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Thursday, June 29, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

1) Reuters: Australian state getting warmer, wetter - 
scientists AUSTRALIA : June 29, 2000 SYDNEY - The 
northeastern Australian state of Queensland was getting 
warmer, continuing a trend over the past 100 years, 
Australian scientists said yesterday. Increasing levels of 
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere were likely to raise 

2) 06/29 Will global warming open Northwest Passage? By David 
Ljunggren CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut (Reuters) - It is a theory 
as simple as it is seductive. In a centuries-old explorers' 
dream come true, global warming within a few decades will 
have melted enough of the ice clogging the Northwest 
Passage for cargo ships to steam through Canada's Arctic 

3) BBC Online You are in: Sci/Tech 28 June, 2000, UK Red Cross 
warns on climate The human price of Mozambique's disaster 
By environment correspondent Alex Kirby The world's largest 
non-governmental aid organisation says the developed 
countries' polluting lifestyles represent a massive debt 
owed to the poor. The charge comes in the World Disasters 

ENERGY

4) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: World Bank to provide funds 
for India's renewable power projects DATELINE: NEW DELHI, 
June 29 BODY: The World Bank said Thursday it would provide 
funds worth 130 million dollars to boost the development of 
renewable energy projects in India's power sector. It said 
the Global Environment Facility would provide an additional 

5) New Straits Times (Malaysia) June 29, 2000 SECTION: 
National; Pg. 6 HEADLINE: Rules to improve energy 
efficiency by end-2001 DATELINE: Kuala Lumpur BODY: KUALA 
LUMPUR, Wed. - The Electricity and Gas Supply Department 
will introduce regulations to improve energy efficiency and 
usage of renewable energies by the end of next year. JBEG 

6) Reuters: Norway's NVE wants stricter hydropower regulations 
NORWAY : June 29, 2000 OSLO - The Norwegian Water Resources 
and Energy Directorate (NVE) said yesterday it wanted 
stricter laws on regulation of water levels in rivers used 
for generating hydropower. It said in a statement that 
power producers had threatened wildlife and the environment 

7) The Moscow Times June 29, 2000 SECTION: No. 1989 HEADLINE: 
Anadarko to Look For Oil, Gas Off Georgia BYLINE: COMBINED 
REPORTS BODY: Reuters, MT TBILISI, Georgia - U.S. oil 
company Anadarko plans to gather seismic data in the 
Georgian sector of the Black Sea on the possible presence 
there of oil and gas. An Anardarko spokesman said Tuesday 

FORESTS

8) New Straits Times (Malaysia) June 29, 2000 SECTION: 
National; Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Four loggers detained near Indon 
border BYLINE: By Sulok Tawie DATELINE: Kuching BODY: 
KUCHING, Wed. - Five men, wearing Indonesian police 
uniforms, detained four Malaysian loggers in a logging area 
at Ulu Sungai Jernang, Sematan district, near the 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

(Greenpeace)
9) GAZETA MERCANTIL ONLINE SECTION: Front Page LENGTH: 102 
words HEADLINE: Ruling bars planting transgenicsx DATELINE: 
Brasilia, 06/29/00 BODY: Greenpeace and the Brazilian 
Consumer Defense Institute (Idec) won another round 
Wednesday in the battle against transgenics. A ruling by 
the 6th jurisdiction of the Federal Court in Brasilia 

10) French GM maize decision due next week - minister BORDEAUX, 
France, June 29 (Reuters) - The French government will 
decide next week what to do with thousands of hectares of 
maize that were sown with seeds containing traces of 
genetically modified (GM) material, a minister said on 
Thursday. Consumer Affairs Minister Marylise Lebranchu told 

11) The Times (London) June 29, 2000, SECTION: Business 
HEADLINE: Basmati 'theft' goes against the grain BYLINE: 
Carl Mortished International Business Editor BODY: INDIA is 
angry because someone has stolen its rice. Not just any 
rice but basmati, a particular variety of aromatic rice 
grown in the foothills of the Himalayas. The Indian 

12) Taiwan to map out GMO crop regulations by end-year By Angus 
Chuang TAIPEI, June 29 (Reuters) - Taiwan's health 
department said on Thursday that by the end of 2000 it 
would map out regulations for genetically modified 
organisms (GMO) that would require GMO farm products to 
meet government safety standards. "Ensuring food safety and 

13) PA 06/29 MINISTER ACCUSED OF GM SEEDS COVER-UP By Jackie 
Storer, Chief Parliamentary Reporter, PA News Agriculture 
Minister Nick Brown was accused today of a "ministerial 
cover-up" over the advice Government officials gave to a 
company involved in the accidental mix-up of genetically 
modified seed. Shadow Agriculture Minister Tim Yeo accused 

14) The Independent (London) June 29, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 7
HEADLINE: DOLLY TEAM CREATE FIRST CLONES OF GM SHEEP 
BYLINE: John Von Radowitz BODY: SCIENTISTS HAVE taken a 
major step beyond Dolly, creating the first sheep clones 
whose genes have been selectively modified. The 
breakthrough raises the prospect of the creation of cattle 

MILITARY

15) Agence France Presse June 29, 2000, HEADLINE: Pakistan 
rejects reports of Chinese missile plant DATELINE: 
WASHINGTON, June 28 BODY: Pakistan's embassy in Washington 
on Wednesday branded reports that China was helping its 
government to build a new missile plant as "completely 
baseless." The denial followed a report in the Far Eastern 

16) 06/29 New IBM Supercomputer Will Simulate Nuclear Tests 
WASHINGTON (AP)--IBM announced Wednesday it has built the 
most powerful supercomputer in the world, able to perform 
12.3 trillion operations per second, three times faster 
than the next-fastest computer. An earlier version proved 
capable of defeating the world's greatest chess player in a 

NUCLEAR POWER

17) The Gazette (Montreal) June 29, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; 
A10 HEADLINE: Lawsuit aims to block future shipments 
DATELINE: OTTAWA BODY: A coalition of citizen groups is 
taking federal Transport Minister David Collenette to court 
in an effort to prevent future shipments of plutonium to 
Canada. Ottawa violated the public trust when it flew 

(Greenpeace)
18) DELEGATES GET BIG PICTURE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMPING 
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 28, 2000 (ENS) - Live images of 
liquid radioactive waste flowing into the sea helped 
strengthen a Danish proposal to ban nuclear reprocessing in 
the northeast Atlantic, at the annual meeting of the OSPAR 
Commission, Tuesday. Delegates to OSPAR, the 

19) RADIOACTIVE COBALT KILLS TWO IN EGYPT CAIRO, Egypt, June 
28, 2000 (ENS) - Two people are dead and five others 
seriously ill following an outbreak of radiation poisoning 
in a village six miles north of Cairo. Egypt's information 
minister Safwat Sherif said Wednesday that an army unit has 
removed a six centimeter (2.4 inch) long radioactive rod 

(Greenpeace)
20) Reuters France's Cogema to take Greenpeace to court FRANCE: 
June 29, 2000 ROUEN - French nuclear fuels group Cogema 
said yesterday it had filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace 
for allegedly damaging its property while filming 
radioactive discharges from the French coast. Cogema 
accused Greenpeace of endangering company divers when it 

(Greenpeace)
21) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 158 words HEADLINE: Greenpeace 
blocks nuclear waste pipe off French coast DATELINE: 
CHERBOURG, France, June 29 BODY: Divers for the 
environmental group Greenpeace early Thursday blocked one 
of two undersea discharge pipes from a nuclear treatment 
plant in western France to protest against radioactive 

22) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Nuclear fuel plant closed 
since 1997 opens 'for checkups' DATELINE: MITO, Japan, June 
29 Kyodo BODY: A nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in 
Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, which has been closed since 
a fire in 1997, reopened Thursday for what the operator 
says are checkups. The state-run Japan Nuclear Cycle 

(Greenpeace)
23) BNFL appoints finance chief By Matthew Jones Published: 
June 29 2000 FINANCIAL TIMES FT.COM British Nuclear Fuels, 
the troubled nuclear services group, on Thursday said it 
had appointed a new finance director as part of a wide 
ranging review aimed at restoring customer confidence. John 
Edwards will join the company from Meyer International, the 

24) 06/29 Hanford Fire By LINDA ASHTON Associated Press Writer 
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- A huge wildfire roaring across the 
Hanford nuclear reservation burned out of control early 
Thursday within miles of areas contaminated by 
radioactivity. At least 25 homes were destroyed and 
thousands of people were urged to evacuate. A man was 

OCEANS

(Greenpeace)
25) POLLS DOMINATE WAR OF THE WHALES ADELAIDE, Australia, June 
28, 2000 (ENS) - The Japanese government most often cites 
cultural and traditional values as its main reason for 
hunting whales. But the Japanese public does not strongly 
support commercial whaling, according to a survey released 
in Australia today by the International Fund for Animal 

26) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: City of Shimonoseki seeks 
to host 2002 IWC meeting DATELINE: KITAKYUSHU, Japan, June 
29 Kyodo BODY: The city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi 
Prefecture, western Japan, is seeking to host the 
International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting in 
2002, the city's mayor said Thursday. Kiyoshi Ejima told a 

27) Reuters INTERVIEW - Nutreco mulls more salmon farming 
takeovers NETHERLANDS : June 29, 2000 AMSTERDAM - Dutch 
food group Nutreco Holding NV is still on the lookout for 
more farmed salmon businesses after two takeovers have 
given it the muscle to strike deals with huge retail 
chains, Chief Executive Officer-designate Wout Dekker said 

28) Reuters: S.Africa defence force asked to help penguin rescue
SOUTH AFRICA : June 29, 2000 JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's 
environment minister asked the defence force yesterday to 
help in the rescue of penguins off Cape Town's coast as an 
oil spill spread to an island containing the largest colony 
of the rare birds. Environmental Affairs and Tourism 

29) Institute Report Concludes that Global Warming May Be One 
of Gravest Threats to Whales this Century OAKLAND, CA, June 
28, -/E-Wire/-- In a new Institute report released today 
(From the Harpoon to the Heal: Climate Change and the 
International Whaling Commission in the 21st Century), 
concludes that while the world focuses on the threat to 

OZONE

(Greenpeace)
30) Associated Press. June 28, 2000, LENGTH: 382 words 
HEADLINE: Coca-Cola announces environmental initiatives 
DATELINE: ATLANTA BODY: Under fire from environmentalists, 
the Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday that it would have in place 
new policies on the use of hydrofluorocarbons in 
refrigeration by the time of the 2004 Olympics. 

TOXICS

31) BBC Online You are in: Sci/Tech 27 June, 2000, Anti-locust 
drive 'created havoc' Madagascar is rich in species found 
nowhere else By Environment correspondent Alex Kirby An 
attempt to control locust swarms on the ecologically unique 
island of Madagascar was unnecessary, a waste of money, and 
a danger to health and the environment, critics say. The 

(Greenpeace)
32) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 22/06/2000, Canada 
(Online) Putin's agenda angers Russian environmentalists 
DZERZHINSK, RUSSIA - Environmentalists in Russia are 
sounding alarm bells President Vladimir Putin abolished the 
Russian parliament's environment committee. INDEPTH: Russia 
in Transition The committee's watchdog role has been given 

33) AP Worldstream June 29, 2000; BYLINE: ANATOLY MEDETSKY 
DATELINE: PARTIZANSK, Russia BODY: When Maria Grogulenko 
needs to fetch a bucket of potatoes or a jar of jam from 
her basement pantry, she dons a gas mask fitted with a long 
rubber pipe that snakes out above ground. Her neighbor, 
Valery Shchekolda, hooks up a vacuum cleaner to a 

34) APwo 06/29 Bayer to open herbicide plant in July, NATION 
BAYER-THAI, a wholly owned unit of Bayer AG, will begin 
operations early next month at the company's first 
herbicide plant in Asia and Thailand will be the 
manufacturing and export base for the whole region. The new 
facility is located on Bayer's production site at the 

X-OTHER-X

35) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) 
June 29, 2000, SECTION: Opinion; Pg. 12 HEADLINE: The 
World's Growing Water Deficit Threatens Its Food Supply 
BYLINE: By Lester R. Brown; International Herald Tribune 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: Underground acquifers are 
diminishing on every continent. Scores of countries face 

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