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Global News Headlines 08/22
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Sunday, August 22, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
1) APn 08/22 0000 Pesticides-Produce By PHILIP BRASHER AP Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fruit growers cried foul when the government recently
decided to ban one pesticide that they use and restrict another. They fear
foreign growers will keep spraying the chemicals on produce they ship to
the United States, giving them an advantage over American producers who...
2) United Press International HEADLINE: Ohio dump DATELINE: SYCAMORE, Ohio,
Aug. 22 BODY: Up to 10 million scrap tires stored in the third largest
tire dump in the United States are burning in north central Ohio.
Approximately 250 firefighters from at least 17 departments were trying to
contain the blaze today at Kirby Tire Recycling near Sycamore, a Wyandot...
3) Xinhua HEADLINE: eu team to come to tanzania to review fish trade ban
DATELINE: dar es salaam, august 21; BODY: an european union inspection
team will arrive here next week to inspect tanzania's efforts in
controlling toxic fishing in lake victoria, a move which may lead to
partial lifting of the ban on fish fillet exports from the country to...
NUCLEAR POWER
4) Calgary Herald August 21, 1999, Early ECTION: News; A16 HEADLINE:
Nuclear disaster plan sparks cost dispute BYLINE: Rachel Furey, The
Canadian Press DATELINE: TORONTO BODY: Ontario is calling on communities
with nuclear power plants to prepare for a Chernobyl-style disaster.
But if the province doesn't cough up the cash to pay for its new...
5) AAP NEWSFEED August 22, 1999, Sunday SECTION: Nationwide General News;
Australian General News HEADLINE: WA: Opposition calls for legislation to
ban nuclear dump BODY: PANGEA PERTH, Aug 22 AAP - West Australian
opposition leader Geoff Gallop yesterday called on the Court Government to
support legislation to ban the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in...
6) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 22, 1999, Sunday SECTION: Pg. 02
HEADLINE: Nuclear fears on popular beach BYLINE: by GREG NEALE
Environment Correspondent BODY: THE LAIRD of a sporting estate near a
nuclear power complex has put up posters warning of the risk of
radioactive pollution on his land. The warnings go much further than...
7) Deutsche Presse-Agentur August 22, 1999, Sunday, BC Cycle HEADLINE:
Training for Day X - Russia is still not ready for Y2K BYLINE: By Dorothea
Huelsmeier, dpa DATELINE: Moscow BODY: Russian nuclear power stations
are training for what could be reactor emergencies on New Year's Eve.
Domestic flights from Moscow to Vladivostok have been cancelled on...
8) OTC 08/21 0555 68 pc of Japanese feel insecure about nuclear plants
OKYO, Aug. 21 (Kyodo) -- More than 68% of Japanese polled indicated they
were insecure about the country's nuclear power plants, according to a
survey on energy released Saturday by the Prime Minister's Office. A
combined 68.2% of respondents said they were either "insecure" or "in some...
9) Germany's Trittin wants speedy nuclear shutdown BERLIN, Aug 21 (Reuters) -
German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin wants to shut six nuclear
power plants by 2003, the news magazine Spiegel said on Saturday. The
remaining 13 nuclear reactors would be phased out by 2025, Spiegel said,
citing internal documents from the Environment Ministry. The ministry...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY
10) The Washington Times August 21, 1999, Saturday, Final Edition SECTION:
PART A; WORLD; RUSSIA; Pg. A5 HEADLINE: General raps U.S. anti-missile
effort; Says changes sought to ABM pact threaten arms talks BYLINE: Adam
Tanner; REUTERS NEWS AGENCY DATELINE: MOSCOW BODY: MOSCOW - A top
Russian military official lashed out at the United States yesterday over...
11) TASS August 21, 1999, Saturday HEADLINE: Russian disarmament official in
Beijing for consultations BYLINE: By Andrei Kirillov DATELINE: BEIJING,
August 21 BODY: The Russian Foreign Ministry's security and disarmament
department chief Grigory Berdennikov has arrived in China for regular
consultations. His talks with the Chinese side will address...
12) The Washington Times August 22, 1999, Sunday, Final Edition SECTION: PART
B; COMMENTARY; Pg. B3 HEADLINE: Marching on empty stomachs BYLINE: Holger
Jensen BODY: Those concerned about the state of U.S. military readiness
- and there is good reason for concern - can be thankful things are not
as bad as in Russia. Covering 11 time zones and still nuclear -armed,...
13) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts August 23, 1999, Monday HEADLINE: Final
decision on test ban treaty accession due "next month" BODY: 15] Text of
report by Pakistani newspaper 'Jang' on 20th August Islamabad: An
important country of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council
has informed Pakistan that India will be forced to sign the CTBT after it...
14) Deutsche Presse-Agentur August 22, 1999, Sunday, HEADLINE: Iran denies
nuclear tests for military purposes DATELINE: Teheran BODY: Iran has
denied a Turkish press report of intentions to carry out nuclear tests,
the Teheran press reported Sunday. The Iranian armed forces do not have
any research programme on the use of nuclear energy for military...
15) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts August 21, 1999, Saturday HEADLINE:
Egyptian envoy to Israel comments on Baz's remarks on nuclear weapons
BODY: 15] Text of report by Israel radio on 19th August Egyptian
ambassador to Israel Muhammad Basyuni said that Egypt's stance on the need
to demilitarize the Middle East region of weapons of mass destruction is...
16) Agence France Presse August 22, 1999 06:22 GMT SECTION: International news
HEADLINE: India's nuclear weapons programme to cost 16 billion dollars
DATELINE: NEW DELHI, Aug 22 BODY: India's deployment of nuclear
weapons, as envisaged by its recent " nuclear doctrine," will cost at
least 700 billion rupees (16 billion dollars) over the next three decades,...
ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY
(GREENPEACE)
17) Los Angeles Times August 22, 1999, Home Edition SECTION: Business; Part
C; Page 1; Financial Desk HEADLINE: A NEW OIL HOT SPOT IN BRAZIL'S CAMPOS
BASIN; ENERGY: BIG COMPANIES FROM ALL OVER ARE FLOCKING TO THE REGION AMID
PREDICTIONS THAT IT AND NEIGHBORING AREAS HOLD VAST UNDISCOVERED RESERVES.
BYLINE: CHRIS KRAUL, TIMES STAFF WRITER BODY: MACAE, Brazil Prudhoe Bay,...
18) The Washington Post August 22, 1999, Sunday, Final Edition SECTION: A
SECTION; Pg. A01 HEADLINE: Canada's Spigot Not Open for U.S. BYLINE:
Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post Foreign Service DATELINE: GRAND LE
PIERRE, Newfoundland BODY: With a severe drought emptying reservoirs
from Montana to Maryland, and California threatening to drain the last...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
19) HEADLINE: NSW: Government is biggest threat to endangered places BYLINE:
By Kate Burrows BODY: ENDANGERED SYDNEY, Aug 22 AAP - A federal government
sell-off of public land was the biggest threat to 32 endangered national
sites, including Sydney's Harbour foreshore, the Australian Council of
National Trusts (ACNT) said today. Council chairwoman Dianne Weidner...
20) HEADLINE: WA: Police missing as loggers attack protest camp BYLINE: By Jane
Hammond BODY: FORESTS WA (CARRIED EARLIER) PERTH, Aug 22 AAP - Western
Australia's logging debate has turned violent with anti- logging
protesters accusing forestry workers of smashing and burning their camp.
Now a police inquiry is underway into conservationists' claims that police...
21) HEADLINE: NSW: Protesters block mine site BODY: TIMBARRA SYDNEY, Aug 22
AAP - Police arrested three women, including one who allegedly spent eight
hours up a tree, in the latest protest by conservationists at the Timbarra
gold mine today. Senior Constable Ross Chilcott of Tenterfield police in
north-east New South wales said the three women would be charged with...
22) FEATURE-India's Roy seeks atonement in dam fight By Santosh Menon
MAHESHWAR, India, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Embarrassed by success, and denying
she is an activist, author Arundhati Roy is atoning for her fame by
rallying to the cause of thousands of villagers who will be displaced by a
big dam project. Roy, whose first book "The God Of Small Things" won...
23) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 22, 1999, Sunday SECTION: Pg. 16
HEADLINE: Last home of a great ape faces destruction NATURE WATCH BYLINE:
By PHILIP SHERWELL AND GREG NEALE BODY: THE ORANG-UTAN is under siege in
its last remaining refuges, say British environmental investigators. The
researchers went undercover with Indonesian colleagues to visit logging...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
24) The New York Times August 22, 1999, Sunday, Late Edition - Final SECTION:
Section 6; Page 18; Column 1; Magazine Desk HEADLINE: The Way We Live Now:
8-22-99; Salient Facts: It Isn't Easy Being Green BYLINE: By Greg
Dicum BODY: WHAT'S NEW DOWN ON THE FARM? Ever since high-tech
agribusiness started tinkering with the DNA of crops, genetically
modified foods have...
25) RTw 08/21 2314 INTERVIEW-Genetic debate heats up in Thailand By Anchalee
Koetsawang BANGKOK, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Thailand's state-run biotechnology
centre is concerned about rising opposition to genetically modified
organisms (GMOs). Sutat Sriwatanapongse, deputy director of the National
Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, told Reuters in an...
OTHER
26) The Washington Times August 22, 1999, Sunday, Final Edition SECTION: PART
B; BOOKS; ENVIRONMENT; Pg. B6 HEADLINE: Market strategies beneficial to
nature BYLINE: Jonathan H. Adler BODY: There is a growing consensus
among academics and policy makers that U.S. environmental policy needs
dramatic change. While environmental reform remains at a standstill,...
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