Global News Headlines 09/19

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Sunday, September 19, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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 ATMOSPHERE 

1) 09/19 Flood Misery In Carolina, Death Toll Mounts By Gene  Cherry
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) - The eastern United States  struggled
Saturday with the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd as  rising rivers
compounded the misery for hundreds of  thousands of people in
hard-hit North Carolina. Federal and  state disaster officials
confirmed at least 33 ...

2) Calgary Herald September 18, 1999 Final City B6 Continent 
getting more `junk rain': Researchers have confirmed the 
trend, although they are divided about its cause BY Seth 
Borenstein, Knight Ridder Newspapers North America is 
getting more junk rain these days -- fast-falling, 
flood-triggering deluges that don't help farmers and wreak ...

3) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Nepal bans three-wheelers 
to fight pollution in Kathmandu valley DATELINE: KATHMANDU, 
Sept 19 BODY: The Nepali government is waging war on 
smoke-belching, three- wheel taxis blamed for rising 
pollution levels in Kathmandu, keeping tourists away and 
causing increasing health problems. A ban went into force ...

4) The Irish Times September 18, 1999 SECTION: CITY EDITION; 
EDITORIAL PAGE; EDITORIAL COMMENT; Pg. 15 HEADLINE: Climate 
Change BODY: Hurricane Floyd may have been an anti-climax 
as a spectacle of disaster, but it should serve as a sharp 
reminder that climate change and environmental degradation 
are now abiding features of our world. While some two ...

 ENERGY 

5) QLD: Coal waste fires finally out after months of work 
BODY: COAL BRISBANE, Sept 19 AAP - Coal waste fires which 
have been emitting dangerous fumes at Ipswich, west of 
Brisbane, for more than 18 months have finally been put out.
Environment Minister Rod Welford today announced details of 
the successful two-month $120,000 cleanup operation. During ...

6) The San Francisco Chronicle SEPTEMBER 18, 1999, SATURDAY, 
FINAL; CONTRA COSTA EDITION SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A17 
HEADLINE: Refineries Tagged for Pollution, Safety; Tosco, 
Exxon both in trouble with authorities BYLINE: Bernadette 
Tansey, Chronicle Staff Writer DATELINE: BAY AREA BODY: Two 
Bay area refineries came under fire from state authorities ...

 FORESTS 

7) 09/17 Thai hotels urged to stop sales of ivory to save  el...
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- The World Wild Fund for Nature in Thailand
is urging Bangkok hotels to stop selling ivory  products in a bid to
save wild elephants that are hunted  for their tusks. The campaign
comes as the number of ...

8) Los Angeles Times September 18, 1999, Orange County 
Edition SECTION: Business; Part C; Page 1; Financial Desk 
HEADLINE: GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM; AGRICULTURE: THE NATION 
HAS QUIETLY BECOME THE WORLD'S NO. 3 COFFEE PRODUCER, 
ENRICHING THE ECONOMY BUT PROMPTING FEARS OF DEFORESTATION 
AND OVERFARMING. BYLINE: DAVID LAMB, TIMES STAFF WRITER ...

 GENETIC ENGINEERING 

(GREENPEACE)
9) 09/17 DJ Monsanto Appeals Brazil Court Ruling Against Bio  Soy SAO
PAULO (Dow Jones)--The Brazilian subsidiary of  U.S.-based
agribusiness company Monsanto Co. (MTC) filed an  appeal against a
Brazilian court ruling which banned the  planting and commercial
distribution of genetically  modified soybeans in Brazil without a
prior environmental ...

10) Study finds rapid reduction in crop diversity By Randy Fabi
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The world is rapidly losing 
genetic diversity in crops, some of which might hold the 
key to plant-based medicines, the environmental group 
WorldWatch Institute said on Saturday. While biotechnology 
is adding pest resistance traits to selected types of corn, ...

11) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) September 18, 1999, SECTION: 
Pg. 01 HEADLINE: We broke the rules on GM crop trials, 
minister admits BYLINE: By Roger Highfield, Science Editor 
BODY: THE Government is to press ahead with trials of 
genetically modified crops despite being forced to admit 
yesterday that it had wrongly given permission for a series ...

12) The Guardian (London) September 18, 1999 SECTION: Guardian 
Home Pages; Pg. 1 HEADLINE: GM trials doubt after planting 
ruled illegal BYLINE: Audrey Gillan BODY: Audrey Gillan 
Three fields of genetically modified crops in Lincolnshire 
and Hertfordshire could be ploughed up and any further 
trials postponed for at least a year after the government ...

(GREENPEACE)
13) St. Louis Post-Dispatch September 19, 1999, FIVE STAR LIFT 
EDITION SECTION: NEWS, Pg. A1 HEADLINE: BIOTECHNOLOGY 
COMPANIES FACE NEW FOE: THE INTERNET; CRITICAL GERMAN 
REPORT QUICKLY MAKES ITS WAY AROUND THE WORLD BYLINE: Bill 
Lambrecht; Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau DATELINE: 
WASHINGTON BODY: Analysts at Deutsche Bank in Germany came ...

 MILITARY 

14) 09/19 East Timor U.N. Mission Hours Away By Lewa Pardomuan  DILI,
East Timor (Reuters) - A powerful multi-nation  peacekeeping force is
set to arrive in devastated East Timor Monday after their commander
held successful talks on  deployment with the Indonesian military
(TNI). Indonesia's  military commander in East Timor said late Sunday
he ...

 NUCLEAR POWER 

15) 09/19 DJ Tepco To Buy MOX Fuel From France's Cogema  -Nikkei TOKYO
(Nikkei)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. (J.TER or  9501) will switch
suppliers of mixed oxide, or MOX, fuels  for plutonium thermal power
generation from a Belgian  nuclear fuel company to France's Cie
Generale Des Matieres  Nucleaires (F.CGM), The Nihon Keizai Shimbun
reported in ...

16) 09/18 Uranium Worker Tests Said Ignored PADUCAH, Ky. (AP)  -- A
recommendation 14 years ago that workers at a uranium  processing
plant be studied for exposure to highly  radioactive plutonium was
apparently never followed, a U.S.  Department of Energy spokesman
says. A department task  force in 1985 reported that plutonium
contamination in the ...

(GREENPEACE)
17) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: MSA pursuing anti-MOX 
Greenpeace ship DATELINE: TOKYO, Sept. 19 Kyodo BODY: The 
Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) is pursuing a Greenpeace ship 
that is campaigning against the transport of mixed-oxide 
(MOX) fuel to Japan, officials of the international 
environmentalist group said Sunday. An MSA patrol ship ...

18) The San Francisco Chronicle SEPTEMBER 18, 1999, FINAL; 
EAST BAY EDITION SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A18 HEADLINE: Meeting 
Planned Over Nuclear Rods; Cargo scheduled to be shipped to 
site near Pleasanton BYLINE: Elizabeth Bell, Chronicle 
Staff Writer BODY: Anti- nuclear activists and government 
leaders who learned recently of an upcoming shipment of 10 ...

 OCEANS 

19) Alaska's salmon harvest is second biggest By Yereth Rosen 
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Healthy salmon runs 
produced Alaska's second biggest salmon harvest this year, 
the state Department of Fish and Game said on Friday. The 
state's estimated salmon harvest is close to 208 million 
fish, about 40 percent above pre-season projections and the ...

20) Alaska Fishermen Want New Crab Count By Wesley Loy, 
Anchorage Daily News Sep. 17--Some commercial fishermen, 
stunned by an apparent crash in Bering Sea snow crab 
stocks, want a recount to confirm the crash is real. The 
fishermen are even willing to pick up the cost of the 
survey, which could take two months to complete at a cost ...

21) Xinhua General News Service HEADLINE: hk launches clean-up 
campaign to protect marine environment DATELINE: hong kong, 
september 19; ITEM NO: 0919109 BODY: the agriculture and 
fisheries department of hong kong sunday held a clean-up 
campaign with divers from various organizations to remove 
fishing gear and rubbish left on the seabed and coastal ...

22) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Swedish experts outraged by 
sewage levels in Hong Kong harbour DATELINE: HONG KONG, 
Sept 19 BODY: Swedish environmentalists have voiced outrage 
that two million tonnes of sewage are pumped into Hong Kong 
harbour every day, the Hong Kong Standard reported Sunday. 
"I think it is absolutely ridiculous. It's irresponsible. ...

 TOXICS 

23) The Washington Post September 19, 1999, Final Edition 
SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A03 HEADLINE: Storm Cuts Path of 
Pollution; Runoff a Threat To Ecosystems BYLINE: Peter S. 
Goodman, Washington Post Staff Writer BODY: As Hurricane 
Floyd swept through the Chesapeake Bay, it washed as much 
pollution -laden sediment into creeks and rivers as ...

24) National Post September 18, 1999 NATIONAL EDITIONS 
SECTION: FINANCIAL POST; Pg. D06, In Deloro, Ont. HEADLINE: 
Mining's toxic orphans come of age: There are an estimated 
10,000 abandoned mine sites scattered across Canada in need  of
various degrees of renewal. One of the worst examples is  in Deloro,
Ont., where the arsenic in the soil is 24 times ...

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