Global News Headlines 01/18

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Tuesday, January 18, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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 ATMOSPHERE 

1) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: World Bank unveils climate 
fund for reduction of greenhouse gases DATELINE: THE HAGUE, 
Jan 18 BODY: The World Bank unveiled Tuesday an 
unprecedented private- public fund to promote the reduction 
of greenhouse gases emissions in developing countries and 
central and eastern Europe. The Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) ...

2) The Vancouver Sun January 18, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; 
A14 HEADLINE: Outboard engines face emission curbs: 
Environmentalists call the federal measures a 'scam' that 
will not solve the pollution problem. BYLINE: Andrew Duffy 
DATELINE: OTTAWA BODY: OTTAWA -- Environment Minister David 
Anderson and the manufacturers of outboard motors on Monday ...

 ENERGY 

3) ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JANUARY 17, 2000 NEW 
MICROTURBINE COULD COMPETE AGAINST FUEL CELLS TULSA, 
Oklahoma, January 17, 2000 (ENS) - Williams Distributed 
Power Services says it has developed an integrated power 
generation package that provides many of the benefits of 
fuel cells, but at a lower cost. The Williams Energy ...

 FORESTS 

4) The Vancouver Sun January 18, 2000, FINAL SECTION: 
Business; D1 / Front HEADLINE: Four Island bands demand a 
part in Youbou deal BYLINE: Gordon Hamilton, Sun Forestry 
Reporter BODY: Four Indian bands on Vancouver Island say 
they intend to oppose the sale of TimberWest Forest's 
Youbou sawmill and accompanying forest licence unless they ...

 GENETIC ENGINEERING 

5) 01/18 GM GUIDELINES MAY BE INADEQUATE, GOVERNMENT TOLD By  John
Deane, Chief Political Correspondent, PA News The  Government was
today urged to re-examine guidelines  designed to ensure that
genetically modified crops do not  contaminate non-GM plants being
grown nearby. The  guidelines, which the Government wants to be used
as the ...

6) 01/18 WSJE: EU Readies For New Talks On Crop Treaty By  Philip
Shishkin Special to The Wall Street Journal Europe  BRUSSELS - The
European Union is preparing a fresh push for  a highly contentious
international treaty aimed at helping  developing countries gain more
control over imports of  genetically modified wheat and soybeans.
Talks on the ...

7) North Dakota University's Role in Biotechnology Fraught 
with Dilemmas By Mikkel Pates, Agweek Magazine Jan. 
17--FARGO, N.D.--It's been 20 years since biotech -- the  mapping and
manipulation of genes -- came on the scene at  North Dakota State
University in Fargo.  Biochemist Arland Oleson was among the first on
campus to ...

(GREENPEACE)
8) The Toronto Star January 18, 2000, Edition 1 SECTION: 
BUSINESS HEADLINE: MODIFIED FOOD TALKS REACH CRUCIAL STAGE 
BYLINE: Stuart Laidlaw and Laura Eggertson BODY: for debate 
on biosafety deal Modified STAFF REPORTERS The next year 
will be crucial in the fight against genetically modified 
foods, Greenpeace says as it prepares for United Nations ...

 MILITARY 

9) 01/18 MINISTER CRITICISES US ON SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS  By Dominic
Hayes, Political Staff, PA News Moves to stem  the spread of nuclear
weapons across the globe are being  hampered by the failure of the US
to take its  responsibilities seriously, Foreign Office Minister of 
State Peter Hain said today. The British Government ...

10) 01/18 Disarmament forum resumes with plea to break  stalemate By GEIR
MOULSON GENEVA (AP) -- The world's main  disarmament forum reopened
Tuesday with a plea from the  United Nations secretary-general to put
"a real sense of  urgency" into breaking three years of deadlock. The
 66-nation Conference on Disarmament was meeting for the ...

11) Canadian Press Newswire Tuesday, January 18, 2000 Police 
chief defends failure to inform of plutonium shipment  
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. (CP) - The city's police chief is 
defending his failure to inform city officials until hours 
after the fact that his officers helped escort a shipment 
of weapons-grade plutonium through the city. ...

12) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts January 19, 2000 HEADLINE: 
France said admitting problems at test site SOURCE: Text of 
report by Radio New Zealand International on 16th January 
The Nuclear -Free and Independent Pacific Movement says the 
French are starting to admit that there are serious 
problems at Mururoa Atoll, the site of nuclear weapons ...

13) UK: Nuclear test probe to be broadened substantially BODY: 
UK NUCLEAR By Louise Robson LONDON, Jan 17 AAP - A decision 
to expand a study into the health of servicemen who 
witnessed Britain's nuclear explosions in Australia in the 
1950s has been hailed as a major victory for test veterans  in the
UK, Australia and the Pacific. Late last year ...

 NUCLEAR POWER 

(GREENPEACE)
14) French protest against Australian nuclear waste PARIS, Jan 
18 (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists blocked part of the  French
Channel port of Cherbourg on Tuesday ahead of the  arrival of a
freighter carrying Australian nuclear waste  for reprocessing. About
25 environmental activists blocked  access to the terminal used by
French state-run nuclear ...

(GREENPEACE)
15) Nuclear ship evades protesters in Panama Canal By Tim 
Gaynor PANAMA CITY, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A ship carrying a 
cargo of nuclear waste dodged environmental protesters and 
passed through the Panama Canal early on Monday amid the 
tightest security operation since Panama took over the 
waterway in December. The Panama Canal Authority (PCA), ...

16) 01/17 Police Inspect Site of Japan Nuclear Accident TOKYO  (Reuters)
- Japanese police said on Tuesday they had  inspected the site of the
nation's worst nuclear accident,  continuing a criminal investigation
into the plant's  operators and its parent company. Police have
already  raided the offices of plant operator JCO and parent ...

17) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: China plans third nuclear 
plant in south China: report DATELINE: HONG KONG, Jan 18 
BODY: China is planning to build a third nuclear power 
plant in southern Guangdong province, it was reported 
Tuesday. Guangdong Nuclear Power Group has submitted 
proposals for a third six million kilowatt nuclear power ...

18) Standards watchdog to rule on MOX fuel maker's rating 
DATELINE: LONDON, Jan. 18 Kyodo BODY: The industrial and 
shipping inspection specialist Lloyd's Register is due to 
decide later this week whether British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. ( 
BNFL) , a maker of plutonium -uranium mixed oxide (MOX) 
fuel, can keep its quality rating. Lloyd's inspectors were ...

19) The Toronto Star January 18, 2000, Edition 1 SECTION: NEWS 
HEADLINE: NUCLEAR WASTE PROPOSAL DRAWS FOES, BOOSTERS 
BYLINE: Kate Harries BODY: Two radically differing visions 
of what the future holds for Bruce County will be presented 
to the Atomic Energy Control Board this week as it 
considers licensing a proposed high-level nuclear waste ...

20) The Toronto Star January 18, 2000, Edition 1 SECTION: NEWS 
HEADLINE: BLOC SOUNDS 'RED ALERT' ON PLUTONIUM BODY: to 
Chalk River sparks warning Robert McKenzie JONQUIERE, Que. 
- The Bloc Quebecois says it fears a clandestine plan is 
afoot to spirit a small quantity of plutonium from Russia 
down the St. Lawrence River and overland to Chalk River, ...

21) 01/18 Japanese mayor to lead pro-nuclear hilltribe  tour,...THE
NATION (Thailand) THE hilltribes of Northern  Thailand will be used
to promote nuclear power in Japan  next month when the mayor of a
small Japanese town tries to  show 20 of his constituents what a life
without electricity  can lead to, an alternative energy activist said
yesterday. ...

 OCEANS 

22) Shrimp-turtle trade row said close to accord By Robert 
Evans GENEVA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The United States is close 
to agreement with five Asian countries on helping them to 
avoid killing endangered sea turtles while shrimp fishing, 
diplomats say. The diplomats, speaking before next week's 
meeting of the World Trade Organisation's Dispute ...

 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY 

23) Global tiger forum meeting begins in Bangladesh By Mustak 
Hossain DHAKA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A three-day conference on 
protecting endangered Royal Bengal tigers began in 
Bangladesh on Tuesday, with experts blaming poachers for 
the falling numbers of the big cats, and officials calling 
for international cooperation. "Tiger conservation is a ...

24) AP Worldstream January 18, 2000 HEADLINE: China launches 
drive against trade in endangered species BYLINE: ELAINE 
KURTENBACH DATELINE: BEIJING BODY: Four southern Chinese 
provinces have launched a campaign to crack down on the 
thriving illegal trade in endangered species, many of which 
end up on dinner plates in restaurants. The ''No. 2 ...

25) Business Times (Malaysia) (Malaysia) January 18, 2000 
SECTION: Nation; Pg. 2 HEADLINE: DOE to submit report on 
landslides this week BYLINE: By Sreerema Banoo BODY: THE 
Department of Environment (DOE) will submit a report on 
landslides and the impact of development on areas 
classified as sensitive to the Cabinet this week, Science, ...

26) ELEPHANT POACHING RAMPANT ON 10th ANNIVERSARY OF IVORY 
TRADE BAN LONDON, UK, January 17, 2000 (ENS) - Today is 
the 10th anniversary of the international ban on trade in 
elephant ivory, the day chosen by the Environmental 
Investigation Agency to release new figures showing the 
incidence of elephant poaching is once again skyrocketing. ...

27) Press Association Newsfile January 17, 2000 SECTION: HOME 
NEWS HEADLINE: NEW 'FAIR TRADE' BANANAS BRING HOPE FOR 
THIRD WORLD GROWERS BYLINE: Tom Kelly, PA News BODY: 
Britain's first "fair trade" bananas, aimed at giving Third 
World workers a better deal, were going on sale today. The 
fruit, which will be available in the Co-op and some ...

 TOXICS 

28) 01/18 Carcinogens found in shark oil products, HONGKONG  STANDARD
FIVE brands of shark liver oil capsules on sale in  Hong Kong have
been found to contain a substance that could  cause cancer, the
Consumer Council said yesterday. The  findings were made after
laboratory tests were conducted on  20 brands of capsules which were
claimed to be health food. ...

29) 01/18 Malaysians cautioned against imported fruits, ban  p... KUALA
LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysians have been  advised to stay away
from imported fruits, amid allegations  by a local consumer group
that many of them contain  dangerous amounts of cancer-causing
pesticides. "This is of ...

30) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Indonesian minister urges 
closure of Sumatran pulp and paper plant DATELINE: JAKARTA, 
Jan 18 BODY: Indonesian Evironment Minister Sonny Keraf has 
recommended the closure of a pulp and paper plant in North 
Sumatra known for its poor environmental standards, a 
report said here Tuesday. The recommendation to shut the ...

 X-OTHER-X 

31) USA TODAY January 18, 2000, FIRST EDITION SECTION: MONEY; 
Pg. 4B HEADLINE: More mutual fund groups find it's hip to 
be green BYLINE: Sandra Block BODY: Like tofu, Birkenstocks 
and independent films, socially responsible mutual funds 
are entering the mainstream. Socially responsible 
investments of all kinds topped $ 2 trillion this year, up ...

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