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Wednesday, August 30, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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1) The Associated Press. August 30, 2000, LENGTH: 137 words
HEADLINE: High tide submerges island village in southeast
Bangladesh DATELINE: CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh BODY: Nearly
10,000 people rushed to cyclone shelters Wednesday when an
unusually high tide submerged their island village off the
Bangladesh coast for nearly three hours, officials said. At
2) Global warming a threat to plants, wildlife - report By
Allan Dowd VANCOUVER, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The Earth's
climate is warming so rapidly that many species of wildlife
and plants cannot survive the rising mercury and will be
wiped out, an environmental report warned on Wednesday.
Species loss could be as high as 20 percent in sensitive
3) Africa News August 30, 2000 SECTION: NEWS, DOCUMENTS &
COMMENTARY LENGTH: 215 words HEADLINE: Nigeria; Oil Spill
Devastates Rivers Communities BYLINE: John Iwori in
Yenagoa, This Day (Lagos) BODY: Lagos - An oil spill has
been reported at Anyu community in Abua/Odual Local
Government Area of Rivers State. The spill, according to
4) 08/30 0941 Drought devastates Romanian maize crop By Adrian
Dascalu BUCHAREST, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Romania's worst
drought in 100 years has devastated the maize crop,
prompting farmers to feed livestock with milling wheat and
raising the prospect of huge imports, analysts said on
Wednesday. Unofficial estimates put the 2000 maize crop at
5) Daily Record August 30, 2000, SECTION: MONEY PAGE; Pg. 34
LENGTH: 299 words HEADLINE: MONEY: WE'LL BLOW UP A STORM
BYLINE: Colin Calder BODY: BRITAIN'S biggest windfarm will
be opened today by energy giants ScottishPower. The
complex, at Soutra Hill, south of Edinburgh, is expected to
generate 17 megawatts of electricity - enough to power
6) The Independent (London) August 30, 2000, SECTION: NEWS;
Pg. 2 LENGTH: 368 words HEADLINE: ARCTIC MELTDOWN TURNS OUT
TO BE NORMAL SUMMER BYLINE: Chris Gray BODY: THE WORST
fears of the world's environmentalists have proven to be
unfounded after North Pole conditions, mistaken as
conclusive evidence of global warming, turned out to be
(Greenpeace)
7) BBC Online, 30 August, 2000, Antarctic ozone hole widens
New measurements reveal a widening hole (Photo: National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Alex Kirby, The
ozone hole over Antarctica has grown more rapidly than
scientists had expected. The World Meteorological
Organisation (WMO), a United Nations body, says satellite
8) The Christian Science Monitor August 30, 2000, SECTION:
EDITORIALS; THE MONITOR'S VIEW; Pg. 10 LENGTH: 352 words
HEADLINE: Arctic Oil, Frozen Dialogue BODY: On many issues,
voters may not be clear if a President Gore or a President
Bush would make a difference. But that shouldn't be the
case on one issue: Oil drilling in the Arctic National
FORESTS
(Greenpeace)
9) Mexico ecologists slam jail sentences as political By
Monica Ballesca MEXICO CITY, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Two Mexican
peasants facing up to 10 years in jail rejected the
sentences on Tuesday as politically motivated and said
their only crime was to defend one of North America's last
virgin forests. Rodolfo Montiel, 45, who was awarded one of
GENETIC ENGINEERING
10) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 348 words HEADLINE: Bubbling
under: The genetically -modified cuppa DATELINE: PARIS, Aug
30 BODY: Genetic engineers hope to grow decaffeinated tea
and coffee plants, a boon for people who crave the
traditional taste of a cuppa yet hate the kick of caffeine.
Writing in Thursday's issue of Nature, British and Japanese
(Greenpeace)
11) Birmingham Post August 30, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 3 LENGTH: 509
words HEADLINE: NATURAL ALLIES DIG IN OVER GM CROP TRIALS
BYLINE: Samantha Lyster BODY: Campaigners opposed to
genetically modified crop trials in Warwickshire hope to
use planning laws in an attempt to have them declared
illegal. The Natural Law Party has appealed to Stratford
12) The Independent (London) August 30, 2000, SECTION: COMMENT;
Pg. 3 LENGTH: 566 words HEADLINE: LEADING ARTICLE: ONE DAY
WE MAY ACCEPT THE UNTHINKABLE, AND HUMANS WILL BE CLONED
BODY: THE SENSITIVITY of the subject is such that some in
the medical community were wary of discussing it, arguing
that further attention would only inflame opinion, and
(Greenpeace)
13) DJ 08/30 =SMARTMONEY.COM: 'Frankenfoods?' Phooey By James
B. Stewart NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Good for Monsanto. Now a
unit of Pharmacia (PHA), the much-derided biotechnology
pioneer announced this month that it's giving away rights
to its patent for vitamin A-enhanced "golden rice." The
company estimates that the rice could help millions,
(Greenpeace)
14) The Washington Times August 30, 2000, SECTION: PART A;
COMMENTARY; OP-ED; Pg. A15 LENGTH: 944 words HEADLINE:
Butterfly 'Survivor'; Media falsely maroons Monarchs on
toxic isle BYLINE: Steven Milloy BODY: It was a big week
for CBS television. The network aired the finale of the
popular "Survivor" TV show and broke news about the Monarch
MILITARY
15) XINHUA,LENGTH: 259 words HEADLINE: Russia to Retrieve Sub
Crew Bodies in Late September DATELINE: MOSCOW, August 30
BODY: Russia will start to retrieve the bodies of the
crewmen of the nuclear submarine Kursk, which sank in the
Barents Sea during a military exercise on August 12, at the
end of September, Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov
16) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) August 30, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 6
LENGTH: 935 words HEADLINE: Political PULSE / Kursk fiasco
shows Russia still in transitional phase BYLINE: Yoshimichi
Hironaka Yomiuri Shimbun Political News Editor ; Yomiuri
BODY: The scene played out by the relatives of the 118 crew
members who died aboard the Russian submarine Kursk and
17) The Guardian (London) August 30, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 3 LENGTH: 614 words HEADLINE: Spy tapes
show Kursk sunk by its own torpedo BYLINE: Martin Kettle in
Washington BODY: Two onboard torpedo explosions, the second
of them catastrophic, were responsible for sinking the
nuclear submarine Kursk, according to US spy submarines and
18) LENGTH: 255 words HEADLINE: Russian official attacks U.S.
explanation of submarine tragedy BODY: MOSCOW. Aug 30
(Interfax) A senior Russian naval officer accused the U.S.
military on Wednesday of using the Russian nuclear
submarine disaster to convince the world that Russian naval
weapons are insecure. Such was the purpose behind the
19) Interfax Russian News LENGTH: 421 words HEADLINE: Radiation
pollution inevitable after Kursk submarine disaster -
prominent Russian expert BODY: RYAZAN. Aug 30 (Interfax)
The waters of the Barents Sea will inevitably be polluted
with radiation after the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster,
prominent Russian ecologist and president of the
20) Ukrainian villagers to protest transportation of strategic
missile through their community BODY: NIKOLAYEV. Aug 30
(InterfaxUkraine)- Residents of the Ukrainian village
Sinyukhin Brod in Pervomaisk district, Nikolayev region
intend to block the road through their village along which
an SS-24 strategic missile subject to storage or disposal
21) TASS LENGTH: 147 words HEADLINE: Pentagon starts its own
investigation of Kursk sub accident. BYLINE: By Andrei
Surzhanskiy DATELINE: WASHINGTON, August 30 BODY: The
Pentagon has started its own independent investigation into
the causes of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk accident,
an anonymous representative of the U. S Defence Ministry
22) Japan Economic Newswire LENGTH: 307 words HEADLINE: 9
nuclear reactors, 50 nuclear warheads on seabed: report
DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 Kyodo BODY: A U.S. nuclear
policy researcher said Tuesday nine nuclear reactors and 50
nuclear warheads belonging to either the United States,
Soviet Union or Russia currently lie on the seabed in
NUCLEAR POWER
(Greenpeace)
23) The Prague Post August 30, 2000 SECTION: News LENGTH: 791
words HEADLINE: German criticism bruises Temelin BYLINE:
Brian Hannon BODY: But plant officials say political
pressure spurred negative remarks A brief but bitter
skirmish between Germany and the Czech Republic over the
Temelin nuclear power plant has again demonstrated the
(Greenpeace)
24) CTK National News Wire SECTION: General News LENGTH: 302
words HEADLINE: TEMELIN FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST GREENPEACE
HEAD BYLINE: VV DATELINE: TEMELIN, South Bohemia, Aug 29 ;
(VV) KEYWORD: 'Czech Temelin environmentalists crime' BODY:
The management of the Temelin nuclear power plant today
filed a lawsuit with the Prague 1 district state attorney's
(Greenpeace)
25) APwo 08/30 Groups Seek National Vote on Waste Import, THE
ST....
As the Nuclear Power Ministry prepares to amend the law so
that Russia can profit from the import of nuclear waste,
200 organizations are trying to force the government to
hold a referendum on the subject. To do so, the
26) TASS LENGTH: 102 words HEADLINE: IAEA to help Ukraine shut
down Chernobyl nps. BYLINE: By Raisa Stetsyura DATELINE:
KIEV, August 30 BODY: Under an agreement between the
Ukrainian government and the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) the agency is to give expert and technical
assistance to Ukraine to stop the operation of the
OCEANS
27) The Ottawa Citizen August 30, 2000, SECTION: News; A3
LENGTH: 463 words HEADLINE: Native fight could spread:
First Nations leaders warn more bands will fight to protect
their treaty rights BYLINE: Rick Mofina BODY: The tensions
over native fishing rights at Burnt Church could extend to
other resources across Canada, say First Nation leaders.
28) Deutsche Presse-Agentur August 30, 2000,LENGTH: 136 words
HEADLINE: Rescuers fight to save 12-metre humpback whale
beached off Macau BODY: A twelve-metre long humpback whale
was stranded in shallow waters off Macau on Wednesday
night, police in the southern Chinese enclave said. The
whale was found off Taipa island on Wednesday afternoon.
29) The Mirror August 30, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 6 LENGTH: 96
words HEADLINE: SALMON TROUBLE BODY: A FISHERIES authority
is calling for an international investigation into the
increasing number of salmon dying at sea. The North West
Fisheries Board made the call yesterday after a massive
shortfall in drift net catches was noted. A NWFB spokesman
30) Japan officials unaware of U.S. boycott of environment meet
DATELINE: KITAKYUSHU, Japan, Aug. 30 Kyodo BODY: Officials
in charge of a United Nations ministerial meeting on the
environment to be held next week in Japan said Wednesday
they were unaware that the United States plans to boycott
the meeting to protest Japan's expanded whale hunt. 'We
OZONE
31) The Vancouver Sun August 30, 2000, SECTION: News; A9
LENGTH: 524 words HEADLINE: Severe drop in ozone recorded:
A meteorological organization says data from satellites
indicate an early and sharp drop in the ozone level above
Antarctica. DATELINE: GENEVA BODY: GENEVA -- Satellite data
from above Antarctica show an unusually early and severe
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
32) AFX European Focus August 30, 2000 LENGTH: 334 words
HEADLINE: Solvay says 'no consequences' to health or
environment from Argentine leak DATELINE: BRUSSELS BODY:
Solvay SA said there were "no consequences" on the health
of personnel or local residents, or on the environment from
a leak of chlorine gas from a pipe at its Indupa PVC plant
33) Los Angeles Times August 30, 2000, SECTION: Part A; Part 1;
Page 1; Foreign Desk LENGTH: 1197 words HEADLINE: FUNGI MAY
BE THE NEWEST RECRUITS IN WAR ON DRUGS; COLOMBIA:
SCIENTISTS CAUTION THAT THE ORGANISMS, WHICH KILL SPECIFIC
CROPS, COULD LATER THREATEN OTHERS. BYLINE: JUANITA
DARLING, BODY: The next weapon in the arsenal of the war
34) TASS LENGTH: 183 words HEADLINE: Mercury spill in apartment
house doorway in Vladivostok BYLINE: By Marina Shatilova
DATELINE: VLADIVOSTOK, August 30 BODY: The situation
concerning a mercury spill in a doorway of an apartment
house here over the past weekend was recognised as an
emergency on Wednesday. About 100 kilograms of mercury was
35) THE KOREA HERALD August 30, 2000, LENGTH: 420 words
HEADLINE: Gov't to tighten restrictions on dioxin emissions
BODY: The Environment Ministry yesterday sharply
strengthened its restrictions on the release of dioxin, a
cancerous chemical, by regulating small incinerators with a
waste-burning capacity of 0.2 tons per hour. Currently,
36) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 372 words HEADLINE: Tonnes of
mercury-tainted waste discovered in Taiwan DATELINE:
TAIPEI, Aug 30 BODY: Environmental authorities excavated 57
tonnes of mercury-laden waste in northern Taiwan, it was
reported Wednesday, amid fears underground water supplies
could have been contaminated. Officials at the Hsinchu
37) The Associated Press. August 30, 2000, LENGTH: 537 words
HEADLINE: Utility telling homeowners to get homes tested
for mercury contamination BODY: An estimated 200,000
homeowners across Chicago's northern and western suburbs
should have their homes tested for possible contamination
by the toxic metal mercury, a utility says. Nicor Gas
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