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Friday, July 14, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

1) The Ottawa Citizen July 14, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; B8 
HEADLINE: Greenland in rapid climatic change: Thinning ice 
pack will have effects in North America BYLINE: Curt Suplee 
DATELINE: SUMMIT BASE CAMP, Greenland BODY: SUMMIT BASE 
CAMP, Greenland -- It hangs menacingly at the top of the 
map like a climatological sword of Damocles. And the 

2) INDIA HIT BY LETHAL CLIMATE CHANGES By Tara Chand Malhotra 
MUMBAI, India, July 13, 2000 (ENS) - More than 100 people 
were buried alive in massive landslides and more than 50 
others injured today as torrential rains pound their way 
across Western India, completely paralysing normal life in 
many areas - including Mumbai, the commercial capital of 

ENERGY

3) Solar panel size of ACT would supply Aust power- inquiry 
told BODY: CANBERRA, July 14 AAP - A single solar panel the 
size of Canberra could supply Australia with its 
electricity needs, a parliamentary inquiry was told today. 
 Dr Keith Lovegrove, from the Australian and New Zealand 
Solar Energy Society, said the nation enjoyed a wealth of 

4) GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP WIND ENERGY Irish Times ; 14-Jul-2000 
BY KEVIN O'SULLIVAN, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD SCIENCE 
CORRESPONDENT The Government is to accelerate wind-energy 
development, in line with recommendations from an expert 
group's report which has examined obstacles to the sector's 
expansion. These include public opposition and bottlenecks 

5) Japan power utilities to launch green energy fund TOKYO, 
July 14 (Reuters) - Japan's electric power industry 
unveiled a programme on Friday that will allow customers to 
contribute to a wind and solar power promotion fund when 
they pay their electricity bill. Under the scheme, expected 
to be launched this autumn, electric power utilities will 

6) AP Worldstream July 14, 2000; BYLINE: AMBA DADSON DATELINE: 
ADEJE, Nigeria BODY: The confirmed death toll from a 
gasoline pipeline explosion in southern Nigeria has doubled 
to 200 as authorities discovered more bodies and injured 
villagers died of their burns, officials said Friday. 
 Ministry of Health official Chris Oghene Chovwen said ''at 

7) The Scotsman July 14, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 10 HEADLINE: NAVY 
TO PUMP OIL FROM LEAKING SUNKEN WARSHIP BYLINE: Kath Gourlay
BODY: THE ROYAL Navy agreed last night to end the 
environmental threat to the islands surrounding the wreck 
of one of its ships by pumping the remaining fuel from its 
tanks. Oil has been seeping from the tanks of the Royal Oak 

FORESTS

8) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts July 14, 2000, HEADLINE: 
Huge increase in illegal logging this year SOURCE: Source: 
ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in English 1657 gmt 5 Jul 00 
BODY: [5] Text of report in English by Russian news agency 
ITAR-TASS Moscow, 5th July: Over two million cubic metres 
of trees were illegally cut down in Russian forests in the 

(Greenpeace)
9) AP Worldstream July 14, 2000; LENGTH: 201 words HEADLINE: 
Greenpeace activists end protest in Portugal over imported 
timber DATELINE: LISBON, Portugal BODY: Four Greenpeace 
activists rappelled down from a cargo ship's rigging 
Friday, ending a four-day protest against allegedly illegal 
logging in the Cameroon rain forest. The protest ended 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

(Greenpeace)
10) The Guardian (London) July 14, 2000 SECTION: Guardian Home 
Pages, Pg. 2 LENGTH: 482 words HEADLINE: Europe caving in 
to US firms' on approval for GM foods BYLINE: Andrew Osborn 
in Brussels BODY: The European Commission was yesterday 
accused of caving in to pressure from large US 
biotechnology firms after it signalled it would rush 

(Greenpeace)
11) Reuters EU moves to break gene crop deadlock BELGIUM : July 
14, 2000 BRUSSELS - The European Commission said yesterday 
its current moratorium on new genetically modified (GM) 
crops was illegal and proposed kick-starting its stalled 
approval process. The Commission plans to apply tough new 
rules governing the labelling and traceability of GM crops 

(Greenpeace)
12) FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: Europeans at odds over modified 
food: Environmentalists will resist Brussels' plans to ease 
curbs Financial Times ; 14-Jul-2000 412 words By MIKE SMITH 
The European Commission is on a collision course with EU 
governments after outlining plans to end a two-year 
moratorium on licensing genetically modified products. The 

13) Reuters Brazil shortage to usher in Argentine GM corn 
ARGENTINA : July 14, 2000 BUENOS AIRES - Brazil's ban on 
genetically modified (GM) corn imports is bound to buckle 
under domestic pressures from its own livestock farmers, 
who are short of the feed grain, Argentine food officials 
said yesterday. Brazil produces more than 30 million tonnes 

14) Reuters Lack of legal basis stalls France maize decision 
FRANCE : July 14, 2000 PARIS - The French government cannot 
decide whether to destroy thousands of hectares of maize 
that contain traces of genetically modified (GM) material, 
a government source said yesterday. The source said the 
difficulty stems from the simple lack of a legal basis to 

15) Financial Mail (South Africa) July 14, 2000 SECTION: 
Current Affairs; Pg. 41 HEADLINE: GENETIC SCIENCE HELPS 
RIGHT THE WRONGS OF THE PAST BYLINE: Claire Bisseker 
KEYWORD: Genetics, Animals BODY: ENVIRONMENT Project to 
bring back the quagga given fresh impetus Scientists at the 
SA Museum feel they are tantalisingly close to bringing the 

(Greenpeace)
16) The Express July 14, 2000 LENGTH: 286 words HEADLINE: EURO 
CHIEFS MOVE TO LIFT BOYCOTT ON GM FOODS BYLINE: BY LEYLA 
LINTON AND LUCY McDONALD BODY: THE European Commission 
sparked an outcry yesterday when it announced plans to 
force member states to lift their ban on genetically 
modified food. The move means Frankenstein crops, including 

MILITARY

17) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Arabs accuse India, Israel 
of developing nuclear cooperation DATELINE: CAIRO, July 14 
BODY: The Arab League accused India and Israel of seeking to
develop nuclear ties and warned of the consequences of that 
for the Arab world, in a new report obtained by AFP Friday. 
League officials also said they had summoned India's 

18) The New York Times July 14, 2000, Late Edition - Final 
SECTION: Section A; Page 5; Column 1; Foreign Desk 
HEADLINE: Senate Rejects Move for Tougher Testing of 
Antimissile System BYLINE: Reuters DATELINE: WASHINGTON, 
July 13 BODY: Five days after the failure of a crucial 
missile test, the Senate narrowly rejected today an effort 

NUCLEAR POWER

(Greenpeace)
19) HEADLINE: Fed: Fight over nuclear reactor set to intensify 
LENGTH: 386 words Nuclear Daylead SYDNEY, July 14 AAP - 
Opponents of a controversial new nuclear reactor in Sydney 
say the fight to stop the project has only just begun. As 
the deal to build the replacement reactor at Lucas Heights 
in south west Sydney was signed yesterday, protesters 

(Greenpeace)
20) Reuters Argentine firm signs Australian reactor contracts 
AUSTRALIA : July 14, 2000 CANBERRA - Australia's nuclear 
agency and Argentine company INVAP yesterday signed the 
contracts to build a nuclear reactor in Sydney's Lucas 
Heights suburb, the Australian federal government said 
yesterday. INVAP, joined by Australian companies John 

(Greenpeace)
21) Agence France Presse July 14, 2000, LENGTH: 281 words 
HEADLINE: Czechs deport anti- nuclear protestors DATELINE: 
PRAGUE BODY: Czech authorities deported Friday eight 
foreign Greenpeace environmentalists who joined a protest 
against a new Czech nuclear power plant, while detaining 
another one, a police spokesman said. Seven Austrian 

(Greenpeace)
22) CTK National News Wire July 13, 2000 SECTION: General News 
LENGTH: 307 words HEADLINE: ARRESTED CZECH GREENPEACE 
ACTIVISTS RELEASED BYLINE: TAM DATELINE: PRAGUE, (TAM) 
KEYWORD: 'Czech environment Temelin demonstration police' 
BODY: The police have released all the Czech environmental 
activists who were arrested after having protested against 

23) Asahi News Service July 14, 2000, HEADLINE: NUCLEAR REACTOR 
PLAN OK'D DATELINE: SAPPORO, Japan BODY: Plans to build a 
nuclear reactor in Hokkaido was approved on July 14 despite 
lingering public fears stemming from the criticality 
disaster last year that killed two workers. Hokkaido 
Governor Tatsuya Hori gave the green light to build a new 

24) The Guardian (London) July 14, 2000 SECTION: Guardian Home 
Pages, Pg. 4 HEADLINE: The night Sellafield turned into a 
shooting gallery BYLINE: Paul Brown Environment 
correspondent BODY: Paul Brown Environment correspondent 
Boredom is recognised as a serious problem at nuclear 
facilities. It leads to staff becoming so torpid they fail 

25) RADIATION RELEASED DURING FIRE AT HANFORD NUCLEAR 
RESERVATION HANFORD, Washington, July 13, 2000 (ENS) - The 
fire that scorched the Hanford Nuclear Reservation last 
month did release plutonium and other radioactive elements 
into the atmosphere, the Department of Energy revealed 
Wednesday. Department officials said on the second day of 

OCEANS

26) HEADLINE: Nations talk as albatrosses die BODY: Albatross 
By Don Woolford HOBART, July 14 AAP - About 5,000 
albatrosses and petrels died as many of the world's fishing 
nations met this week to try to agree on ways to stop the 
slaughter of the majestic sea birds. But it will be months, 
if not years, before international agreement will be 

27) The London Free Press July 14, 2000, Final EDITION SECTION: 
NEWS, Pg. A7, NATIONAL DIGEST HEADLINE: RIGHT WHALES SNAGGED
BYLINE: FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES DATELINE: HALIFAX BODY: 
Two endangered North Atlantic right whales were struggling 
yesterday to free themselves from fishing gear in the Bay of
Fundy. Three research boats and a plane were following the 

(Greenpeace)
28) WAKE-UP CALL OVER TOOTHSOME FISH New Zealand Herald ; 
14-Jul-2000 342 words New Zealand fishing heavyweights say 
a $60 million-a-year Antarctic toothfish market will be 
lost overseas if the Government bows to environmental 
pressure and refuses to let them fish the Ross Sea. Sanford 
chief executive Eric Barrett said in Timaru yesterday that 

29) CNN MORNING NEWS July 14, 2000; Transcript # 00071411V09 
SECTION: Environment HEADLINE: Our Planet: Philippine 
Authorities Cracking Down on Cyanide Fishing BYLINE: Daryn 
Kagan, Gary Strieker HIGHLIGHT: In the Philippines, 
authorities are cracking down on a very destructive 
practice: cyanide fishing. Fishermen now are encouraged to 

30) BBC Online You are in: UK: Scotland Friday, 14 July, 2000, 
Illegal chemical 'used on salmon' Environmentalists are 
concerned about fish farms New concerns about the illegal 
use of chemicals in the salmon farming industry have been 
uncovered in a BBC Scotland investigation. While most 
salmon farmers maintain that they use the correct chemicals 

TOXICS

(Greenpeace)
31) South China Morning Post 14/07/2000, Hong Kong (Online) The 
SAR's rubbish water supply Toxic river: this is one of the 
areas that the water which comes out of Hong Kong taps runs 
through: the dirty Shi Ma River near Tangxia. Experts say 
that the proposed solution - a pipeline to bypass the worst 
sections - will end up carrying the same toxins that the 

32) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: 1st dioxin case settled 
with companies' compensation DATELINE: OSAKA, July 14 Kyodo 
BODY: The nation's first settlement of a dispute over dioxin
pollution was reached Friday in the town of Nose, northern 
Osaka Prefecture, after the manufacturers of a garbage 
incinerator agreed to pay a total of 750 million yen in 

33) Mainichi Daily News July 14, 2000, SECTION: Page 16; 
DOMESTIC HEADLINE: Dioxin poisoning fuels Osakans rage BODY:
Mainichi Shimbun NOSE, Osaka -- Local residents voiced 
concern over safety on Thursday after it was revealed a 
worker who helped dismantle a waste incinerator here was 
exposed to more than 260 times the normal level of a 

34) AP Worldstream July 14, 2000; HEADLINE: Damages claimed by 
small businesses for cyanide spill DATELINE: BUDAPEST, 
Hungary BODY: Lawyers filed a suit Friday against an 
Australian-Romanian mining company for damages sustained by 
private businesses as a result of a cyanide spill that 
killed tons of fish and other marine life in a major 

35) The Express July 14, 2000 HEADLINE: TOTAL BAN URGED ON THE 
'CANCER FEAR' PESTICIDE BYLINE: BY MARK TOWNSEND BODY: THE 
Government was last night urged to rush through a total ban 
on the use of the pesticide lindane after European Union 
experts agreed a partial crackdown from 2002. Lindane has 
been linked with breast cancer and birth defects by the 

36) The Scotsman July 14, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 10 HEADLINE: 
INQUIRY OVER LETHAL TOXINS IN PERTH RIVER BYLINE: Graham 
Grant BODY: AN INVESTIGATION was launched yesterday after 
carcinogenic chemicals were found dumped in a river running 
through the centre of Perth. The potentially lethal toxins 
had seeped from hundreds of electrical components discarded 

37) Korea Times July 15, 2000, HEADLINE: Environment Ministry 
Seeks Punishment for US Toxic Chemical Discharge BODY: The 
Ministry of Environment said yesterday they will officially 
demand a thorough investigation into who discharged toxic 
chemicals into the Han River. The reaction came immediately 
after U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) admitted to dumping the 

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