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Global News Headlines 01/24
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Greenpeace Daily Environmental News Headlines
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Monday, January 24, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) BBC Online Monday, 24 January, 2000, West warned on
climate refugees Bangladesh: One of the most crowded
countries in the world By Alex Kirby, BBC News Online
Environment Correspondent and presenter of Costing the Earth
The Bangladeshi Environment Minister, Mrs Sajeeda
Choudhury, has said that if climate change causes sea ...
2) The Independent (London) January 24, 2000, SECTION:
COMMENT; Pg. 3 HEADLINE: LEADING ARTICLE: THE HOLE IN THE
MIDDLE OF GLOBAL GREEN DIPLOMACY BODY: THE LIKELY discovery
of the biggest hole yet found in the ozone layer is hardly
good news. But the fact is that the world's response to the
problem of ozone depletion has been a success story. A rare ...
3) The Vancouver Sun January 24, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News;
A11 HEADLINE: TransLink tries to veer away from road to ruin
BYLINE: Tom Sandborn BODY: What we really need to worry
about is the backlash we face from climate systems as we
continue a North American road race to ruin, featuring
billions of dollars in hidden subsidies for the petroleum ...
4) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, Arctic ozone loss seen increasing
cancer in Europe SWEDEN: January 24, 2000 KIRUNA - Cold
weather this winter is thinning the ozone layer over the
Arctic, part of a worsening trend which will expose
Europeans to skin cancer and other diseases, top scientists
warned. ...
5) The Globe and Mail (Canada) Online Companies seek to delay
emissions reduction Lobby group says targets set by Kyoto
Protocol cannot be met without 'substantial impairment' to
the Canadian economy MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT Environment
Reporter Monday, January 24, 2000 Some of Canada's largest
industrial companies are urging the federal government to ...
6) The Globe and Mail (Canada) Online Some like it hot: the
good side of global warming WILLIAM THORSELL Saturday,
January 22, 2000 Do you react to news of global warming
and farm abandonment with instinctive enthusiasm or
reflexive fear? Does the advent of genetically modified
organisms fill you with hopeful curiosity or wary anxiety? ...
ENERGY
7) AP Worldstream January 24, 2000; HEADLINE: Report: Angolan
oil spill hits marine species DATELINE: LUANDA, Angola BODY:
The government will check reports that large quantities of
dead fish are washing ashore following an oil spill last
month off the coast of the northwestern enclave of Cabinda,
news reports said Monday. Environment and Fisheries Minister...
(GREENPEACE)
8) EFFECTS OF RIO OIL SPILL SEEN LASTING 20 YEARS Rio de
Janeiro, Jan 23, 2000 (EFE via COMTEX) -- A huge oil spill
in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay will affect the area's
plant and animal life for 20 years, environmentalists said
Sunday after visiting mangrove swamps bathed by the thick
inky tide. Last week's spill, from a leak in an underwater ...
9) Turkey Stresses Energy-Saving Consciousness ANKARA
(Jan. 24) XINHUA - Turkish government on Monday called on
the people to enhance energy-saving consciousness to mark
the 19th "Energy-Saving Week," reported the Anatolia News
Agency. In his message to the "Energy-Saving Week,"
President Suleyman Demirel said the country has planned to ...
FORESTS
10) The Age (Australia) Online Log losses in the west
balanced by tourists By PHILIP HOPKINS Monday 24 January
2000 More native forest would be protected and resources for the
timber industry reduced under draft proposals contained in the West
Victoria Regional Forest Agreement Consultation Paper. ...
11) HEADLINE: WA: Four protest over karri woodchipping BODY:
Karri PERTH, Jan 24 AAP - Environmental activists today
chained themselves to logging machinery to stop the
woodchipping of a karri forest in a West Australian national
park. Four Wilderness Society " forest rescuers" were
taking part in the protest, including one who had been on a ...
12) The Vancouver Sun January 24, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A2
HEADLINE: UN adds Clayoquot Sound to site list BODY:
SASKATOON -- Canada has two new sites designated as
biosphere reserves by a United Nations agency. UNESCO has
added Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island and Redberry Lake
in Saskatchewan to the list of six other Canadian biosphere ...
(GREENPEACE)
13) The Globe and Mail (Canada) Online U.S. environmentalists
swing axe at Canadian forest industry In an escalating
publicity campaign, American groups opposed to old-growth
logging have made Canada their No. 1 target.
BARRIE McKENNA The Globe and Mail Saturday, January 22,
2000 Mesquite, Tex. -- There's little about Cedarbrook ...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(GREENPEACE)
14) BBC Online Monday, 24 January, 2000, EU and US set for GM
food clash The United States is set for a new trade clash
with the European Union over the regulation of
genetically-modified food.
Talks open on Monday in Montreal about a new treaty which
would make safety the priority when countries decide ...
15) The Washington Post January 24, 2000, Final Edition
SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A08 LENGTH: 1100 words HEADLINE:
Talks to Open on Divisive Issue of Gene-Altered Foods
BYLINE: John Burgess, BODY: Delegates from 140 countries
gather in Montreal this week to try to write a rule book to
govern the world's ever-expanding trade in genetically ...
16) The Washington Post January 24, 2000, Final Edition
SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A08 HEADLINE: In Japan, It's Back
to Nature; Consumers Add Non- Modified Products to Shopping
Carts BYLINE: Kathryn Tolbert, BODY: Japan, the world's
largest food importer, is in the midst of a struggle over
how to treat genetically modified foods. The government has ...
(GREENPEACE)
17) The Gazette (Montreal) January 24, 2000, FINAL SECTION:
News; A4 HEADLINE: Gene wars possible, futurist says
BYLINE: UYEN VU BODY: The controversy over the use of
genetic information might be the most important debate of
the 21st century, says futurist Jeremy Rifkin. What happens
this week in Montreal may be historic, said Rifkin in ...
(GREENPEACE)
18) THE HINDU January 23, 2000 SECTION: News HEADLINE:
Promises and perils BODY: Little is known about the
long-term effects of new agrotechnologies on health and
environment. With the growing commercialisation of
genetically modified crops, public distrust of such
products is increasing and people have begun questioning ...
19) 01/24 0819 S.Africa Sees Genetically-Modified Food Policy Soon CAPE
TOWN (Reuters) - The South African government said on Monday it was
pushing ahead with plans to introduce regulations this year for the
labeling of genetically modified food. Theo van de Venter, food
control director at the Department of Health, said a set of policy ...
(GREENPEACE)
20) National Post January 24, 2000 EDITION National Editorials
PAGE A19 Franken sense Genetically modified organisms
(GMOs) improve soil conservation, reduce pesticide use and
may soon wipe out malnutrition in the Third World. So you
might think environmentalists would be among their most
enthusiastic supporters. If so, you would be wrong. ...
MILITARY
21) BBC Online Monday, 24 January, 2000, Scientists to study
uranium risk Some blame exposure to depleted uranium for
Gulf War Syndrome A group of British scientists are
launching an independent study into the dangers of depleted
uranium used in making missiles and shells.
The six-strong Royal Society working group, which hopes to ...
22) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Indian defence minister
says CTBT in a 'coma' DATELINE: NEW DELHI, Jan 24 BODY:
Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes on Monday described
the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as a
moribund document, with little chance of short-term
resuscitation. Last year's vote by the US Senate against ...
23) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Fiji, NZ discuss
co-operation on nuclear monitoring station DATELINE: SUVA,
Jan 24 BODY: New Zealand will help Fiji set up nuclear test
monitoring stations as part of a global network to stop the
arms race, visiting Foreign Minister Phil Goff said here
Monday. "The idea was discussed today based on the record ...
NUCLEAR POWER
24) The Washington Post January 24, 2000, Final Edition
SECTION: OP-ED; Pg. A21 HEADLINE: Decommissisoned But
Dangerous? The nuclear industry starts a difficult new
chapter. BYLINE: Arjun Makhijani BODY: A significant number
of older nuclear power plants are approaching the end of
their useful lives and must be decommissioned, a process ...
25) The Washington Times January 24, 2000, Monday, Final
Edition SECTION: PART A; COMMENTARY; EDITORIALS; LETTERS;
Pg. A16 LENGTH: 247 words HEADLINE: Energy Department needs
to come clean about radioactive waste BODY: According to a
story in The Washington Times ("Energy cancels sale of
radioactive metal," Jan. 13), the Department of Energy will ...
26) Japan town cools on nuclear power after accident (Adds
word 'occurred' in 1st paragraph) TOKYO, Jan 24 (Reuters) -
In a sign of growing Japanese anxiety over nuclear power,
an anti-nuclear activist was elected to the local assembly
of a town where the nation's worst nuclear accident
occurred last year. The town, Tokaimura, located 140 km (90 ...
OCEANS
(GREENPEACE)
27) Japan complains to New Zealand over whaling row TOKYO,
Jan 24 (AFP) - Japan's government Monday released an
extraordinary protest letter to New Zealand bitterly
denouncing its opposition to Japan's "scientific" whaling
program.
In the letter, Japan said it doubted the "prudence" of New ...
28) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, France warns oyster lovers supplies
may dry up FRANCE: January 24, 2000 LYON - A French
minister advised oyster lovers on Thursday to swallow as
many of the expensive shellfish as possible because oil
slicks and storm damage may cause years of shortages.
"I recommend that it's all the more reason to eat those on ...
TOXICS
29) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: India bans factories
spewing pollutants into New Delhi river DATELINE: NEW
DELHI, Jan 24 BODY: India's Supreme Court Monday banned
thousands of factories from discharging untreated
industrial effluents into the Yamuna River in New Delhi and
the neighbouring state of Haryana. Judges B.N Kirpal and S. ...
(GREENPEACE)
30) BUSINESSWORLD (PHILIPPINES) January 24, 2000 SECTION:
Business HEADLINE: Comment- Avoiding the 'logic' of waste
trade BODY: The United States has a new Treasury Secretary
- Mr. Lawrence Summers. This is the man who will be in
charge of the finances of the richest country in the world.
It will be his name that will be scrawled on all American ...
31) The Independent (London) January 24, 2000, SECTION: NEWS;
Pg. 8 HEADLINE: NETWORK OF MASSIVE WASTE INCINERATORS
PLANNED BYLINE: Michael Mccarthy BODY: SEVENTY TOWNS and
cities from Torquay to Sunderland have been earmarked as
sites for a vast array of new municipal waste incinerators
needed for England, according to Friends of the Earth. The ...
X-OTHER-X
(GREENPEACE)
32) Sunday Business January 23, 2000 SECTION: Pg. 22 HEADLINE:
IT'S TIME TO REWRITE RULES AT THE WTO BODY: A funny thing
happened this week. Mike Moore, head of the World Trade
Organisation, asked publicly for assistance from the United
Nations. To most of us, one multi-lateral institution is as
anonymous as any other. But to those who know their ...
33) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, US wastes billions in
anti-environment program USA: January 24, 2000 WASHINGTON
- The U.S. Congress could save taxpayers nearly $50 billion
by cutting wasteful spending on subsidised timber sales,
crop insurance and other programmes that harm the
environment, according to an annual report by green groups. ...
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