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Friday, September 8, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

1) BBC Online You are in: Sci/Tech Friday, 8 September, 2000, 
Ice records reveal warming trend Lake Kallavesi in Finland 
as the ice breaks up By environment correspondent Alex Kirby
Researchers have found records showing a clear warming 
trend in the northern hemisphere stretching back at least 
150 years. They say the documentary evidence they have 

2) BACK PAGE - FIRST SECTION: Playing dice with the planet: 
Humans, like sharks, are great survivors, but can we 
survive rapid ecological change, asks John McNeill 
Financial Times ; 02-Sep-2000 By JOHN MCNEILL Albert 
Einstein once said he refused to "believe that God played 
dice with the world". In the 20th century, humankind began 

3) The Independent (London) September 8, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; 
Pg. 10 HEADLINE: BRITISH ASSOCIATION: ICE RECORDS FROM 9TH 
CENTURY SHOW GLOBAL WARMING BYLINE: Steve Connor BODY: A 
UNIQUE study of 39 historic records of when ice appeared 
and melted on lakes and rivers around the world has 
confirmed that the planet is now a markedly warmer place 

ENERGY

(Greenpeace)
4) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence September 7, 2000 
SECTION: Pg. 27 LENGTH: 136 words HEADLINE: Shale oil 
project dealt another blow SOURCE: The Courier-Mail BYLINE: 
John McCarthy ABSTRACT: The $A300m Stuart shale oil project 
at Gladstone has been dealt a major blow. It was reported 
on 6 September 2000 that Canada's Suncor confirmed that it 

5) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) September 08, 2000, SECTION: 
Pg. 04 HEADLINE: The curious crisis of crude oil on 
troubled waters The price of fuel is unlikely to fall, says 
Gerald Butt in Nicosia BYLINE: By GERALD BUTT BODY: PETROL 
exporting countries will announce an increase in crude oil 
production after the Opec meeting in Vienna on Sunday but 

6) WORLD NEWS: Green issues taking a backseat to oil 
ENVIRONMENT GREENS ANGRY OVER OIL CRISIS PRECEDENCE: 
Financial Times ; 08-Sep-2000 Widespread protests over the 
sharp rise in oil prices are provoking anger in the 
environmental movement. The public and politicians are 
accused of losing sight of the need to curb emissions of 

(Greenpeace)
7) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 217 words HEADLINE: Six 
Greenpeace activists to stand trial for protesting oil leaks
DATELINE: MOSCOW, Sept 8 BODY: Six Greenpeace activists 
face a court hearing next week after they were briefly 
detained during a demonstration over massive oil leaks in 
Siberia, Greenpeace officials told AFP on Friday. 

FORESTS

8) New Scientist September 9, 2000 SECTION: This Week: 
Technofile, Pg. 9 HEADLINE: Designer trees BODY: 
Researchers in Tasmania are developing software that lets 
forestry managers grow timber tailor-made for particular 
applications such as furniture making or pulp. For four 
years, Geoff Downes and his colleagues at CSIRO, 

9) The Gazette (Montreal) September 8, 2000, FINAL SECTION: 
News; A5 HEADLINE: Tense reprieve at reserve: Loggers back 
down after SQ intervenes at Algonquin barricade BYLINE: 
JANE DAVENPORT DATELINE: KOKOMVILLE BODY: Kokomville 
Algonquin braced yesterday for what could have been the end 
of the partial roadblock they have erected to prevent 

10) United Press International HEADLINE: Judge rules against 
logging opponents DATELINE: BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 8 BODY: 
An attempt by environmentalists to stop logging in the 
nation's 155 national forests has suffered a setback. A 
federal judge in Vermont has ruled against Friends of the 
Earth who sought to block timber sales in the state's Green 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

11) BUSINESSWORLD (PHILIPPINES) September 8, 2000 HEADLINE: 
Biotech to help meet RP rice requirements BODY: An 
agriculture expert said the Philippines will need to 
produce 40% more paddy rice or palay over 20 years to feed 
its growing population. Agronomist and former University of 
the Philippines president Dr. Emil Q. Javier said the 

12) PA 09/08 GM APPLES `COULD FIGHT TOOTH DECAY' By John von 
Radowitz, Science Correspondent, PA News A 
genetically-modified apple a day might keep the dentist 
away if new research bears fruit, scientists heard today. 
 Biotech experts are looking at inserting a gene into 
apples that prevents tooth decay. The gene produces a 

13) INSIDE TRACK: Divided over a diet for the poor: SCIENCE 
MALNUTRITION: A new variety of maize raises fundamental 
issues about how to help the world's hungry, says Michela 
Wrong Financial Times ; 08-Sep-2000 Aid workers in Africa 
are familiar with the sight: children with orange-tinted 
hair and distended bellies, lying listless in villages 

MILITARY

14) TASS HEADLINE: Russian denies claims that its cruiser fired 
at Kursk sub. BYLINE: By Sergei Ostanin DATELINE: MOSCOW, 
September 8 BODY: A Russian navy spokesman denied German 
media reports that the nuclear -powered Kursk submarine, 
which sank last month in the Barents sea, was hit by a 
missile fired from the Petr Veliky cruiser. "That is an 

15) DEFENSE AND SECURITY September 8, 2000, HEADLINE: SERIES OF 
UNDERGROUND EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT ON NEW LAND ISLAND 
SOURCE: Trud, September 5, 2000, pg. 2 BODY: Yuri Gribalko, 
the director of the Center of social connections of the 
Ministry of atomic energy, reported that a "series of 
underground experiments to verify the safety of active 

(Greenpeace)
16) Agence France Presse September 8, 2000, LENGTH: 202 words 
HEADLINE: Greenpeace appeals for "transparency" over 
Gibraltar sub DATELINE: ALGESIRAS, Spain 7 BODY: The 
environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday called on the 
British navy to make public a report on the nuclear 
submarine Tireless, which limped into Gibraltar last May 

17) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) September 08, 2000, SECTION: 
Pg. 01 HEADLINE: Nuclear subs hit by safety fears BYLINE: 
By Neil Tweedie BODY: TWO Royal Navy nuclear -powered 
submarines have been withdrawn from operational service 
because of a potentially dangerous fault in the propulsion 
system of a sister vessel. The Ministry of Defence said it 

NUCLEAR POWER

18) Russia may build first close-cycle nuke reactor. 
 WASHINGTON, September 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russia may build the 
first close-cycle nuclear reactor which is necessary to 
implement the initiative of President Vladimir Putin to 
exclude enriched uranium and plutonium from nuclear power 
engineering. "Now we are engaged in research in this 

19) The Moscow Times September 8, 2000 SECTION: No. 2040 
HEADLINE: Cleanup Victims Fast for 44th Day BYLINE: By Anna 
Badkhen BODY: Staff Writer When they were dispatched to 
liquidate the fallout of the Chernobyl catastrophe in 1986, 
they were not warned that they would be sick for the rest 
of their lives. Then when the government increased their 

(Greenpeace)
20) BBC Online You are in: World: Europe Tobias Munchmeyer, 
Greenpeace "It's a crazy idea to replace Chernobyl with two 
new nuclear reactors" 6 September, 2000, EU to fund 
Chernobyl replacements Chernobyl: Costly repairs are needed 
to make it safe By Oana Lungescu in Strasbourg The European 
Commission has approved plans to help fund two new nuclear 

21) New Scientist September 9, 2000 SECTION: This Week, Pg. 14 
HEADLINE: Nuclear muddle BYLINE: Rob Edwards BODY: 
ARGUMENTS over whether to store or reprocess nuclear waste 
have been thrown into confusion following a change of heart 
by the UK Atomic Energy Authority. In April, the UKAEA said 
the costs of both options were "comparable" if plutonium is 

OCEANS

22) Aust could export swordfish says report BODY: Swordfish 
report points to new fishery CANBERRA, Sept 8 AAP - 
Australia has a chance to exploit the broadbilled swordfish 
and win export markets from declining overseas fisheries. 
 The Bureau of Rural Sciences today released a new report 
detailing how the fish could offer Australia an important 

23) WORLD NEWS - EUROPE: Iceland plans a resumption of whaling: 
Financial Times ; 07-Sep-2000 By SAMER ISKANDER Iceland is 
planning to apply to rejoin the International Whaling 
Commission, 10 years after the country withdrew, but has 
delayed moves to resume commercial whaling. David Oddsson, 
the country's prime minister, says a decision to rejoin is 

24) THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/DAILY YOMIURI: GOVT PREPARED TO FIGHT 
ANY U.S. WHALING SANCTIONS The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily 
Yomiuri - Japan ; 07-Sep-2000 Govt prepared to fight any 
U.S. whaling sanctions Takeshi Shibata Yomiuri Shimbun 
Correspondent Yomiuri WASHINGTON Shunji Yanai, ambassador 
to the United States, said Tuesday that Japan might take 

25) The Economist September 09, 2000 , U.S. Edition SECTION: 
Japan HEADLINE: The politics of whaling DATELINE: tokyo 
HIGHLIGHT: The Japanese feel they are being unfairly 
treated as they plan to expand their research on whales 
BODY: A VISIT to Kujiraya, the only restaurant in Tokyo 
that specialises in the cuisine of whales, has become a 

(Greenpeace)
26) The Moscow Times September 8, 2000 SECTION: No. 2040 
LENGTH: 847 words HEADLINE: Nerpa Loses in Hunt for Black 
Gold BYLINE: By Sarah Karush BODY: Staff Writer Everybody 
loves the nerpa. The only species of freshwater seal, the 
furry, round-eyed creature is a symbol of Lake Baikal, the 
oldest and deepest lake on earth. But popularity offers 

(Greenpeace)
27) Anchorage Daily News September 7, 2000, FINAL EDITION 
SECTION: METRO, Pg. 4B LENGTH: 927 words HEADLINE: 
GROUNDFISH ALLOCATION IN NEED OF CHANGE BYLINE: Ken Stump 
And Phil Kline BODY: Ever since the court-ordered ban on 
trawl fishing in Steller sea lion foraging habitat went 
into effect on Aug. 8, the media have been awash in 

OZONE

28) 09/08 U.N.: Ozone Hole Opening Up Quickly GENEVA (AP) -- 
The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic is opening 
up, with ozone depletion rates that are unprecedented for 
this time of year, the U.N. weather agency said Friday. 
 Ozone depletion in the region starts in July and 
intensifies during August. In recent days, observation 

TOXICS

(Greenpeace)
29) KICKED AROUND THE PACIFIC, U.S. MILITARY TOXICS MAY END IN 
CANADA By Neville Judd OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, September 
7, 2000 (ENS) - A United States shipment of polychlorinated 
biphenyl waste (PCB) denied entry by Japan, the U.S. and 
Canada may yet come back to Canada after a meeting in 
Ottawa last month. A spokeswoman for Environment Minister 

30) Africa News September 8, 2000 HEADLINE: Gambia; As 'toxic 
waste' vessel abandoned in Gambian waters, GPA, others 
intensify probe BYLINE: The Independent (Banjul) BODY: 
Banjul - The mysterious appearance of a wrecked foreign 
vessel suspected to be carrying toxic waste has provoked 
the establishment of a committee comprising the National 

31) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Gardeners, farmers risk 
brain impairment from pesticides, study suggests DATELINE: 
PARIS, Sept 9 BODY: Gardeners and farmers run the risk of 
mental impairment from exposure to pesticides, according to 
a study by Dutch scientists published in Saturday's issue 
of The Lancet, the British medical weekly. University of 

32) BBC Online You are in: Sci/Tech 1 September, 2000, 
Scientists test sex-change bears The ice is home to the 
bears for much of the year By environment correspondent 
Alex Kirby in Svalbard in the Arctic Scientists on Svalbard 
have found that more than one in a hundred of the islands' 
polar bears are hermaphroditic. The condition, in which an 

33) BANGKOK POST September 8, 2000 HEADLINE: HEALTH: Rise in 
child cancer cases alarms doctors: Pollution, poor diet 
pushing increase BODY: Increased exposure to pollution and 
an unhealthy diet are the main causes of a rise in cancer 
cases among children, a Ramathibodi hospital specialist has 
warned. Though Thailand lacks epidemiological data on the 

34) 09/08 If the Light Goes Out It's Polluted LONDON (Reuters) 
- Bacteria that glow are helping environmentalists detect 
and clean up contaminated land, a Scottish scientist said 
on Friday. Much like canaries in mines that warned miners 
of carbon monoxide, the bacteria, or biosensors, are a 
simple and economical tool in cleaning up polluted land and 

35) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Experts warn environmental 
pollution could stunt child development DATELINE: 
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 BODY: Environmental pollution in the 
United States contributes to retarded development and 
neurological trouble in more than 360,000 children, a new 
study reported. The " Polluting our Future" report released 

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