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Global News Headlines 01/23
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Sunday, January 23, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) WORLDSCAN WEEKLY NOTEBOOK: JANUARY 21, 2000 ONLINE INSIGHT
INTO COMPLEX KYOTO PROTOCOL The Dutch Joint Implementation
Network launched a new http://www.northsea.nl/jiq Internet
site Thursday to help people understand the flexible
mechanisms available to meet emissions limits under the
Kyoto Protocol. The new site contains an extensive network ...
2) United Press International January 22, 2000, HEADLINE:
scientists have converged on a remote Swedish town above
the Arctic Circle BODY: for a frantic race to record and
explain the dangerous thinning of the ozone above northern
Europe. What scientists describe as "extremely low ozone
concentrations" were detected in late November by a European...
ENERGY
(GREENPEACE)
3) PETROBRAS OFFICIALS FIRED OVER OIL SPILL Rio de
Janeiro, Jan 22, 2000 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Two high-ranking
officials of the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras
were fired Saturday for their alleged responsibility in an
oil spill in Guanabara Bay off Rio de Janeiro. According to
a Globo television network report, Petrobras president ...
4) 01/22 2220 Cleanup of Gulf oil spill pursued near Louisiana HOUMA,
La. (Reuters) - Action was being taken Saturday to disperse more
than 94,000 gallons of crude oil that spilled when the anchor of a
submersible drilling rig ruptured a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico
about 120 miles south of New Orleans, the Coast Guard said. The
accident ...
5) Major oil spillage threatens Irish west coast DUBLIN, Jan
22 (AFP) - Irish marine officials warned Saturday of a major oil
spillage after a collision between two fishing vessels off the west
coast of Ireland. No one was injured when the Spanish ship Jose
Luisa Y Mary with 15 crew and the Dutch ship Friesland with 34 crew ...
6) BIOENERGY = BIOMASS + $$$$ WASHINGTON, DC, January 21,
2000 (ENS) - Converting waste from food crops, trees and other forms
of biomass into a vast array of fuels and products is the focus of a
new research and development initiative proposed by President Bill
Clinton. Part of the White House's fiscal year 2001 budget proposal,
the plan ...
(GREENPEACE)
7) The New York Times January 22, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 4; Column 4; Foreign Desk
HEADLINE: Le Croisic Journal; Oil Spreads Gloom on Brittany
Shore BYLINE: By SUZANNE DALEY BODY: Jerome Guiheneuf works
for this little fishing village on the Brittany coast
tending to its parks and gardens. But these days he can ...
8) AP Worldstream January 22, 2000; HEADLINE: Rio oil spill
much bigger than originally estimated BYLINE: PETER MUELLO
BODY: Brazil's government-owned oil company Petrobras
acknowledged it had grossly underestimated the size of a
massive oil spill that environmentalists say is the worst
ecological disaster to hit Rio de Janeiro sate in a decade. ...
(GREENPEACE)
9) Anchorage Daily News January 20, 2000, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: BUSINESS, Pg. 1F HEADLINE: ICE HINDERS SPILL
RESPONSE; OIL COMPANIES NOT READY FOR OFFSHORE PROBLEMS,
STATE SAYS BYLINE: Ben Spiess; BODY: State officials say
that Alaska's oil producers are not prepared to respond to
an oil spill in broken ice conditions off the North Slope. ...
FORESTS
10) Times Colonist (Victoria) January 23, 2000 EDITION Final
Islander PAGE B14 Save old growth David Lutz As a
foreigner, it is with the greatest respect that I bluntly
state the following: I am appalled at what your government
is allowing to take place in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Since 1990, 34 intact salmon, wolf, and bear-rich river ...
11) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Crisis meeting slated for
Indonesia's shrinking forests DATELINE: JAKARTA, Jan 22
BODY: Indonesia's major donors, led by the World Bank, will
hold a crisis meeting with the government here next week to
seek ways of halting the rapid shrinkage of the country's
virgin forests, the bank said Saturday. The meeting, ...
12) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: British, local
environmentalists 'rescued' after beating in Indonesia
DATELINE: JAKARTA, Jan 22 BODY: Indonesia's military and
local environmentalists on Saturday came to the rescue of
two anti- logging activists, one a British woman, who were
severely beaten then arrested in Indonesian Borneo, ...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
13) Greenpeace atop cranes in Denmark to stop GM beans
COPENHAGEN, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists climbed
two cranes in the port of Aarhus in western Denmark on
Sunday to block the unloading of a shipment of what it said
was genetically modified animal feed. The protest came as
delegates from 134 nations were gathering in Montreal for ...
14) DJ 01/23 Genetic ID To Certify Chemical-Free Food In
Japan TOKYO (Nikkei)--Genetic ID Inc. will from next month
offer a service, the first of its type in Japan, to certify
agricultural produce which is free of chemicals, The Nihon
Keizai Shimbun reported in its Monday morning edition. The
U.S. company believes that food bearing the chemical-free ...
(GREENPEACE)
15) Times Colonist (Victoria) January 23, 2000 EDITION Final
News PAGE A4 Crowd denounces Canada's stance on modified
food: Hundreds brave bitter cold to protest upcoming summit
Alexander Panetta MONTREAL -- Heedless of the weather,
about 300 demonstrators marched through frigid, gusty
downtown Montreal on Saturday to protest Canada's role in ...
16) Broadcast News January 22, 2000 Food-Protest MONTREAL --
Protesters have delivered an old-fashioned cream pie in the
face of the genetically modified food industry.
Proponents of biotechnology were holding a news conference
in Montreal to extol the virtues of genetically altered
eats. ...
(GREENPEACE)
17) The Ottawa Citizen January 22, 2000 EDITION Final News
PAGE A13 Most Canadians fear GM food bad for health, poll
finds Tom Spears Three-quarters of Canadians fear that
genetically modified food will damage their health, says an
Environics poll.
And the poll, commissioned by the anti-GM group the ...
(GREENPEACE)
18) Calgary Herald January 22, 2000 EDITION Final Comment PAGE
O5 Montreal food safety conference brings out the flakes and
nuts Terence Corcoran, Calgary Herald The masters of
agit-prop - Greenpeace, the Council of Canadians, CBC
Radio's Bob Carty, assorted purveyors of junk science and
fear -- are gearing up for a week-long assault on ...
(GREENPEACE)
19) The Washington Times January 23, 2000, Final Edition
SECTION: PART B; COMMENTARY; Pg. B3 HEADLINE: U.S. yielding
the future of food technology? BYLINE: Dennis T. Avery BODY:
Is it possible the First World will give China a virtual
monopoly in agricultural biotechnology, destined to be one
of the most valuable technologies of the 21st century? Have ...
20) The Washington Post <=1> View Related Topics January 22,
2000, Saturday, Final Edition SECTION: EDITORIAL; Pg. A18 LENGTH:
470 words HEADLINE: Golden Rice and Superbugs BODY: FACED WITH
rising political opposition to biotechnology, backers often stress
the immense promise the new technology holds for public health. That
promise came a step closer to ...
21) The Ottawa Citizen January 23, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News;
A1 / Front HEADLINE: EU pressures Canada at biosafety
talks: Arm-twisting a sign talks will be difficult BYLINE:
Pauline Tam BODY: MONTREAL -- The European Union is warning
Canada and its grain- exporting allies against any attempts
to weaken international talks aimed at a global green ...
22) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Environmental, economic
interests face off in Montreal conference DATELINE:
MONTREAL, Jan 22 BODY: Environmental and economic interests
will face off at a UN- sponsored conference here starting
Monday that hopes to lay out the rules for international
trade in the burgeoning biotech industry. The dispute ...
23) Canada NewsWire HEADLINE: Canadian scientists support crop
biotechnology and food industry DATELINE: TORONTO, Jan. 22
BODY: In a strong show of support for crop biotechnology
and the Canadian food regulatory system, a coalition of
scientists urged food companies to "stay the course" to
ensure a "healthy and sufficient food supply for the ...
MILITARY
24) Daily Record January 22, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1, 4
HEADLINE: DID NUCLEAR SUB SINK THE HARVESTER?; FAMILIES
TOLD OF DAMAGE TO FISHING BOAT'S HULL BYLINE: Anna Smith
Exclusive BODY: A SUBMARINE may have sunk the Solway
Harvester with the loss of seven lives, grieving families
have been told. The Record can reveal the hull of the ...
NUCLEAR POWER
25) ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JANUARY 21, 2000
PUBLIC MEETING OFFERS FORUM FOR INCINERATOR OPPOSITION
JACKSON, Wyoming, January 21, 2000 (ENS) -
Environmentalists protesting the proposed construction of a
nuclear and hazardous waste incinerator near Yellowstone
National Park will be out in force at a public comment ...
26) The New York Times January 23, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 14NJ; Page 8; Column 1; New Jersey Weekly
Desk HEADLINE: NEW JERSEY & CO.;
On Sale: Used Nuclear Plant (Safety Debate Included)
BYLINE: By STEVE STRUNSKY BODY: WHETHER buying a used car
or a used nuclear power plant, the idea is pretty much the ...
OCEANS
(GREENPEACE)
27) The Washington Times January 22, 2000, Final Edition
SECTION: PART A; COMMENTARY; EDITORIALS; LETTERS; Pg. A11
HEADLINE: Greenpeace's problem with research a whale of a
tale BODY: The activities of Greenpeace described in the
article belie the fact that its campaign against Japan's
whale research program in the Antarctic continues to ...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
28) WILDLIFE CONTRABAND FINDS EASY ROUTE THROUGH NEPAL By
Deepak Gajurel KATHMANDU, Nepal, January 21, 2000 (ENS) -
Nepal has become a safe haven for wildlife contraband,
although the government of Nepal is sensitive to
conservation issues and is working to protect wildlife and
natural resources. Illegal trade in bones, horns, hides, ...
29) EPIDEMIC OF CROSSOVER DISEASES THREATENS BIODIVERSITY,
HUMAN HEALTH ATHENS, Georgia, January 21, 2000 (ENS) -
Newly discovered infectious diseases in wildlife may pose
an increasing and significant threat to human health and to
global biodiversity, a new international study reveals. The
report urges wildlife and medical experts to look for ...
TOXICS
30) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) January 22, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 2
HEADLINE: Nisso boss: Illegal dumping common BODY: The
president of an industrial waste-processing company who is
sought by police in connection with illegal practices,
including the exportation of a massive amount of garbage
containing hazardous medical waste to the Philippines, sent ...
31) The Irish Times January 22, 2000 SECTION: CITY EDITION;
HOME NEWS; Pg. 4 HEADLINE: Decision over costs in waste
licence challenge is set aside BYLINE: By MARY CAROLAN BODY:
A Co Clare woman who lost her challenge to the granting of
a licence for a hazardous waste incinerator near Ennis wept
with relief yesterday after the Supreme Court overturned a ...
(GREENPEACE)
32) Bangkok Post, Online, January 23, 2000, ENVIRONMENT
Greenpeace pickets Patong Campaign attracts tourists and
locals Phuket Greenpeace and local environmental groups
yesterday chose crowded Patong Beach as the site for their
campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of toxic and
chemical substances. ...
X-OTHER-X
33) APwo 01/22 1516 NGOs unite to fight globalisation, NATION
STRATEGIES to block further liberalization of
international trade were mapped out by non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) based in Bangkok yesterday as they
prepare to use the upcoming United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) meeting as an opportunity ...
34) Times Colonist (Victoria) January 22, 2000 EDITION Final
Voices PAGE A18 Environmentalism an expression of values?
Amen! Lisa Matthaus and Vicki Husband News flash:
``Environmentalism is based on all too human values.''
UVic philosopher Jeffrey Foss dropped this bombshell in a
lecture where he claimed that environmentalism is a ...
35) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Swiss summit aims to avoid
replay of Seattle BYLINE: Kate Millar DATELINE: GENEVA, Jan
22 BODY: The world's political and busines elite gather in
Switzerland this week for an annual blue-chip summit amid heightened
security after threats of protests like those which sparked the WTO
Seattle debacle. The Swiss army has ...
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