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Thursday, July 20, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence July 20, 2000
SECTION: Pg. 29 HEADLINE: BIC won't miss the bus SOURCE:
The Australian ABSTRACT: Australia's buses are set to
reduce emissions. By 2001 they will be some of the cleanest
on earth. The Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) has met with
the Australian Government in mid-2000. The BIC has agreed
2) The Toronto Star July 20, 2000, Edition 1 SECTION: NEWS
HEADLINE: LAKES STUDY SHOWS DRAMATIC IMPACT OF GLOBAL
WARMING BYLINE: Peter Calamai BODY: Major water level
changes charted over 140 years OTTAWA - Historical records
of the seasonal ebb and flow of water levels in the Great
Lakes over the last 140 years have provided new evidence of
3) Thick smog shuts Indonesia's Medan airport JAKARTA, July 20
(Reuters) - Indonesian authorities temporarily closed the
key airport in the northern city of Medan on Thursday
because thick smog triggered by raging fires on Sumatra
island had reduced visibility. "Polonia Airport has been
closed since 7.00 a.m. as the thick haze has reduced
ENERGY
4) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 20, 2000, HEADLINE: Oil slick
"still a threat", although Petrobras says it is contained
DATELINE: Rio de Janeiro BODY: Brazil's worst oil spill in
a quarter century is still threatening tens of thousands of
people, countless animal species and the famous Iguacu
Falls on the borders with Paraguay and Argentina,
(Greenpeace)
5) The Independent (London) July 20, 2000, SECTION: FOREIGN
NEWS; Pg. 14 LENGTH: 312 words HEADLINE: OIL SPILL INTO
BRAZILIAN RIVER PUTS RARE WILDLIFE AT RISK BYLINE: Nicole
Veash In Rio De Janeiro BODY: BRAZIL'S BIGGEST oil spill in
25 years is threatening wildlife in one of the most
environmentally sensitive regions of the country. The
6) The Calgary Sun July 20, 2000, Early EDITION SECTION:
BUSINESS, Pg. 56 HEADLINE: HEAVY OIL PLANT APPROVED BYLINE:
CP DATELINE: FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. BODY: Petro-Canada's plan
to build a 22,000-barrel-per-day heavy oil plant in
northeastern Alberta is a step closer to reality with
approval from the province's Energy and Utilities Board.
FORESTS
(Greenpeace)
7) Times Colonist (Victoria) July 20, 2000 EDITION Final News
PAGE A4 Greenpeace condemns Canada for `perverse' forestry
policies Kelly Cryderman OTTAWA -- Greenpeace is condemning
Canadian governments for giving ``perverse'' subsidies to
forestry industries and not living up to G-8 commitments to
protect the world's forests from destructive, unsustainable
(Greenpeace)
8) Greenpeace urges G-8 to stop subsidizing forest de...
TOKYO, July 20 (Kyodo) -- Environmental group Greenpeace
on Thursday urged the Group of Eight (G-8) countries to
stop subsidizing "destruction of the last ancient forests"
in a two-year period, one day before their three-day summit
begins in Okinawa Prefecture. The group, which has been
GENETIC ENGINEERING
9) AAP NEWSFEED HEADLINE: Fed: Democrats back farmer concerns
on GMOs BODY: Farmers Democrats CANBERRA, July 20 AAP -
Farmers were right to be wary of a consumer backlash
against genetically modified crops, the Australian
Democrats said today. The party's deputy leader, Senator
Natasha Stott Despoja, said there was enormous potential in
(Greenpeace)
10) The Ottawa Citizen July 20, 2000 EDITION Final News PAGE A6
Bugs' blood yields `antifreeze': Scientists hope insect
protein will prolong life of frozen goods Jocelyn Bell
Researchers at Queen's University have discovered an
antifreeze protein that could make donated organs and ice
cream last longer, cancer surgery more precise and allow
11) BBC Monitoring South Asia - Economic Supplied by BBC
Worldwide Monitoring HEADLINE: India: Genetically
-engineered cotton cleared for large-scale trials SOURCE:
PTI news agency, in English BODY: New Delhi, 20th July:
Indian government has cleared large- scale field trials on
genetically engineered cotton by Maharashtra hybrid seed
(Greenpeace)
12) Italy probes impact of GMOs on environment By David Brough
ROME, July 20 (Reuters) - Italy, where opposition to
gene-spliced foods is growing, has launched a probe into
the impact of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on the
environment, officials said on Thursday. The National
Agency for the Protection of the Environment (ANPA), a
13) UK police arrest 11 GM crop protesters By Michael Holden
LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Police said on Thursday they
had arrested 11 environmental activists suspected of
damaging genetically modified crops in southeast England.
The suspects are believed to have attacked maize fields in
Essex on Wednesday night in the latest assault by green
(Greenpeace)
14) The Scotsman July 20, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 2 LENGTH: 571 words
HEADLINE: BLAIR PUSHES FOR GLOBAL AGREEMENT ON GM FOOD
BYLINE: Jon Hibbs Political Editor BODY: TONY Blair flew to
Japan last night hoping to persuade leaders of the world's
most industrialised countries to back British plans to
establish an international panel of scientists that would
(Greenpeace)
15) The San Francisco Examiner July 19, 2000, SECOND EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A-1 LENGTH: 1358 words HEADLINE: Biotech
food fight at grass-roots level; New coalition protests
Kellogg's, Campbell's BYLINE: Jane Kay SOURCE: EXAMINER
ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER BODY: Environmentalists are grabbing
Kellogg's Tony the Tiger by the tail and scolding the
MILITARY
16) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Nagasaki peace rally
calls for abolition of nuclear weapons DATELINE: NAGASAKI,
July 20 Kyodo BODY: A peace rally was held Thursday in
Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, with various antinuclear
groups taking part and calling for the abolition of nuclear
weapons. Representatives of about 50 groups, including
17) Interfax Russian News July 20, 2000, HEADLINE: Govt
approves draft Russian-U.S. agreement on weapons-grade
plutonium BODY: MOSCOW. July 20 (Interfax) The Russian
government has approved a draft agreement with the United
States, under which each side is to withdraw 34 tonnes of
weapons-grade plutonium from use. Under the same agreement,
18) 07/20 Computers Simulate Nuclear Blast LOS ALAMOS, N.M.
(AP) -- Computers for the first time have simulated the
beginning of a hydrogen bomb blast in full-scale 3-D, Los
Alamos National Laboratory scientists say. The simulations
took 42 days to run using super-fast computers at Los
Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia national laboratories.
19) 07/19 Radiocative Runoff Reported Near Los Alamos Lab SANTA
FE, N.M. (AP)--Scientists have reported radioactive storm
runoff in a fire-denuded area above the Los Alamos nuclear
laboratory. The first significant thunderstorm to hit Los
Alamos after a fire burned through the area this spring
flushed higher-than-average levels of radiation down Los
20) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) July 20, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 1
HEADLINE: Govt to support U.S. NMD plan BYLINE: Yomiuri
BODY: The government has decided to show "a certain amount
of understanding" toward the United States' National Missile
Defense (NMD) plan, including expressing its shared concern
with the United States regarding the threat posed by nuclear
NUCLEAR POWER
21) AP Worldstream July 20, 2000; HEADLINE: Bulgaria faces
problems with storing nuclear waste BYLINE: VESELIN ZHELEV
DATELINE: SOFIA, Bulgaria BODY: Bulgaria will be facing
mounting problems with storing waste from its only nuclear
plant due to neglect by previous governments, the chief of
the Balkan country's nuclear watchdog agency said. The
(Greenpeace)
22) CTK National News Wire July 19, 2000 SECTION: General News
LENGTH: 350 words HEADLINE: ENVIRONMENTALISTS WANT GOVT TO
PREVENT FUEL ACTIVATION IN TEMELIN BYLINE: MS DATELINE:
CESKE BUDEJOVICE, South Bohemia, July 19 ; (MS) KEYWORD:
'Czech environment Temelin' BODY: The demand that fuel be
not activated in the reactor of the first bloc of the
23) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) July 20, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 1
HEADLINE: Panel seeks reduced govt role in N-power BYLINE:
Yomiuri BODY: The new long-term plan for nuclear energy
drafted by the Atomic Energy Commission will specify no
numerical targets for development of nuclear power plants,
according to a draft obtained by The Yomiuri Shimbun on
(Greenpeace)
24) The Independent (London) July 20, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 2
LENGTH: 479 words HEADLINE: BLAIR TO LOBBY JAPANESE PM IN
BID TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF SELLAFIELD BYLINE: Paul Waugh
And Severin Carrell BODY: TONY BLAIR will lobby the
Japanese Prime Minister today to help British Nuclear Fuels
win crucial contracts for its beleaguered Sellafield plant.
OCEANS
25) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 20, 2000, HEADLINE: Erika oil
spill killed 300,000 birds DATELINE: Paris BODY: The
December 1999 oil spill caused by the sinking of the tanker
Erika off France has led to the deaths of 300,000 birds,
the League for the Protection of Birds announced on
Thursday. Calling the accident "the worst ornithological
26) The Irish Times July 20, 2000 SECTION: CITY EDITION; HOME
NEWS; Pg. 24 HEADLINE: Tuna row continues as vessel detained
BYLINE: By LORNA SIGGINS, Marine Correspondent BODY: The
row over surveillance of Irish tuna vessels has taken a new
twist, with the first detention of a foreign vessel engaged
in this season's fishery off the south-west coast. The
27) AP Worldstream July 20, 2000; HEADLINE: Namibian government
doubles seal culling quota DATELINE: WINDHOEK, Namibia BODY:
The government said Thursday it had approved the culling of
60,000 seal pups and 7,000 seal bulls, a total nearly
double the number of the animals killed for their fur last
year. Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Abraham Iyambo
28) Joy and anger as South African penguins come home By Jeremy
Lovell CAPE TOWN, July 20 (Reuters) - South African
environment experts on Thursday hailed as an unprecedented
success the dramatic rescue of 40,000 Jackass penguins from
the path of a deadly oil slick, saying it set a standard
for the world. "This has been an international event, an
29) AP Worldstream July 20, 2000; HEADLINE: Report: Fishermen
shoot at penguins saved from oil spill BYLINE: MIKE COHEN
DATELINE: CAPE TOWN, South Africa BODY: Penguins evacuated
from islands off South Africa's west coast to save them
from an oil spill were shot at by fishermen who feared the
birds would chase away their catch, a newspaper said
30) The Scotsman July 20, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 10 HEADLINE:
CONSERVATION CALL TO PRESERVE THE FISH SUPPER BYLINE: Alan
Crawford BODY: THE traditional fish supper was added to a
global environmental group's list of endangered species
yesterday in an attempt to highlight the plight of fish
stocks in UK waters. WWF, formerly the World Wildlife Fund,
31) The Times (London) July 20, 2000, SECTION: Features
HEADLINE: Free Keiko BYLINE: Ann Treneman BODY: Keiko, the
whale who starred in the film Free Willy, is preparing to
join the natural ' whale world' in an operation that is
costing $ 250,000 a month. Ann Treneman went to see him It
is not easy to interview a whale. I went to Iceland with
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
32) AAP NEWSFEED HEADLINE: Fed: Nike under fire for refusing
independent monitor LENGTH: 333 words BODY: Nike SYDNEY,
July 20 AAP - Sportswear manufacturer Nike should prevent
damage to its workers' health by allowing independent
monitoring of its factories, a private watchdog group said
today. The Nike Watch Campaign spokesman Tim Connor said
33) Korea Times July 21, 2000, HEADLINE: Yellow Dust From China
Contains Dioxin: Survey BODY: Yellow dust from inland China
in spring contains toxic chemical dioxin, a professor in
Pusan reported yesterday. This is the first time that
dioxin, a cancer-causing chemical, has been claimed to be
contained in yellow dust, raising concerns that
34) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: French acid-spill workers
reach accord with authorities DATELINE: GIVET, France, July
20 BODY: A draft agreement was reached early Thursday
between government officials and workers at a synthetic
fibre factory in northern France who spilled sulphuric acid
into the water system to protest against the plant's
(Greenpeace)
35) 07/20 Greenpeace: dioxins from Greek landfills five times...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The levels of dioxin released in
uncontrolled fires in landfills around Greece exceed
international safety limits fivefold, and the country has
no coherent policy for waste management, Greenpeace claimed
Thursday. "The major problem is that Greece does not have a
36) THE JAKARTA POST July 20, 2000 HEADLINE: Soil pollution
threatens Bali's precious coral reefs BODY: DENPASAR, Bali
(JP): Bali's world famous coral reefs, increasingly
important in attracting tourists to the paradise island,
are being threatened by soil pollution, according to
preliminary research by the World Wide Fund for Nature's
37) New Straits Times (Malaysia) July 20, 2000 SECTION:
National; Pg. 8 HEADLINE: Tax benefits to encourage
recycling BODY: COMPANIES are given tax incentives to
encourage them to recycle products and reduce waste
disposal. International Trade and Industry parliamentary
secretary Fu Ah Kiow said companies which recycle chemicals
X-OTHER-X
(Greenpeace)
38) AAP July 20, 2000, LENGTH: 262 words HEADLINE: NSW:
Companies defend green record before Greenpeace BODY:
Greenpeace Daylead SYDNEY, July 19 AAP - Executives from
Nike, IKEA, Coca-Cola and BP Amoco will step up tomorrow to
defend their environmental records at a Greenpeace
conference in Sydney. The conference was considered a first
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