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Monday, July 17, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE
1) South China Morning Post July 17, 2000 SECTION: News; Pg. 10
HEADLINE: Haze reporting ban attacked BYLINE: ENVIRONMENT
Ian Stewart in Kuala Lumpur BODY: Malaysian authorities
came under pressure from the media and public yesterday to
end a ban on publishing air pollution readings after Kuala
Lumpur and other areas of peninsular Malaysia were
2) OTC 07/16 Mosquito-Borne Diseases Expected to Spread Due to
...
Jul. 15 (Environmental News Network/KRTBN)--As the
atmosphere heats up, the risks to human health pop up like
a mosquito-borne virus. From the West Nile virus that found
its way to New York last year to an epidemic of cholera,
3) OTC 07/16 Global Warming to Cause Higher Water, More ...
Jul. 15 (Environmental News Network/KRTBN)-- The great
debate over whether the warming of Earth since the
Industrial Revolution is a result of natural variation or
emissions of greenhouse gases appears to be over. It's
primarily the latter, according to research in this week's
ENERGY
4) Reuters Japan power utilities to launch green energy fund
JAPAN : July 17, 2000 TOKYO - Japan's electric power
industry has unveiled a programme on 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
5) Africa News July 17, 2000 SECTION: NEWS, DOCUMENTS &
COMMENTARY HEADLINE: Nigeria Business; Shell To End Gas
Flaring In 2008 BYLINE: Weekly Trust (Kaduna) BODY: Kaduna
- Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, one of the
largest oil and gas companies in Nigeria will by the year
2008 stop gas flaring nationwide. This was stated by the
6) Associated Press. July 17, 2000, HEADLINE: Another pipeline
explosion kills dozens BYLINE: By FRANK AIGBOGUN,
Associated Press Writer DATELINE: LAGOS, Nigeria BODY: Just
days after an explosion in southern Nigeria killed 200
people scavenging fuel, an unrelated pipeline blast left
dozens dead, witnesses and reporters said. The latest
7) BBC Online You are in: UK: Scotland 14 July, 2000, Row
blowing up over windfarm Opponents say the windfarm would
mar the countryside Plans to build a windfarm near the
Queen Mother's childhood home of Glamis Castle are blowing
up a storm in Angus. Protestors claim the turbines would be
the height of a 2O storey block of flats and decimate local
8) The Gazette (Montreal) July 17, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News;
A9 HEADLINE: Used french-fry oil may fuel mass transit
BYLINE: BEV WAKE DATELINE: OTTAWA BODY: Climbing gas prices
could eventually be a blessing for pedestrians sick of
smelling bus fumes on city streets. Especially if they like
french fries. Cincinnati's transit agencies are now
FORESTS
9) The Independent (London) July 16, 2000, SECTION: FEATURES;
Pg. 28, 29 HEADLINE: GARDENS: IT'S CHILE UP NORTH;
RAINFORESTS MAY BE DISAPPEARING AT A RATE OF 250,000 ACRES
A YEAR IN LATIN AMERICA, BUT THERE'S ONE PLACE WHERE PRIME
ANDEAN TREES ARE GROWING AS NEVER BEFORE. NIGEL COLBORN
VISITS A UNIQUE HILLSIDE IN WESTERN SCOTLAND BYLINE: Nigel
10) Africa News July 17, 2000 SECTION: NEWS, DOCUMENTS &
COMMENTARY HEADLINE: Kenya; Sawmillers Seek Moi Over Ban
BYLINE: Nation Correspondent, The Nation (Nairobi) BODY:
Nairobi - More than 500 sawmillers will seek audience with
President Moi in a bid to lift the ban on logging, which was
effected seven months ago. "We want to meet the President to
(Greenpeace)
11) Reuters Greenpeace ends timber protest in Portugal PORTUGAL
: July 17, 2000 LISBON - Greenpeace activists on Friday
ended a 90-hour protest chained to the masts of a ship
after Portugal agreed to help clamp down on illegal
tropical timber trade, the environmental watchdog said. The
four protesters had boarded the Cypriot-registered Aegis on
GENETIC ENGINEERING
12) INTERVIEW-Italy needs "GM-free culture," minister says By
David Brough ROME, July 17 (Reuters) - Farm Minister
Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio has said Italy needs to market
GM-free foods in order to succeed on the world market, but
grain traders warned that GM animal feed imports were
unavoidable. "In Italy, most of the farmers, consumers,
13) Consumer groups urge G8 action against GM food By Jae Hur
TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - Consumer groups from seven
nations urged the Japanese government on Monday to deliver
their concerns about the health and environmental dangers
of genetically modified (GM) food to the Group Eight (G8)
summit this week. In a statement issued after a two-day
14) The Scotsman July 17, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 10 HEADLINE: SIX
ARRESTED BEFORE GM CROP PROTEST BYLINE: Gerry Duffy BODY:
SIX people were arrested after an alleged disturbance near
Scotland's only genetically -modified crop field at the
weekend. Four men and two women were detained early on
Saturday before a planned carnival protest at the
15) The Times (London) July 17, 2000, SECTION: Home news
HEADLINE: GM protesters arrested BODY: Seven
environmentalists were arrested yesterday during protests
at a farm that is being used in government-backed tests on
genetically modified maize. Campaigners dressed in Grim
Reaper outfits broke into the site at Over Compton, near
MILITARY
16) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence July 17, 2000
SECTION: Pg. 4 HEADLINE: Aussie role seen in US Star Wars
SOURCE: The Mercury ABSTRACT: United States Defence
Secretary William Cohen indicated on 16 July 2000 that
Australia could play a key role in a new missile shield.
Cohen described Australia as a strategic part of his
17) Mideast Mirror July 17, 2000 SECTION: ISRAEL; Vol. 14, No.
135 HEADLINE: A new approach to a new threat from Iran
HIGHLIGHT: By Reuven Pedatzur, writing in Monday's Haaretz
BODY: The Iranian ballistic missile threat has become a
fact of life. The successful test-launching of a Shahab-3
missile on Saturday now provides Iran with the guaranteed
18) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 17, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 12
HEADLINE: News: International: Israeli fears over Iran
missile plans BYLINE: By Ohad Gozani in Tel Aviv BODY:
ISRAEL voiced concern about Iran's ballistic missile
programme yesterday, saying it was part of a grander effort
to turn the Islamic state into a nuclear power. Lt Gen
19) The Times (London) July 17, 2000, SECTION: Overseas news
HEADLINE: Military chiefs feud over missile cuts BYLINE:
Giles Whittell BODY: Russia's two top military chiefs were
summoned by President Putin yesterday to resolve a bitter
dispute over the future of the world's second-largest
nuclear stockpile. Marshal Igor Sergeyev, Defence Minister,
20) BBC Online You are in: UK 17 July, 2000, Evicted islanders'
legal challenge begins Islanders were moved from the
British colony to Mauritius The British government has been
accused of removing Indian Ocean islanders from their
homeland during the Cold War and unlawfully "dumping" them
to make way for a US military base. Hundreds of islanders,
NUCLEAR POWER
21) AP Worldstream July 17, 2000; HEADLINE: Parliamentary
speaker against possible nuclear plant referendum DATELINE:
PRAGUE, Czech Republic BODY: Parliamentary speaker Vaclav
Klaus said Monday he hopes no referendum will be held on
the activation of the nuclear plant in Temelin because it
would lead to ''lobbying'' and ''pressure from abroad,''
22) PA 07/17 TIGHTER ENVIRONMENT RULES NEEDED AFTER NUCLEAR
PHASE-OUT By Andrew Evans, Lords Staff, PA News The phasing
out of nuclear power stations after 2010 will require a
toughening of the UK's targets for reducing greenhouse
gases, science minister Lord Sainsbury of Turville conceded
today. A former National Coal Board chairman, Liberal
23) Press Association Newsfile July 17, 2000, HEADLINE: NEW
RADIATION SCARE ON SCOTTISH BEACH BYLINE: Gordon Darroch,
PA News BODY: More radioactivity has been found on a$public
beach near Scotland's Dounreay nuclear plant. A spokesman
for the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) said that a
radioactive particle had been discovered on Sandside Beach
24) Reuters US radiation safety limits not based on science -
GAO USA : July 17, 2000 WASHINGTON - A disagreement between
federal agencies over what level of radiation exposure is
safe for humans was not based on scientific evidence and
could cost taxpayers billions in unnecessary spending, said
a congressional study. The study, by the General Accounting
OCEANS
25) The Mirror July 17, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 23 HEADLINE:
CULL OF 60 SEALS BODY: MORE than 60 seals have been shot
this year in a bid to preserve salmon and sea trout stocks
for anglers. It's the biggest slaughter of seals for a
decade after five fishery boards - whose identity was being
kept secret by the Scottish Office - were given licences to
(Greenpeace)
26) The Japan Times July 16, 2000, LENGTH: 1288 words HEADLINE:
Whalers come out on top in IWC meeting BODY: By ALAN
GOODALL, Special to The Japan Times SYDNEY - Once again
Japanese whale-meat eaters have outwitted the world's whale
lovers. Though those diners need not raise too many
self-congratulatory cups of sake. Within a year or two the
(Greenpeace)
27) BODY AND MIND: Dangers lurk in the deep for north Atlantic
coral: THE NATURE OF THINGS: Clive Cookson on the threats
from oil exploration and fishing to the largely unknown
cold-water corals Financial Times ; 15-Jul-2000 845 words
By CLIVE COOKSON Think about coral. You are probably
imagining waves lapping gently over a multicoloured
28) AP Worldstream July 17, 2000; HEADLINE: Peter the Penguin
back on home turf after epic journey BYLINE: MIKE COHEN
DATELINE: CAPE TOWN, South Africa BODY: Avoiding the deadly
clutches of sharks and seals, Peter the penguin finished
his epic 750 kilometer- (470 mile-) journey Monday and swam
back to his home turf. The plucky 18-inch-(half-meter-)
29) Associated Press. July 17, 2000, HEADLINE: 'Perfect Storm'
may boost efforts to help swordfish BYLINE: By LAURENCE
ARNOLD, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY:
The hit movie "The Perfect Storm" recounts the final voyage
of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, sunk in a ferocious storm
after venturing far from shore. Conservationists hope the
TOXICS
30) EU outlines shake-up of food safety rules BRUSSELS, July 17
(Reuters) - The European Commission on Monday proposed
revamping its food hygiene rules to boost food safety in
the wake of a series of scandals from mad cow disease to
dioxin poisoning. "We have learned our lessons from the
food crises of the nineties," said David Byrne, European
31) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Explosion, fire at chemical
plant sends thousands from homes DATELINE:
VAUDREUIL-DORION, Canada, July 17 BODY: Thousands of people
were allowed to return to their homes early Monday after a
explosion and fire at a chemical plant forced their
evacuation overnight. The fire, which could be seen for
32) AP Worldstream July 17, 2000; HEADLINE: Threat of toxic
pollution hangs over town gripped by industrial dispute
DATELINE: GIVET, France BODY: Workers threatened to pour
sulfuric acid into the sewers and drains of a northeastern
French town Monday as tensions rose in an industrial
dispute over the closure of a textile factory in this
33) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: 5,000 transformers
containing PCBs missing DATELINE: TOKYO, July 17 Kyodo BODY:
Nearly 5,000 transformers containing toxic polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) are missing from electric power plants and
government facilities nationwide, according to a Health and
Welfare Ministry survey released Monday. The whereabouts of
(Greenpeace)
34) BusinessWorld July 17, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 12 LENGTH: 136
words HEADLINE: Build landfills, LGUs told BODY:
Environment Secretary Antonio H. Cerilles is calling on
local government units (LGUs) to speed up their development
of landfill sites lest they suffer a garbage crisis with the
imminent closure late this year of the San Mateo landfill.
35) Associated Press. July 17, 2000, HEADLINE: Taiwanese city
shuts water supply after river is polluted DATELINE:
TAIPEI, Taiwan BODY: The southern port city of Kaohsiung
has shut down its tap water supply after tons of waste oil
were illegally dumped into a main river, officials said
Monday. Three men were arrested Saturday for dumping waste
36) The Times (London) July 17, 2000, SECTION: Home news
HEADLINE: Recycling crisis over green glass mountain
BYLINE: Nick Nuttall Environment Correspondent BODY: Bottle
banks have become such a success among public- spirited
Britons that a crisis is being reached with the growth of a
green glass mountain. Experts have given a warning that,
37) Sunday Mirror July 16, 2000, SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. 23
HEADLINE: BREAST MIGHT NOT BE BEST FOR YOUR BABY; MOTHERS'
MILK IS AT THE CENTRE OF A NEW HEALTH SCARE BYLINE: Roger
Dobson BODY: TRACES of toxic chemicals used in
fire-retardant household furnishings have been found in
mothers' breast milk. Researchers say that the chemicals,
X-OTHER-X
38) The Independent (London) July 17, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 9
HEADLINE: INQUIRY DEMANDED INTO BABY FOOD CJD THEORY
BYLINE: Severin Carrell And Chris Gray BODY: THE FAMILIES
of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease victims called for an
investigation yesterday into claims that it may have been
spread by baby food and school meals. The CJD Support
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