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ATMOSPHERE

(Greenpeace)
1) The Gazette (Montreal) July 31, 2000, FINAL SECTION: Monday 
Business; F4 LENGTH: 204 words HEADLINE: Greenpeace sees 
red over Coke machines DATELINE: VANCOUVER BODY: Greenpeace 
is taking a slug at Coca-Cola, whose refrigerated machines 
Greenpeace says are killing the polar bears Coke uses in 
its advertising. ''With an estimated 16 million 

2) The Jerusalem Post July 31, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3 
HEADLINE: Scorching July hottest in 50 years BYLINE: David 
Rudge BODY: This summer has so far proven to be one of the 
hottest in the past 50 years, weather experts reported 
yesterday, as temperatures soared throughout the country. 
 Beit She'an reported temperatures of at least 45, while 41 

ENERGY

3) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence July 31, 2000 
SECTION: Pg. 4 HEADLINE: Court yields to tidal lobby 
SOURCE: The West Australian BYLINE: Michael Southwell; Ruth 
Callaghan ABSTRACT: The Western Australian Government has 
agreed to defer any agreement on a gas power generation 
project for the Kimberley. This is until the result of an 

(Greenpeace)
4) Brazil oil spill leaves a stain on Petrobras By Shasta 
Darlington RIO DE JANEIRO, July 30 (Reuters) - While the 
president of Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras <PETR4.SA> 
jetted around Europe this week on a roadshow to promote the 
company's stock, workers at home mopped up the last of 
Brazil's worst spill in 25 years. The state Goliath 

5) Africa News July 31, 2000 SECTION: NEWS, DOCUMENTS & 
COMMENTARY HEADLINE: Kenya; Power hitch as lines collapse 
BYLINE: The Nation (Nairobi) BODY: Nairobi - Power supply 
to the national grid was interrupted for about two hours 
yesterday morning when one of the transmission lines 
collapsed. The breakdown plunged parts of the country into 

6) APwo 07/31 Pak Mool Dam 'fails cost-benefit analysis', 
NATION THE cost of constructing the Pak Mool Dam is far too 
high when its impact on the livelihood of local residents 
is factored in, the Friends of Business Group said 
yesterday. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand 
(Egat) is to blame for not conducting a proper study of the 

FORESTS

7) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence July 31, 2000 
SECTION: Pg. A5 HEADLINE: Land clearing wiping out birds 
SOURCE: The Age BYLINE: Claire Miller ABSTRACT: A Natural 
Heritage Trust survey for Birds Australia claims one in 
five native Australian birds is close to extinction. Land 
clearing is sited as the most significant threat to the 

8) The Vancouver Sun July 31, 2000, FINAL C SECTION: News; B2 
HEADLINE: Sequoias spared in California fire DATELINE: LOS 
ANGELES BODY: LOS ANGELES -- The worst fire in the recent 
history of the Sequoia National Forest in California spread 
Sunday to 25,000 hectares but did not appear to be 
threatening the forest's ancient sequoias. About 1,350 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

9) Reuters: Australian food groups, consumers welcome GM code 
AUSTRALIA : July 31, 2000 SYDNEY - Australian food and 
consumer group have generally welcomed a compromise 
decision by the Australian New Zealand Food Standards 
Council (ANZSFC) to tighten rules on the labelling of foods 
containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The 

10) The Guardian (London) July 31, 2000 SECTION: Guardian Home 
Pages, Pg. 1 HEADLINE: New trade war looms over GM labelling
BYLINE: Paul Brown in Washington BODY: Europe and the 
United States are on a collision course over the issue of 
the labelling of genetically modified food which threatens 
to spark a trade war. Washington has warned the EU that it 

11) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 31, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 04 
HEADLINE: News: 'Spare part' cloning may get go-ahead 
BYLINE: By Thomas Harding BODY: A REPORT which could give 
the go-ahead to growing "spare body parts" is to be 
published by ministers next month. The report, handed to 
the Government in May, was produced by the Chief Medical 

12) The Express July 31, 2000 HEADLINE: NEW FEARS AS GM 
POLLUTION HITS CROPS 2.5 MILES AWAY BYLINE: By John Ingham 
BODY: Pollution from GM oilseed rape contaminated 
conventional crops 2.5 miles away - 80 times further than 
the UK's 50-metre buffer zone. The admission, by Advanta 
Seeds UK, means the risk of genetic pollution from 

13) The Christian Science Monitor July 31, 2000, SECTION: USA; 
Pg. 4 HEADLINE: Biotech research plows untrodden frontiers 
BYLINE: Todd Wilkinson, Special to The Christian Science 
Monitor DATELINE: BOZEMAN, MONT. HIGHLIGHT: From glue to 
lawns, researchers labor daily in work that rarely sparks 
protests. BODY: Far away from the shadow of Dolly the sheep 

14) The Guardian (London) July 31, 2000 SECTION: Guardian Home 
Pages, Pg. 4 HEADLINE: Genetic chickens get DNA copyright 
tag; Biotech Firm Plans To Create Strain With Extra Large 
Breasts For More Meat BYLINE: James Meek Science 
correspondent BODY: James Meek Science correspondent A US 
biotech company plans to create a strain of chicken 

MILITARY

15) The Times (London) July 31, 2000, SECTION: Overseas news 
HEADLINE: Blast destroys former Soviet nuclear site BYLINE: 
Giles Whittell in Moscow BODY: With an earth-shaking 
controlled explosion, the world's largest nuclear test site 
was put out of action at the weekend. Doctors say that 
Kazakh herdsmen in the region will have to live with the 

16) Herald on Sunday 30th July 2000 Sub's reactor leak raises 
doubts over rest of fleet Gibraltar calls in British expert 
on nuclear safety after Royal Navy refuse to move stricken 
vessel THE safety of Britain's nuclear submarines has been 
called into question after reports that only two out of the 
Royal Navy's 12 Hunter-Killer subs are currently in active 

17) Associated Press. July 31, 2000, HEADLINE: Workers on 
incinerator accuse Army of cover-up BYLINE: By TARA 
BURGHART, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: PORTLAND, Ore. 
 BODY: A chemical weapons depot used by the Army that has 
weathered bomb threats and false alarms now faces a lawsuit 
from workers who claim they were sickened by highly toxic 

NUCLEAR POWER

18) HEADLINE: Survey shows majority want nuclear poll BODY: 
Nuclear Referendum ADELAIDE, July 31 AAP - South Australian 
opposition leader Mike Rann today renewed calls for a state 
referendum on a nuclear waste dump. Mr Rann said a poll 
published in today's Adelaide Advertiser showing 95 per 
cent of those surveyed opposed an intermediate level waste 

19) Reuters: Keep nuclear energy, experts tell French PM FRANCE 
: July 31, 2000 PARIS - Top scientists said on Friday the 
way to keep France's electricity bill at its lowest over 
the next half century was to continue relying on nuclear 
power, which already provides 80 percent of French 
electricity. "Since the nuclear industry exists, it is 

20) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 31, 2000, HEADLINE: Lithuania 
nuclear plant shut down after incident DATELINE: Vilnius 
BODY: Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power plant automatically
shut down Monday when the fire protection system suddenly 
went off and started shooting anti-flame foam at one of the 
two reactors. There was no fire, and the problem posed no 

21) WHAT THE PAPERS SAY July 31, 2000, SECTION: SHORTS 
HEADLINE: ADAMOV CRITICIZING DIRECTORS OF NUCLEAR POWER 
PLANTS SOURCE: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, July 29, 2000, p. 2 
BODY: At an international scientific conference hosted by 
Rosenergoatom, including almost all Russian nuclear power 
plants, Atomic Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov told the 

22) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 31, 2000, HEADLINE: Taiwan 
president casts doubt on fourth nuclear plant DATELINE: 
Taipei BODY: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian urged citizens 
Monday "not to believe in the superstition that nuclear 
power is the only or final choice" to solve the island's 
energy supply. Chen made the appeal in his strongest 

23) PA 07/31 FIRMS SOUGHT TO CLEAN UP DOUNREAY By Joe Quinn, PA 
News A search was today launched for firms prepared to 
clean up what was once feared to be Britain's most 
dangerous nuclear dump. The task of removing hundreds of 
cubic metres of nuclear waste from an underground shaft 
could take 20 years and cost up to 355 million. 

OCEANS

24) HEADLINE: Seafood council backs national ESD approach to 
fisheries CANBERRA, July 31 AAP - Australia's peak fishing 
organisation has backed plans to bring fisheries under 
ecologically sustainable development (ESD) guidelines. The 
Australian Seafood Industry Council said today the move was 
a positive one that would enable fishers to be part of a 

25) The Toronto Star July 31, 2000, Edition 1 SECTION: NEWS 
HEADLINE: CORAL REEF CRISIS SEEN IN NEW LIGHT BYLINE: Peter 
Calamai BODY: searches for answers in satellite images 
OTTAWA - An Ontario researcher has discovered a way to get a
handle on one of the world's most perplexing environmental 
crises - how fast tropical coral reefs are being damaged. 

26) South China Morning Post July 31, 2000 SECTION: News; Pg. 5 
HEADLINE: Man-made reefs 'threat to catches' Fishermen say 
projects will put livelihoods at risk, but no compensation 
deal reached BYLINE: Avis Tsang and Ng Tze Wei BODY: Land 
reclamation, dredging and artificial reefs are destroying 
fish farms and undermining catches at sea, fishermen claim. 

27) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Main pumping operation over 
on wrecked tanker off France DATELINE: BREST, France, July 
31 BODY: The main pumping operation to remove oil from the 
two halves of the tanker Erika which sank off the western 
French coast last December has been completed, TotalFinaElf 
said Monday. "All the holds containing fuel have been 

28) RPT-Japan to keep on whaling despite U.S. opposition By 
George Nishiyama July 31 (Reuters) - Japan plans to keep 
pursuing research whaling despite calls by the United 
States, Britain and environmentalists to stop, a top 
fisheries official said on Monday. If Japan were to stop 
its research whaling, this would mark a "denial of the use 

29) XINHUA NEWS AGENCY. HEADLINE: NZ Deplores Japan's Whaling 
Plans in N. Pacific DATELINE: WELLINGTON, July 31 BODY: New 
Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has said it is 
deplorable that Japan is again ignoring world opinion and 
embarking on a new program of so-called scientific whaling 
in the Pacific. Clark was responding to the reports that 

30) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Japan to begin tuna 
fishing for research on Aug. 1 DATELINE: TOKYO, July 31 
Kyodo BODY: Japan's Fisheries Agency announced Monday that 
Japan will begin Aug. 1 a month's fishing of southern 
bluefin tuna in the Indian Ocean for research purposes. 
 Around 4 tons will be caught, with big tuna weighing 40 

31) Reuters: Britain should do more for its molluscs says EU 
BELGIUM: July 31, 2000 BRUSSELS - Britain is not doing 
enough for its mussels, cockles and other shellfish, the 
European Commission said on Friday, announcing new court 
action against the British government. A 1979 law obliged 
European Union countries to set aside parts of their 

32) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) 
July 31, 2000, SECTION: News; Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Virginia 
Limits Crab Fishing BYLINE: New York Times Service 
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia BODY: In the face of 
economic and environmental warning signs, Virginia fishery 
authorities have taken the drastic step of declaring a vast 

TOXICS

33) Brazil's Petrobras reports MTBE fuel additive leak RIO DE 
JANEIRO, July 31 (Reuters) - A Brazilian pipeline ruptured 
over the weekend spilling close to 270 gallons (1,000 
litres) of the toxic fuel additive MTBE, the latest in a 
series of oil industry accidents this year, state oil giant 
Petrobras said on Monday. MTBE, the industry acronym for 

34) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 31, 2000, HEADLINE: China to 
spend 7 billion dollars to clean Bhai Sea DATELINE: Beijing 
BODY: China plans to spend 60 billion yuan (7.25 billion 
dollars) by 2015 to clean up its most polluted sea, the 
Bohai, state media reported on Monday. The money would be 
spent on waste water and sewage treatment plants in a 

(Greenpeace)
35) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 730 words HEADLINE: Toxic 
legacy at former military bases hounds Philippines-US 
relations BYLINE: Jason Gutierrez DATELINE: MANILA, July 31 
BODY: Nearly a decade after the last American troops 
abandoned two former bases in the Philippines, a toxic 
waste problem at the facilities is hounding relations 

(Greenpeace)
36) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 30, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 10 
LENGTH: 346 words HEADLINE: News: Chemicals spark 
strawberry wars BYLINE: by ANDREW ALDERSON and JENNY JARVIE 
BODY: STRAWBERRY wars have broken out between Britain and 
the Low Countries after three supermarket chains turned 
away fruit from Holland and Belgium because it contained 

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