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Friday, July 21, 2000
Greenbase Unit
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ATMOSPHERE
1) The Gazette (Montreal) July 21, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News;
B13 HEADLINE: Sea level rising as Greenland's icecap melts
BYLINE: PAUL RECER DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: A warming
climate is melting more than 50 billion tonnes of water a
year from the Greenland ice sheet, adding to a 23-
centimetre global rise in sea level over the last century
(Greenpeace)
2) 07/21 U.S. says Kyoto too tough without emissions trade By
Stefano Ambrogi LONDON (Reuters) - The chief U.S.
negotiator on climate change said Friday the United States
was unlikely to meet its target to slash greenhouse gas
emissions as laid down in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997 without
relying heavily on market mechanisms. At a U.S. Embassy
3) BusinessWorld July 21, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 25 HEADLINE:
Global warming has both positive, negative effects BYLINE:
Arnold S. Tenorio BODY: Technological progress may have had
a negative effect on climatic conditions after all. This
was stated by Josefino Comiso, senior research scientist at
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA)
ENERGY
(Greenpeace)
4) Brazil oil spill blamed on human, technical errors By
Shasta Darlington RIO DE JANEIRO, July 21 (Reuters) - After
bringing Brazil's biggest oil spill in 25 years under
control, state oil giant Petrobras pinned the blame on
Friday on a forgetful worker and faulty equipment. On
Sunday a burst pipe at a refinery near Brazil's southern
(Greenpeace)
5) Financial Times USA Edition; July 19, 2000 SECTION: Pg. 07;
ISSN: 0884-6782 LENGTH: 304 words HEADLINE: WORLD NEWS:
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN: Brazil seeks to control river
oil spill disaster HIGHLIGHT: Oil company Petrobras
(Brazil) is working to contain oil after 4 mil L of crude
oil leaked from refinery into Iguacu river BODY: Byline:
6) BusinessWorld July 21, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 21 HEADLINE: EU,
ASEAN to cooperate in renewable energy plan BYLINE: Armin
A. Amio BODY: PARIS - While world economies complain of the
continuing vacillation of petroleum prices in the global
market, the European Union (EU) has started groundwork to
tap renewable sources of energy as alternative means of
7) New Scientist July 22, 2000 SECTION: This Week, Pg. 22
HEADLINE: Africa's midnight sun BYLINE: Fred Pearce
(Nairobi) HIGHLIGHT: A simple solar lantern could change
life for millions without electricity BODY: DAVID WAIRIMU
can finally do his homework. An innovative solar-powered
lantern allows him to carry on working when it gets dark.
8) Poland rules out Russia gas link bypassing Ukraine By
Marcin Grajewski WARSAW, July 21 (Reuters) - Poland said on
Friday it would not agree to Russia's request to build a
natural gas pipeline on Polish territory that would allow
Moscow to bypass its main transit route to the West that
now runs through Ukraine. Russia's gas giant Gazprom has
FORESTS
(Greenpeace)
9) Four Greenpeace activists arrested at G8 OKINAWA, Japan,
July 21 (Reuters) - Four activists protesting the logging
policies of the world's most powerful nations were arrested
on Friday for trespassing on the G8 summit venue, police
said. The activists were arrested as they landed on a beach
and tried to take their message to the Group of Eight
10) New Straits Times (Malaysia) July 21, 2000 SECTION:
National; Pg. 11 HEADLINE: River still muddy despite
measures taken DATELINE: Kota Kinabalu BODY: KOTA KINABALU,
Thurs. - Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd has planted
creepers on the banks of Sungai Bayur to reduce pollution
caused by logging activities. SFI Forestry and Timber
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(Greenpeace)
11) 07/20 Greenpeace protests for Argentine GM food labels By
Robert Elliott BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Food companies
should label packaged products sold in Argentina with
information about their genetically modified content in line
with European practices, environmental group Greenpeace
said Thursday. Targeted for specific criticism was pasta
12) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence July 21, 2000
SECTION: Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Labels worry US SOURCE: Sydney
Morning Herald BYLINE: Mark Metherell ABSTRACT: The United
States (US) Embassy in Australia does not want genetically
-modified (GM) food labelling to become a trade issue. An
embassy spokesperson in Canberra, Don Q Washington, said on
(Greenpeace)
13) EU 'CAVES IN TO US FIRMS' ON GM FOODS The Guardian
20-Jul-2000 348 words BY ANDREW OSBORN IN BRUSSELS The
European Commission was last week accused of caving in to
pressure from large United States biotechnology firms after
it signalled it would rush through a controversial proposal
to scrap the current Europe-wide moratorium on approval of
14) The Scotsman July 21, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 2 HEADLINE: FARM
ATTACKED OVER GM CROP TRIAL TO SOW SECOND BATCH BYLINE:
Katrina Tweedie BODY: A SECOND farm-scale trial of
genetically -modified (GM) crops is to be planted in
Scotland, it was revealed yesterday. A field of autumn-sown
GM oil seed rape is to be planted on the same farm where
(Greenpeace)
15) The Seattle Times July 20, 2000, Final Edition SECTION:
BUSINESS; Pg. C1 LENGTH: 497 words HEADLINE: Food makers
urged to drop gene-spliced ingredients BYLINE: Tricia
Duryee; Seattle Times staff and wire reports BODY: PROTEST
GROUPS want the U.S. to require testing and labeling for
genetically engineered food products. U.S. consumer and
16) Reuters US, EU aides clash over "precautionary" food rules
USA : July 21, 2000 WASHINGTON - U.S. and European food
safety regulators found common ground in fresh croissants
and French-roasted coffee at a meeting yesterday, but
agreed on little else - including how much caution
governments should use with gene-altered crops and other
MILITARY
17) Russian Press Digest July 21, 2000 SECTION: News HEADLINE:
China's Apprehensions Are Justified BYLINE: Mikhail
Timofeyev SOURCE: NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA, p. 6 HIGHLIGHT:
America's national missile defense system, if it
materializes, will jeopardize China's security, says
military affairs editor. BODY: In the event that the United
18) AP Worldstream July 21, 2000; HEADLINE: French leader says
U.S. missile shield could bring proliferation DATELINE:
NAGO, Okinawa BODY: A proposed U.S. national missile
defense shield would cost a lot of money and could lead to
a nuclear arms race, French President Jacques Chirac said
Friday. Chirac, speaking to reporters at the G-8 Summit of
NUCLEAR POWER
19) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence July 21, 2000
SECTION: Pg. 2 HEADLINE: Beazley radiates low-level nuclear
assurance SOURCE: The Advertiser ABSTRACT: On 20 July 2000,
Australian Opposition leader, Kim Beazley, addressed the
South Australian Press Club. He accused the SA Government
of having a secret agreement with the Australian Government
20) The Christian Science Monitor July 21, 2000, SECTION:
WORLD; Pg. 7 HEADLINE: China's nuclear -power program loses
steam BYLINE: Kevin Platt, Staff writer of The Christian
Science Monitor DATELINE: BEIJING HIGHLIGHT: Sources say
the next five-year plan may pull the plug on building more
atomic plants. BODY: China has long vowed to become one of
21) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Fukushima nuclear power
reactor being shut down after quake DATELINE: SENDAI, July
21 Kyodo BODY: Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced
Friday it has started to manually shut down a reactor at
its nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture due to an
increase in waste gas, possibly caused by an earthquake
22) Reuters U.S. calls for closure of Lithuania nuclear plant
LITHUANIA : July 21, 2000 VILNIUS - The United States
yesterday called for the closure of Lithuania's Soviet-era
Ignalina nuclear power plant, based on the same design as
Ukraine's Chernobyl reactor which exploded in 1986.
Ignalina supplies more than 70 percent of Lithuania's
OCEANS
23) BBC Online You are in: World: Africa 20 July, 2000, Saving
the giant sea turtle Two-thirds of giant sea turtles that
reach Ghana's beaches are killed By Kwaku Sakyi-Addo in
Accra Environmentalists in Ghana are to set up six
sanctuaries along the country's Atlantic coast to save the
endangered giant sea turtle. The Ghana Wildlife Society has
24) BBC Online You are in: UK: Scotland 21 July, 2000, Scottish
fisheries powers extended North Atlantic stocks are coming
under pressure Officers from the Scottish Fisheries
Protection Agency have landed new powers to board and
inspect vessels in international waters. The move is part
of efforts to prevent illegal over-fishing in areas where
(Greenpeace)
25) Anchorage Daily News 21/07/2000, US (Online) JUDGE ISSUES
TRAWL LIMITS EFFORT TO SAVE SEA LIONS HITS FISHING INDUSTRY
By Wesley Loy Daily News Reporter (Published July 21, 2000)
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday banned trawl-net
fishing for pollock, cod and other bottom fish in vast
chunks of ocean off Alaska, saying it's necessary to keep
TOXICS
26) The Christian Science Monitor July 21, 2000, SECTION:
WORLD; Pg. 8 HEADLINE: Ecoterrorism as negotiating tactic
BYLINE: Eduardo Cu, Special to The Christian Science Monitor
DATELINE: PARIS HIGHLIGHT: French workers won hefty
severance pay yesterday, after pouring acid in river. BODY:
Should a government accede to demands of workers who
(Greenpeace)
27) Reuters Greenpeace warns on Greek dioxins, urges PVC ban
GREECE : July 21, 2000 ATHENS - The environmental group
Greenpeace urged Greece yesterday to ban PVC bottles in an
effort to reduce the amount of highly toxic dioxins in
landfills around the country. Earlier this month, the
European Court of Justice imposed a fine of 20,000 euros
28) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Endocrine disrupters
detected in 64% of rivers: gov't survey DATELINE: TOKYO,
July 21 Kyodo BODY: Sixty-four percent of Japan's 109
state-managed rivers contain endocrine-disrupting
chemicals, according to a Ministry of Construction survey
released Friday. Of the 109 rivers the ministry tested from
(Greenpeace)
29) IPR Strategic Business Information Database July 20, 2000
LENGTH: 447 words HEADLINE: TRIPOLI COASTLINE 'ON BRINK OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER' BODY: According to MFTZ Environment
Monitor, as breakwaters and promenades are being built
without impact assessment and as Tripoli's coastline is
turning into a dumping ground for sewage and industrial
30) Reuters Asian Development Bank clears loan for Manila river
clean-up PHILIPPINES : July 21, 2000 MANILA - The Asian
Development Bank said yesterday it had approved $176
million in cheap loans to help the Philippines clean up the
highly polluted Pasig river in the capital Manila. In a
statement, the bank said its financial assistance would
31) The Moscow Times July 21, 2000 SECTION: No. 2005 HEADLINE:
Deicing Fluid Eyed as Health Threat BYLINE: By Oksana
Yablokova BODY: Staff Writer For years, planes at
Sheremetyevo Airport were deiced with a highly toxic fluid
that environmental officials say has been running off into
Moscow's drinking-water sources, and city health inspectors
32) 07/20 NYC Wary of West Nile Virus By JUDIE GLAVE Associated
Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Tests have shown that a man
who died after reporting symptoms similar to those of the
West Nile virus did not have the disease, but the city
remained vigilant for signs of the potentially deadly
illness. Fear of the mosquito-borne virus, which killed
X-OTHER-X
33) The Economist July 22, 2000 , U.S. Edition SECTION: Disease
HEADLINE: Cluster fluster BODY: WHEN variant Creutzfeldt
Jakob disease (vCJD) was first identified in Britain as the
human form of "mad-cow disease", there was an
understandable panic. Some scientists went so far as to
predict an epidemic of this ghastly degenerative brain
34) New Scientist July 22, 2000 SECTION: Comment: Editorial,
Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Prions everywhere ? BODY: ANYONE who ate
British meat or fed it to their kids in the past twenty
years will be feeling distinctly queasy this week. The
outbreak of new variant Creutzfeld Jakob disease, the human
form of BSE, seems to be gathering momentum, as new cases
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