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Global News Headlines 08/11
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Friday, August 11, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) The Guardian (London) August 11, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Leader Pages, Pg. 17 HEADLINE: How polluting planes could
pay; Punitive Tax Is Not The Best Way To Reduce Airlines'
Output Of Greenhouse Gases. Emissions-trading Is A Far More
Workable Alternative BYLINE: Chris Hewett BODY: Flying by
plane produces more greenhouse gases for every kilometre
2) The Economist August 12, 2000 , U.S. Edition HEADLINE:
Changing the climate of opinion HIGHLIGHT: Big business is
finally starting to take the threat of global warming
seriously. Eileen Claussen deserves much of the credit BODY:
"DEAR Tony," begins the earnest memo from one policy wonk
to another. "Knowing our shared interest in global climate
(Greenpeace)
3) Lloyd's List August 10, 2000 SECTION: Pg. 3 LENGTH: 165
words HEADLINE: Offshore: Northstar activists arrested on
barge BYLINE: DAVID OSLER BODY: FIVE Greenpeace activists
and two photographers who occupied a BP Amoco transport
barge in the Arctic have been arrested. The
environmentalists were members of a party that boarded the
ENERGY
4) The New York Times August 11, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 1; Column 1; Foreign Desk
HEADLINE: In the Oil-Rich Nigeria Delta, Deep Poverty and
Grim Fires BYLINE: By NORIMITSU ONISHI DATELINE:
OVIRI-COURT, Nigeria, Aug. 6 BODY: As the rain clattered on
his aluminum roof, Akierou Awe sat in a gloomy corner of
FORESTS
5) Cameroon gives local people more say over forests YAOUNDE,
Aug 10 (Reuters) - Cameroon's government has for the first
time authorised five village communities in the East
Province to manage their own forests, the Ministry of
Environment and Forests said on Thursday. Lazare Mpouel
Balla, the ministry's permanent secretary, was quoted by
(Greenpeace)
6) The Vancouver Sun August 11, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A3
LENGTH: 707 words HEADLINE: Forestry industry not Internet
savvy: Only 5.7 per cent of forestry companies have Web
sites. BYLINE: Chad Skelton BODY: Canada's forestry
industry, the lifeblood of B.C.'s economy, is the least
Internet-savvy sector in the country with only a fraction
7) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: INDONESIA TO BAN NEW PLYWOOD AND
SAWMILLS EXCEPT ON IRIAN JAYA DATELINE: JAKARTA, Aug 11
BODY: Indonesia has decided to ban the construction of new
plywood factories and saw mills island expect Irian Jaya
(Papua). In tandem with stricter log export limits, the
policy is aimed at stemming the current log shortage in the
8) The Moscow Times August 11, 2000 SECTION: No. 2020
HEADLINE: IN BRIEF: Carton Factory Planned BYLINE: THE
MOSCOW TIMES BODY: MOSCOW - Finnish forestry product and
paper giant Stora Enso intends on Sept. 8 to sign an
agreement with the Nizhny Novgorod regional administration
to build a $ 40 million corrugated cardboard factory in the
9) BANGKOK POST August 11, 2000 HEADLINE: FORESTRY: Dead trees
may boost state coffers: Killed by slash and burn
agriculture BODY: About 20,000 dead trees in the forests of
two border districts may be felled and processed for sale
to raise state revenue under an Agriculture Ministry plan.
Deputy Prime Minister Virote Pao-in last month ordered the
10) MONDAY PROCLAIMED NATIONAL FOREST PROTECTION DAY LOS
ANGELES, California, August 10, 2000 (ENS) - Forest
activists have declared Monday, August 14 - the first day
of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) - as National
Forest Protection Day. In Los Angeles, forest activists
will join with thousands of others in a march for "Human
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(Greenpeace)
11) THE SAIGON TIMES MAGAZINE August 10, 2000 LENGTH: 222 words
HEADLINE: BUENOS AIRES: GM food danger big unknown BODY:
Transgenic foods may threaten humans and the environment
with potential allergies, toxins and illnesses and should
be banned until further testing is done, a scientific
adviser for Greenpeace said. "There's a paucity of
12) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Rabbis divided over imported
pork for medical use DATELINE: JERUSALEM, Aug 11 BODY:
Israeli rabbis are divided over the import of some 20 pigs
for medical research, including organ transfers, the daily
Haaretz reported Friday. The pigs are a dwarf species known
as Sinclair, and were bought from a laboratory in the US
(Greenpeace)
13) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 11, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 04
LENGTH: 211 words HEADLINE: News: Crop trials branded
illegal BYLINE: By David Brown, Agriculture Editor BODY:
GREENPEACE accused the Government yesterday of flouting its
own planning laws over farm scale trials of genetically
modified crops. The environmental pressure group said that
MILITARY
14) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: CTBT is main obstacle to
resumption of Japanese aid to Pakistan DATELINE: ISLAMABAD,
Aug 11 BODY: Japan will lift its sanctions against Pakistan
once it signs the treaty banning nuclear tests, Ambassador
Sadaaki Numata said Friday ahead of a landmark visit here
by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. He said Islamabad's
15) The Independent (London) August 11, 2000, SECTION: FOREIGN
NEWS; Pg. 14 HEADLINE: PUTIN URGED TO CUT NUCLEAR FORCES
BYLINE: Martin Nesirky In Moscow BODY: RUSSIA'S Security
Council will today advise President Vladimir Putin to cut
land-based nuclear missiles and merge the rest of the
Strategic Rocket Force with the air force, a defence
(Greenpeace)
16) The Independent (London) August 11, 2000, SECTION: NEWS;
Pg. 10 LENGTH: 569 words HEADLINE: UK FACES LAWSUIT OVER
LEAKING NUCLEAR SUB GIBRALTARIANS TO SUE OVER LEAKING NAVY
SUB BYLINE: Kim Sengupta And Elizabeth Nash In Madrid BODY:
THE BRITISH Government is facing legal action in Gibraltar
as part of an attempt to force it to remove a Royal Navy
17) The Guardian (London) August 11, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Missile warning to US BYLINE:
Martin Kettle in Los Angeles BODY: A decision by the United
States to proceed with its controversial national missile
defence system (NMD) could trigger a huge build-up of
nuclear arms by China and Russia and increase nuclear
NUCLEAR POWER
18) National search for intermediate nuclear waste store
ADELAIDE, Aug 11 AAP - A nationwide search for a site to
store Australia's intermediate radioactive waste was
launched by the federal government here today. Federal
Industry, Science and Resources Minister Nick Minchin said
that a committee of scientific experts would undertake the
19) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: EU opens probe into nuclear
joint venture DATELINE: BRUSSELS, Aug 11 BODY: The European
Commission said Friday it has opened a four-month in-depth
merger regulation inquiry into the proposed joint venture
between Framatome SA, Siemens AG, and France's Cogema. The
venture will combine the nuclear activities of Siemens and
20) Gov't panel urges quick resumption of Monju ...
TOKYO, Aug. 11 (Kyodo) -- The government's commission on
atomic energy called Friday for Japan's prototype
fast-breeder nuclear reactor, Monju, to resume operation as
early as possible. The Atomic Energy Commission under the
Prime Minister's Office also called on the state to keep
21) New Scientist August 12, 2000 SECTION: This Week, Pg. 6
HEADLINE: Safe waste for at least a thousand years BYLINE:
Rob Edwards BODY: A RARE metallic oxide that resists
radiation damage could help solve the problem of how to
dispose of nuclear waste, according to a new study by US,
British and Japanese scientists. The team says that the
OCEANS
22) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: AUSTRALIAN FIRM EXPORTS ENDANGERED
INDONESIAN FISH: OFFICIAL DATELINE: KENDARI, Indonesia Aug
11 BODY: An Australian fishing firm operating on
Indonesia's Buton island, has allegedly exported endangered
fish illegally caught from the Wakatobi National Park, an
official says. Its operational licence will be revoked if
(Greenpeace)
23) AP Worldstream August 11, 2000; LENGTH: 263 words HEADLINE:
Greenpeace alerted in effort to save stranded whales With
AP Photo ZAG 101 DATELINE: BASKA VODA, Croatia BODY: Animal
right's activists sought help Friday from Greenpeace and
other international environmentalists in an effort to
direct a stranded whale and her calf from shallow Adriatic
(Greenpeace)
24) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
August 11, 2000, SECTION: News; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 1198 words
HEADLINE: An Ancient Taste for the Whale Keeps Japan Fishing
BYLINE: By Calvin Sims; New York Times Service DATELINE:
TOKYO BODY: To understand why Japan expanded its whale
hunting activities last month, despite international
25) Africa News August 11, 2000 SECTION: NEWS, DOCUMENTS &
COMMENTARY HEADLINE: South Africa; Conservation Is Not For
The Birds BYLINE: Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy, Mail and
Guardian (Johannesburg) BODY: Johannesburg - There has been
mixed reaction to the massive volunteer effort to clean and
rehabilitate thousands of oiled African penguins. While
26) 08/10 Wildlife Sanctions Urged Vs Japan WASHINGTON (AP) --
The World Wildlife Fund urged the Clinton administration
Thursday to immediately impose economic sanctions against
Japan after a report that a whale from an endangered
species had been killed. "There is no longer any reason for
the United States to delay action," said Richard N. Mott,
27) New Scientist August 12, 2000 SECTION: This Week, Pg. 11
HEADLINE: Dead in the water BYLINE: Diane Martindale
HIGHLIGHT: Lobsters are the first victims of New York's
pesticide frenzy BODY: A ONCE thriving fishing industry off
the coast of New York lies ruined, after the mysterious
death of 95 per cent of the local lobster population. The
TOXICS
28) AFRICAN ROUNDTABLE SERVES UP CLEANER INDUSTRIAL FUTURE
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 10, 2000 (ENS) - To address
industrial pollution before it happens is the goal of the
first ever Cleaner Production Roundtable for Africa, which
began in Nairobi Wednesday. Sponsored by the United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP), the Germany-based Carl Duisberg
(Greenpeace)
29) BUSINESSWORLD (PHILIPPINES) August 11, 2000 LENGTH: 2069
words HEADLINE: WEEKENDER: A STINKING PROBLEM BODY: We reap
what we sow, say environmentalists, and following the
closure of the Payatas dumpsite, Metro Manila residents are
reaping the consequences of a waste management strategy
largely, if not solely based on a centralized system that,
30) BANGKOK POST August 11, 2000 HEADLINE: POLLUTION: Toxic gas
factory ordered to close: Owner faces prison for violating
controls BODY: A chemical container cleaning factory has
been ordered to close following Wednesday's toxic gas leak
which put more than 50 workers of a nearby factory in
hospital. Prasong Pongpitak, chief of Samut Prakan Industry
X-OTHER-X
(Greenpeace)
31) The Independent (London) August 11, 2000, SECTION: COMMENT;
Pg. 4 LENGTH: 1038 words HEADLINE: IS THE GOLDEN AGE OF
PRESSURE GROUPS COMING TO AN ABRUPT END?; 'AFTER SUCH A
BRIEF TIME AS SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL ACTORS, COULD THEY BE
QUITTING THE GLOBAL STAGE?' BYLINE: Chrisrose BODY: JUST AS
they are becoming accepted as an essential part of modern
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