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Global News Headlines 09/20
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Monday, September 20, 1999
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) 09/20 0252 WHY GLOBAL WARMING IS A VERY HOT ISSUE By Tim Moynihan,
PA News Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was today underlining
the "life or death" choices now facing the world over climate
change. :: Global warming is becoming an increasingly worrying
issue. :: Average global temperatures are predicted to increase by
between 1C and ...
(GREENPEACE)
2) "Car-free day" highlights Europe's desperation over auto
problems by Richard Ingham PARIS, Sept 20 (AFP) - The
continent that invented the car will turn its back on its
creation on Wednesday, with the staging of a "car-free day"
in more than 150 European towns and cities, many of them
grappling with major problems of pollution and congestion. ...
3) Deutsche Presse-Agentur September 20, 1999 HEADLINE:
High-altitude pollution greater than expected, scientist
says DATELINE: Leipzig, Germany BODY: Unexpectedly high
levels of pollution have been found 10 kilometres (more
than 30,000 feet) above the surface of the earth, a German
scientist said Monday. Jost Heintzenberg told a press ...
4) The Independent (London) September 20, 1999 SECTION:
BUSINESS; Pg. 15 HEADLINE: WEALTHY NATIONS 'SHOULD CANCEL
THIRD WORLD DEBT TO MAKE AMENDS FOR POLLUTION' BYLINE:
Diane Coyle Economics Editor BODY: RICH COUNTRIES should
compensate developing nations for the environmental damage
caused by pollution and carbon emissions, by wiping out ...
5) USA TODAY September 20, 1999, Monday, FIRST EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A HEADLINE: Coast still wrestles with
Floyd effects Rivers rising, roads cut off, rain coming
BYLINE: Alan Levin and Traci Watson BODY: Hundreds of
thousands of East Coast residents battled high water,
utility outages and health threats posed by more than 1 ...
6) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, Russia seen losing out by trying to
sell hot air RUSSIA: September 20, 1999 MOSCOW - Russian
hopes of earning some $2 billion a year from 2010 by
selling credits for unused emissions of greenhouse gases
could founder because it has too much credit to sell, a
leading climate change expert said. ...
ENERGY
7) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Ex-Im Bank of Japan to
resume loan for Philippine dam DATELINE: TOKYO, Sept. 21
Kyodo BODY: The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) of Japan
will resume a loan in the near future for a dam project on
the Philippine main island of Luzon despite opposition from
local tribes and environmentalists, bank sources said ...
8) The Nation (Thailand) September 20, 1999 HEADLINE: Govt
urged to promote energy-saving policies BYLINE: The Nation
BODY: RETAIL oil prices in Thailand's domestic market still
keep rising. The most recent adjustment, the tenth in three
months, brought about an average increase of Bt0.30 per
litre. The situation around the oil prices, as well as ...
(GREENPEACE)
9) BANGKOK POST September 19, 1999 SECTION: News HEADLINE:
Philippine example BODY: As dispute grew over the Bor Nok
power plant last week, residents of Ban Krud, another
village in Prachuap Khiri Khan, learned an eye-opening
lesson from their counterparts in the Philippines. Another
coal-fired power plant is planned for Ban Krud and a group ...
10) The Washington Post September 20, 1999, Final Edition
SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A09 HEADLINE: Automotive
Alternative; In German Port City, Cheap, Efficient Car
Rentals Catch On BYLINE: William Drozdiak, Washington Post
Foreign Service DATELINE: BREMEN, Germany BODY: The
automobile has long been revered as an emblem of freedom ...
11) 09/20 2005 CAMPAIGNERS UNIMPRESSED BY BID TO CUT GREENHOUSE GASES By
Ruth O'Reilly, PA News Irish government proposals to cut greenhouse
gas emissions were dismissed as "minor" by environmentalists
tonight. Public Enterprise junior minister Joe Jacob raised the
prospect of energy taxes - probably in the form of further levies on
petrol ...
FORESTS
12) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Haze from Indonesian forest
and ground fires creeps over south Borneo DATELINE:
JAKARTA, Sept 20 BODY: Smoke from forest and scrub fires
started to cloud the skies over at least five districts in
the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan on Borneo
island over the weekend, a report said Monday. "The sun has ...
13) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts September 21, 1999,
HEADLINE: Government admits inability to control fires
SOURCE: Excerpts from report by Brazilian newspaper 'O
Estado de Sao Paulo' web site on 10th September The
Environment Minister, Sarney Filho, yesterday admitted the
inability of the government to control the fires in the ...
14) NSW: State forests to be prosecuted over logging breach
BYLINE: By Jane Wardell BODY: SQUIRREL SYDNEY, Sept 20 AAP
- New South Wales State Forests is likely to be prosecuted
over an incident in which it accidentally logged a
protected area that contained sugar gliders. NSW Forestry
minister Kim Yeadon today said he had been informed that ...
15) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: FOREST CONCESSION LIMIT IN INDONESIA
TO BE MAINTAINED DATELINE: JAKARTA, Sept 20 BODY: The
government is reportedly to maintain the regulation on a
limitation on forest concession rights, though the new
approved forestry law does not explicitly stipulate the
restriction. The Jakarta Post reported the new law covered ...
16) BANGKOK POST September 20, 1999 SECTION: News HEADLINE:
WILDLIFE- Jumbos to get protection BODY: Uamdao Noikorn
Elephants in Kui Buri National Park, Prachuap Khiri Khan
province, will be treated with "extreme care and caution" to
ensure their well-being is not affected by the park's
rehabilitation, according to project secretary M. R. Supinda...
(GREENPEACE)
17) TheStreet.com September 19, 1999 SECTION: INTERNATIONAL;
View From the North HEADLINE: Greenpeace Is Clear-Cut About
Its Disdain for MacMillan-Weyerhaeuser Merger BYLINE: By
Derek Moscato, Special to TheStreet.com Derek Moscato, a
financial journalist in Vancouver, follows Internet
investment culture as an editor/writer at Stockscape.com. ...
18) 09/20 Calif. Wildires Burn 72,000 Acres BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) --
Stubborn lightning-caused fires burned through more than 72,000
acres of Northern California's forests Monday, including one blaze
that was the largest active wildfire in the United States. The fires
were burning in nearly inaccessible terrain in the Trinity Alps
Wilderness Area ...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
19) 09/20 UK may grow commercial GM crops before trials end By Dominic
Evans LONDON (Reuters) - Britain sparked fresh anger from
environmental activists Monday by refusing to rule out commercial
growing of controversial genetically modified crops before a
three-year trial period is complete. "If the trials for a particular
crop were ...
(GREENPEACE)
20) Global GM food talks end with no deal, resume Jan By Julia
Ferguson VIENNA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Global talks on
regulating the multi-billion-dollar trade in genetically
altered foods and crops have ended without resolution, but
both industry and environmentalists on Monday said progress
had been made. The United Nations-sponsored conference ...
21) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) September 20, 1999, SECTION:
Pg. 07 HEADLINE: America warns EU over 'unscientific' GM
curbs BYLINE: Charles Clover, Environment Editor, in Geneva
BODY: AMERICA will challenge European Union curbs on
genetically modified food if they are "unscientific" under
world trade rules. The food labelling scheme for ...
MILITARY
22) WSJ(9/20):Policy Debate Sparked Between Clinton, North
Korea By Neil King Jr. Staff Reporter of The Wall Street
Journal WASHINGTON -- President Clinton's decision to ease
sanctions on North Korea has sparked another round of
debate over an old question: Is it better to reward your
potential foes for good behavior or to isolate them until ...
23) UNAMET begins to rebuild E.Timor presence DARWIN, Sept 20
(Reuters) - The United Nations said it would begin
rebuilding its mission in the ravaged East Timor capital
Dili on Monday after a quick, and so far peaceful,
deployment of a multinational force to the strife-torn
territory. "We want to have a functioning headquarters as ...
NUCLEAR POWER
24) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: No progress between North
Korea and atomic agency: director DATELINE: VIENNA, Sept 20
BODY: Relations between the International Atomic Energy
Agency and North Korea are still completely frozen, IAEA
Director General Mohamed el-Baradei said Monday in Vienna.
"At the governor's council in June I said there had been no...
25) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts September 21, 1999
HEADLINE: Britain to offer financing for closing nuclear
power plant - envoy SOURCE: Text of report by Lithuanian
radio on 17th September Great Britain will not only support
Lithuania's aspirations to join the European Union, but
will contribute funds towards the closure of the first ...
(GREENPEACE)
26) BBC Monitoring Europe - Political September 17, 1999,
HEADLINE: GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS PROTEST IN SLOVENE CAPITAL
AGAINST KRSKO NUCLEAR PLANT Text of report in English by
the Slovene news agency STA Ljubljana, 17th September:
Activists of the international environmental organization
Greenpeace gathered at Congress Square in the centre of ...
27) Greenpeace Warns Nuclear Ships May Return To Europe CAPE
TOWN, South Africa (PANA, 09/99/20) - Two British flagged
ships carrying weapons-usable plutonium-MOX which rounded
the Cape of Good Hope at the end of August bound for Japan,
may be forced to return their cargo to Europe following
revelations that vital safety related documents were faked ...
OCEANS
28) QLD: Experts meet over Great Barrier Reef protection areas
BODY: REEF BRISBANE, Sept 20 AAP - Reef experts are meeting
over plans to set up a network of highly-protected areas
across the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) wants to set up
"representative areas" in the park to enhance the ...
29) BBC Online Monday, September 20, 1999 UK Health Toxin
warning on oily fish Contaminated catch: Toxins are the
by-product of industry Oily fish contains low levels of
deadly poisons and should not be eaten more than once a
week, the government has said. Research by the Ministry of
Agriculture and the Department of Health found low levels ...
TOXICS
(GREENPEACE)
30) BHP shareholders step up pressure for Ok Tedi decision
BYLINE: Jane Counsel BODY: MELBOURNE, Sept 20 AAP - With
dead fish and several questions on the issue shareholders
today stepped up the pressure on BHP Co Ltd to make a
decision on the future of its Ok Tedi copper mine in Papua
New Guinea. Environmental group Greenpeace and the Mineral ...
31) BANGKOK POST September 20, 1999 SECTION: News HEADLINE:
AGRICULTURE- Organic guidelines drafted BODY: Somporn
Thapanachai The first draft of proposed guidelines for
organic farming has been completed. A public hearing will
be held to gauge the reaction of interest groups,
especially farmers, before the draft takes effect. The ...
32) ENN Factory farms come under scrutiny September 20, 1999
By John Roach Factory farms have come under the scrutiny of
public health professionals and environmental groups for
the pollution and disease associated with the 2.7 million
pounds of manure they produce each year. The Center for a
Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health ...
33) 09/20 Belgium Admits Waste in Animal Feed By RAF CASERT BRUSSELS,
Belgium (AP) -- The government admitted Monday that residents did
not realize the kind of "filth" that was put into the food chain
after a report showed that toilet and animal waste sludge had been
mixed into Belgian animal fodder. The VRT television network
confronted Farm Minister ...
X-OTHER-X
34) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trade wind hits Sea-Town: Seattle
is the focus for a planned festival of resistance against
the latest round of WTO talks, says Mark Suzman: Financial
Times ; 20-Sep-1999 The goal, plastered on thousands of
leaflets, faxes, and e-mail messages winging their way
across the US and the wider world, is simple but ambitious: ...
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