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Global News Headlines 07/30
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Sunday, July 30, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) The Ottawa Citizen July 30, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A5
HEADLINE: Targeting the environment one congregation at a
time: For some churches being green is part of being
Christian, writes Bob Harvey BYLINE: Bob Harvey BODY:
Nepean's Bethany Baptist Church is a model of ecological
friendliness. Potatoes are planted near the back fence;
(Greenpeace)
2) PHILIPPINE TOXIC WASTE VICTIMS GET U.S. SUPPORT By Michael
Bengwayan WASHINGTON, DC, July 28, 2000 (ENS) - The
Philippines and the United States forged cooperation
agreements on environment, energy efficiency, and public
health during Philippine President Joseph "Erap" Ejercito
Estrada's meeting with President Bill Clinton Thursday at
3) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 29, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 06
HEADLINE: News: Drivers face pounds 5-a-day fee to enter
London BYLINE: By Andy McSmith, Chief Political
Correspondent BODY: DRIVERS in central London will be
charged pounds 5 a day, or pounds 15 a day for a lorry, in
an experiment to reduce traffic jams and pollution, and
4) The New York Times July 29, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 1; Column 1; Foreign Desk
HEADLINE: Arctic Shortcut for Shipping Raises New Fears in
Canada BYLINE: By JAMES BROOKE DATELINE: TUKTOYAKTUK,
Northwest Territories BODY: In this Arctic village,
beachfront real estate means a summer view of polar sea ice
(Greenpeace)
5) Inter Press Service LENGTH: 898 words HEADLINE:
ENVIRONMENT-US: FORD MOTOR "GOES GREEN" IN BID TO RAISE
PROFITS BYLINE: By Anna Blackden DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Jul.
28 BODY: One of the country's biggest car makers,
responding to concerns about global warming, has pledged to
improve the fuel economy of its entire fleet of sports
ENERGY
(Greenpeace)
6) University of New Mexico NotiSur - Latin American Political
Affairs July 28, 2000 SECTION: BRAZIL LENGTH: 1284 words
HEADLINE: BRAZIL: OIL SPILLS BRING CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
BODY: After three damaging oil spills within ten days,
environmentalists called for more accountability, especially
from state-owned oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PETROBRAS).
7) The Jerusalem Post July 30, 2000, SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. 16
HEADLINE: 'De-coal-onization': A very welcome trend BYLINE:
D'Vora Ben Shaul HIGHLIGHT: Earthly Concerns BODY:
Environmental and economic trends have made a global
phaseout of coal both necessary and feasible, reports the
Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-based environmental
8) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Thousands of Thai villagers
storm public hearing on gas project DATELINE: BANGKOK, July
29 BODY: Thousands of Thai villagers Saturday stormed an
auditorium where a public hearing into a joint gas project
between Thailand and Malaysia was being held, forcing it to
be called off. About 2,000 protesters barged into the
9) The Guardian (London) July 29, 2000 SECTION: Guardian City
Pages, Pg. 20 HEADLINE: Government breaches own ban on
gas-fired power stations BYLINE: David Gow BODY: The
government has breached its own moratorium on new gas-
fired power stations by giving the go-ahead for a combined
heat and power plant on Anglesey - paving the way for an
10) The Guardian (London) July 29, 2000 SECTION: Guardian City
Pages, Pg. 21 HEADLINE: Brand values: BP: Oil company looks
beyond petroleum BYLINE: Terry Macalister BODY: Warnings by
former Saudi energy minister Sheik Yamani that the world is
nearing the end of the oil era had few rushing out to buy
electric cars. But a more potent symbol of pending decline
11) The New York Times July 30, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 1; Page 30; Column 2; Metropolitan Desk
HEADLINE: Schumer Urges Power Plants Be Built BYLINE: By
THOMAS J. LUECK BODY: Warning of a looming electrical power
shortage in New York City and its suburbs, a report to be
issued today by Senator Charles E. Schumer recommends large
FORESTS
(Greenpeace)
12) The Vancouver Sun July 29, 2000, FINAL SECTION: Business;
D1 / Front HEADLINE: Forest firms, envirogroups seek
solutions BYLINE: Bruce Constantineau BODY: Four B.C.
forest companies have joined with four environmental
groups to develop a ''conservation-based ecosystem
approach'' to the B.C. Central and North Coast rainforest.
13) The Vancouver Sun July 29, 2000, FINAL SECTION: Business; D3
HEADLINE: Fletcher control passes to Norske Skog: Norwegian
pulp and paper giant acquires Fletcher Challenge paper
division for $2.5 billion US. BYLINE: Rod Nutt BODY:
Control of Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd. is now in the
hands of Norske Skogindustrier ASA, a Norwegian pulp and
(Greenpeace)
14) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 213 words HEADLINE: Amazonian
hardwood ship quits France after Greenpeace protest
DATELINE: HONFLEUR, France, July 29 BODY: A ship carrying
Amazonian hardwood to the French port of Honfleur put to
sea again Saturday without offloading its cargo after a
protest by Greenpeace environmental activists, an AFP
GENETIC ENGINEERING
15) The Canberra Times July 30, 2000, SECTION: A;5 HEADLINE:
It's a long way to market for GM foods: scientist;
Extensive testing vital to ensure safety BYLINE: MEGAN
DOHERTY BODY: FIELD peas may not seem glamorous but they
have consumed the past 10 years of Dr T. J. Higgins's
working life at the CSIRO in Canberra, where he has been
16) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence July 29, 2000
SECTION: Pg. 28 HEADLINE: How safe are GM foods ? SOURCE:
The Australian Financial Review BYLINE: Ray Moynihan
ABSTRACT: With the debate about genetically modified (GM)
foods hotting up, attention is being paid to the scientific
research. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
17) The Canberra Times July 29, 2000, SECTION: A;1 HEADLINE:
Labels for GM food by 2001 BYLINE: HONEY WEBB BODY: The
world's toughest mandatory labelling regime for genetically
modified foods will be introduced in Australia and New
Zealand from the middle of next year. The regime agreed to
by Australian and New Zealand health ministers in
18) PA 07/30 PLANS TO GROW BODY PARTS SET TO GET GO-AHEAD By Jo
Willey, PA News Ministers are to publish a controversial
report next month which could give the go-ahead to growing
"spare body parts", it was confirmed today. The report,
handed to the Government in May this year, was produced by
Chief Medical Officer Professor Liam Donaldson who was
MILITARY
19) Interfax Russian News July 29, 2000, HEADLINE: Former
nuclear range in Kazakhstan liquidated BODY: KURCHATOV.
July 29 (InterfaxKazakhstan)- An explosion equal in power
to 100 tonnes of granulated TNT was carried out Saturday in
a Degelen mountain gallery on the territory of the former
Semipalatinsk nuclear range in Kazakhstan. The blast was
20) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Russia must boost warships
to remain world power: Putin DATELINE: KALININGRAD, Russia,
July 30 BODY: Russia must increase the size of its military
fleet if it is to remain a major world power, Russian
President Vladimir Putin said Sunday. "The navy is an
important element in national defence and we give
21) 07/30 Nuclear Waste May Help Cancer By DUNCAN MANSFIELD
Associated Press Writer OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- Locked
away for more than 40 years in guarded concrete vaults at
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory may be the key to a
promising new therapy for cancer patients. The lab's 1
1/2-ton cache of weapons-grade uranium-233, until now
22) The New York Times July 29, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 3; Column 1; Foreign Desk
HEADLINE: Albright Meets North Korean but Learns Little
About Missile Plans BYLINE: AP DATELINE: BANGKOK, Thailand,
July 28 BODY: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright held
talks today with North Korea's foreign minister, and said
NUCLEAR POWER
(Greenpeace)
23) The Toronto Star July 29, 2000, Edition 1 SECTION: NEWS
LENGTH: 539 words HEADLINE: AGENCY WANTS TO FLY PLUTONIUM
INTO CANADA BYLINE: Dennis Bueckert BODY: OTTAWA - Atomic
Energy of Canada Ltd. has submitted a plan to fly plutonium
-containing fuel made from surplus Russian warheads to a
CANDU reactor at Chalk River, Ont. Plans for the
OCEANS
24) The Toronto Star July 30, 2000, Edition 1 SECTION: BODY
HEADLINE: RIGHT WHALES AND WRONG PRIORITIES BODY: It seems
to happen every summer. Once again, rescuers in the Bay of
Fundy were trying last week to track down a right whale
that had become entangled in fishing gear. Although the
whale seemed not to be in distress, the rescuers
25) The New York Times July 29, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 4; Column 6; Foreign Desk
HEADLINE: Japan Widens Whale Hunt, Provoking Objections
BYLINE: By ANDREW C. REVKIN BODY: Despite strong
objections, Japan plans to send its whaling fleet into the
North Pacific today to hunt sperm whales and Bryde's
26) The Guardian (London) July 29, 2000 SECTION: Guardian Home
Pages, Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Cod war victims win pounds 25m payout
BYLINE: Oliver Burkeman and Kevin Maguire BODY: Thousands
of deep-sea fishermen who lost their livelihoods as a
result of the cod wars are to share pounds 25m compensation
after winning a battle stretching back a quarter of a
27) 07/30 Dry Tortugas No-fish zone Backed By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press Writer DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK, Fla.
(AP) -- More than 200 species of fish and hundreds of
different corals and sponges lie over a vast area beneath
the waters around the Dry Tortugas islands south of the
Florida peninsula. Researchers are spending a lot of time
TOXICS
28) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Blast in Volgograd chemical
factory kills two DATELINE: MOSCOW, July 30 BODY: A
chlorine storage tank exploded at a Volgograd chemical
factory Sunday, killing two workers, local police quoted by
the Itar-Tass news agency said. A poisonous cloud that
formed shortly after the blast at 4:45 a.m. (0045 GMT)
29) MICHIGAN COMPANY CAUSED POLLUTION, CHARGED FOR CLEANUP ANN
ARBOR, Michigan, July 28, 2000 (ENS) - A Michigan
environmental cleanup company has been charged with causing
water pollution in order to drum up business for itself.
Hi-Po Inc. is accused of several intentional spills of
diesel fuel and other pollutants that the company was later
X-OTHER-X
(Greenpeace)
30) The Vancouver Sun July 29, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A12
LENGTH: 316 words HEADLINE: Security files kept on more
than 300 peace groups: The list from the National Archives
includes dozens of local groups such as Greenpeace. BYLINE:
Kim Bolan BODY: Retired and 72, Frank Kennedy still has
trouble when he wants to visit the United States. ''I have
(Greenpeace)
31) The Guardian (London) July 29, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Saturday Pages, Pg. 3 LENGTH: 761 words HEADLINE: Saturday
review: Signs of the times: As the UN is criticised for
allowing corporations to use its logo, Jonathan Glancey
wonders how distinct distinguishing marks can be in a world
awash with symbols BYLINE: Jonathan Glancey BODY:
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