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Thursday, August 10, 2000
Greenbase Unit
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ATMOSPHERE
(Greenpeace)
1) HEADLINE: Foster's bans global warming gases LENGTH: 176
words SYDNEY, Aug 10 AAP - Greenpeace has applauded a move
by brewing group Fosters to stop buying equipment which
uses hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) greenhouse gases. The move by
Foster's follows a decision by Coca Cola last month to
phase out HFCs in its refrigeration by the Athens Olympics
(Greenpeace)
2) Anchorage Daily News, 08/10/00, Online, GREENPEACE SLAPPED
DOWN ORDER SAYS LEAVE NORTHSTAR BE By Allen Baker The
Associated Press (Published August 10, 2000) A federal
judge has issued a restraining order barring Greenpeace
activists from interfering with activities at the Northstar
oil field in the Beaufort Sea. U.S. District Judge H.
ENERGY
3) OTC 08/10 Offshore wind park proposed for Helsinki A study
by the City of Helsinki has shown that the construction of
an offshore wind energy park is feasible for the waters off
Helsinki. According to the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, the
first offshore wind generators could go up in about ten
years if the city gives the go ahead. The impact of a wind
4) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, Shell says fears fire outbreak from
Nigeria oil spill NIGERIA: August 10, 2000 WARRI - Royal
Dutch/Shell expressed fear yesterday of a possible huge
fire outbreak from a crude oil spill in southern Nigeria,
after the local community disrupted cleanup plan. Shell
said in a statement that youths from the Ughelli North
(Greenpeace)
5) IPR Strategic Business Information Database August 10, 2000
LENGTH: 128 words HEADLINE: GREENPEACE EXPANDS PROTESTS IN
SIBERIA BODY: Some 30 Greenpeace activists have set up camp
at a leaking pipeline near Nizhnevartovsk, dpa reported on
4 August. In a statement released to the press, Greenpeace
activists said that they hope to attract attention to
6) OTC 08/10 Utilities Drop Plans to Buy Electricity from ...
Aug. 10 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/KRTBN)--Two Wisconsin
electrical utilities on Wednesday abandoned plans to
purchase electricity from a 33-turbine wind farm proposed
for Washington County. Delays in building the wind farm,
which would be built in the Town of Addison, prompted
FORESTS
(Greenpeace)
7) Gannett News Service August 08, 2000, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: Pg. ARC LENGTH: 697 words HEADLINE: Chileans weigh
benefits of jobs, impacts on forest BYLINE: SCOTT AYERS;
The Bellingham (Wash.) Herald DATELINE: PUNTA ARENAS, Chile
BODY: PUNTA ARENAS, Chile -- When a Washington state
company, Trillium Corp., bought and opened a mill in this
8) New Straits Times (Malaysia) August 10, 2000 SECTION:
National; Pg. 6 HEADLINE: FAO: Rate of destruction slowing
down DATELINE: Kuala Lumpur BODY: KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. -
Although the rate of deforestation is slowing down, the
destruction of the world's forests is still continuing. The
rate of deforestation in tropical countries is down by
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(Greenpeace)
9) The New York Times August 10, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section C; Page 3; Column 3; Business/Financial
Desk LENGTH: 80 words HEADLINE: WORLD BUSINESS BRIEFING:
AMERICAS; SEED SETBACK FOR MONSANTO BYLINE: By Jennifer L.
Rich BODY: The Regional Federal Court in Brazil upheld an
injunction that blocks Monsanto from selling genetically
(Greenpeace)
10) 08/10 Greenpeace gives UK legal ultimatum over GM trials
LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Environmental campaigners
Greenpeace on Thursday accused the British government of
breaking the law over genetically modified (GM) rapeseed
oil crop trials and threatened to take legal action. But a
government spokeswoman called the group's claim "rubbish"
11) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, U.S. corn group sees tough battle
with biotech foes USA: August 10, 2000 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS -
Farm groups face a protracted battle against opponents of
biotechnology who have labeled the products as
"Frankenstein foods," an official of the National Corn
Growers Association said yesterday. Bruce Knight,
MILITARY
12) The Japan Times August 10, 2000, HEADLINE: Keep the
nonnuclear faith BODY: The anniversary of the atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki always evokes
frustrations among the Japanese people. This was especially
true of the latest anniversary - the 55th and the last of
this century. The reason is simple: The goal of a nuclear
13) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: N. Korea's A-bomb victims
ask for Japan's apology: report DATELINE: BEIJING, Aug. 10
Kyodo BODY: A group in North Korea has sent a letter to
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori asking the Japanese
government for an apology and compensation for Korean
victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
(Greenpeace)
14) Britain says stranded Gibraltar nuclear sub safe LONDON,
Aug 10 (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday repeated its
assurances that a crippled nuclear submarine stranded in
Gibraltar is safe. HMS Tireless was towed into Gibraltar,
on Spain's southern tip, on May 19 after a leak developed
in the cooling system of its nuclear reactor. The reactor
15) 08/10 Plutonium Tests By MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press
Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Full-fledged nuclear tests
are off-limits but scientists quietly continue to test
plutonium's power by exploding small, potent packages 1,000
feet beneath the Nevada desert. Since 1997, scientists at
Livermore Lawrence National Laboratory have unleashed a
16) The New York Times August 10, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 1; Column 1; Foreign Desk
HEADLINE: STUDY SAID TO FIND U.S. MISSILE SHIELD MIGHT
INCITE CHINA BYLINE: By STEVEN LEE MYERS DATELINE:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 BODY: A highly classified intelligence
report warns that deploying an American national missile
NUCLEAR POWER
(Greenpeace)
17) Fuel a possible Olympic terrorist target: Greenpeace BODY:
By Linda McSweeny CANBERRA, Aug 10 AAP - A shipment of
nuclear fuel expected to pass just 300 kilometres from
Australian shores during the Olympics was a potential
target for terrorists and must be stopped, Greenpeace said
today. The environment group had joined residents in Japan
(Greenpeace)
18) CTK National News Wire LENGTH: 322 words HEADLINE: EU DOES
NOT SUPPORT AUSTRIAN RESISTANCE TO TEMELIN BYLINE: VV
DATELINE: VIENNA/BRUSSELS, Aug 9 ; (VV) KEYWORD: 'Austria
Czech Temelin' BODY: Leading Austrian politicians and
environmentalists today repeated their reservations about
the Temelin nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic being
19) The Ottawa Citizen August 10, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A6
HEADLINE: Romania won't back out of Candu deal: Project
would be shot in the arm for AECL after Turkey bowed out
BYLINE: Mike Trickey BODY: Romania says it has no plans to
abandon its oft-delayed, cash-short nuclear power project,
providing a shot in the arm for Atomic Energy of Canada
20) Two French N-plants found unable to resist quakes PARIS,
Aug 10 (Reuters) - France's Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN)
said on Thursday it asked Electricite de France (EdF) to
make in-depth checks on two of its nuclear plants after
design faults showed they could not resist a major
earthquake. The discovery of faults in the safety system
21) Japan's TEPCO wins approval for MOX nuclear fuel TOKYO, Aug
10 (Reuters) - Japan's largest power utility, Tokyo Electric
Power Co Inc, said on Thursday the government had approved
the safety of a controversial type of nuclear fuel it has
imported from Belgium. The announcement comes a day after
environmental and other groups filed for a court injunction
(Greenpeace)
22) Mexico pressed to hire foreign nuclear auditor By Pav Jordan
MEXICO CITY, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Environmental group
Greenpeace appealed to Mexico on Wednesday to hire
international auditors for an upcoming safety inspection at
the nation's only nuclear power plant. "It is important to
conduct a truly independent audit of the Laguna Verde plant
23) 08/10 Taiwan to extend nuclear waste deal with N. Korea
TAIPEI, Aug. 10 (Kyodo) -- Taiwan's state utility Taiwan
Power Co. (Taipower) will extend for five years an
unrealized deal with Pyongyang for the permanent storage of
nuclear waste in North Korea, local media reported Thursday.
Taipower will shortly pay an $8 million deposit to North
OCEANS
24) The Canberra Times August 10, 2000, SECTION: A;10 HEADLINE:
Give fish a chance with new peace plan; It is imperative
that better and more scientific ways are found to develop
and manage resources, says MERYL WILLIAMS. BODY: SINCE the
dawn of human endeavour, wars and conflicts have been
fought over fish. Wars waged over religious freedom,
25) AP Worldstream August 10, 2000; HEADLINE: Whales stop sea
traffic in south Adriatic DATELINE: ZAGREB, Croatia BODY:
Port authorities in the Adriatic costal town of Split
stopped all seagoing traffic for three hours Thursday to
allow a mother whale and her young to find their way out to
open water, an environment ministry spokeswoman said. The
26) The Guardian (London) August 10, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Foreign Pages, Pg. 15 HEADLINE: Italians seize 20,000
banned tortoises BYLINE: Reuters in Rome BODY: Italian
police said yesterday that they had intercepted a
consignment of 20,000 banned red cheek tortoises which had
arrived at Rome airport on a flight from the United States.
(Greenpeace)
27) Greenpeace urges Japan to block tuna shipment BRUSSELS,
Aug. 9 (Kyodo) -- The environmental action group Greenpeace
called on Japanese fishing authorities Wednesday to block
what it says are illegal shipments of Atlantic tuna from
being unloaded in the central Japanese port of Shimizu.
Greenpeace targeted the Panama-flagged vessel Hatsukari,
(Greenpeace)
28) The New York Times August 10, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 1; Column 1; Foreign Desk LENGTH:
1360 words HEADLINE: Japan, Feasting on Whale, Sniffs At
'Culinary Imperialism' of U.S. BYLINE: By CALVIN SIMS
DATELINE: TOKYO, Aug. 9 BODY: To understand why Japan
expanded its whale hunting activities last month, despite
29) Korea Times August 11, 2000, HEADLINE: Spilled Oil From
Sunken Freighter Forms 6-km Slicks BODY: YONGDOK,
Kyongsang-pukto (Yonhap) x The bunker C and diesel oil
leaking from a freighter sunken after a collision with a
Chinese ship 20 miles east of Changpo-ri Tuesday has formed
an oil slick measuring 300 to 400 meters wide and six
30) AP Worldstream August 10, 2000; HEADLINE: Tar balls wash up
on southern Spanish beaches DATELINE: MADRID, Spain BODY:
Balls of a black, tar-like substance have washed up on a
40-kilometer stretch (25-mile) of beach in an area of
southern Spain that draws a million tourists a year,
authorities said Thursday. The balls, of about three
31) APO 08/10 Ship That Dumped Oil Off Fla. Sought By TERRY
SPENCER Associated Press Writer HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) --
Swimming advisories were expected to be lifted Thursday on
the final beaches contaminated by oil as the Coast Guard
tried to find the ship that dumped the fuel off the Florida
coast. The area's worst oil spill in at least a decade
32) The Boston Globe August 10, 2000, ,THIRD EDITION SECTION:
METRO/REGION; Pg. B1 HEADLINE: LOBSTER SHIFT POPULAR
CRUSTACEANS ARE MAINE BIOLOGIST'S LIFEWORK BYLINE: By
Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff BODY: FRIENDSHIP LONG
ISLAND, Maine - It's 5:30 a.m., and "the lobster doc" is
making her monthly house calls in the intertidal zone.
OZONE
33) Japan Economic Newswire August 10, 2000, HEADLINE: China
announces plan to phase out ozone -depleting chemicals
DATELINE: BEIJING, Aug. 10 Kyodo BODY: China has announced
a program to phase out several ozone -depleting chemicals
over a nine-year period, state media reported Thursday. The
measures will lead to the banning of several industrial
TOXICS
34) APwo 08/10 Toxic gas leak sickens 55 plant workers, NATION
FIFTY-FIVE workers at a polystyrene factory in Samut Prakan
province collapsed and were hospitalized yesterday after
inhaling toxic gas reportedly leaked from a nearby factory.
Samut Prakan Deputy Governor Withaya Piewpong said the
Pollution Control Department reported that the toxic
X-OTHER-X
(Greenpeace)
35) 08/10 Greenpeace Forms Unit for 'Green' Technology
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - The environmental group
Greenpeace said Thursday that it was forming a unit to spur
the creation of "green" technologies. "The objective of the
unit is to influence the development of technology toward
sustainable solutions and promote their entry into the
36) The Guardian (London) August 10, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 6 HEADLINE: Victims of CJD fewer than feared
BYLINE: Tim Radford Science editor BODY: Tim Radford
Science editor Variant CJD, the human form of mad cow
disease, could ultimately claim 136,000 lives, according to
Oxford scientists. But this figure is the worst case
(Greenpeace)
37) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
August 10, 2000, SECTION: Opinion; Pg. 6 LENGTH: 543 words
HEADLINE: The United Nations Sits In Suspicious Company
BYLINE: By Joshua Karliner and Kenny Bruno; International
Herald Tribune DATELINE: SAN FRANCISCO BODY: Do the UN flag
and the Nike swoosh belong together? Secretary-General Kofi
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