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Monday, August 21, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) Reuters: World climate talks in Lyon to thrash out rules
FRANCE: August 18, 2000 PARIS - Representatives of 180
countries will meet in the French city of Lyon next month
to work out how an international agreement to curb the
greenhouse gas emissions will be made to work in practice.
The negotiations on September 4-15 between experts and
2) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) August 19, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 3
HEADLINE: Study: Pollution, heat turning Tokyo tropical
BYLINE: Yomiuri BODY: Central Tokyo's summer climate has
changed since the 1990s, and the city has been experiencing
frequent heavy cloudbursts similar to those in tropical
regions, researchers said Friday. This summer, central
(Greenpeace)
3) The Nation (Thailand) August 20, 2000, LENGTH: 722 words
HEADLINE: Activist calls on Asean to take stand against
global warming BYLINE: KAMOL SUKIN / The Nation BODY: AN
environmental activist has called for Asean to play a
stronger role in the fight against global warming.
Southeast Asia Energy campaigner for Greenpeace Athena
4) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 19, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 23
HEADLINE: News: Way of the World: American tragedy BYLINE:
By Auberon Waugh BODY: MOST people must suspect it is quite
simply untrue that our current release of carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere will result in the melting of the polar
ice caps and swamp-like conditions in Southern England,
ENERGY
5) Gas Find by American Oil Company Brings Exports ...
Aug. 19 (Houston Chronicle/KRTBN)--The discovery of a
major gas field in Bangladesh has raised questions about
how the gas should be used in this country, which is
desperately short of energy. Unocal Corp. discovered the
Bibiyana field, which it estimates could hold up to 6
6) Reuters: Nigeria militants ordered to reopen Shell facility
NIGERIA: August 18, 2000 LAGOS - A regional government in
Nigeria's Niger Delta region has given militant youths in
the area a 24-hour ultimatum to reopen two shut Royal Dutch
Shell flowstations, company officials said yesterday. On
Monday, militant youths from the Omavovwe community in
FORESTS
7) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 20, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 15
HEADLINE: News: Christopher Booker's Notebook: Rain- forest
laid waste with EU aid BYLINE: By Christopher Booker BODY:
THERE is a sad tailpiece to one of the more tragic stories
of EU involvement in lands across the sea: its part in the
destruction of a vast area of Amazonian rain- forest, and
8) The Gazette (Montreal) August 19, 2000, FINAL SECTION:
News; A5 HEADLINE: Logging company pulls out: But barricade
in wildlife reserve stays, Algonquins say BYLINE: PAUL
CHERRY DATELINE: KOKOMVILLE BODY: It was a partial victory
for Jacob Wawatie yesterday as he watched a parade of
high-priced tree-harvesting machinery pull out of his small
9) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Indonesian government admits
powerless to stop illegal logging DATELINE: JAKARTA, Aug 19
BODY: An average of 1.6 hectares (3.9 million acres) of
Indonesia's forests are being destroyed every year, mostly
by illegal loggers with powerful connections here and
abroad, a report said Saturday. The daily Suara Karya daily
10) The New York Times August 19, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 8; Column 5; National Desk
HEADLINE: Official Warns That Little Can Be Done to Stop
Fires BYLINE: By DOUGLAS JEHL DATELINE: WEST YELLOWSTONE,
Mont., Aug. 18 BODY: The secretary of the interior said
today that the wildfires raging across the West were likely
GENETIC ENGINEERING
11) Reuters: Australia non-GM grains cash in winning trade hand
AUSTRALIA: August 18, 2000 SYDNEY - Australia's big grains
export industry has begun cashing in on worldwide consumer
fears about genetically modified (GM) food by selling
canola to Europe with a non-GM price premium. The sales
involve about 150,000 tonnes of canola, for shipment early
12) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) August 19, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 1
HEADLINE: Research team cultivates liver tissue from stem
cells BYLINE: Yomiuri BODY: A team of researchers
experimenting on mice has succeeded in reproducing liver
tissue for the first time from stem cells that can develop
into any part of the liver, a spokesperson for Tsukuba
13) The Nation (Thailand) August 20, 2000, HEADLINE: Thailand
makes a breakthrough with fragrant rice BYLINE: PENNAPA
HONGTHONG / The Nation BODY: WITH debate around the world
raging about potential health risks of genetically modified
organisms, there comes refreshing news from the paddies of
Thailand. Rice has just become more nutritious, naturally.
(Greenpeace)
14) MONSANTO HEADQUARTERS TARGETED BY BIOTECH ACTIVISTS ST.
LOUIS, Missouri, August 18, 2000 (ENS) -
Anti-biotechnology activists are staging a day of action
today against biotech giant Monsanto at the company's
headquarters in St. Louis. Environmentalists, family
farmers, scientists and "advocates for people over profits"
MILITARY
15) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) August 19, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 3
HEADLINE: Mori set to urge India, Pakistan to sign CTBT
BYLINE: Yomiuri BODY: Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is
scheduled to leave Saturday on a four-nation tour of
southwest Asia, where he is expected to urge India and
Pakistan to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
16) Los Angeles Times August 20, 2000, Home Edition SECTION:
Part A; Part 1; Page 1; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: RUSSIA SAYS
ALL ABOARD SUBMARINE LIKELY DEAD; MILITARY: MOST OF THE
VESSEL WAS FLOODED AFTER IT SANK, THE NAVY REVEALS, ENDING
HOPE OF A RESCUE. NORWEGIAN AND BRITISH TEAMS ARRIVE TO
ASSIST. BYLINE: ROBYN DIXON and RICHARD BOUDREAUX, TIMES
(Greenpeace)
17) Sunday Express August 20, 2000 LENGTH: 402 words HEADLINE:
SEA PERIL GROWS AS MORE NATIONS TURN TO A-SUBS BYLINE: BY
MATTHEW MERVYN JONES BODY: AS hopes faded of rescuing any
survivors from the Kursk last night, questions were being
asked about the future of nuclear submarines.
Environmentalists say that while nuclear power is on the
(Greenpeace)
18) Sunday Mail August 20, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 6, 7
LENGTH: 1267 words HEADLINE: THE SUB'S SITUATION IS NOW
BEYOND CRITICAL; HOW THE RUSSIANS BROKE THE NEWS THAT 118
OF THEIR SAILORS WERE DEAD BYLINE: Russell Findlay BODY:
RUSSIA was saying its prayers last night for the souls of
the sailors entombed in the icy corpse of the once-mighty
19) The Canberra Times August 19, 2000, SECTION: A;11 HEADLINE:
Concern over sub's reactors BYLINE: PAUL BROWN THE
GUARDIAN, REUTERS BODY: LONDON, Friday: There are about 1.2
tonnes of enriched uranium in the twin reactors which
powered the submarine Kursk, which is a modern Oscar II
class. Constant monitoring by the Norwegians has found no
20) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 19, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 11
HEADLINE: News: Putin bows to critics on sub disaster
BYLINE: By Marcus Warren in Murmansk and Roger Highfield
Science Editor BODY: PRESIDENT Putin last night bowed to
public condemnation of his leadership during the Kursk
nuclear submarine crisis and cut short his holiday to
21) Interfax Russian News August 19, 2000, HEADLINE: Russian
deputy PM confirms Kursk crew's deaths BODY: MURMANSK. Aug
19 (Interfax) Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov,
chairman of the state commission investigating the causes
of the accident aboard the nuclear submarine Kursk,
confirmed the deaths of the sub crew at a press conference
22) Los Angeles Times August 19, 2000, Home Edition SECTION:
Part A; Part 1; Page 1; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: DAMAGED
HATCHES HAMPER EFFORTS TO GET TO SUB CREW; RUSSIA: RESCUE
TEAMS ON SUBMERSIBLES FAIL TO SECURE A WATERTIGHT SEAL.
PUTIN SEES SURVIVAL CHANCES AS LOW. BYLINE: MAURA
REYNOLDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: MOSCOW BODY: A
23) The New York Times August 19, 2000, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 6; Column 1; Foreign Desk
HEADLINE: Russian Admiral Acknowledges Explosion Inside Sub
BYLINE: By PATRICK E. TYLER with STEVEN LEE MYERS DATELINE:
MOSCOW, Aug. 18 BODY: The commander of Russia's Northern
Fleet acknowledged today that a terrible internal explosion
24) The Guardian (London) August 19, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 1 HEADLINE: Gibraltar steps up row over
British sub BYLINE: Richard Norton-Taylor BODY: Richard
Norton-Taylor The Ministry of Defence was last night
threatened with unprecedented legal and industrial action
if it goes ahead with plans to repair a nuclear -powered
NUCLEAR POWER
(Greenpeace)
25) AUSTRALIA NARROWS HUNT FOR NUCLEAR WASTE SITE CANBERRA,
Australia, August 18, 2000 (ENS) - And then there were
three: Australia has narrowed its shortlist of sites for a
national low level radioactive waste repository. Minister
for Industry, Science and Resources, Nick Minchin announced
this week that the three sites are in flat, stony desert
26) AP Worldstream August 19, 2000; HEADLINE: Ship transporting
uranium puts Egyptian port on alert DATELINE: CAIRO, Egypt
BODY: A container ship transporting 684 tons of uranium
from Australia to Belgium kept an Egyptian port on a
precautionary alert Saturday that cleared a pier of all
other ships. Guards and firefighters surrounded and secured
27) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) August 19, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 2
HEADLINE: Levels of radiation in accident doubled BYLINE:
Yomiuri BODY: Locations 100 meters away from the site of a
nuclear accident that happened last September at a JCO Co.
plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, were exposed to
about 220 times more neutron rays than the maximum dosage
28) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
August 19, 2000, SECTION: Money Report; Pg. 16 HEADLINE: A
Glowing Report On Uranium Stock; BRIEFCASE BYLINE:
International Herald Tribune BODY: The investment advisory
letter Personal Finance has urged its readers to buy USEC
Inc., the world's dominant producer of nuclear fuel and a
29) FEDERAL NUCLEAR AGENCY UNDERESTIMATES RISK AT REACTORS
WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2000 (ENS) - The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission is increasing the likelihood of a
serious nuclear plant accident by falsifying risk
assessments, which allows dangerous plants to continue
operating and sound plants to weaken safety requirements,
OCEANS
30) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Austria to support
international protest against Japanese whaling DATELINE:
VIENNA, Aug 19 BODY: Austria will support any international
moves to protest Japan's decision to expand its scientific
whaling program to two new species, a statement from the
environmental ministry said Saturday. Japan's decision to
31) Aberdeen Press and Journal August 19, 2000 SECTION:
Business:Farm/Food:Fish, Pg.24 HEADLINE: Calls for Rockall
fishery controls BYLINE: By Bob Kennedy BODY: A HADDOCK
fishery off Rockall which is being heavily exploited by
Russian trawlers must be brought under some form of
control, a fishermen's grouping agreed yesterday. Mike
32) The Times (London) August 19, 2000, SECTION: Features
HEADLINE: An SOS for the albatross BYLINE: Michael Brooke
BODY: Irresponsible fishing techniques are a huge threat to
these splendid sea birds, says Michael Brooke. Albatrosses
are tough. Even when the relentless gales of the Roaring
Forties turn the southern oceans into a maelstrom of
(Greenpeace)
33) GREENPEACE LANDS INFLATABLE WHALE IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON, DC
WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2000 (ENS) - Greenpeace
activists placed a 110 foot inflatable whale in Washington,
DC's Dupont Circle Thursday as the centerpiece of a protest
against Japan's expanded whale hunt, now taking place in
the North Pacific. The environmental group is demanding
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
34) The Irish Times August 19, 2000 SECTION: CITY EDITION;
WEEKEND; Pg. 60 LENGTH: 3594 words HEADLINE: A race against
toxins The 2000 Olympics in Sydney are to be held on the
site of one of the worst dioxin dumps in the world. Siobhan
McHugh looks at the monumental clean-up that has preceded
the Green Games BODY: In the original model submitted for
35) The Ottawa Citizen August 20, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A1
/ Front HEADLINE: Sweet-scented pesticide 'sugarcoats a
toxic pill': Critics decry industry's 'perverse' threat to
children BYLINE: Andrew Duffy BODY: An association that
represents Ontario lawn-care companies is selling cherry
and bubble-gum flavoured scents to mask the smell of toxic
36) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) August 20, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 2
HEADLINE: Demolition men inhaled vaporized dioxins on job
BYLINE: Yomiuri DATELINE: OSAKA BODY: Workers who had
abnormally high levels of dioxins in their blood after
dismantling a dioxin -contaminated waste-disposal facility
in Nosecho, Osaka Prefecture, used acetylene torches to
37) Fumes blamed for Mexico factory illnesses GUADALAJARA,
Mexico, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Fumes from isopropyl alcohol and
from a corrosive cleaning fluid were the cause of headaches
and vomiting among 103 Mexican workers at an electronics
plant owned by a Taiwanese firm, company officials said on
Friday. Reports on Thursday, when the accident happened,
(Greenpeace)
38) BBC Monitoring Europe - Political LENGTH: 220 words
HEADLINE: Turkish coastguards detain seven Greenpeace
demonstrators near Izmir SOURCE: Anatolia news agency,
Ankara, in English 0736 gmt 18 Aug 00 BODY: Aliaga, 18th
August: The coastguards detained on Friday 18th August
seven Greenpeace demonstrators who started a protest in
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