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Sunday, July 23, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

1) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 23, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 22 
HEADLINE: News: FOCUS PLANKTON TO THE RESCUE: The man who 
says he can save the planet BYLINE: By ALASDAIR PALMER BODY:
You might not believe it, especially given the abysmal 
summer this year in Britain, but the Earth is hotting up. 
 The latest evidence is just in from Nasa, and it's 

2) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 22, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 04 
HEADLINE: News: US breaks pledge to cut back use of fuel 
BYLINE: By Charles Clover Environment Editor BODY: AMERICA 
was on a collision course with the rest of the world 
yesterday after saying that its economic boom has been so 
great that it cannot achieve its commitment to tackle 

ENERGY

3) AP Worldstream July 22, 2000; HEADLINE: Rain hampers oil 
recovery and containment DATELINE: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil 
BODY: Rain hampered the cleanup of a disastrous oil spill in
southern Brazil and raised fears that oil in the Iguacu 
River could escape from containment barriers and flow 
downstream. Workers on Saturday reinforced barriers strung 

(Greenpeace)
4) The Moscow Times July 22, 2000 SECTION: No. 2006 LENGTH: 
1147 words HEADLINE: Oil Rush May Kill Caspian Ecosystem 
BYLINE: By Anna Badkhen BODY: Staff Writer ATYRAU, 
Kazakhstan - Despite the splendid lunch dedicated to the 
release of 1.1 million baby sturgeon into the Ural River, 
the mood at the Ural -Atyrau fish farm last week was dismal.

FORESTS

(Greenpeace)
5) CANADA'S FORESTS: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OR SUBSIDIZED 
DESTRUCTION? OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, July 21, 2000 (ENS) - 
Canada is a champion of sustainable forest management 
according to a government report released Wednesday. 
 Environmental groups disagree. Natural Resources Minister 
Ralph Goodale said the 10th annual report on the state of 

(Greenpeace)
6) Agence France Presse July 23, 2000, LENGTH: 255 words 
HEADLINE: Greenpeace flagship freed from Group of Eight 
DATELINE: NAGO, Japan, BODY: Japan's coastguard freed the 
Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior Sunday after impounding 
it for 35 hours for fear that it might disrupt a Group of 
Eight summit. The ship was let loose from a ring of patrol 

(Greenpeace)
7) Rainbow Warrior impounded by Japan coast guard By Elaine 
Lies OKINAWA, Japan, July 22 (Reuters) - Greenpeace 
activists slammed Japan on Saturday for its heavy-handed 
security around a world leaders' summit after the coast 
guard impounded their flagship, the Rainbow Warrior. Local 
police searched the ship on Saturday after it was boarded 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

8) G8 leaders find GM food accord hard to swallow By Giada 
Zampano OKINAWA, Japan, July 23 (Reuters) - World leaders 
failed on Saturday to find common ground on an issue that 
will affect the lives of almost everyone on earth -- the 
vexed question of how to proceed on trade in genetically 
modified (GM) food. The Group of Eight (G8) powerful 

9) 07/21 Russia won't buy U.S. biotech crops-lawmakers 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A delegation of Russian agricultural 
lawmakers said Friday the country would not purchase 
genetically modified crops from the United States nor do 
they need any. Valery Kechkin, one of three visiting 
Federation Council members, said the Russian Parliament 

10) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Europe and US split on 
genetic foods at Group of Eight summit DATELINE: NAGO, 
Japan, July 23 BODY: Europe and the United States were 
divided over trade in so- called Frankenstein foods at a 
Group of Eight summit that ended Sunday, French President 
Jacques Chirac said. "There are two schools," on the 

MILITARY

11) Agence France Presse July 22, 2000, HEADLINE: India rejects 
Arab claims of nuclear cooperation with Israel DATELINE: 
CAIRO, July 22 BODY: India on Saturday denied reports that 
it had pledged nuclear cooperation with Israel, which had 
prompted condemnation throughout the Arab world. The Indian 
embassy in Cairo said it was disturbed by the untrue claims 

12) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 22, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 06 
HEADLINE: News: MPs call for review of arms exports BYLINE: 
By Marie Woolf, Political Correspondent BODY: THE 
Government exported arms worth almost pounds 1 billion last 
year, raising fresh questions about Robin Cook's ethical 
foreign policy when it was disclosed that countries with 

13) The Gazette (Montreal) July 22, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; 
A17 HEADLINE: U.S. interested in Pyongyang's missile 
proposal: North Korea might scrap program for help in 
launching satellites DATELINE: OKINAWA, Japan BODY: The 
United States reacted favourably yesterday to a North 
Korean proposal described by Russian President Vladmir Putin

14) The New York Times July 22, 2000, Late Edition - Final 
SECTION: Section A; Page 6; Column 6; Foreign Desk 
HEADLINE: Putin Bends Clinton's Ear Hoping to Halt Missile 
Shield BYLINE: By MARC LACEY DATELINE: NAHA, Japan, 
Saturday, July 22 BODY: At the summit meeting here of eight 
world leaders, where the focus was unremittingly on 

NUCLEAR POWER

15) FRENCH NUCLEAR FACILITY MUST CLOSE OR RISK EARTHQUAKE 
PARIS, France, July 21, 2000 (ENS) - A seismological survey 
produced by France's nuclear safety institute six years ago 
but made public only this week has intensified pressure on 
the nuclear firm Cogema to shut its mixed oxide (MOX) fuel 
fabrication facility at Cadarache, southern France. The 

16) Reuters: US Energy Dept allows PECO nuke waste payment 
delays USA : July 21, 2000 WASHINGTON - U.S. Energy 
Secretary Bill Richardson yesterday said the government has 
agreed to allow PECO Energy Co to defer up to $80 million 
in nuclear waste fee payments for its Peach Bottom plant in 
Pennsylvania, to compensate for the Energy Department's 

OCEANS

17) Times Colonist (Victoria) July 23, 2000 EDITION Final News 
PAGE A1 / FRONT Staggering seal kills raise alarm Carla 
Wilson In a case of fatal attraction, thousands of seals 
and sea lions have ended up dead around Vancouver Island 
over the past decade as fish farms use guns to protect 
their multi-million dollar stocks of penned salmon. But the 

(Greenpeace)
18) Mexico under pressure to create whale sanctuary MEXICO 
CITY, July 21 (Reuters) - International environmental 
watchdog Greenpeace and a string of other pressure groups 
on Friday urged Mexico to create a whale sanctuary to 
protect the giant mammals from Japanese hunters. Greenpeace 
said in a statement that 125,000 Mexicans had signed an 

19) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 23, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 04 
HEADLINE: News: Justice at last for Cod War victims who 
slipped through the net BYLINE: by DAVID CRACKNELL Deputy 
Political Editor BODY: THOUSANDS of trawlermen who lost 
their livelihoods after the "Cod Wars" with Iceland in the 
1970s are finally to be compensated by the Government. 

(Greenpeace)
20) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 22, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 02 
LENGTH: 290 words HEADLINE: Travel: Go slow to save whales 
BYLINE: By Jonathan Theobald BODY: Conservationists are 
demanding that ferry operators in the Canaries reduce the 
speed of their ships after a year in which seven whales 
were killed in collisions - one more than in the previous 

21) EVENING CHRONICLE (Newcastle, UK) July 22, 2000, Edition 1 
SECTION: LOCAL NEWS, Pg. 18 HEADLINE: Green Scene BYLINE: 
by Noreen Coltman BODY: THE changing environmental 
conditions off the North East coast are to be monitored 
closely, thanks to a cash injection from one of the 
region's green campaign groups. The extra money means 

(Greenpeace)
22) The Seattle Times July 21, 2000, Final Edition SECTION: 
NEWS; Pg. A1 LENGTH: 873 words HEADLINE: Fishing ban to 
protect sea lion stuns North Pacific trawl fleet BYLINE: 
Hal Bernton, Mike Carter; Seattle Times staff reporters 
BODY: A Seattle federal judge has banished the North 
Pacific trawl fleet from a large swath of rich fishing 

TOX

23) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) July 22, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 9 
HEADLINE: Everyday goods that don't last forever BYLINE: 
Yomiuri BODY: Toothpicks made of starch? Flowerpots made of 
newspaper? In a bid to be more environmentally friendly, 
manufacturers are increasingly turning to biodegradable 
materials to produce a range of commercial goods. Yomiuri 

TOXICS

24) Reuters: UK Law Lords rule against Cape in asbestos case UK 
: July 21, 2000 LONDON - Britain's highest court yesterday 
handed a major victory to South African miners suffering 
asbestos-related diseases, allowing their case against 
London-listed Cape Plc to go ahead in the UK. The Law Lords 
upheld their appeal against a lower court's refusal to hear 

25) 07/22 EPA Shelves Asbestos Report NEW YORK (AP) -- The 
Environmental Protection Agency is investigating why 
officials ignored for 18 years a study that showed W.R. 
 Grace and Co. was using ore laden with asbestos in 
insulation and other building products, The New York Times 
reported Saturday. The agency shelved a 1982 study which 

26) PESTICIDES HERE TO STAY, BUT ALTERNATIVES ON THE WAY 
WASHINGTON, DC, July 21, 2000 (ENS) - Chemical pesticides 
will continue to play a significant role in U.S. 
 agriculture for at least the next decade, says a new 
report from the National Research Council (NRC). However, 
more government sponsored research and incentives are 

X-OTHER-X

(Greenpeace)
27) Inter Press Service July 21, 2000, HEADLINE: ENVIRONMENT: 
RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEK NEW WATCHDOG ROLE BYLINE: By 
Danielle Knight DATELINE: IRKUTSK, Russia, Jul. 21 BODY: 
Environmentalists across Russia say non-governmental groups 
will have an increased role to play in monitoring ecological
degradation now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has 

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