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Global News Headlines 08/10
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Tuesday, August 10, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
(GREENPEACE)
1) MIDDLE EAST NEWS ITEMS August 9, 1999 HEADLINE: GREENPEACE CALLS FOR END TO
INCINERATOR IMPORTS IN LEBANON BODY: According to local press reports, the
Greenpeace Mediterranean office in Beirut issued an alarming notice, which
documents the World Bank promoting dioxin-blasting incineration as a
solution to hospital waste in at least 20 underdeveloped countries...
2) Amerscan ENS August 9 HUDSON RIVER PCBS POSE RISKS TO HUMANS, WILDLIFE The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two major reports last
week which conclude that the PCB contamination in the Upper Hudson River
poses considerable risks to human health and the environment. These
eports, called baseline risk assessments, list current and potential...
3) HEADLINE: FED: Minchin lauds potential contribution of Aussie sewage
BYLINE: By Melissa Langerman BODY: EFFLUENT CANBERRA, Aug 10 AAP - Using
effluent to grow trees would enable Australians to feel they were making a
real contribution when they used the toilet, Industry Minister Nick
Minchin said today. Australians generate an estimated 250 litres of...
4) The Times (London) August 10, 1999, Tuesday SECTION: Features HEADLINE:
Feeling ill? It could be your mercury fillings BYLINE: Susan Clark BODY:
Mercury amalgam has been suspect for years but the NHS refuses to pay for
any alternative. Susan Clark reports Some 15 years after scientists began
to question the use of mercury-amalgam fillings, people with metal...
5) The Ottawa Citizen August 10, 1999, FINAL SECTION: News; A12 HEADLINE:
Farm pesticides have no impact on cancer risk BYLINE: Mary Lou Garr
BODY: Contrary to the assertions of environmentalist groups and echoed by
Judy Rebick in her July 30 column (''Industry versus the rest of us in
the fight against cancer''), the use of agricultural pesticides has...
6) 08/10 Mexico To Publish List Of Eco-Offenders By Monica Ballesca
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government will soon publish
ratings for companies' ecological performance in a bid to persuade
them to clean up their act, the nation's top environmental watchdog
said. Three thousand companies were reviewed and will be given
ratings from zero to 100, with...
NUCLEAR POWER
7) Agence France Presse August 10, 1999 HEADLINE: Radioactive canister
disappears after Spanish road accident BODY: A radioactive canister
bound for a Spanish hospital has gone missing in the country's northern
Leon region after a road accident involving the van transporting it, the
daily El Pais reported Tuesday. The lead cylinder, weighing 10-15...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
8) 08/10 US team visits Uzbek ex-Soviet chemical arms base By Shamil
Baigin TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (Reuters) - A team from the U.S. Defense
Department was in Uzbekistan Tuesday to study the environmental
damage to an area near a former Soviet facility where a lethal
chemical weapon was produced and tested. The Americans want to help
us decommission this plant, which...
9) 08/09 Nagasaki Bomb Date Draws Protestors To Los Alamos LOS ALAMOS,
New Mexico (Reuters) - About 400 noisy protesters gathered outside
Los Alamos National Laboratory, the birthplace of the U.S. atomic
bomb, Monday to mark the 54th anniversary of the nuclear destruction
of Nagasaki. The demonstration, including Japanese survivors of the
U.S. bombing of...
10) Signing of nuclear test ban treaty to be urged at ... VIENNA, Aug. 10
(Kyodo) -- The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Organization will hold
a meeting from Oct. 6 to 8 in Vienna to urge more countries to sign the
global pact banning nuclear weapons testing, according to organization
officials. The CTBT has not yet taken effect, though nearly three years...
11) Chem weapons disposal funding nixed WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Congress
has refused to fund Russian efforts to destroy its cache of chemical
weapons because there is no way of knowing whether Russia is spending the
money as intended, says Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. "If the Russians are
soaking up the money for other purposes then it's just a waste of taxpayer...
OCEANS
(GREENPEACE)
12) Seattle Times Tuesday, August 10, 1999 Environmentalists want to protect
sea lions by The Associated Press Environmental organizations have asked
a federal judge in Seattle to order significant changes to the fall
Alaska pollock season to protect the endangered Steller's sea lion. In a
motion for a preliminary injunction, the groups yesterday asked U.S....
13) The Boston Globe August 10, 1999, Tuesday ,City Edition SECTION:
METRO/REGION; Pg. A2 HEADLINE: Once in trouble, fishing stocks may now be
off the hook; Regulations led to change, report finds BYLINE: Associated
Press BODY: HYANNIS - Many of the Northeast fishing stocks that were
once on the brink of collapse appear to be on the mend, New England...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
(GREENPEACE)
14) Aberdeen Press and Journal August 9, 1999 SECTION: Pg.10 HEADLINE:
Greenpeace flagship sails in to promote wavepower BYLINE: By Michael Howie
BODY: THE Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior sailed into Aberdeen at
the weekend to promote wave power as an alternative to oil and gas. The
public were yesterday given guided tours of the vessel, which was docked...
15) Xinhua AUGUST 10, 1999, HEADLINE: u.s urged to take lead in pollution
reduction BODY: the world wide fund for nature ( wwf) has called on the
united states to reduce the pollution that leads to global warming. the
united states currently accounts for half of all carbon dioxide (co2
emissions by western industrialized nations, according to a wwf press...
16) Los Angeles Times August 10, 1999, Tuesday, Home Edition SECTION: Part A;
Page 4; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: ASIANS SEE MAN ABETTING NATURE'S WRATH;
ENVIRONMENT: AS THE HUMAN AND FINANCIAL COSTS OF MONSOONS MOUNT,
DEVELOPMENT IS INCREASINGLY VIEWED AS A CULPRIT. BYLINE: DAVID LAMB, TIMES
STAFF WRITER DATELINE: HANOI BODY: When monsoons and typhoons strike...
17) 08/10 Indonesia blames farmers, plantations for haze JAKARTA,
Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian officials blamed plantation owners and
farmers on Tuesday for the latest outbreak of forest fires that
blanketed parts of the region in thick smoke. Three provinces on
Sumatra and Borneo islands have been put on alert because of the
blazes, said Sutino Wibowo, spokesman...
18) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence August 10, 1999 Tuesday
SECTION: Pg. 11 HEADLINE: City's acid rain a window pain SOURCE: Herald
Sun BYLINE: Michelle Pountney ABSTRACT: Scientists from the University of
Melbourne have revealed that increased acidity has been detected in the
Yarra River. Melbourne window cleaners blamed acid rain for damaging...
19) APO 08/10 0128 Barge Spills Oil Into Ohio River By JAMES PRICHARD MOUNT
VERNON, Ind. (AP) -- A barge collision spilled thousands of gallons of
gasoline into the Ohio River, closing the waterway to traffic and forcing
downstream communities to stop drawing water from the river. Between
40,000 and 80,000 gallons of gasoline leaked after Monday morning's...
20) 08/10 Calgary Oil Plant Explodes; Homes Evacuated By Jeffrey Jones
CALGARY (Reuters) - Firefighters late Monday night doused a toxic
inferno at a motor oil recycling plant at the edge of a residential
area in Calgary, many hours after a series of explosions injured at
least five people and sent a huge cloud of noxious smoke into the
air. Two plant...
21) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Shell shuts in 13,000 BPD Nigerian crude on dispute
NIGERIA: August 10, 1999 WARRI - Royal/Dutch Shell's Nigerian
oil-producing unit has shut in 13,000 barrels per day of its crude output
over an environmental dispute with a local community, industry sources
said. Shell closed the Ogini flowstation four days ago after women from...
22) REUTERS Sydney oil spill much larger than first thought AUSTRALIA: August
10, 1999 SYDNEY - A total of 300,000 litres of oil leaked into
Sydney Harbour last Tuesday, 30 times the initial estimate of the
spill, New South Wales Minister for Transport Carl Scully said
yesterday. "This was a disaster for Sydney Harbour," Scully said.
"The actual spill was...
23) White House to spur biomass fuel research - sources WASHINGTON, Aug 9
(Reuters) - President Clinton will soon issue an executive order spurring
research on producing fuels and chemicals from plants, grasses, trees and
crop residues, Senate sources said on Monday. The announcement involving
the Energy and Agriculture Departments was expected on Thursday. It would...
24) The Toronto Star August 10, 1999, Tuesday, Edition 1 SECTION: BUSINESS
HEADLINE: GO GREEN ON POWER, ENERGY BOARD TOLD BODY: Go Stuart Laidlaw
BUSINESS REPORTER Ontario electric utilities should get financial
incentives to sell green power, a coalition of environmental groups says.
''The market will be tilted, and it will be tilted in favour of dirty...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
25) dpa August 10, 1999, HEADLINE: Green lobby takes blame for high
Australian suicide rate BODY: Conservationists must cop some of the
blame for Australia's world record level of youth suicide because by
forcing the closure of extractive industries like fishing and forestry
they have cut jobs in rural areas, an Australian M.P. said Tuesday. Bob...
26) Tribal members, activists oppose Japanese-funded dam MANILA, Aug. 10
(Kyodo) -- By: Maria Teresa Villanueva-Cerojano Environmental activists
urged the Japanese government Tuesday to stop funding a dam project in the
northern Philippines that experts say is environmentally unsound and to
likely to displace an indigenous tribe. The 1.2 billion dollar San Roque...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
27) Toronto Star August 10, 1999 Controversy over altered food grows Food
makers fear consumer revolt European-style By Stuart Laidlaw Toronto
Star Business Reporter When Gerber Products Co. and H. J. Heinz Co.
announced recently they will rid baby food of genetically altered
crops, it just made matters worse for food makers already fretting about...
28) INTERVIEW-US farm group chief slams EU on GM foods By Rene Pastor NAPA,
California, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The head of the American Farm Bureau
Federation said Monday that Europe's reaction to genetically modified (GM)
foods has been irrational and said no rules should be considered to
restrict their use in upcoming farm trade talks set for the end of 1999....
29) REUTERS Biotechnology a key to world food supply - UN AUSTRALIA: August
10, 1999 MELBOURNE - The adoption of international standards on
biotechnology was a key to world food supply, a United Nations
food official said. Rome-based David Byron, food standards officer
for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said this
here during...
30) 08/09 1354 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: Why the GM trials are useless AUG
9, 1999, M2 Communications - Farm-scale trials of
genetically-modified (GM) crops are "a scientific farce", a new
analysis by Friends of the Earth concludes today. FOE says that the
trials are "creeping commercialisation" and that in themselves they
pose an environmental threat. The news...
31) 08/10 Japanese Panel Approves Plan For GMO Labeling By Fumiko
Fujisaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan took another step Tuesday toward
requiring the labeling of food containing genetically modified
organisms (GMO), an idea embraced by consumer groups but a potential
source of trade frictions with U.S. farm interests. A government
committee Tuesday issued a final...
OTHER
32) Newsweek August 16, 1999, U.S. Edition SECTION: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Pg. 56 HEADLINE: The Big Bang Is Back BYLINE: By Adam Rogers; With Erika
Check and John Davenport HIGHLIGHT: A high-powered physics experiment
promises to turn back the lock to a microsecond after the birth of the
universe BODY: This is probably not the way the world ends: sometime this...
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