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Global News Headlines 08/16
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Wednesday, August 16, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) Australians propose burying ``greenhouse'' gases SYDNEY,
Aug 16 (Reuters) - Australian scientists are working on a
plan to reduce "greenhouse" gases in the atmosphere by
injecting excess quantities of carbon dioxide deep
underground. "There is a growing view that geological
disposal of CO2 (carbon dioxide) could be one of the most
2) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 861 words HEADLINE: Droughts,
floods and geographic change ahead as climate warms BYLINE:
Jeremy Lennard DATELINE: PARIS, Aug 16 BODY: Imagine New
York toiling under the heat and humidity of Miami, and the
irony of rising seas, pushed on by storm surges, lapping at
the foundations of the World Trade Centre. Picture not only
3) THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK) August 16, 2000, SECTION:
NORTHERN BUSINESS NEWS, Pg. 31 LENGTH: 734 words HEADLINE:
Region can ride wave of a vast frontier industry BYLINE:
Gordon Morris Reports. BODY: THE country's first offshore
wind farm is about to be built off the North-East coast at
Blyth - and could lead to the creation of a new industry and
4) NASA Lends a Hand to Curb Greenhouse Gases Aug. 16
(Environmental News Network/KRTBN)--Greenhouse gases are
the driving force behind global warming. But practical
solutions abound to reduce these emissions and slow Earth's
warming trend, according to a report from scientists at
NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. A global
5) APO 08/16 0329 Global Warming May Worsen Allergies By
PHILIP BRASHER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) --
Allergy sufferers, beware: Global warming could bring more
hay fever, according to government research that shows
ragweed produces significantly more pollen as carbon
dioxide increases. The ubiquitous weed makes nearly twice
ENERGY
6) The Guardian (London) August 16, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Society Pages, Pg. 6 LENGTH: 1100 words HEADLINE: The black
desert; For Kuwait, Vast Lakes Of Oil, Contaminated Water
Reserves And Increasing Cases Of Asthma Are The Legacies Of
The Gulf War. Brian Whitaker Reports BODY: In the blazing
heat of the desert, a lake ought be a welcome sight. But
FORESTS
(Greenpeace)
7) Brazil renews ban on Amazon mahogany exploitation RIO DE
JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 15 (Kyodo) -- The Brazilian
government has extended until 2002 a four-year-long ban on
the issuing of new licenses for timber companies to exploit
mahogany in the Amazon rain forest region, the Environment
Ministry said Tuesday. The measure does not affect licenses
GENETIC ENGINEERING
8) LENGTH: 265 words HEADLINE: Fed: Government commitment
wanted on GM labels BODY: CANBERRA, Aug 16 AAP - The
federal government must commit to a decision by the
nation's health ministers to label genetically modified
(GM) food, Labor said today. Labor's consumer affairs
spokesman Lindsay Tanner and parliamentary secretary for
9) The Guardian (London) August 16, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Features Pages, Pg. 7 LENGTH: 757 words HEADLINE: The fate
of six flawed embryos; Trying Leah Wild's Ivf Diary BODY:
There were eight fertilised embryos sitting in eight little
dishes. The cytogeneticist showed us their photographs
enough for any family album, except these black and grey
10) 08/16 1120 Gene-Altered U.S. Wheat Coming But Who Will Buy
It? By Carey Gillam KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - A loaf of
bread could soon become controversial. From university
laboratories to U.S. government-run greenhouses, research
is moving forward to bring the first genetically modified
(GMO) wheat to market as early as 2003. The goals are noble
MILITARY
11) WHAT THE PAPERS SAY August 16, 2000, LENGTH: 958 words
HEADLINE: IF IT WERE A NATO SUB ITS CREW WOULD HAVE ALREADY
BEEN RESCUED SOURCE: Novye Izvestia, August 16, 2000, pp.
1, 4 BYLINE: Alexei Smirnov HIGHLIGHT: NORWEGIAN EXPERTS
ASSERT THAT THE CREW OF A NATO SUBMARINE WOULD HAVE ALREADY
BEEN RESCUED BY NOW IN A SITUATION ANALOGOUS TO THE KURSK
(Greenpeace)
12) The Associated Press. August 16, 2000, LENGTH: 630 words
HEADLINE: Experts decry radiation threat from submarines
BYLINE: By KIM GAMEL,DATELINE: STOCKHOLM, Sweden BODY: The
Russian nuclear submarine trapped in the Arctic wouldn't be
the first radiation risk on the ocean floor. But experts
fear it could be the worst because it rests in shallow
(Greenpeace)
13) The New York Times August 16, 2000, SECTION: Section A;
Page 18; Column 4; Foreign Desk LENGTH: 1072 words
HEADLINE: A Sad Record of Submarine Disasters BYLINE: By
CHRISTOPHER DREW BODY: The Soviet Navy sent a powerful
submarine to sea in the late 1980's, determined to strike
some fear into the American Navy. But barely before the
14) United Press International August 16, 2000, LENGTH: 1142
words HEADLINE: Analysis: Russian sub tragedy's fallout --
let blame game begin BYLINE: By ARIEL COHEN BODY: The
Russian navy's acceptance of British assistance to rescue
the trapped crew of the damaged Kursk nuclear submarine
highlights the failure of both the military and the Kremlin
15) AP Worldstream August 16, 2000; Wednesday 4:19 PM Eastern
Time LENGTH: 459 words HEADLINE: Former Russian submarine
captain still hopes for Kursk crew BYLINE: JACK KATZENELL
BODY: If they are still alive, the 116 Russian submariners
aboard the crippled Kursk are motionless in the dark,
passing through a nightmare common to all their underwater
16) Deutsche Presse-Agentur August 16, 2000, Thursday, 17:43
Central European Time LENGTH: 1118 words HEADLINE: Russians
accept help in sub rescue - fresh signals heard BODY:
Russia finally accepted help from the West Wednesday in
operations to save survivors of the 116-man crew of the
nuclear submarine Kursk which was stranded on the bottom of
17) Agence France Presse August 16, 2000, LENGTH: 449 words
HEADLINE: Russia too slow to disclose nuclear sub accident,
Norway says BYLINE: Pia Ohlin BODY: Norway has expressed
dismay at the slow pace of information it received from
Moscow on its nuclear submarine accident, saying it should
have been notified earlier but voicing sympathy with
18) BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union - Political Supplied by
BBC Worldwide Monitoring August 16, 2000, LENGTH: 303 words
HEADLINE: Three NATO submarines seen in Barents Sea before
Kursk sunk SOURCE: Interfax news agency, Moscow, in English
1222 gmt 16 Aug 00 BODY: According to Russia's Northern
Fleet headquarters information, "three NATO submarines were
19) The Guardian (London) August 16, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Leader Pages, Pg. 20 LENGTH: 820 words HEADLINE: Comment &
Analysis: Putin's stock may sink with the fleet: Plans to
show off the Russian navy may have to be shelved BYLINE:
Ian Traynor in Moscow BODY: If it has been a good year for
Vladimir Putin, it has been an extremely bad week for the
20) The Guardian (London) August 16, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 4 LENGTH: 669 words HEADLINE: Russian
submarine drama: Hi-tech sub reduced to morse code taps:
Questions: Experts baffled by failure of all communication
equipment BYLINE: Richard Norton-Taylor and Ian Traynor in
Moscow BODY: The most puzzling aspect of the disaster that
21) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
August 16, 2000, SECTION: News; Pg. 5 LENGTH: 689 words
HEADLINE: Russian Submarine Was Designed to Be Hard to Sink
BYLINE: By Steven Mufson and Kathy Sawyer ; Washington Post
Service BODY: Whatever problem sank the Russian nuclear
submarine Kursk, it had to be big - and that fact alone can
22) The New York Times August 16, 2000, Wednesday, Late Edition
- Final SECTION: Section A; Page 31; Column 2; Editorial
Desk LENGTH: 624 words HEADLINE: A Navy in Need BYLINE: By
Aleksandr A. Pikayev; Aleksandr A. Pikayev is an arms
control expert at the Moscow Center of the Carnegie
Endowment. BODY: The story of the Russian nuclear submarine
23) The Times (London) August 16, 2000, SECTION: Home news
LENGTH: 313 words HEADLINE: US Navy's risky cat-and-mouse
game BYLINE: Ian Brodie in Washington BODY: In a throwback
to the Cold War, American and Russian submarines still play
Arctic tag off Russia's northern coast and sometimes bump
into each other. The Pentagon insisted yesterday that no
24) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 262 words HEADLINE: Flotilla
of boats demonstrates against nuclear sub in Gibralter
DATELINE: GIBRALTAR, Aug 16 BODY: A flotilla of 30 boats
staged a demonstration late Tuesday under strong police
escort against the British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless
being repaired in Gibraltar. "The submarine must not be
NUCLEAR POWER
25) LENGTH: 441 words HEADLINE: SA: Minchin nearly assaulted at
anti-nuclear rally BODY: ADELAIDE, Aug 16 AAP - Federal
Industry Minister Nick Minchin came close to being
assaulted as he addressed an anti-nuclear rally in Adelaide
today. A man was dragged away by security officers as he
approached Senator Minchin and appeared to try to hit him
26) Sweden delays close of Barseback nuclear reactor STOCKHOLM,
Aug 16 (Reuters) - Sweden will delay a planned close of a
second reactor at nuclear power plant Barseback in south
Sweden by 2001, Industry Minister Bjorn Rosengren said on
Wednesday. Sweden, which voted to phase out nuclear power
in a 1980 referendum, closed its first reactor at the
OCEANS
27) The Guardian (London) August 16, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 11 LENGTH: 588 words HEADLINE: Fighting cod
war taught Icelanders the lesson of conservation BODY: Paul
Brown The year 1973 saw the most dramatic time in Iceland's
history - the cod war, when Royal Navy frigates clashed
with Icelandic gunboats trying to stop Hull trawlers
28) The Guardian (London) August 16, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 11 LENGTH: 942 words HEADLINE: Changing the
face of fish farming; World Fish Stocks Are Dangerously
Low. More And More Vessels Are Chasing Fewer And Fewer
Fish, And Prices Are Soaring. Attempts To Control
Overfishing And Save The Industry From Collapse Have Failed
(Greenpeace)
29) The Independent (London) August 16, 2000, Wednesday
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 10 LENGTH: 189 words HEADLINE: UN WARNS
OF PIRATE FISHERMEN LOOTING SEA BYLINE: David Barrett BODY:
ENDANGERED FISH species are being pushed towards extinction
by pirate vessels that flout international conventions, the
United Nations warned yesterday. The UN report said illegal
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
30) ASIA PULSE LENGTH: 333 words HEADLINE: AUSTRALIAN CO IN
INDONESIA CAUGHT POACHNG PROTECTED SPECIES DATELINE:
KENDARI, Aug 16 BODY: Sulawesi province's Buton
administrative district has revoked Australian fishing
company PT Ausindo Internasional's operations license on
for poaching protected fish species, aomong several
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
31) AUSTRALIAN MINING FIRM BLASTED FOR POLLUTED PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SYDNEY, Australia, August 15, 2000 (ENS) - A report into
the daily operations of Papua New Guinea's Tolukuma Gold
Mine claims the mine's Australian operators knowingly
expect to wipe out all fish life and food resources along a
30 kilometer (20 mile) stretch of a nearby river. This is a
(Greenpeace)
32) Plastics News August 14, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 6 LENGTH: 494
words HEADLINE: Europe PVC industry sets disposal pace BODY:
Europeans are discussing the future of PVC again, and North
American processors should keep a close eye on the debate.
PVC seems to be in the news so frequently that processors
might grow weary of all the discussion and complaisance
33) The Guardian (London) August 16, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Society Pages, Pg. 7 LENGTH: 531 words HEADLINE: Waste that
we want not; Why We Need To End Our Obsession With Plastic
Wrapping BODY: Sasha Norris Plastic is a fraud. It cheats
the laws of nature. It is born, but does not ever really
die. Plastic is designed to be impervious to natural decay,
X-OTHER-X
(Greenpeace)
34) Inter Press Service LENGTH: 1111 words HEADLINE:
ENVIRONMENT-CUBA: A DESERT FULL OF FISH PONDS BYLINE: By
Dalia Acosta DATELINE: GUANTANAMO, Aug. 14 BODY:
Environmentally harmful fish-farming techniques have
aggravated a long-running process of salinisation and
desertification in the province of Guantanamo, at the
(Greenpeace)
35) The Guardian (London) August 16, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Leader Pages, Pg. 20 LENGTH: 868 words HEADLINE: Draco
would be proud; Faisal Bodi The New Terrorism Act Will Have
Far-ranging Consequences For Liberty Both In Britain And
Abroad BODY: Draconian new legislation designed to curtail
the activities of foreign opposition groups based in
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