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Global News Headlines 08/04
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
1) The Christian Science Monitor August 4, 1999,SECTION: USA; Pg. 1 HEADLINE:
How a pesticide got banned BYLINE: Peter Grier and Mark Sappenfield, Staff
writers of The Christian Science Monitor DATELINE: WASHINGTON AND
GRAPEVINE, CA. HIGHLIGHT: The EPA's decision sets a new threshold for food
safety. BODY: Getting kids to eat fruits and vegetables is hard enough. So...
2) 08/04 Pesticide-Peaches By SHELLEY HILL ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia peach
farmers say the Environmental Protection Agency has taken away one of
their most effective weapons against pests by banning a chemical used
on 81 percent of the state's peach crop. The methyl parathion ban
came Monday, three years after the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act
required the EPA to...
3) 08/04 Some Chemical Exposure OK for Humans By H. JOSEF HEBERT
WASHINGTON AP- While adverse health impacts cannot be ruled out,
there is insufficient evidence to suggest that exposure to
hormone-disrupting chemicals will produce additional cancers or
infertility, a scientific panel says. The panel of the National
Academy of Sciences in a report issued Tuesday...
4) 08/04 WSJ:More Tests Of Humans Exposed To Chemicals Are Urged By John
J. Fialka Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- A
long- awaited government study calls for more clinical tests of
humans exposed to pesticides and other chemicals in the environment
that have proved harmful to animals to see whether they may be
causing lower sperm counts in men,...
NUCLEAR POWER
(GREENPEACE)
5) The Mirror August 4, 1999, SECTION: NEWS; Pg.19 HEADLINE: DOUNREAY ORDERED
TO CLEAN UP BYLINE: Claire Donnelly BODY: DOUNREAY chiefs have been ordered
to clean up their act after two radioactive particles were found in a
drain. Plant operators the Atomic Energy Authority said yesterday that the
metal pieces were found mixed with silt a month ago. A spokesman said that,...
6) Spanish ecologists to protest about nuclear dump MADRID, Aug 4 (Reuters)
- A Spanish environmental group said on Wednesday it would take legal
action against a government decision to approve construction of a nuclear
waste storage facility northeast of Madrid. Ecologistas en Accion opposes
the plan to build the facility next to a nuclear power station near...
7) Energy wants to stabilize uranium waste PIKETON, Ohio, Aug. 3 (UPI) --
The Department of Energy is trying to decide how to dispose of 700 tons of
depleted uranium from plants now operated by the United States Enrichment
Corp. in Piketon, Ohio, and Paducah, Ky. The waste has been accumulating
since the 1950s at the plants that currently manufacture fuel for...
8) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts August 05, 1999, Thursday HEADLINE: Head
of medical institute arrested for warnings about Chernobyl - wife BODY:
[4] Programme summary of Belarusian news agency Belapan, in English news
1716 gmt 3 Aug 99 Minsk, 3rd August: Professor Yuryy Bandazhewski was
arrested because he "has always been frank, as every doctor should be,...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
9) Antinuke group protests U.S. sales of A-bomb souvenirs HIROSHIMA, Aug. 4
(Kyodo) -- A major Japanese antinuclear group on Wednesday accused a
state-run U.S. museum of insulting A- bomb victims for selling earring
replicas of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At a press
conference, the Communists-backed Japan Council against A and H Bombs...
10) Report: N-powers threaten arms control NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A new
report says the United States and other nuclear powers have undercut
decades of global arms control efforts by failing to ratify an international
treaty that bans nuclear testing. The report by the Tokyo Forum for Nuclear
Nonproliferation and Disarmament, summarized in the New York Times today,...
11) The Guardian (London) August 4, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 2
HEADLINE: Saudis 'trying to buy nuclear weapons' BYLINE: Ian Black and
Richard Norton-Taylor BODY: Ian Black and Richard Norton-Taylor Saudi
Arabia appears to be seeking nuclear weapons in a devastating blow for
non-proliferation efforts in one of the most heavily-armed regions in the...
OCEANS
12) OSU prof has solution to Gulf dead zone COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- An
Ohio State University professor says the creation of more Midwestern
wetlands would heal a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico and revive the
fishing industry off the coast of Louisiana. Bill Mitsch, a professor of
natural resources, is leading a federal EPA study of a 7,000- square-mile...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGYY
(GREENPEACE)
13) AAP NEWSFEED August 4, 1999, Australian General News HEADLINE: NSW: Spill
is example of renewable energy need: Greenpeace BODY: TANKER
GREENPEACE SYDNEY, Aug 4 AAP - The oil spil in Sydney Harbour was the
latest example of why the world must reduce its reliance on oil as a
fuel, environment watchdog Greenpeace said today. Although standards in...
14) THE KOREA HERALD August 4, 1999, HEADLINE: Unexplained torrential rains
heighten concerns of global warming BYLINE: By Chang Jae-soon Staff
reporter BODY: Dashing hopes for a sunny spell after the annual monsoon
season, torrential rains dumped more than 800 mm in the nation's central
region in four days, leaving local meteorologists scrambling to explain the...
15) The Northern Echo August 4, 1999 SECTION: Pg. 10 HEADLINE: IT'S MELTDOWN
- BUT DO WE CARE? BYLINE: Harry Mead BODY: WHY did dinosaurs die out? The
world's biggest mystery after the Creation, the question occupies acres of
newsprint and endless hours of TV time. Asked much less often is the
related question: how long did it take for the dinosaurs to die out? We...
16) DANGEROUS DECLINE IN ENERGY RESEARCH "A DARK PATH" PRINCETON, New Jersey,
August 3, 1999 (ENS) - Low research into energy technology is jeopardizing
the world's ability to cope with environmental problems and the growing
demand for energy, according to research undertaken at Princeton University.
Money spent in industrialized nations on improving the use of energy...
17) AFP August 04, 1999 HEADLINE: Jakarta must act to stop fires spreading,
watchdog warns BODY: The Indonesian government needs to act soon to stop
forest fires spiralling out of control in a repeat of the widespread
disaster in 1997, the country's leading environmental watchdog WALHI warned
Wednesday. We can now predict that widespread forest fires will break out...
18) HEADLINE: Sabotage investigation into Sydney Harbour tanker spill BODY:
ATTENTION - UPDATES sabotage angle and scale of spillage/// By Jack Taylor
SYDNEY, Aug 4 (AFP) - Australian authorities on Wednesday investigated
claims that sabotage was behind a major oil spill into Sydney Harbour
which threatened an environmental disaster. A massive cleanup began...
19) HEADLINE: FED: Oil spill hits Sydney Harbour and Opera House BYLINE: By
Karen Michelmore and Linda Silmalis BODY: TANKER NIGHTLEAD SYDNEY, Aug 4
AAP - Sydney Harbour, Australia's world famous waterway, was covered in a
10km oil slick today as investigators considered sabotage as a cause
for the 80,000 litre spill. Those responsible for the spill on the
Olympic...
20) HEADLINE: NSW: Oil Spill One Of Worst In Harbour History BODY: TEC TANKER
TEC SYDNEY, Aug 4 AAP - The latest oil spill in Sydney Harbour was one of
the worst in the harbour's history and an international embarrassment,
Total Environment Centre (TEC) chief executive Jeff Angel said today. The
spill occurred as the tanker Laura D'Amato unloaded its cargo of light...
21) HEADLINE: QLD: State ready for oil spills says Beattie BODY: TANKER
BEATTIE BRISBANE, Aug 4 AAP - Queensland was ready to tackle accidental oil
spills similar to the one that has sparked a massive cleanup in Sydney
Harbour, Premier Peter Beattie said today. Thousands of litres of oil
spilled from a tanker unloading its cargo at Shell's Gore Bay terminal in...
22) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts August 05, 1999, Thursday HEADLINE: Four
to six tonnes of oil leak from pipeline BODY: 24] Excerpts from report by
the Polish news agency PAP Plock [central Poland], 31st July: Saturday's
[31st July] oil leak from the Friendship pipeline in Niepiekla in Zaluski
commune (Mazowsze Province] was caused by thieves boring a hole in it....
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
23) Ameriscan ens August 3 JUDGE RULES NINE FEDERAL TIMBER CONTRACTS ARE
ILLEGAL The federal government violated its own Northwest Forest Plant in
awarding nine timber contracts that failed to protect rare and endangered
species, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Court Judge William
Dwyer blocked the nine timber sales, which represent hundreds of acres of...
24) Pty Limited The Canberra Times August 4, 1999, Edition SECTION: Part A;
Pg. 11 HEADLINE: CHANGING ALLIANCES TO SAVE THE TREES BODY:TREES are things
of beauty, great beauty. They have inspired poets and songwriters, yet in
this country and in others, they are a cause of conflict. It is a conflict
between the logging industry and conservationists, especially when it comes...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
25) The Guardian (London) August 4, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 2
HEADLINE: Test experts paid by GM firm BYLINE: John Vidal and James Meikle
BODY: John Vidal and James Meikle Two scientists responsible for
independently verifying the safety of the government's controversial GM
food trials are also being paid by a leading GM company, it emerged last...
(GREENPEACE)
26) The Independent (London) August 4, 1999, Wednesday SECTION: TITLE PAGE;
Pg. 1 HEADLINE: CHURCH BAN ON GM CROP TRIALS BYLINE: Paul Waugh Political
Correspondent BODY: THE CHURCH of England has refused to allow the
Government to use its land to conduct genetically modified crop trials.
The decision, which was prompted by the continuing controversy over the...
(GREENPEACE)
27) The Guardian (London) August 4, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Leader Pages; Pg.
17 HEADLINE: Modify direct action BODY: A good number of those who
might sympathise with the environmental policies of Greenpeace may
be dubious about its recent tactics in destroying GM-test crops.
For the action led by Lord Melchett may distract attention away from
the core argument about...
(GREENPEACE)
28) The Times (London) August 4, 1999, Wednesday SECTION: Home news HEADLINE:
Melchett's crops damaged by fire BODY: The executive director of
Greenpeace, Lord Melchett, has had his organic farm damaged by fire a
week after he led an attack on a field of genetically modified maize,
wrecking a government-backed trial. The fire on Monday, believed to have...
29) Deutsche Presse-Agentur August 4, 1999, HEADLINE: Australian consumer
groups reject G.M. food labelling plan BODY: Consumer groups in Australia
and New Zealand Wednesday branded "totally inadequate" a new mandatory
labelling system for genetically modified food. Australian and New
Zealand health authorities established a threshold test to decide when...
30) Australia, NZ require mandatory GM labels on food WELLINGTON, Aug 4
(Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand agreed to order the mandatory
labelling of food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the two
governments said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The health ministers
for the two governments announced the decision through their joint...
31) Brazil starts campaign against Amazon deforestation BRASILIA, Aug 3
(Reuters) - Brazil on Tuesday launched a campaign to monitor illegal
logging and fires destroying the Amazon rainforest in a joint operation
between the army and the government's Environment Agency (Ibama). Six
helicopters from the army's Ground Operations Command will assist Ibama in...
32) Japan Economic Newswire August 4, 1999, HEADLINE: 28 genetically modified
food products selected for labeling BODY: The Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries on Wednesday unveiled a draft plan for the
compulsory labeling of genetically modified foods, calling for 28 food
products to be subject to labeling from April 2001. The draft, which was...
33) COMLINE Daily News Biotechnology and Medical Technology August 4, 1999
HEADLINE: Takara Shuzo, Mitsubishi Develop Device to Measure Recombinant
Gene Soybeans in Tofu BODY: Takara Shuzo [2531] and Mitsubishi Corp. [8058]
recently announced that the two companies have established a measurement
technology that can accurately measure the amount of recombinant gene...
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