia's Lake Baikal at the heart of Siberia in eastern
Russia. Take in the crystal-clear depths of the world's  deepest and  oldest
fresh water lake; enjoy the forests creeping down from the high  hills which...

2) COMLINE Daily News Chemicals and Materials July 26, HEADLINE: Lower House
of Diet Passes Dioxin Countermeasure  Bill BODY: An ordinary Lower House
Diet session, held on July 12, passed a special dioxin countermeasure bill.
The bill is marked by such items as the establishment of  environmental
standards with respect to atmospheric pollution,  water quality and soil...

3) The Gazette (Montreal) July  26, 1999, FINAL SECTION: Editorial / Op-ed;
B3 HEADLINE: Chemical risks imperil the planet BYLINE: HARRY STERLING BODY:
Unborn babies and toxic pesticides obviously don't mix. But that, according
to scientists, is exactly what may be happening to fetuses in their mothers'
wombs. Pesticides  and other chemical compounds are being found in the...

4) Belgian prosecutor confirms no new dioxin problem BRUSSELS, July 26
Reuters - A Belgian prosecutor said on Monday there had been no new source
of contamination, after fears Belgium's dioxin food scare may be more
widespread than thought. The federal government had earlier said all sources
of contaminated animal feed had been traced to animal fat producer Verkest...

5) Asahi News Service JULY  26, 1999, Monday HEADLINE: TIME TO CUT MUNICIPAL
DUMP TOXINS AT SOURCE  BODY: Asahi  Shimbun said in an editorial:  Toxic
substances have been detected at 42  municipal waste dumping sites in
amounts exceeding the  environmental  standards for subterranean water and
the standards for discharged water.  he list of toxins includes lead,...

 NUCLEAR POWER 

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6) NUCLEAR-SA KEEP OUT OF OUR WATERS, SA TELLS NUCLEAR SHIPS CAPE TOWN July
23 Sapa The South African government has asked the two British ships
carrying nuclear fuel from France to Japan to stay out of its
territorial waters and its larger marine economic exclusion zone
(EEZ).  Deputy Environmental Affairs and Tourism minister Joyce
Mabudafhasi said on Friday...

(GREENPEACE)
7) OTC South African Government Concerned About Nuclear CAPE TOWN,South Africa
(PANA, 07/26/99) - The South African government has expressed its concern
about a proposal to ship nuclear fuel around  the Cape, and has called for a
full report from other governments  involved. Environment Minister Valli
Moosa Wednesday said government was taking  the matter seriously and was...

8) Calgary Herald July 26, FINAL SECTION: News; A5 HEADLINE: Radioactive
baby teeth tied to nuclear power plant leaks BYLINE: Tom Spears, For the
Calgary Herald DATELINE: OTTAWA BODY: Baby teeth collected from children in
the United States show an unsettling pattern: Children whose teeth contain a
lot of radioactive material live in areas with high breast cancer rates. And...

9) Mainichi Daily News July  26, 1999, SECTION: Page 12; DOMESTIC HEADLINE:
Organization charts rising anti-nuclear resolutions BODY: Sixty-four
municipalities declared in 1998 that they intend to be nuclear-free or seek
a world free of nuclear weapons, a coordination group for such
municipalities has said. With  five more municipalities passing nonbinding...

 NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY 

10) Obuchi praises forum proposal, aims at nuke- free world TOKYO, July 26
Kyodo -- Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi vowed Monday to make efforts toward
realizing a world free of nuclear weapons based on a proposal adopted Sunday
by an international forum of experts on  nuclear disarmament, Chief Cabinet
Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said. I am pleased that a significant report was...

11) The Washington Times July 26, Final Edition SECTION: PART A; NATION; Pg.
A4 HEADLINE: Clinton signs bill for missile defense; Says he's not required
to deploy it BYLINE: Bill Gertz; THE WASHINGTON TIMES BODY: President
Clinton has signed into law a bill that says U.S. policy is to deploy a
nationwide defense against long-range missiles as soon as the technology is...

12) NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT July  26, 1999 HEADLINE: Russians deny presence of
secret chemical plant in North  BODY:  The Russians have denied that there
is a secret Russian plant which is  making and storing chemical weapons in
northern Russia. Verdens Gang, a  Norewgian newspaper, recently claimed
that after two years of searching it  had found a hidden chemical weapons...

 OCEANS 

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13) The Vancouver Sun July 24, 1999, FINAL SECTION: Mix; F11 HEADLINE:
Strange weather:The Fraser Institute offers a new primer on debunking global
warming and other eco-fears. Reliable forecast? BYLINE: Tom Sandborn  BODY:
FACTS, NOT FEARS: TEACHING CHILDREN  ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT By Michael Sanera
and Jane S. Shaw Adapted for  Canadian readers by Liv  Fredericksen and...

14) The Boston Globe July 26,City Edition SECTION: METRO/REGION;
Pg.B5HEADLINE: Conservationists protest fish farm; NEW  ENGLAND NEWS BRIEFS
BLUE HILL, MAINE BYLINE:AP BODY: Conservationists are protesting a salmon
farm proposed for Blue Hill Bay,  saying it would depress property values,
pollute the bay with fish waste,  and hurt tourism in the picturesque...

 ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY 

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15) July 24, 1999 Australian Financial Review -  States seeking permission to
leave the greenhouse By Stuart Washington  State leaders used their meeting
in Sydney on Friday to  strongly endorse major energy  projects  throughout
Australia at  the expense of national  greenhouse  gas  strategies. Western
Australia and Queensland won  support from all  other  State and Territory...

(GREENPEACE)
16) Daily Oil Bulletin Friday, July 23, 1999 Final 6 Southern Pacific,Suncor
Commissioning Shale Plant BY Diana Taylor BRISBANE -  Southern Pacific
Petroleum NL said on Friday it would begin final commissioning tests of its
$250 million (Australian) shale oil demonstration plant in late August when
shale rock will be fed in at high  processing temperatures.  Executive...

17) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Study says UK climate tax could cost 156,000 jobs K:
July 26, 1999 LONDON - A report sponsored by some of  Britain's biggest
energy users said late last week a climate change levy proposed by the
British government beginning 2001 would cost the UK  workforce 156,000 jobs
over the next 10 years. The report, sponsored by  the UK Steel  Association,...

18) 07/26  Alaska ANWR Oil Deadlock Seen Outlasting Clinton Admin By 
Campion Walsh WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The deadlock over whether to
allow  oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or
ANWR, is  likely to persist until a new U.S. president takes office,
industry and government observers say. Pro- and anti- development
legislators have...

 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY 

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19) The Moscow Times July 24, SECTION:No.1757 HEADLINE: Monkey Business
BYLINE: By Max Ognev  BODY: For  Vladimir Yemelyanov, a senior customs
officer at Moscow's Sheremetyevo  Airport, it was a typical day on the job.
A flight from Latin America had  just arrived, and one of the last
passengers was about to clear customs.  But just as the passenger bent over...

20) OTC  07/26 1300  Soil Erosion Threatens Lake Malawi's Biodiversity
BLANTYRE, Malawi (PANA, 07/26/99) - Researchers have warned that soil
erosion is threatening the viability of Lake Malawi, home to about 700
species of fish. According to fish researcher Anthony Ribbink, who is
managing a Southern Africa Development Community and Global Environmental...

21) Newsweek July  26, 1999, Atlantic Edition SECTION:  SOCIETY AND THE ARTS;
Environment; Pg. 64 HEADLINE: Rescuing the Wilds BYLINE: Thomas Hayden
BODY: What does it take to preserve a wild planet?  A generation ago,
conservationists lobbied for parks and reserves to protect attention-
grabbing animals-- whales and tigers and pandas--in immediate danger of...

22) NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT July 26, HEADLINE: Certificate given to 'first'
European wooden house  BODY: Vistet Fritid is the first wooden house in
Europe to receive FSC  certification. The house has been designed by two
Swedish architects and is  to be produced in cooperation with WWF (The World
Wildlife Fund). The  certification was given by the  Forest Stewardship...

 GENETIC ENGINEERING 

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23) Activists held in Britain after GM crop destroyed LONDON, July 26 Reuters
- British police arrested at least 20 people on Monday after environmental
activists used a farm mower to destroy half a test crop of genetically
modified (GM) maize. The environmental pressure group Greenpeace said its
activists, including executive director Lord Peter Melchett, had been...

(GREENPEACE)
24) BBC Online July 26, 1999 Published at 12:25 GMT 13:25 UK GM crop
destroyed in green protest A Greenpeace video showed the moment the police
moved in The environmental group Greenpeace has admitted destroying half a
GM crop test site in Norfolk as part of a protest action. Greenpeace
executive  director Lord Peter  Melchett, who has an organic farm in...

25) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 26, 1999, SECTION: Pg.08 HEADLINE: Plant
pest experts support GM crops BYLINE: By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
BODY: DELEGATES from an international symposium on plant disease give a
warning today that the "vilification" of genetically modified crops could
jeopardise efforts to  feed the world's growing population. More than 40 per...

26) HEADLINE: FED: Vegemite's maker concedes it may contain  GMOs BYLINE: By
Janine O'Neill  BODY: VEGEMITE NIGHTLEAD SYDNEY, July 26 AAP - The maker of
Australian icon Vegemite today conceded it did not know whether the famous
spread contained  genetically  modified organisms ( GMO) . Kraft said while
it was certain the main ingredient, Yeast, did not contain GMOs, it could...

27) The San Francisco Chronicle JULY 26, 1999, FINAL EDITION SECTION:
BUSINESS; Pg. B1; BIOSCOPE HEADLINE: Researcher Questions Nutritional Value
of Genetically  Altered Crops; Also, small holders in Genentech missed out
on stock windfall BYLINE: TOM ABATE BODY: In the fight over genetically
engineered foods, the biotech industry has criticized its foes for not...

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28) THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK) July 26,Edition 1 SECTION: NATIONAL NEWS, Pg.
6 HEADLINE: Picnickers oppose GM crops BODY: Hundreds of people
joined in a mass protest against genetically modified food and crops
yesterday by taking part in what was billed as Britain's biggest
organic picnic. The picnic was in the grounds of the National
Maritime Museum in Greenwich, south-east...

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