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Global News Headlines 08/03
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Tuesday, August 3, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
(GREENPEACE)
1) Dutch NGO highlights pesticides in produce ENDS Daily - 02/08/99 Levels of
pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables sold in Dutch supermarkets are
dangerous for young children and are not falling, according to environment
group Greenpeace Netherlands. The group's claims come after they
commissioned a study which found that residues could be detected in 73% of...
(GREENPEACE)
2) Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business & Market News Tuesday, August 3, 1999
Environment, Recycling Coke Urged to Promote Recycling of Plastic Containers
BY By Susan Harte, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Aug. 3--An Athens,
Ga.-based environmental group, claiming two out of every three clear-plastic
Coca-Cola soft drink bottles end up in a landfill, has launched an ad...
3) Norwegian business told to reduce chemicals use ENDS Daily - 02/08/99 An
action plan requiring Norway's commercial sector to reduce and ultimately
eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals has been announced by the
environment ministry. Removal of endocrine disrupters, mercury, cadmium,
lead and chlorine-based solvents from the workplace and the environment...
4) Agence France Presse August 03, 1999 HEADLINE: Dioxin found in Japanese
women's breast milk BYLINE: Kiriko Nishiyama BODY: Japan said Tuesday it
had discovered dioxin in women's breast milk at levels so high that babies
are likely drinking 26 times the recommended daily maximum dosage. Health
and welfare ministry insisted it was still safe for mothers to carry on...
5) The Irish Times August 3, 1999, CITY EDITION SECTION: HOME NEWS; Pg. 4
HEADLINE: Kilcock gears up to fight incinerator plans The north Co Kildare
village of Kilcock is seething over plans to locate a national hazardous
waste incinerator on its doorstep, writes Frank McDonald, Environment
Correspondent BODY: The promoters of a highly controversial hazardous...
6) Ameriscan ENS August 2 1999 NEW STANDARDS WILL CURB HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTION
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced tighter
standards for controlling hazardous air pollutants from incinerators and
kilns burning hazardous waste. The regulations announced Friday establish
stringent standards for dioxin, furans, lead, mercury and cadmium emissions....
7) The Vancouver Sun August 03, 1999, FINAL SECTION: News; A1 / Front
HEADLINE: Recycling waste proves more costly than dumping BYLINE: Ken
MacQueen BODY: Newspapers in blue bag? Check. Mixed paper and cardboard
in yellow bag? Check. Plastic and metal containers washed and squashed?
Check. Labels removed from cans? Check. Labels removed from glass. Arrgh!...
NUCLEAR POWER
8) World's 1st N-plant fully run on MOX eyed in Japan TOKYO, Aug. 3 (Kyodo)
-- A government advisory panel endorsed Tuesday a plan to build the world's
first light-water nuclear power plant fully run on mixed oxide (MOX) fuel
in northern Japan as part of a national power development plan for fiscal
1999. The approval by the Electric Power Development Coordination
Council...
9) Agence France Presse August 03, 1999 HEADLINE: Radioactive material stolen
in Guatemala BODY: Authorities are urging thieves to return a stolen
container of high-grade radioactive material, warning that if mishandled the
material could pollute the environment and severely injure the criminals.
The small container was inside a government vehicle the thieves stole on...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
10) Xinhua AUGUST 3, 1999, HEADLINE: chinese representative explains china's
stance on nuclear disarmament BODY: zhu shanqing, vice president of
chinese people's association for peace and disarmament, on tuesday
expounded china's stance on nuclear disarmament at the opening day of a
three-day antinuclear conference in hiroshima, western japan. "china has...
OCEANS
(GREENPEACE)
11) AP Worldstream August 03, 1999; HEADLINE: Whaling season over in Norway
BODY: Norway's controversial annual whale hunt ended this year with
fewer whales killed than in 1998, even though the limit had been
increased. According to figures released Tuesday, 589 whales were caught
by the 36 boats that took part in this year's hunt, far below the limit...
12) South China Morning Post August 3, 1999 SECTION: News; Pg. 2 HEADLINE:
Fishing grounds 'still at risk' BYLINE: CHOW CHUNG-YAN BODY: Benefits from
the two-month fishing ban in the South China Sea could be lost if there was
no long-term conservation plan, ecologists said yesterday. While fishermen
celebrated bumper catches after the ending of the ban, the ecologists...
13) Japan Economic Newswire August 3, 1999, Tuesday HEADLINE: Oxygen-poor
water increases in Tokyo Bay: report ATELINE: TOKYO, Aug. 3 Kyodo BODY:
The area of Tokyo Bay where water with insufficient oxygen for many types
of marine life to survive is increasing, according to an Environment
Agency report released Tuesday. The report, based on tests conducted in...
14) AAP NEWSFEED August 3, 1999, Tuesday SECTION: Nationwide General News;
Australian General News HEADLINE: FED: Howard refuses to move on salmon
imports BYLINE: By Rod McGuirk BODY: SALMON NIGHTLEAD HOBART, Aug 3 AAP
- Australia would be murdered in a trade war if the government blocked raw
salmon imports, Prime Minister John Howard warned today. Fishing industry...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
(GREENPEACE)
15) General News * Greenpeace calls for immediate action on renewable sources
of energy during solar street party TORONTO, Aug. 2 /CNW/ - At 1:30pm
today Greenpeace will unveil Toronto's newest power plant - a home which
generates a portion of its electricity with solar power. The ceremonial
unveiling of a homeowner's solar panels takes place during the inaugural...
16) Agence France Presse August 03, 1999 HEADLINE: Floods death toll rises
across Asia as haze returns to Indonesia BYLINE: Alex Perry BODY: HONG
KONG, Aug 3 (AFP) - Typhoons, floods and heavy monsoon rains have
battered Asia leaving hundreds dead and tens of thousands homeless while
haze returned to parts of Indonesia, threatening a repeat of the region's...
17) The Independent (London) August 3, 1999, Tuesday SECTION: COMMENT; Pg. 4
HEADLINE: CAN'T STAND THE HEAT? PLANT TREES BYLINE: Charles Arthur BODY:
HOT, ISN'T it? Or at least it was. For a few days, most parts of Britain
have sweltered, while other parts suffered thunderous downpours that
threatened to turn Pendeford, near Wolverhampton, into a potential...
18) The Edmonton Sun August 3, 1999, Tuesday, Final EDITION SECTION: NEWS,
Pg. 23 HEADLINE: GORE BLAMES GLOBAL WARMING FOR FIERCE WEATHER BYLINE:
SHNS DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: Global warming is rapidly melting the ice
sheet at the North Pole, threatening to unleash more extreme weather
patterns, Vice President Al Gore said yesterday. Gore bolstered his case...
19) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Australia's Macquarie launches sawdust power plan
AUSTRALIA: August 3, 1999 MELBOURNE - New South Wales state-owned
Macquarie Generation will produce 100 gigawatt hours of electricity
over the next 12 months from timber industry by-products such as sawdust
and woodchips, the company said. Macquarie spokesman Jim Devine told...
20) Ameriscan ENS August 2 1999 FEDS FUND CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS ON TRIBAL LANDS
The federal government plans to spend $1.8 million to develop renewable
energy sources on tribal lands. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said
the projects demonstrate the DOE's commitment to support the development of
renewable energy resources on Indian reservations and other tribally-owned...
21) Xinhua AUGUST 3, 1999, HEADLINE: foreign oil firms accused of environmental
abuses in nigeria BODY: the environmental rights action (era), an
international non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the
united states, has recently drawn attention to the environmental
catastrophe in nigeria's niger-delta region made by foreign oil firms. in a...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
22) Pty Limited The Canberra Times August 3, 1999, Tuesday Edition SECTION:
Part A; Page 3 HEADLINE: VEGETATION LACK A BIG PROBLEM NATIONALLY.. BYLINE:
CHRIS SMITH BODY: Australia is clearing land at hectares a year, yet only
replanting about Sharman Stone, parliamentary secretary to the Minister for
Environment and Heritage, Robert Hill, committed the nation yesterday to...
GENETIC ENNGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
23) Greenpeace's condom-clad corn cob hits GM crops By Jude Webber ROME, Aug 3
(Reuters) - Environmental activist group Greenpeace put up a giant condom-
covered corn cob in front of the Italian Health Ministry on Tuesday to
protest against genetically modified foods it says are unwanted and risky. A
rented van pulled off the busy road outside the ministry and lobbyists...
(GREENPEACE)
24) TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL August 01, 1999, Sunday HEADLINE: Jim Suber: U.S.
finally fighting European bullying with trade sanctions BODY: Destruction
of experimental genetically modified crops in Europe continued by activist
elements during the past few days. Greenpeace apparently orchestrated much
of the criminal devastation of the experiment fields. That organization's...
(GREENPEACE)
25) Sunday Mercury August 1, 1999, Sunday SECTION: Pg. 21 HEADLINE: WHO DO THIS
MOB ACT FOR? BYLINE: George Tyndale BODY: DID you ask Greenpeace to trash a
field of genetically modified maize in Norfolk? No, neither did I. So just
who do these self-appointed, self-important protectors of the environment
believe they are acting for? The Government may be making a complete dog's...
(GREENPEACE)
26) The Boston Globe August 3, 1999,City Edition SECTION: NATIONAL/FOREIGN; Pg.
A1 HEADLINE: Genetically modified food fight growing unpalatable BYLINE: By
Kevin Cullen, Globe Staff BODY: LYNG, England - It was a battle scene
right out of an old King Arthur movie, or maybe "Monty Python and the Holy
Grail" - fighting amid the bucolic English countryside that seemed almost...
27) The Guardian (London) August 3, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 5
HEADLINE: GM rices may improve ailing children's health BODY: European
scientists have produced genetically modified varieties of rice that could
combat iron deficiency and improve childhood health, writes Tim Radford. One
is rich in beta-carotene, the substance turned into vitamin A when eaten....
28) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) August 3, 1999,
Tuesday SECTION: Opinion; Pg. 6 HEADLINE: At Present, Europe Is Defending
the American Consumer BYLINE: By Diane Johnson; New York Times Service
DATELINE: PARIS BODY: It is perhaps not surprising that the British, who
have a side that is mistrustful of science, who subscribe to homeopathy and...
29) OTC 08/02 2026 DEVELOPMENT: GENETIC PLANT RESOURCES A THREAT TO ...
MEXICO CITY, (Jul. 31) IPS - It may not be so far fetched to imagine that
one day Mexicans will wake up and find that they have to pay royalty fees
to plant and grow maize, the crop they created and gave the world
centuries ago. The reason? Mexico is not producing enough maize to feed...
30) The Age, Aug 4 Modified foods to be labelled By DARREN GRAY CANBERRA
Australian and New Zealand health ministers last night called for the
mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods. But it was likely
that some foods containing genetically modified ingredients would not be
labelled under their recommendations. The ministers called on the...
OTHER
31) The Guardian (London) August 3, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 3
HEADLINE: Dead zones in the oceans and a rate of extinction 1,000 times
faster than evolution BYLINE: Tim Radford Science Editor BODY: Tim Radford
Science Editor Humans have created at least 50 dead zones in the sea with
little or no oxygen - and altered almost half of the land surface of the...
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