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Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) The Guardian (London) August 23, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 1 LENGTH: 436 words HEADLINE: Scientists
fear waste of crucial navy polar data BYLINE: James Meek
BODY: Data from top secret navy submarine missions under
the North Pole holding vital clues to the nature and speed
of global warming could end up lying unused because
2) Fed: Emissions trading goes to give industry confidence
BODY: By Shane Wright CANBERRA, Aug 23 AAP - Australia will
abandon a key part of the Kyoto Protocol aimed at cutting
greenhouse gases in a bid to boost gas industry confidence.
Industry, Science and Resources Minister Senator Nick
Minchin said today the government would not back a national
3) The Toronto Star August 23, 2000, SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 523
words HEADLINE: GROUPS ATTACK ONTARIO'S SMOG RECORD BODY:
Clean-air deal in jeopardy, say environmentalists COLIN
MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR Activists deliver lumps of coal to
MPPs yesterday at Queen's Park. Theresa Boyle and Brian
McAndrew Environmentalists have delivered lumps of coal to
4) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, ANALYSIS - Big oil faces bigger
challenge in platform recycling NORWAY: August 23, 2000
STAVANGER, Norway - The world's biggest oil companies face
a major new challenge in trying to squeeze final revenues
and gain environmental accolades from recycling production
platforms in the North Sea. At Norway's premier oil event
5) The Guardian (London) August 23, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Features Pages, Pg. 2 LENGTH: 207 words HEADLINE: The heat
is on: Global warning BYLINE: James Meek and Alison George
BODY: What will happen if the world keeps getting hotter *
Increased risk of flooding in Bangladesh: already ravaged
by periodic floods, loss of life and property gets worse as
FORESTS
(Greenpeace)
6) The Vancouver Sun August 23, 2000, SECTION: News; A1 / Front
LENGTH: 1037 words HEADLINE: A tree falls in Clayoquot
Sound to end 17-year dispute BYLINE: Gordon Hamilton BODY:
TOFINO -- In the cool woods of Clayoquot Sound, a prayer
chanted to the ancient tempo of a deerskin drum marked the
start Tuesday of a new era in West Coast logging. The
(Greenpeace)
7) Jailed Mexican environmentalists may go free MEXICO CITY,
Aug 22 (Reuters) - Two jailed Mexican ecologists, one
awarded an international prize for his efforts to protect
the nation's embattled forests, may be freed from prison
this week, human rights and environmental groups said on
Tuesday. Rodolfo Montiel, 44, who in April received the
GENETIC ENGINEERING
8) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence August 23, 2000
SECTION: Pg. 7 LENGTH: 89 words HEADLINE: GM police to
check canola sites SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald ABSTRACT:
Aventis will have all of its experimental genetically
-modified crops investigated by authorities. On 22 August
2000, it was revealed that national officials will examine
(Greenpeace)
9) Greece arrests Greenpeace activists blocking plant By Dina
Kyriakidou ATHENS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Greek police on
Wednesday arrested 12 Greenpeace activists who chained
themselves to the gates of a soya processing plant to
protest against genetically engineered crops. Police cut
the chains and carried away the seven Greek activists and
(Greenpeace)
10) Britain gives go-ahead for GM rapeseed trials LONDON, Aug
23 (Reuters) - The British government defied the objections
of environmental groups on Wednesday by giving official
permission for 21 trials of genetically modified (GM)
rapeseed to start in England in September. The consent
confirmed the sites unveiled on August 3 and allows Aventis
MILITARY
11) Times Colonist (Victoria) August 23, 2000 PAGE A15 A sub
disaster waiting to happen Denise Lagasse An accident such
as the one aboard the Russian Kursk, involving an explosion
and sinking of a nuclear-powered submarine, could occur in
the Whiskey Golf Test Range near Nanaimo. Such an accident
would be catastrophic not just for crew members but for the
12) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 664 words HEADLINE: China's
ageing submarine fleet worse than Russia's: experts BYLINE:
Phil Chetwynd DATELINE: BEIJING, Aug 23 BODY: China's large
but ageing fleet of submarines, including many acquired from
Russia, is plagued by maintenance problems and the navy
would struggle to mount a rescue if a vessel ran into
13) BANGKOK POST August 23, 2000 LENGTH: 1408 words HEADLINE:
ANALYSIS / PROTECTING AMERICAN INTERESTS: US prepares for
Asian wars in face of emergent China BODY: The Pentagon is
switching its focus more and more to Asia, with Beijing as a
potential superpower rival its central concern. Planning
for a war with China appears to be quite advanced at the
14) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 277 words HEADLINE: Japanese
PM to push India on global test ban treaty DATELINE: NEW
DELHI, Aug 23 BODY: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori
Wednesday began the official leg of his three-day visit to
India, which both countries hope will mend the rift caused
by New Delhi's 1998 nuclear tests. Following an official
15) Agence France Presse August 23, 2000, LENGTH: 334 words
HEADLINE: India sticks by Russian arms supplies, despite
sub tragedy DATELINE: NEW DELHI, Aug 23 BODY: The tragedy
involving Russia's nuclear -powered Kursk submarine will not
affect weapons sales to one of its largest arms clients
India, Indian officials said Thursday. "I don't see this
16) Japan Economic Newswire LENGTH: 127 words HEADLINE: Singh
says India will freeze nuke tests until CTBT DATELINE: NEW
DEHLI, Aug. 23 Kyodo BODY: Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant
Singh told Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on
Wednesday that India will continue its freeze on nuclear
tests until an international treaty banning such tests
17) The Guardian (London) August 23, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Foreign Pages, Pg. 12 LENGTH: 608 words HEADLINE: Revealed:
Israel's nuclear site; Photographs Showing Development Of
The Secret Reactor At Dimona Give An Insight Into More Than
30 Years Of Weapons Development BYLINE: Brian Whitaker and
Richard Norton-Taylor BODY: Links http:/www.fas.org/
18) TASS LENGTH: 75 words HEADLINE: Norway says no radiation
leak from wrecked submarine. BYLINE: By Nikolai Gorbunov
DATELINE: OSLO, August 23 BODY: The Norwegian Radiation
Protection Authority has not registered increase of the
radiation level in the area of the Kursk submarine
disaster, Per Strand, a representative of the authority,
19) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 159 words HEADLINE: Stolt says
Kursk should not be raised until next year DATELINE: OSLO,
Aug 23 BODY: International oil servicing company Stolt
Offshore recommended on Wednesday that attempts to raise
the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk should not be
attempted until summer 2001. The company, which has been
20) TASS HEADLINE: Western navies find hard to abandon old
stereotypes. BYLINE: By Anatoly Yurkin DATELINE: MOSCOW,
August 23 BODY: Despite a change of the social and
political system in Russia and the era of partnership
proclaimed after the Soviet Union's disintegration, Western
navies have not abanonded sending vessels to the areas of
21) Asahi News Service August 23, 2000, LENGTH: 1261 words
HEADLINE: USE KURSK COOPERATIVE SPIRIT TO ENCOURAGE
DISARMAMENT BODY: Asahi Shimbun said in an editorial: The
ordeal of the sunken Russian nuclear -powered submarine
Kursk ended up in the deaths of all the 118 crewmembers.
The sub was involved in military training exercises when
(Greenpeace)
22) The Independent (London) August 23, 2000,SECTION: FOREIGN
NEWS; Pg. 10 LENGTH: 717 words HEADLINE: PUTIN MEETS
'KURSK' RELATIVES IN EFFORT TO DEFLECT RUSSIAN ANGER
BYLINE: Patrick Cockburn BODY: AS MEDIA and public anger
intensified, President Vladimir Putin flew to Russia's main
naval base on the Barents Sea yesterday to talk to the
(Greenpeace)
23) BBC Online, Wednesday, 23 August, 2000, Radiation fears
remain The Russian submarine Kursk, trapped over 100m (350
ft) beneath the icy Barents Sea, is the sixth nuclear
submarine to sink since the 1960s. However,
environmentalists fear that the risk of radiation leaking
from the Kursk's nuclear reactor could have more serious
24) The Guardian (London) August 23, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Leader Pages, Pg. 22 LENGTH: 819 words HEADLINE: Perfecting
the art of evasion; Russians Aren't The Only Ones Who Have
Been Telling Lies BODY: Before the current crowing over
Moscow's untruths and public relations blunders about the
Kursk submarine disaster strays into a hubristic never-never
NUCLEAR POWER
(Greenpeace)
25) United Press International LENGTH: 816 words HEADLINE:
Pressure builds for Czechs to scrap new nuclear plant
DATELINE: PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Aug. 23 BODY: A
soon-to-start, Soviet-designed nuclear power plant has
triggered international furor in the heart of Europe.
Citing safety concerns and non-Western standards, the
26) Reuters, Czechs dismiss German nuclear power plant concerns
CZECH REPUBLIC: August 23, 2000 PRAGUE - The Czech Nuclear
Safety Office (SUJB) yesterday dismissed German concerns
about the safety of a new controversial nuclear power plant
due to go into operation close to the German border later
this year. The SUJB said it was surprised by a call from
OCEANS
27) The Toronto Star August 23, 2000, SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 782
words HEADLINE: OF COURSE, CANADA MUST REGULATE INDIAN
FISHERY BODY: WHEN THE Europeans came to North America -
also to Australia and New Zealand, as well as South Africa
but a bit differently there - they operated on the
principle of "terra nullius."
(Greenpeace)
28) Australia opts for bilateral protest over Japanese whaling
DATELINE: SYDNEY, Aug. 23 Kyodo BODY: Australia has
declined to join a high-profile multilateral protest against
Japan's extended research whaling program in favor of
lodging an unpublicized bilateral diplomatic protest, a
Foreign Department official said Wednesday. Department of
29) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 317 words HEADLINE: Namibia
begins controversial slaughter of seals DATELINE: WINDHOEK,
Aug 23 BODY: Namibia has started its controversial
slaughter of some 67,000 Cape fur seals, kicking of the
programme at Cape Cross, in the north of the country, a
source close to the fisheries ministry said Wednesday. The
30) National Post August 23, 2000 SECTION: U.S. BUSINESS; Pg.
C09 LENGTH: 290 words HEADLINE: Whale watching a $1B
growth industry: International report BYLINE: Nancy Dunne
BODY: WASHINGTON - The whale watching industry recorded
sharp growth internationally in the 1990s, creating new
jobs and businesses and fostering an appreciation of marine
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
31) BBC Online, Wednesday, 23 August, 2000, Olympic powers for
Australian army Australia is to give the army sweeping new
powers to deal with any threat of terrorism during next
month's Olympic Games in Sydney. The authorities say they
are not aware of any specific threats, but soldiers and
police have been training together for months in
32) POPs DIRTY DOZEN LIST COULD EXPAND GENEVA, Switzerland,
August 22, 2000 (ENS) - The list of 12 persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) whose emissions may be curtailed under a
global treaty could be about to grow. A two year study
expected to guide international action against the threat
of persistent toxic substances will begin next month, a
33) Daily Record August 23, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 23 LENGTH:
82 words HEADLINE: POOL BLUNDER KILLED UP TO 50,000 FISH
BODY: A PUBLIC swimming pool caused an " environmental
disaster" when chlorine -based chemicals were released into
a burn, killing up to 50,000 fish. At Perth Sheriff Court
yesterday, the local authority company behind the Loch
34) APO 08/23 EPA Seeks To Bury Underwater DDT LOS ANGELES (AP)
-- Federal officials have started dropping thousands of tons
of silt onto the ocean floor in an ambitious attempt to
overlay the country's largest deposit of the pesticide DDT.
Dredging crews working around the clock began pumping
sediment Tuesday off the Palos Verdes Peninsula into
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