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Global News Headlines 09/01
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Friday, September 1, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
1) BUSINESS LINE September 1, 2000 HEADLINE: India: Himalayan
glaciers 'shrinking' BODY: WASHINGTON: Shrinking of
glaciers in the Himalayas, the youngest mountain range in
the world, has "accelerated alarmingly", according to a
world environment body. The World Watch Institute said
global warming is melting Polar ice caps and causing
2) NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT September 1, 2000 HEADLINE: Sweden
will be mildly affected by climate change - report BODY:
Sweclim, a Swedish climate research programme, will publish
its most recent results in Forskning & Framsteg, a Swedish
magazine for popular science. According to the latest
research Sweden has access to fresh water, which the
3) The Guardian (London) September 1, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Leader Pages, Pg. 15 HEADLINE: Going up in smoke; Little
Action Will Be Taken To Combat Climate Change While
Oppositions Offer People An Excuse To Do Nothing BODY:
Yesterday Michael Portillo inadvertently raised the key
question of the century. Can western democracies ever
4) The Independent (London) September 1, 2000, Friday SECTION:
NEWS; Pg. 6 HEADLINE: TRAFFIC FUMES LINKED TO 6% OF DEATHS
IN EUROPE BYLINE: Jeremy Laurance Health Editor BODY: ONE
IN 17 of all deaths in Europe, accounting for tens of
thousands of lives a year, can be blamed on air pollution
mainly caused by traffic fumes, scientists say today. The
ENERGY
5) The Christian Science Monitor September 1, 2000, Friday
SECTION: WORLD; THE BIGGER PICTURE; Pg. 1 HEADLINE: Gas
taxes under global attack BYLINE: Peter Ford, Staff writer
of The Christian Science Monitor DATELINE: PARIS HIGHLIGHT:
From Britain to Bangladesh, rising oil prices this week are
fueling citizen ire, and governments are responding. BODY:
FORESTS
6) BANGKOK POST September 1, 2000 HEADLINE: New dam plan irks
residents: Claim fertile forests will be destroyed BODY:
Plans for a new dam on the Klong Klai river have attracted
strong objections from local people and activists. The dam
would be built inside the Krungching forest reserve in Nop
Phitam sub-district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, at an estimated
GENETIC ENGINEERING
7) THE JAKARTA POST September 1, 2000 HEADLINE: NGOs query
genetically modified crops BODY: JAKARTA (JP):
Environmental and consumer groups called on the government
here on Monday to expedite the issuance of clear and strict
regulations on the distribution of genetically modified
food and products as such products are already widely
8) DAILY MAIL (London) September 1, 2000 HEADLINE: GM'S FIELDS
OF SILENCE BYLINE: James Chapman Science Correspondent BODY:
SCIENTISTS today sound their strongest warning yet on the
environmental threat posed by genetically modified crops,
claiming they could devastate populations of already
endangered wild birds. If the worst happened, the
9) Daily Record September 1, 2000 SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 11
HEADLINE: GM WHISKY MAY BE ON THE WAY BODY: GENETICALLY
modified whisky could soon hit supermarket shelves. Tory
Struan Stevenson claims the European Commission's decision
to ditch its pounds 12million grain subsidies could force
distilleries to use cheaper "Frankenstein" imports from
10) The Guardian (London) September 1, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 8 HEADLINE: GM crops threaten skylarks BODY:
Genetically modified crops could spell trouble for skylarks
on farms, according to a study published in the US journal
Science. Andrew Watkinson and his colleagues, from the
University of East Anglia, fashioned a computer model of
11) The Scotsman September 1, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 8 HEADLINE:
CALL FOR POLL ON GM CROP PLANS BYLINE: John Ross BODY: THE
Scottish executive and the company behind a planned GM crop
trial in the Highlands are being challenged to fund an
independent opinion poll of the residents affected . The
move was suggested at a public meeting last night called to
MILITARY
12) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Russian army says Clinton's
decision "constructive" DATELINE: MOSCOW, Sept 1 BODY: US
President Bill Clinton's announcement that he was delaying
a decision on a controversial nuclear missile defense
shield was "constructive," the Russian army's number two
Leonid Ivashov told Interfax on Friday. "There is hope that
13) The Guardian (London) September 1, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Leader Pages, Pg. 16 HEADLINE: Dangerous dragons are
lurking under the sea; Martin Woollacott Submarines Are
Risky And Expensive, But Everyone Wants Them BODY: The fate
of the Kursk cast a fitful light on a drama beneath the
waves to which we normally give little thought. The 500 or
14) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: US-funded nuclear sub
facilities open in Russia's Far East DATELINE: VLADIVOSTOK,
Sept 1 BODY: Two centres for storing radioactive waste from
Russian nuclear submarines, built with money provided by
the United States, were opened Friday by US Energy
Secretary Bill Richardson in the Primorsk region of
15) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Clinton leaves missile
shield deployment decision to successor DATELINE:
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 BODY: US President Bill Clinton said
Friday he would leave to his successor a decision on
whether to deploy a controversial national missile shield
that many fear may spark a new arms race. Clinton said that
NUCLEAR POWER
(Greenpeace)
16) The Times (London) September 1, 2000, SECTION: Overseas news
LENGTH: 199 words HEADLINE: Protest over Czech reactor
BYLINE: Mark Andress in Prague BODY: PROTESTERS are
expected to blockade Austria's border with tractors and cars
tomorrow in a protest against the opening of a nuclear
power station in the Czech Republic. The Temelin reactor is
(Greenpeace)
17) CTK National News Wire LENGTH: 132 words HEADLINE: AUSTRIAN
GREENPEACE DEMANDS SUMMIT ON TEMELIN BYLINE: VV DATELINE:
VIENNA, Aug 31 ; (VV) KEYWORD: 'Austria Czech Temelin
Greenpeace' BODY: Austrian Greenpeace sent a letter to
Austrian President Thomas Klestil today demanding that a
summit of three central European presidents on the Temelin
18) THE KOREA HERALD September 1, 2000, HEADLINE: KEDO chief
visits N.K. to inspect reactor building site BODY: Desaix
Anderson, executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy
Development Organization (KEDO), flew into Pyongyang
Tuesday to inspect two light-water nuclear reactors in
Sinpo on the eastern coast of South Hamkyong Province. A
19) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Romania restarts
construction of second nuclear reactor DATELINE: BUCHAREST,
Sept 1 BODY: The Romanian government has allowed
construction of a second nuclear -powered reactor in
southeast Romania to resume after the work was halted for
financial reasons, official sources said Friday. The
(Greenpeace)
20) The Moscow Times September 1, 2000 SECTION: No. 2035
LENGTH: 674 words HEADLINE: Groups Rally Against Nuclear
Storage Plan BYLINE: By Galina Stolyarova BODY: Staff Writer
ST. PETERSBURG - As the Nuclear Power Ministry prepares to
push for a new law to allow Russia to profit from the
import of nuclear waste, 200 organizations are trying to
21) TASS HEADLINE: German govt won't impede Hanau plant export
to Russia. BYLINE: By Vladimir Smelov DATELINE: BERLIN,
September 1 BODY: The German government will not impede the
possible export of a plant for processing nuclear waste
from Hanau, Hessen, to Russia, Federal Chancellor Gerhardt
Schroeder and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer have said.
22) TASS HEADLINE: Nuke power plant in Far East is
Russo-Japanese key project. BYLINE: By Anna Varshavskaya
DATELINE: MOSCOW, September 1 BODY: The construction of a
nuclear power plant in the Far East and the supply of fuel
for Japanese nuclear power plants are key projects offered
by Moscow to Tokyo, Russian Nuclear Minister Yevgeny Adamov
23) The Times (London) September 1, 2000, SECTION: Overseas news
HEADLINE: German Greens threaten to derail Russia nuclear
deal BYLINE: Roger Boyes in Berlin BODY: GERMANY'S Greens,
haunted by the image of the sunken Kursk, are threatening
to disrupt the government coalition with the Social
Democrats if Gerhard Schroder goes ahead with a plan to
24) BANGKOK POST September 1, 2000 HEADLINE: RADIATION LEAK:
Compensation talks fail BODY: Radiation victims and state
agencies have failed to reach an agreement on victims'
request for additional financial compensation. Amnuay
Patise, the PM's deputy secretary-general, called the
meeting on Wednesday after victims of the cobalt-60
OCEANS
25) Alarm bells sound to warn whales of boats BRISBANE, Sept 1
AAP - Underwater alarm bells are sounding along
Queensland's coastline to warn whales of oncoming boat
traffic. Researchers from the Department of Primary
Industries are trialling the "acoustic pingers" as part of
a project to reduce the risk of collisions. Commercial
26) The Gazette (Montreal) September 1, 2000, FINAL SECTION:
Editorial / Op-ed; B3 HEADLINE: Indians right to be angry
in lobster wars BYLINE: LYLE STEWART BODY: It's an image
that has no doubt by now been burned into the minds of
practically every First Nations person in Canada: a large
Department of Fisheries and Oceans patrol boat bearing down
27) The Washington Post September 1, 2000, Final Edition
SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A01 HEADLINE: Oceans Apart in
Canada; Government and Indians Clash Over Fishing Rights
BYLINE: DeNeen L. Brown , Washington Post Foreign Service
DATELINE: BURNT CHURCH, New Brunswick, Aug. 31 BODY: Long
before the sun swept over Miramichi Bay, the government
28) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) September 01, 2000, SECTION:
Pg. 13 HEADLINE: News: Wandering albatross has life mapped
out BYLINE: By Roger Highfield, Science Editor BODY:
SCIENTISTS have discovered that wandering albatrosses do
not wander, a find that could help to cut deaths caused by
long-line fishing in the Southern Ocean. Far from indulging
(Greenpeace)
29) Mainichi Daily News September 1, 2000, SECTION: Page 2;
OPINION/ANALYSIS LENGTH: 833 words HEADLINE: Why Japan
insists on whaling BODY: To the Editor: After the Okinawa
Summit, U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright asked
Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono to reconsider Japan's
research whaling in the North Pacific. Japan partially
30) New Straits Times (Malaysia) September 1, 2000 SECTION:
National; Pg. 15 HEADLINE: Art contest to promote welfare,
management of turtles DATELINE: Kuala Lumpur BODY: KUALA
LUMPUR, Thurs. - The Fisheries Department is organising a
nationwide art contest to promote the welfare and
management of turtles in conjunction with National Day
31) Business Day (South Africa) September 01, 2000 SECTION:
National; Pg. 3 HEADLINE: UNION, STATE IN DISPUTE ON FISHING
Fawu objects to secret deal being negotiated with the EU
BYLINE: Vuyo Mvoko DATELINE: CAPE TOWN BODY: - A row has
erupted between government and the Food and Allied Workers
Union (Fawu) over a fishing trade deal SA is secretly
32) 09/01 Scientists Recommend Protection for Texas Shrimp ...
Aug. 31 (Austin American-Statesman/KRTBN)--Texas shrimp
populations are under too much fishing pressure and need to
be protected to ensure the future of the half-billion
dollar industry, scientists told Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department officials Wednesday. On the eve of a
33) The Independent (London) September 1, 2000, SECTION:
FOREIGN NEWS; Pg. 15 HEADLINE: AMERICAN GOLF CRAZE IS
KILLING OFF RARE SALMON BYLINE: Andrew Gumbel In Los Angeles
BODY: PAUL ALLEN, the Microsoft co-founder turned
billionaire philanthropist, enjoys a game of golf. He has
even built his own golf course - on the banks of the
TOXICS
34) Esmeralda denies out-of-court settlement with Hungary
PERTH, Sept 1 AAP - An Australian mining company facing a
massive compensation claim following one of Europe's worst
environmental disasters, today denied an out-of-court
settlement was imminent. The Hungarian government lodged in
July a $179 million compensation claim against Esmeralda
35) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Mercury pollution in
Vladivostok apartment block DATELINE: MOSCOW, Sept 1 BODY:
A large quantity of mercury, producing toxicity levels 23
times higher than normal, has been discovered in an
apartment block in Vladivostok, Russia's far east,
ITAR-TASS cited the region's emergency situations
36) Business Day (South Africa) September 01, 2000 SECTION:
National; Pg. 4 HEADLINE: PLASTIC BAG BAN SUBMISSIONS CLOSE
BYLINE: Louise Cook BODY: YESTERDAY was the deadline for
public submissions on Environment and Tourism Minister
Valli Moosas war on plastic bags, but the ministry said it
was not certain which organisations or individuals had made
X-OTHER-X
(Greenpeace)
37) Greenpeace ship docks to promote 'green' Olympics SYDNEY,
Sept. 1 (Kyodo) -- The Rainbow Warrior, flagship of
Greenpeace International, docked in Sydney on Friday to
promote environmentalism during this month's Olympic Games.
Draped in a giant banner reading "Give the Planet a
Sporting Chance," the Rainbow Warrior will remain in Sydney
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