Global News Headlines 08/09

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Wednesday, August 9, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

(Greenpeace)
1) Former salt mine becomes home-from-home for Olympic 
athletes; SYDNEY, Aug 9 (AFP) - The world's largest 
solar-powered suburb opened Wednesday when the Olympic 
athletes' village, built on the grounds of a former 
saltmine, swung open its doors with a pledge to help Sydney 
Games competitors enjoy their fortnight in Australia. It 

2) The Vancouver Sun August 9, 2000, SECTION: Entertainment; C4
LENGTH: 74 words HEADLINE: The buzz on electric energy BODY:
Every year, the worldwide demand for electric energy 
increases. Most of the electric energy we use comes from 
power plants that burn fossil fuels, such as coal, oil or 
natural gas. Some electric energy comes from nuclear and 

3) APwo 08/09 Tapping energy from plants, why don't we?, 
JAKARTA...
 Every time an oil crisis occurs (which is what will 
continue to happen, covering anything from distribution, 
scarcity or price), it shows one thing: that fossil fuel is 
nonrenewable, and, inevitably, there will be more and more 

(Greenpeace)
4) AP Worldstream August 9, 2000; LENGTH: 243 words HEADLINE: 
Greenpeace activists collect leaked oil to demonstrate 
government neglect DATELINE: MOSCOW BODY: Greenpeace has 
collected 15 metric tons (105 barrels) of oil from the site 
of a 1993 oil spill in central Russia to protest what it 
calls government neglect of the environment, a spokesman 

5) Birmingham Post August 9, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3 
LENGTH: 212 words HEADLINE: INSECTS DIE FROM GLOBAL WARMING 
BODY: Scientists believe global warming has killed off a 
fifth of British insects, according to a study conducted in 
Warwickshire. Dr George McGavin and Mr Darren Mann, of 
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, carried out 

(Greenpeace)
6) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 09, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 27
LENGTH: 438 words HEADLINE: City: City Comment: Beyond 
Parody, oil is what makes the West go round BODY: ANOTHER 
normal day in the life of BP Amoco. Greenpeace has taken 
over one of its oil platforms, British motorists are urged 
to boycott its pumps, the oil price is rising again, oh, 

7) OTC 08/09 West Virginias Power Plants Belch Most Pollution, 
...
 Aug. 9 (The Charleston Gazette/KRTBN)--West Virginia's 
electric power plants release almost 10 times the toxic 
chemicals that the state's chemical industry does, a report 
released Tuesday by a Washington advocacy group says. 

8) OTC 08/08 Alaska Airport Facility Taps New Energy Source ...
Aug. 7 (Anchorage Daily News/KRTBN)--Placid amid the noise 
and haste of Alaska's largest airport is the quiet future 
of electric generation. Behind the U.S. Postal Service's 
airport facility, five solemn fuel cells hum a tune of 
clean, efficient, reliable energy. For many in the crowd 

9) ELEVEN COMPANIES CULTIVATE A GREENER POWER MARKET DENVER, 
Colorado, August 8, 2000 (ENS) - Eleven major companies 
based in the United States have formed the Green Power 
Market Development Group to develop corporate markets for 
1,000 megawatts of renewable energy over the next decade. 
 The corporate members include DuPont, General Motors, IBM, 

(Greenpeace)
10) The Anchorage Daily News, Published August 9, 2000, Online, 
BARGE BOARDED; PROTESTERS ARRESTED The Associated Press 
Barrow -- Law enforcement officers boarded a barge carrying 
equipment for BP's Northstar oil field Tuesday afternoon 
and took several Greenpeace activists into custody, 
according to the environmental group and the North Slope 

FORESTS

11) The Vancouver Sun August 9, 2000, SECTION: Business; D2 
LENGTH: 811 words HEADLINE: Managing forests biggest issue 
in B.C.: Intensive management confrontation with eco- 
forestry is producing a debate with no winners. BYLINE: Ken 
Drushka BODY: Perhaps the most important issue facing 
foresters in B.C. is how to manage second-growth forests 

12) Times Colonist (Victoria) August 9, 2000 EDITION Final 
Business PAGE D1 / FRONT U.S. building giant boycotts B.C. 
 lumber: Lowe's won't buy any more products made from 
B.C.'s coastal old-growth timber Steve Mertl VANCOUVER -- 
The environmental movement scored a major victory Tuesday 
when a U.S. home-improvement giant announced it would stop 

13) APwo 08/09 Mobs loot 8,000-hectare forest, JAKARTA POST 
SEMARANG: About 8,000 hectares of teakwood forest in Blora 
regency of Central Java have been looted by local residents 
so far this year, an official said Monday. "The groups 
usually brandish weapons during their operation and they do 
not hesitate to resist arrest if any official tries to stop 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

14) LENGTH: 421 words HEADLINE: Fed: Countries not embracing GM 
will be left behind BODY: Gene BIO CANBERRA, Aug 9 AAP - 
Countries that did not embrace genetic modification (GM) of 
foods would be left behind while others benefited, a key US 
industry adviser said today. Val Giddings, the food and 
agriculture vice president of the BIO group, told an 

(Greenpeace)
15) Agence France Presse August 9, 2000, LENGTH: 202 words 
HEADLINE: Brazilian court bars cultivation of genetically 
modified soy beans DATELINE: BRASILIA, Aug 8 BODY: The 
Regional Federal Court of Brasilia on Tuesday barred the US 
transgenic seed producer Monsanto from growing genetically 
modified soybeans until their environmental impact is 

16) The Guardian (London) August 9, 2000 SECTION: Guardian 
Society Pages, Pg. 7 LENGTH: 687 words HEADLINE: Sowing 
seeds of doubt; Us Public Opinion On Gm Crops Is Rattled By 
New Research BODY: Paul Brown Bob Prevedell has fireflies, 
tree frogs, owls and plenty of other wildlife on his farm 
in Illinois. He would be a great advert for the 

MILITARY

17) Asahi News Service August 9, 2000, LENGTH: 303 words 
HEADLINE: NAGASAKI TAKING LEAD IN SEEKING NUKE-FREE WORLD 
BODY: Nagasaki marked the 55th anniversary of its atomic 
bombing on Aug. 9 with a call by Mayor Iccho Ito for 
nuclear weapons states to immediately start negotiations 
for a treaty that bans nuclear weapons forever. A peace 

18) The Washington Times August 09, 2000, Wednesday,SECTION: 
PART A; Pg. A1 LENGTH: 1135 words HEADLINE: Pakistan gets 
more Chinese weapons; Beijing also sells to N. Korea, Iran 
BYLINE: Bill Gertz; BODY: China increased its 
missile-related sales to Pakistan last year and is 
continuing to supply nuclear, chemical and biological 

19) U.S. to be flexible in multilateral nuclear ...
 GENEVA, Aug. 9 (Kyodo) -- By: Yasushi Fujii The United 
States is ready to be "flexible" in discussing various 
aspects of multilateral nuclear disarmament at the 
Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament, which begins 
Thursday, diplomatic sources said Wednesday. U.S. officials 

20) OTC 08/08 RIGHTS-PUERTO RICO: NEW COURT BATTLES LOOM OVER 
...
 NEW YORK, (Aug. 7) IPS - A prominent New York 
environmental law clinic is preparing to file several 
lawsuits against the U.S. Navy on behalf of the people of 
the Puerto Rican island of Vieques in the latest bid to 

21) United Press International August 9, 2000, LENGTH: 292 words
HEADLINE: Nuclear weapons protesters at Los Alamos 
DATELINE: LOS ALAMOS, N.M.,
 BODY: Actor Martin Sheen was among nuclear weapons 
protesters gathering Wednesday near the Los Alamos National 
Laboratory to observe the 55th anniversary of the atomic 

22) The Canberra Times August 9, 2000, SECTION: A;13 LENGTH: 
745 words HEADLINE: US missiles with long-term aims; 
Politicians need to look tough on defence, especially in a 
presidential election year, argues LINCOLN WRIGHT. BODY: 
THE UNITED States keeps about 10 Ohio-class or Trident 
submarines on patrol in the world's oceans at any one time. 

NUCLEAR POWER

(Greenpeace)
23) 08/09 0703 Civic groups ask Japan court to halt MOX fuel use
TOKYO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Environmental and other civic 
groups on Wednesday filed for an injunction against the use 
of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at a reactor in 
northern Japan. The request, filed by 864 people from 
across the country at Fukushima local district court, asked 

24) Interfax Russian News LENGTH: 58 words HEADLINE: Atomic 
Energy Ministry orders security at Russian nuclear 
facilities beefed up BODY: MOSCOW. Aug. 9 (Interfax) The 
Russian Atomic Energy Ministry ordered on Wednesday morning 
that the security at all Russian nuclear facilities be 
tightened in the wake of the Tuesday evening bomb explosion 

OCEANS

25) Moscow News August 9, 2000 SECTION: SOCIETY; No. 31 LENGTH: 
448 words HEADLINE: FISH STOCKS DWINDLING IN THE RUSSIAN 
FAR EAST BYLINE: Igor Ponomarev HIGHLIGHT: Thanks to 
poachers and poor legislation BODY: Fish hauls in Russia 
have been falling. According to the RF State Committee for 
Fishing, between January and June this year the overall 

(Greenpeace)
26) Sea Lion Injunction Goes into Effect; Trawl ...
 SEATTLE, Aug. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The ban on trawl 
fishing in critical habitat for endangered Steller sea 
lions, ordered last month by a federal court in Seattle, is 
set to take effect at noon Pacific time today, August 8th. 
 The injunction affects all North Pacific groundfish trawl 

TOXICS

27) The Toronto Star August 9, 2000, SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 322 
words HEADLINE: TOXIC FIRE BREAKS OUT BYLINE: Hilary Stead 
BODY: at pool chemical plant GUELPH - A thick black cloud 
of toxic smoke draped the south end of Guelph last night as 
a major blaze engulfed a chemical plant and dozens of 
explosions hurled huge orange fireballs 40 metres into the 

(Greenpeace)
28) Lloyd's List August 7, 2000 SECTION: Pg. 5 LENGTH: 373 words
HEADLINE: International: Scrapping: Greenpeace checks Alang 
yard for toxic contamination BODY: GREENPEACE has taken up 
to 140 samples of sediment, soil and water from India's 
Alang shipbreaking yard to check for possible toxic 
contamination. Samples from the world's largest 

29) Japan Economic Newswire LENGTH: 163 words HEADLINE: Honda 
achieves 'zero output' of landfill waste at all plants 
DATELINE: TOKYO, Aug. 9 Kyodo BODY: Honda Motor Co. said 
Wednesday it achieved 'zero' output of landfill waste at 
all of its domestic manufacturing plants in July, becoming 
the first such company in the Japanese automobile industry. 

(Greenpeace)
30) MARIANAS ISLANDERS PROTEST TOXIC PCBs LEFT BY U.S. ARMY By 
Rowena Singh SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands, August 8, 
2000 (ENS) - Tanapag villagers and Greenpeace activists 
protested Friday outside the U.S. Attorney General's Office 
in downtown Saipan, expressing outrage at what they called 
"gross negligence and environmental crimes" committed by 

31) AP Worldstream August 9, 2000; LENGTH: 338 words HEADLINE: 
Lead levels 200 times higher than world norms DATELINE: 
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia BODY: The United Nations is launching 
a public health awareness campaign after discovering that 
lead pollution levels in the area around a northern Kosovo 
town were 200 times higher than the maximum safe levels 

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