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Global News Headlines 08/16
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Monday, August 16, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
1) APn 08/16 Chemical Leak GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A broken pipeline sent a
yellowish cloud of toxic chemicals into the air above a pharmaceutical
plant on Sunday and spurred the evacuation of two nearby trailer parks.
Two workers were injured when a pipeline broke at the Catalytica
Pharmaceuticals Inc. plant, releasing bromine, a chemical that can cause...
NUCLEAR POWER
(GREENPEACE)
2) Sunday Times - South Africa 15 August 1999 Cape Green, but far from naive
Activists on the trail of nuclear shipments JACK LESTRADE JANET HEARD
GREENPEACE activist Mike Townsley is equally at home in a suit yelling at
parliamentarians or wearing an orange survival jacket in an inflatable
dinghy out at sea. He and fellow campaigner Femke Bartels have spent the...
3) The Mirror August 16, 1999, Monday SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. 6 HEADLINE:
WE'RE BEING POISONED BY CANCER PLANT; FAMILIES FEAR ENGLISH NUCLEAR
FACILITY KILLING THEIR CHILDREN BYLINE: Rosa Prince BODY: THE stunning
scenery of the Cooley Peninsula hides a deadly secret. Embedded in the
beautiful grey, purple and green mountains and floating in the calm blue...
4) Rachel 16 August 99 THE CVX DECISION: A RARE OPPORTUNITY In the U.S.,
many people think nuclear power is dead because it proved to be too
expensive and too unmanageable. In this view, the fuel melt at Three Mile
Island March 28, 1979 ended nuclear power in this country. This picture of
nuclear power is incomplete. There is still one sector of the U.S. economy...
5) THE RUSSIAN BUSINESS MONITOR August 16, 1999, Monday SECTION: INDUSTRIAL
SECTOR HEADLINE: RUSSIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY INDUSTRY REACHES 1990 LEVEL
SOURCE: Delovaya Volna radio, Ekonomika, August 12, 1999, 18:00 BODY:
During the meeting of the Board of Directors of Rosenergoatom, a state-run
company, it was announced that the Russian nuclear energy industry has...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
(GREENPEACE)
6) EIN News Monday, Aug 16 at Prague 05:23 pm, N.Y. 11:23 am Editor's Pick:
FactBox: Past PM confirmation votes in the Duma. Back to Top Stories Main
Page U.S., Russia Urged To Lower Missile Alert For Y2k WASHINGTON, Aug
13, 1999 -- (Reuters) Citing the risk of an accidental nuclear
war, activists are pressing the United States and Russia to take
nuclear...
7) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts August 17, 1999, Tuesday HEADLINE: Atomic
energy head says country capable of building neutron bomb BODY: 6] Text of
report in English by Indian news agency PTI Mumbai [Bombay], 16th August:
India has the capacity to build a neutron bomb, according to the country's
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Rajagopala Chidambaram. Indian...
8) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Indian PM refuses to commit on signing CTBT
DATELINE: NEW DELHI, Aug 16 BODY: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari
Vajpayee refused Monday to give a pre-election commitment to sign up to a
global nuclear test ban. Unveiling the election manifesto of his
National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which opinion polls predict will win a...
9) India PM seeks consensus on signing test ban pact NEW DELHI, Aug 16
(Reuters) - Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Monday that his
government was seeking to build a national consensus on India joining a
nuclear test ban treaty. He said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led
alliance, which is expected by opinion polls to win power in the coming...
10) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts August 17, 1999, Tuesday HEADLINE: Russian
scientist warns of nuclear contamination in Far East bay BODY: 4] Text
of report by Russian news agency RIA on 13th August Moscow, 13th August,
RIA-Novosti correspondent: A colossal growth of radioactive contamination
is in progress in Chazhma Bay in the Sea of Japan, but scientists know how...
OCEANS
11) South China Morning Post August 16, 1999 SECTION: News; Pg. 3 HEADLINE:
New threat to dolphins BYLINE: ANTOINE SO BODY: Rare dolphins could be the
victims of the Lantau reclamation project, an environmentalist warned
yesterday. Mr Lam said the most viable option to reclaim land for a
proposed theme park in Penny's Bay was to use marine sand costing $ 10 a...
12) Business Week August 16, 1999 SECTION: BUSINESS WEEK INTERNATIONAL
EDITIONS; Spotlight on France; Number 3642; Pg. 4 HEADLINE: A DRIFT-NET
BAN SCARES FISHERMEN...AS OVERFISHING CUTS THE BOUNTY BYLINE: By Carol
Matlack on Ile d'Yeu; EDITED BY HARRY MAURER BODY: Captain Christian
Rafin is scanning navigation charts in the pilot house of his tuna boat,...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
13) THE KOREA HERALD August 16, 1999, Monday HEADLINE: Repeating
meteorological disasters and effective countermeasures BYLINE: By Min
Seung-kyu BODY: From July 31 to Aug. 4, as typhoon Olga swept through
the Korean peninsula, torrential rains, which recorded 896 mm in some
regions, caused extensive property damage and human casualties. Torrential...
14) Ameriscan ENS August 13 WHEN A TREE FALLS, CARBON DIOXIDE RISES When a
tree is cut down or burned, the carbon in the wood is transferred to the
atmosphere as the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Scientists reported
Wednesday that the vegetation lost to logging, burning and agriculture
throughout human history transferred about 180 billion tons of carbon to the...
15) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Native demands delay Canadian power project CANADA:
August 16, 1999 QUEBEC CITY - Quebec and Newfoundland said that plans
for a huge hydro-electric project in the Churchill Falls region of
Labrador would be delayed to meet Canadian Native demands for
participation in an environmental impact study. "With a project of this...
16) APO 08/16 0106 Sisters Show Wind Energy Can Work By BLAKE NICHOLSON
Associated Press Writer RICHARDTON, N.D. (AP) -- A few hundred yards from
the cross tower at the Sacred Heart Monastery, two other towers rise from
the rugged ranchland toward the heavens. Their purpose has nothing to do
with religion, everything to do with economics. For two years, the two...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
17) Deutsche Presse-Agentur August 16, 1999, HEADLINE: FEATURE: Come see the
sawdust, say environmentalist tour guides BYLINE: By Sid Astbury, dpa
DATELINE: Sydney BODY: It's not a pretty sight but environmentalists in
Western Australia are finding lots of takers for their free tours of
what's left after chainsaw gangs have ripped through native forests in...
18) The Washington Times August 16, 1999, Monday, Final Edition SECTION: PART
C; METROPOLITAN TIMES; MARYLAND NEWS; Pg. C4 EADLINE: Hard times for
freshwater fish; Drought yields crowded rivers BYLINE: David Dishneau;
ASSOCIATED PRESS DATELINE: HAGERSTOWN, Md. BODY: HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The
drought will likely leave Maryland with fewer freshwater fish next spring...
19) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 16, 1999, Monday SECTION: Pg. 18
HEADLINE: Comment: Unsavoury facts about organic food Acid Test BYLINE:
By MATT RIDLEY BODY: WHAT'S in a name? For many years now, there has been
a systematic campaign, backed by large sums of money, to persuade us that
the word " organic" means good. The supermarkets, the media, organic...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
20) Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA.) August 15, 1999, Sunday METRO EDITION
SECTION: News; Pg. 1-A HEADLINE: Altered crops: Biotech may whip weeds
BYLINE: BRUCE SCHULTZ BODY: WHITEVILLE - St. Landry Parish farmer
Jeffrey Sylvester did something to his soybean crop this year that would
have been unthinkable only a few growing seasons ago. When weeds sprang up...
(GREENPEACE)
21) BBC Online Monday, August 16, 1999 Published at 13:05 GMT 14:05 UK
Sci/Tech Security fears over GM crop tests Protesters say they will
continue to campaign against GM crops The precise locations of four new
genetically-modified crop trial sites have been revealed on a government
Website, despite fears they could be attacked by protesters. Exact grid...
(GREENPEACE)
22) 08/16 Brazil Biotech Soy Ruling Allows Analysis -Consumer Grp By
Mara Lemos SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--A ruling that bans commercial
planting and distribution of genetically modified soybeans in Brazil
means that the country was granted a moratorium to better evaluate
the matter, the Brazilian Institute of Consumers' Defense (IDEC) said
Friday. "To all the...
(GREENPEACE)
23) The Washington Post August 15, 1999, Sunday, Final Edition SECTION: A
SECTION; Pg. A17 HEADLINE: Next Food Fight Brewing Is Over Listing Genes
on Labels; Processors, Retailers Resisting Demand of Some Consumer Groups
BYLINE: Rick Weiss, Washington Post Staff Writer BODY: Food is more
thoroughly labeled than ever. When shoppers go to the grocery store, they...
(GREENPEACE)
24) The Independent (London) August 15, 1999, Sunday SECTION: TITLE PAGE; Pg.
1 HEADLINE: GM POLICE TO GUARD CROP TRIALS BYLINE: Marie Woolf And
Geoffrey Lean BODY: MINISTERS are secretly planning specialist
round-the-clock police squads to guard genetically modified crop
trials from environmental protesters. The Government fears that
existing security arrangements are...
25) PA 08/16 0936 WE ARE BEING MISLED OVER GM FOODS - CONSUMERS By Sherna
Noah, PA News Consumers believe they are being deliberately misled by the
Government about products like genetically modified foods, it emerged
today. Inadequate labelling of GM foods led consumers to think crucial
facts were being hidden from them, the National Consumer Council said. It...
OTHERS
(GREENPEACE)
26) Los Angeles Times August 16, 1999, Monday, Home Edition SECTION:
Business; Part C; Page 3; Financial Desk HEADLINE: THE CUTTING EDGE;
DIGITAL NATION; U.S.-BRITISH CYBER-SPY SYSTEM PUTS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ON
EDGE BYLINE: GARY CHAPMAN DATELINE: ROVERETO, Italy BODY: It felt like
there was a new Cold War developing at a conference here last week on...
27) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) August 16, 1999,
Monday SECTION: Feature; Pg. 7 HEADLINE: End of the World Popular As Ever;
But Can Humanity Wipe Itself Out? BYLINE: By Malcolm W. Browne; New York
Times Service DATELINE: NEW YORK BODY: Amid the summer news doldrums,
what could be more invigorating than a warning that physicists may be on...
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