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Global News Headlines 07/30
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Friday, July 30, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
1) DJ U.S. Senators Mull Renewable Energy As MTBE Substitute By Masood
Farivar NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The effort to end use of the controversial
fuel additive MTBE has begun in earnest in Congress with the emergence of
rough outlines of proposed legislation to replace its use in gasoline with
renewable fuels such as corn-based ethanol. But jockeying by special...
2) RTf 07/29 2321 Bipartisan bill aims to slow down EPA pesticide bans By
Julie Vorman WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - More than 150 Republicans and
Democrats introduced on Thursday new legislation that would slow the
Environmental Protection Agency's review of thousands of farm pesticides
for their the impact on children's health. The legislation reflects the...
3) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Belgium says 175 more farms blocked in dioxin
scare BELGIUM: July 30, 1999 BRUSSELS - Belgium has quarantined a
further 175 poultry and pig farms amid renewed concern about food and
animal feed contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical dioxin, a
government source said on Thursday. This information was submitted to...
NUCLEAR POWER
(GREENPEACE)
4) 07/30 1218 Greenpeace says BNFL unfreezes its bank account
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Greenpeace said British Nuclear Fuel (BNFL) had
agreed to unlock the environmental group's bank account Friday after
BNFL had a Dutch court freeze the assets earlier this month.
Greenpeace also called on BNFL to drop its lawsuit seeking $145,800
in damages following a...
(GREENPEACE)
5) THE KOREA HERALD July 30, 1999, Friday HEADLINE: Environmentalists to
stage protest against Japan's nuclear transport BYLINE: By Kim Min-hee
Staff reporter BODY: The Pusan chapter of the Korean Federation for
Environmental Movement (KFEM) and Greenpeace International are planning
to launch a joint maritime campaign to protest Japan's plutonium...
6) Jane's Intelligence Review August 1, 1999 Vol. 11; No. 8 Japan arms
nuclear transport vessels to deter terrorist attacks BODY: UNDER
recently revealed arrangements to provide long-term protection against
piracy and terrorism, Pacific Teal and Pacific Pintail, specialist vessels
of Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNPL), have been fitted with fixed...
7) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts July 31, 1999, Saturday HEADLINE:
Ministry spokesman condemns Japanese plutonium shipments SOURCE: Source:
KCNA news agency, Pyongyang, in English 1107 gmt 29 Jul 99 BODY: The DPRK
Democratic People's Republic of Korea] holds that the just call of the
governments and the peoples in the Caribbean for ensuring security and...
8) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts July 30, 1999, No decision on nuclear
waste dump site yet - Central News Agency, Taipei, in English 1241 gmt 28
Jul 99 Agency web site Taipei, 28th July: Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) said
on Wednesday [28th July] that it has not yet made a final decision on
whether to build a permanent nuclear waste dump on the tiny offshore...
9) National Post July 30, 1999 A2 Nuclear plants linked to breast cancer:
researcher - Nahlah Ayed OTTAWA - Canadians who live near nuclear
reactors are more likely to develop breast and other types of cancer, a
U.S. researcher says. Dr. Jay Gould, director of the Radiation and Public
Health ject in the United States, says his own research in Long...
10) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE EU to step up checks for radioactive mushrooms
EU: July 30, 1999 BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Thursday it
would tighten long-standing checks on mushrooms imported from 23
countries over fears they were still contaminated with radiation as a
result of the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. It said "repeated...
11) Mainichi Daily News July 30, 1999, Friday SECTION: Page 1; FRONT PAGE
HEADLINE: Russians hid nuclear waste dumped in '70s BODY:
Radioactivity 230 times higher than reportedBy Ken Ishigooka Mainichi
Shimbun A Russian researcher has revealed that the Soviet Union government
dumped nuclear generators that released 230 times the reported...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
12) Jane's Intelligence Review August 1, 1999 SECTION: EUROPE; Vol. 11; No.
8 HEADLINE: Lifting the lid on Russia's nuclear weapon storage
BYLINE: Joshua Handler HIGHLIGHT: Using newly declassified US
intelligence reports and Cold War oronasatellite reconnaissance
imagery together with Russian accounts,Joshua Handler provides for
the first-time an open- source guide...
13) OTC 07/29 1723 ****Russian Nuclear Missiles A Y2K Threat WASHINGTON,
DC, U.S.A., 1999 JUL 29 (Newsbytes) -- By David McGuire, Newsbytes.
Y2K-related computer glitches could cause nuclear early warning defense
systems to go haywire, generating false information about nuclear
attacks, according to a pair of US senators. Sens. Christopher Dodd,...
14) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE China, India to sign SE Asia nuclear-free treaty
SINGAPORE: July 30, 1999 SINGAPORE - China said on Wednesday it wanted
to be the first nuclear power to sign a treaty making Southeast Asia a
nuclear weapons-free zone, and India said it was ready to endorse the
pact. The treaty seeks to prevent the manufacture, possession or testing...
15) Copyright 1999 THE JAKARTA POST July 30, 1999 SECTION: News HEADLINE:
Disarmament forum at impasse BODY: GENEVA (JP): The Conference on
Disarmament, termed the "single multilateral negotiating forum for
disarmament related matters", is at an impasse. Since 1997, the 61-member
conference has not succeeded in making any progress, whether on...
16) The Ottawa Citizen July 30, 1999, FINAL SECTION: News; B8 HEADLINE: NATO
bombs blamed for bad weather in Yugoslavia: Environment minister set to
prosecute military BODY: BELGRADE -- The Serbian environment minister
accused NATO yesterday of instigating heavy rainstorms and other
unseasonable weather in Yugoslavia and announced plans to set up an...
OCEANS
17) Agence France Presse July 30, 1999 HEADLINE: Guernsey protests against
damage by French trawlers DATELINE: ST PETER PORT, Britain, July 30
BODY: Fishermen on the Channel island of Guernsey issued a stern protest
Friday against French trawlers allegedly responsible for damaging
shellfish pots in waters off the islands. "Considerable damage running...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
18) South China Morning Post July 30, 1999 SECTION: News; Pg. 10 HEADLINE:
Increase in Pacific rainfall BYLINE: ROGER MAYNARD in Sydney BODY: A
study by Australian scientists has revealed a marked increase in rainfall
over the South Pacific that could have devastating consequences for
low-lying countries. They found ocean warming had caused an eight per...
19) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Green groups blame big oil for carbon pollution
USA: July 30, 1999 WASHINGTON - Three environmental groups on Thursday
blasted the world's major energy companies for contributing more to
global warming than many developing nations, issuing a critical report
on their carbon emissions. The report looked at the 1997 production of...
20) The Economist July 31, 1999, U.S. Edition BODY: ELECTRICITY GENERATION
Despite the fuss over global warming and excitement over renewable
energy, developed countries are still relying heavily on fossil fuels to
produce electricity, according to a new report by the OECD. There has been
a steady growth in the use of wind and solar energy, but renewables...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
21) National Wildlife Federation International Wildlife August 1, 1999
SECTION: Pg. NA ; ISSN: 0020-9112 IAC-ACC-NO: 54864437 HEADLINE:
Conservationists Cheer Moratorium On Forest Roads. BODY: In a major
victory for NWF and other conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service
has announced an 18-month moratorium on road construction on more than 33...
22) DURBAN TO HOST WORLD PARKS CONGRESS IN 2002 DURBAN, South Africa, July
29, 1999 (ENS) - The South African coastal cityof Durban has been
selected to host the next once-a- decade World Congresson Protected
Areas in September 2002. It is expected to be the largest
conservation gathering ever held in Africa. The Congress is expected
to attract over 2,000 people...
23) AAP NEWSFEED July 30, 1999, Friday HEADLINE: WA: Timber workers
protest outside Parliament House BODY: FORESTS WA (CARRIED EARLIER)
PERTH, July 30 AAP - Timber workers in WA camped on the steps of Parliament
house last night in protest at the Government's decision to backdown on the
regional forest agreement. The workers from the state's south-west...
24) OTC 07/30 0314 13 Species of Wild Animals Extinct in Bangladesh DHAKA
(July 30) XINHUA - Thirteen out of 903 species of wild animals in
Bangladesh are extinct and 200 others are threatened, according to a red
book on threatened animals. The book, prepared by the International Union
for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Bangladesh, will e...
25) OTC 07/29 2004 ENVIRONMENT-BURKINA FASO: WAR DECLARED ON:
OUAGADOUGOU, (Jul. 29) IPS - More than 400 environmentalists in Burkina
Faso have declared war on desertification, which is devastating the vast
West African country. The environmentalists, who met recently in the
Burkinabe capital of Ouagadougou, put their seal of approval on a National...
26) Depletion of rare plants alarms experts Nairobi (The Nation, July 29,
1999) - Conservationists are alarmed by the fast pace of
disappearance of rare plants in Kenya. According scientists at the
Royal Botanic Gardens in Britain, one of the world's leading plant
research institution, Kenya is one of the spots where plant species
are disappearing at an alarming rate....
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
27) July 30, 1999 German retailer Rewe bans genetically-modified redients in
own brands COLOGNE, Germany, July 30 (AFP) - Rewe, the second biggest
supermarket chain in Germany, on Friday promised it would not ingredients
made from genetically-modified plants in its owrand oducts. Members of
environmental pressure group Greenpeace had staged protests in front of...
(GREENPEACE)
28) National Post Friday, July 30, 1999 A16 'Frankenfish' anger
environmentalists David Luhnow EDINBURGH - Environmental groups reacted
angrily yesterday to news Britain had allowed secret experiments in
Scotland to ate genetically modified salmon that grew up to four times fer
than normal. Details of the so-called Frankenfish experiments emerged...
(GREENPEACE)
29) AFX News July 30, 1999, Friday - HEADLINE: RPT: Novartis' Gerber shifts
to suppliers not producing genetically... BODY: ZURICH (AFX) - Novartis
AG baby-food unit Gerber is to drop its current corn and soybean suppliers
and shift to ones who do not produce genetically modified crops, the Wall
Street Journal Europe reported, citing management sources. In an article,...
(GREENPEACE)
30) The Economist July 31, 1999, U.S. Edition HEADLINE: Brazil's gene
genie DATELINE: sao paulo BODY: SOYA growers in Brazil, the world's
second-largest producer of the bean, grumble about high debts and low
prices. Unsurprisingly, many hope they may be able to cut their costs by
using genetically modified (GM) seeds. But others note consumer...
(GREENPEACE)
31) UK activists attack second GM test crop in a week LONDON, July 29
(Reuters) - Police said on Thursday environmental activists had damaged
an experimental crop of genetically modified (GM) seed in northern
England, the second such attack in the country in a week. "Nearly 2.5
acres (one hectare) of spring oilseed rape was trampled by foot or...
(GREENPEACE)
32) Activists attack Greenpeace over anti-GM tactics By Simon Gardner LONDON,
July 29 (Reuters) - Greenpeace came under fire from fellow environmental
groups on Thursday, accused of damaging the credibility of anti-GM
campaigns by destroying a genetically modified crop earlier this week.
Both Friends of the Earth and organic farming group the Soil Association...
33) AAP NEWSFEED July 30, 1999, Friday HEADLINE: FED: Gene food must be
labelled, say consumers and AMA BODY: FOOD NIGHTLEAD BRISBANE, July 30
AAP - Consumer groups and doctors have called for health ministers to
endorse the compulsory labelling of genetically -modified food when
they meet next week. Health ministers from Australia and New Zealand will...
34) AAP NEWSFEED July 30, 1999, Friday HEADLINE: NSW: Japan ignores
Australian push against food labelling BODY: FOOD JAPAN SYDNEY, July 30
AAP - Australia linked with three other nations in a failed bid to stop
Japan introducing compulsory labelling of genetically -modified foods,
official documents have revealed. Australia teamed up with the US,...
35) Mainichi Daily News July 30, 1999, Friday SECTION: Page 16; DOMESTIC
HEADLINE: Group demands genetic -food regulation BODY: A citizens group on
Thursday urged the government to draft legislation to regulate genetically
modified food, saying its survey found that snacks made of genetically
altered corn not yet declared as safe are being sold across the nation....
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