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Tuesday, August 31, 1999
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(GREENPEACE)
1) Los Angeles Times August 31, 1999, Tuesday, Home Edition 
SECTION: Business; Part C; Page 2; Financial Desk LENGTH: 
421 words HEADLINE: CALIFORNIA; ARCO STOCKHOLDERS  DECISIVELY OK
MERGER WITH BP AMOCO BYLINE: NANCY RIVERA  BROOKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BODY: Pumped by stirring  multimedia presentations of Arco's sweeping
history and an ...

2) NORWEGIAN ALUMIUM INDUSTRY MAY IMPACT ICELAND'S ENVIRONMENT
OSLO, Norway, August 30, 1999 (ENS) - At a conference of 
the Norwegian aluminium industry, Norsk Hydro, which is 
mainly owned by the Norwegian government, said it will 
continue with plans to build new aluminium smelters in 
countries with cheap energy supplies such as Iceland. ...

 forests 

3) Xinhua AUGUST 31, 1999, TUESDAY 05:01 Eastern Time LENGTH: 
160 words HEADLINE: philippine senate approves debate on  log ban
bill DATELINE: manila, august 31; ITEM NO: 0831130  BODY: the
philippine senate has approved for floor debate a  bill seeking to
impose a total ban on commercial logging in  a bid to allow the
country's forest resources to ...

4) PAP News Wire December 01, 1999, Wednesday SECTION: NEWS 
LENGTH: 129 words HEADLINE: ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTER AGAINST 
FORESTS REPRIVATIZATION BODY: Warsaw, Aug. 28: Environment 
Protection Minister Jan Szyszko confirmed at a press 
conference in Turow (south-western Poland) on Friday that 
he had filed a votum separatum to the draft law enabling ...

5) a Thomson Corporation Company; ASAP Copyright 1999 
National Wildlife Federation International Wildlife 
September 1, 1999 SECTION: Pg. NA ; ISSN: 0020-9112 
IAC-ACC-NO: 55466332 LENGTH: 193 words HEADLINE: Endangered 
Species Protection Attacked By 'Takings' Bill; Congress is 
considering legislation that would seriously cripple the ...

6) BBC Monitoring Central Asia Unit Supplied by BBC Worldwide 
Monitoring August 31, 1999, Tuesday LENGTH: 194 words 
HEADLINE: AFGHANISTAN'S FORESTS VANISHING AS A RESULT OF 
WAR, ILLEGAL COMPANIES SOURCE: Voice of the Islamic 
Republic of Iran, Mashhad, in Persian 1600 gmt 29 Aug 99 
BODY: Text of report by Iranian radio from Mashhad on 29th ...

7) The Toronto Star August 31, 1999, Tuesday, Edition 1 
SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 442 words HEADLINE: GROUP BACKS 
PENALTIES FOR HABITAT WRECKERS BODY: But do more for 
species at risk, Ottawa told Minister must provide 
incentives, education, coalition says. Edison Stewart 
OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA - An extraordinary coalition of ...

8) Knight-Ridder / Tribune Business & Market News Monday, 
August 30, 1999 * Forest Products Dispute over Federal 
Timber Sales Frustrates Northwest Lumber Firms By Joe 
Harwood, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Aug. 30--As 
general manager of Starfire Lumber Co. in Cottage Grove, 
Robbie Robinson figured he'd order crews later this summer ...

9) [] The Christian Science Monitor August 31, 1999, Tuesday 
SECTION: WORLD; $60;000 BIRD; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 910 words 
HEADLINE: Brazil pounces on animal traffickers BYLINE: Jack 
Epstein , Special to The Christian Science Monitor 
DATELINE: CURACA, BRAZIL BODY: As a blue flash appears in 
the evening sky, Antnio Maral dos Santos runs through his ...

 military 

10) U.S. Newswire August 31, 1999 HEADLINE: Democrats Threaten 
to Bring Senate to Standstill over Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 
BYLINE: Adam Eidinger, 202-547-3577 or 202-744-2671 (cell), 
for the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers; Web site: 
http://www.crnd.org DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 BODY: 
Yesterday, The New York Times reported that Senate ...

11) All Rights Reserved Jane's Intelligence Review September 
1, 1999 SECTION: EUROPE; Vol. 11; No. 9 LENGTH: 3199 words  HEADLINE:
Kosovo: a bomb damage assessment BYLINE: Tim  Ripley HIGHLIGHT: When
the Serbs withdrew from Kosovo in  June, the columns of
fullyserviceable armour that rolled  out of the province certainly
madeNATO claims of targets ...

 nuclear power 

12) OTC 08/31 0612 Suit filed demanding no new reactor in 
Ishikawa KANAZAWA, Japan, Aug. 31 (Kyodo) -- A group of 
135 citizens from 17 prefectures filed a suit Tuesday with  the
Kanazawa District Court demanding Hokuriku Electric  Power Co. scrap
its plans to build a second reactor at its  Shika nuclear power plant
in Ishikawa Prefecture. Hokuriku ...

13) DJ 08/31 0544 DJ French Greens Threaten To Quit Govt Over 
Nuclear...
PARIS (AP)--Divisions within Socialist Prime Minister 
Lionel Jospin's leftist coalition have again appeared over 
the future of French nuclear power. The Green party, which 
has only one cabinet seat, has threatened to pull out of ...

14) Agence France Presse August 31, 1999 10:43 GMT SECTION: 
International news LENGTH: 153 words HEADLINE: France asks 
Japan to join forces in promoting nuclear power: report 
DATELINE: TOKYO, Aug 31 BODY: France called on Japan to 
join forces in promoting nuclear energy in the face of 
global opposition, a news report and officials said ...

15) AP Worldstream August 31, 1999; HEADLINE: India looks 
toward nuclear power after 2000 BYLINE: RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM 
DATELINE: BOMBAY, India BODY: India is set to boost nuclear 
power development in the next millennium, and has the 
capability to build and run a nuclear power system almost 
without outside help, said scientists and engineers at a ...

(GREENPEACE)
16) Agence France Presse August 31, 1999 09:11 GMT SECTION: 
International news LENGTH: 249 words HEADLINE: Greenpeace 
blocks nuclear waste transport DATELINE: GOESGEN, 
Switzerland, Aug 31 BODY: Greenpeace activists Tuesday 
chained themselves to an iron bar weighing a tonne and a 
half and dumped it on rail tracks here to prevent a train ...

17) AP Worldstream August 31, 1999; With BC-Ukraine-Y2K 
Official: Ukraine to complete two nuclear reactors without 
Western aid DATELINE: KIEV, Ukraine BODY: Ukraine will need 
more than two years to complete two new nuclear reactors 
intended to compensate for the planned closure of the 
Chernobyl power plant unless Western nations help finance ...

18) AP Worldstream August 31, 1999; LENGTH: 332 words 
HEADLINE: Official: Y2K problem no threat to Ukraine's 
nuclear plants BYLINE: VIKTOR LUHOVYK DATELINE: KIEV, 
Ukraine BODY: Ukraine's nuclear power plants will not 
suffer any malfunctions or shutdowns on Jan. 1, 2000, and 
their computer systems are nearly fully immunized against ...

(GREENPEACE)
19) THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK) August 31, 1999, Tuesday 
Edition 1 Pg. 13 LENGTH: 525 words HEADLINE: Sellafield 
urged to monitor wild gulls - Culled pigeons found to be 
contaminated BYLINE: By Tony Henderson Environment Editor 
BODY: ANUCLEAR site has been urged to monitor its gull 
population and make the findings public after an episode in ...

20) MIDDLE EAST NEWS ITEMS August 31, 1999 LENGTH: 33 words 
HEADLINE: SWEDISH NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL PLANS WORRY NORDIC 
ANTI POLLUTION ACTIVISTS BODY: According to Aftenposten, 
Norway is concerned that Swedish plans to send nuclear 
waste to the UK for recycling will have a detrimental 
effect on Nordic efforts against radioactive pollution. ...

21) EU's De Palacio cautious about nuclear phase out EU: 
August 31, 1999 BRUSSELS - The European Union's new Energy 
Commissioner said that closing down the bloc's nuclear 
power stations would increase its dependence on imported 
energy "spectacularly" and undermine efforts to reduce 
global warming. ...

22) Fortum says no options out for new Loviisa reactor  
FINLAND: August 31, 1999 HELSINKI - Finnish power group 
Fortum said an environmental impact assessment had not 
excluded any plant types from the possible construction of 
a new nuclear power plant at Loviisa. 
Fortum has two reactors at Loviisa while its part-owned ...

 oceans 

23) RTw 08/31 0811 INTERVIEW-Caspian ecology endangered - 
Iran expert By Ali Raiss-Tousi RASHT, Iran, Aug 31 
(Reuters) - The Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland 
sea, faces a potential ecological disaster due to heavy 
pollution, overfishing and public indifference towards the 
environment, an Iranian expert said on Tuesday. Shaaban-Ali ...

24) Copyright 1999 Agence France Presse Agence France Presse 
August 31, 1999 07:33 GMT SECTION: International news 
LENGTH: 345 words HEADLINE: Japan to obey international 
court ruling on bluefin tuna -- Shipley DATELINE: 
WELLINGTON, Aug 31 BODY: Japan Tuesday assured New Zealand 
it would comply with an international court order limiting ...

 toxics 

25) DJ 08/31 WSJE: U.S. Finds Elevated PCBs In Danish Pork By 
Philip Shishkin Special to The Wall Street Journal Europe 
BRUSSELS -- Adding a new twist to a European food scare, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture said samples of Danish pork 
processed at a Belgian plant contained industrial pollutants
slightly above the allowed limit. The USDA said it has no ...

26) RTw 08/30 2206 FEATURE - Israel, Palestinians battle over 
toxic waste By Sofia Javed JERUSALEM, Aug 31 (Reuters) - 
The 8,000 Palestinians of Azzoun village get their drinking 
water from a well just 50 metres (yards) from where 
hundreds of barrels of toxic waste were dumped last year. 
Azzoun is one of many West Bank sites used by industries, ...

27) PA 08/31 1840 SOY SAUCES TESTED OVER CANCER ALERT By 
Anjali Kwatra and Jackie Brown, PA News Agriculture 
Minister Nick Brown today ordered soy sauces on sale in the 
UK to be tested after unacceptably high levels of a 
cancer-causing substance were found in samples elsewhere in 
Europe. The Joint Food Safety and Standards Group (JFSSG) ...

28) Agence France Presse August 31, 1999 16:42 GMT SECTION: 
International news LENGTH: 683 words HEADLINE: Euro 
Commission nominee says "No" to EU aid to Belgium's dioxin 
mess BYLINE: Allen Nacheman DATELINE: BRUSSELS, Aug 31 BODY:
A German ecologist and nominee to the European Commission 
Tuesday took a strong stand against European Union aid to ...

29) Agence France Presse August 31, 1999 LENGTH: 307 words 
HEADLINE: Japanese study finds high dioxin levels in humans 
DATELINE: TOKYO, Aug 31 BODY: High levels of dioxins may be 
contaminating some Japanese people living in areas with 
rubbish incinerators, according to a government study 
released Tuesday. The environmental agency study of 59 ...

30) U.S. Newswire August 31, 1999 9:28 Eastern Time SECTION: 
NATIONAL DESK, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH REPORTERS LENGTH: 
1422 words HEADLINE: Study Shows Traffic Exhaust Poisons  Home Air
BYLINE: Kathy Moore of the Johns Hopkins School of  Public Health,
410-955-6878; or e-mail:  lpetteng(At)jhsph.edu DATELINE: BALTIMORE,
Aug. 31 BODY: ...

31) Agence France Presse August 31, 1999 LENGTH: 138 words 
HEADLINE: Turkish shipwreck causes Sri Lanka pollution 
DATELINE: COLOMBO, Aug 31 BODY: A Turkish cargo vessel that 
sank with a cargo of fertiliser off Sri Lanka is causing 
"very serious" pollution along the south coast after 
breaking in two, officials said Tuesday. The MV Maliksah ...

32) World Press Review September 1, 1999 SECTION: No. 9, Vol. 
46; Pg. 23 ; ISSN: 0195-8895 IAC-ACC-NO: 55492634 LENGTH:  141 words
HEADLINE: Toxic Time Bomb; Brief Article BYLINE:  SHELBY, BARRY BODY:
Parts of Africa face environmental and  human-health hazards because
of tons of pesticides that  threaten anyone living near them, Paul
Redfern reports in ...

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33) a Thomson Corporation Company; ASAP Copyright 1999 
National Wildlife Federation International Wildlife 
September 1, 1999 SECTION: Pg. NA ; ISSN: 0020-9112 
IAC-ACC-NO: 55466322 LENGTH: 4846 words HEADLINE: 
6,000,000,000 Consumption Machines; environmental aspects  of
population growth BODY: As Earth's human population ...

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34) Pty Limited The Canberra Times August 31, 1999, Tuesday 
Edition SECTION: Part A; Page 5 LENGTH: 332 words HEADLINE: 
YOUNGSTERS PLAN TO TELL PARLIAMENT HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD 
BYLINE: NICK GENTLE BODY: They can't vote, they can't 
drink, most of them are only just old enough to drive, but 
later this week they're going to tell the Federal ...

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