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Global News Headlines 08/11
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
(GREENPEACE)
1) 08/11 Human food chain faces toxic peril - Greenpeace LONDON
(Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace called Thursday for a
global halt in the production of certain man-made chemicals, saying
they damaged the environment, entered the human food chain, and could
be found in breast milk. In humans, levels of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) in some...
(GREENPEACE)
2) Greenpeace applauds Sydney dioxin clean-up By Philippe Naughton SYDNEY,
Aug 11 (Reuters) - Environmentalists Greenpeace gave Sydney Olympic
authorities a rare pat on the back on Wednesday over the clean-up of 400
tonnes of dioxin-contaminated soil recovered from the site of the 2000
Olympic Games. Final treatment of the soil is to start on the Olympic site...
(GREENPEACE)
3) The London Free Press August 11, 1999, Wednesday, Final EDITION SECTION:
NEWS, Pg. A1 HEADLINE: ONTARIO NO. 2 ON POLLUTION LIST BYLINE: SUE
BAILEY, CP DATELINE: OTTAWA BODY: Ontario ranks second on a list of top
North American industrial polluters released yesterday. Canada's top
manufacturing province moved to second place from third in the 1996 list...
4) Agence France Presse August 11, 1999 HEADLINE: US warns EU against
overreaction to Belgium's dioxin scare BODY: The United States is warning
the European Union against overreacting to a dioxin contamination scare
in Belgium, saying it could trigger another trade war, a report released
here Wednesday said. Belgium's crisis over dioxin in animal feed has...
5) 08/11 DJ Japan Targets Zero Dioxin Emissions By '05-Nikkei TOKYO
Nikkei --The Japanese government is targeting complete elimination of
dioxin emissions by 2005, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Thursday morning
edition said, citing government sources. The proposal is included in
a draft ecology initiative prepared as part of a public-private
project to promote next-...
6) Ameriscan Ens August 10 EPA SUED OVER SNAKE RIVER SALMON A coalition of
conservation groups filed suit Monday against the EPA for failing to
protect Snake River salmon from water pollution emitted by a Potlatch,
Idaho pulp mill. The groups charge that the EPA is violating the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) by allowing the mill to continue operating with outdated...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
7) BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union - Political Supplied by BBC Worldwide
Monitoring August 11, 1999, Wednesday HEADLINE: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST
ZHIRINOVSKIY ATTACKS COMMUNISTS, US, CHINA AND JAPAN BODY: Excerpts from
report in English by Russian news agency ITAR- TASS Vladivostok, 11th
August: Leader of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir...
8) THE INDEPENDENT August 11, 1999, Wednesday HEADLINE: Indo-Pak relations:
Exploring the peace prospects, THE INDEPENDENT BYLINE: Muhammad Quamrul
Islam BODY: The Indian Independence Act of 1947 provided for the
partition of India and the establishment of two dominions - India and
Pakistan from August 15, 1947. The Act put to an end the British authority...
9) Agence France Presse August 11, 1999 HEADLINE: Geneva Conventions mark 50
years without fanfare BYLINE: Jacques Boyer BODY: The 1949 Geneva
Conventions, which set out to civilise the business of war, mark their
50th birthday Thursday amid growing breaches of their principles
and a spread of barbaric civil war. It's one of our great
challenges," said Yves...
10) AP Worldstream August 11, 1999; HEADLINE: AP Photos DATELINE: SEOUL,
South Korea BODY: North Korea accused Japan on Wednesday of reviving
militarism by giving official status to its Rising Sun flag and an ode to
the emperor. Japan's Parliament officially adopted the Rising Sun a red
disc on a white field and the imperial hymn as its symbols on Monday after...
OCEANS
11) 08/10 Century-Old Turtle Rescued In New York Harbor NEW YORK
(Reuters) - An ancient sea turtle, nearly half the size of a full
grown steer, was rescued near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New
York Harbor, the Coast Guard said Tuesday. Coast Guard officers who
rescued the turtle, estimated to weigh 600 pounds and to be nearly a
century old, spotted it Monday...
12) Ameriscan Ens August 10 FIRST CONVICTION FOR SMUGGLING PROTECTED CORALS A
Florida man and his import business have been convicted of smuggling
protected corals from the Republic of the Philippines into the U.S., in the
first federal conviction of smugglers of internationally protected corals.
Petros "Pete" Leventis and Greek Island Imports, Inc. were charged in...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
13) APO 08/11 0138 Unusual Weather Blamed on Ocean By MATTHEW FORDAHL LOS
ANGELES (AP) -- NASA experts have come up with a possible culprit in this
summer's strange weather, with unusually cool temperatures in the West and
unrelenting heat in the East: the Pacific Ocean. Unusually warm ocean
temperatures off Asia and abnormally cool water off North America are...
14) The Mirror August 11, 1999, Wednesday SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 21 HEADLINE:
EURO SMOG CHOKES UK BODY: AIR pollution drifting over from mainland
Europe is causing massive health problems in eastern England, it was
revealed yesterday. Hospital admissions for asthma and respiratory
illness have soared in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. Met Office expert Ben...
15) The Gazette (Montreal) August 11, 1999, FINAL SECTION: News; A4 HEADLINE:
We get pollution drift: Living downwind from second- worst offender
BYLINE: BASEM BOSHRA BODY: Quebecers should be concerned about living
downwind and downriver from the second-worst polluter in North America,
environmentalists said yesterday. Ontario was found to be the...
16) The Guardian (London) August 11, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Leader Pages; Pg.
19 HEADLINE: Our friend the sun; We revere it, but make too little
use of it BODY: It is tempting to think that the policy wonks,
civil servants, ministers and corporate chiefs who determine our
power supplies will this morning, weather permitting, stare into
the sky, see a great light and...
17) HEADLINE: FED: Extensive inquiry into Greenhouse emmissions gets nod BODY:
GREENHOUSE PARLY 017 CANBERRA, Aug 11 AAP - A wide-ranging Senate inquiry
will examine Australia's record on greenhouse gas emissions and climate
change. Senate environment references committee chairwoman Lyn Allison
today won approval from all parties except the Coalition for the inquiry....
18) HEADLINE: Strong Aust economy may limit greenhouse target success-govt
BODY: FED: GREENHOUSE TARGE CANBERRA, Aug 11 AAP - The economic growth
rate could make it levels it agreed to at the 1997 Kyoto conference,
Environment Minister Robert Hill said today. Launching a workbook for
greenhouse gas reductions in the trucking industry, Senator Hill said...
19) The Guardian (London) August 11, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 5
HEADLINE: Mystery of sun's corona will be plain to see BYLINE: Tim Radford
Science Editor BODY: Tim Radford Science Editor Today's total eclipse,
to be watched by astronomers and physicists from Cornwall to the Bay of
Bengal, could help begin unravel the mysteries of the corona - the...
20) South China Morning Post August 11, 1999 SECTION: Business; Pg. 7
HEADLINE: Harsh weather threatens damage to buds of economic revival
BODY: Heavy crop losses last year, brought on by El Nino-induced droughts
and typhoons, made the difference between the Philippines going into
recession and registering modest positive growth. So it is not surprising...
21) COMLINE Daily News Chemicals and Materials August 11, 1999 HEADLINE: MITI
to Help China Promote Refrigerant Conversion BODY: The Ministry of
International Trade and Industry (MITI) has revealed that a Japan-China
co-operation project to promote the conversion of refrigerant in domestic
refrigerators in China has been approved by an executive committee of the...
22) REUTERS Texas pipeline explosion kills one, injures three USA: August
11, 1999 AUSTIN, Texas - One person was killed and three others
injured when a pipeline carrying ethane and propane burst into
flames near a residential area some 30 miles north of Austin,
Texas, yesterday, state officials said. The explosion and fire
occurred near the town of...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
(GREENPEACE)
23) Moscow News August 11, 1999 SECTION: ECONOMICS; No. 30 HEADLINE:
BASHKIRIA: DAM THE CONSEQUENCES BYLINE: Valery Sharov HIGHLIGHT: The
republic contemplates a "project of the century" BODY: The Bashkortostan
government has resuscitated the "project of the century" scrapped 10
years ago: construction of a dam across the Belaya river in the Urals....
24) HEADLINE: WA: Timber workers put stiletto on other foot BODY: DAVENPORT
PERTH, Aug 11 AAP - An exclusive Perth boutique owned by fashion designer
and anti- logging protester Liz Davenport was invaded by timber workers
today, making a point about role reversal. Australian Workers Union (AWU)
state secretary Tim Daly said other high-profile anti-loggers, including...
25) ASIA PULSE August 11, 1999 SECTION: Nationwide Financial News HEADLINE:
ANALYSIS - OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER MARKET IN CHINA DATELINE: BEIJING, Aug 11
BODY: China's timber market has been the focus of concern since the
country started the policy of banning and limiting logging of natural
forests last year, while the capital construction poised a huge demand...
26) The Guardian (London) August 11, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Society Pages; Pg.
4 HEADLINE: No smoke without fire; Frances Carr reports on moves to
extinguish Indonesia's seasonal ritual of forest fires BODY:
Forest fires are spreading rapidly in Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo
as the dry season begins. A heavy sprinkling of 'hot spots' appears
on satellite...
27) 08/11 FEATURE-Imports of tiger bones a problem in U.S. By Manuela
Badawy NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthony Marr is on a crusade to save the
tiger from extinction. But his battleground is not south China or
India or Sumatra,the tiger's traditional homes. It is here in the
United States, where the lack of a strategy to stop the importation
of elixirs made from tiger parts is an...
28) Agence France Presse August 11, 1999 HEADLINE: "Evil" sparrows to be
rehabilitated by China BODY: Sparrows, mercilessly hounded as "evil"
during the Maoist era, have been rehabilitated in China for the sake of
ecological balance, official media said Wednesday. Authorities in the
eastern province of Shandong launched plans to repopulate the sparrow...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
29) BIOTECH FIRMS OFFER TO COMPLY WITH DRAFT EU RULES BRUSSELS, Belgium,
August 10, 1999 (ENS) - Biotechnology companies have seized the initiative
in the debate over the European Union's quasi-moratorium on permits for new
genetically modified organisms (GMOs). They are offering to comply with
proposed changes to the rules before they are set in law. Monsanto and...
30) The Guardian (London) August 11, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 9
HEADLINE: Monsanto GM food ads found to mislead; Four complaints to
watchdog upheld, while nine are rejected YLINE: Linus Gregoriadis BODY:
Linus Gregoriadis Monsanto, the US based food company, has been
criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading the...
31) REUTERS Interview - FAO eyes both sides in GM foods debate AUSTRALIA:
August 11, 1999 SYDNEY - A senior official with the United Nations' Food
and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has gently criticised both sides of
the debate in the emotionally-charged world-wide argument over
genetically modified food standards. Over-zealous labelling of food...
32) REUTERS Water shortages to hit 3 billion people by 2025 SWEDEN: August
11, 1999 STOCKHOLM - The number of people suffering from water
shortages will leap to three billion in 25 years from 600 million
now unless urgent action is taken, experts told an annual water
conference in Sweden yesterday. Some 1.2 billion people already
lack access to...
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