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Tuesday, September 12, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

1) The Vancouver Sun September 12, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; 
B3 LENGTH: 462 words HEADLINE: Air quality official fears 
proposed power plant: He says the facility near Sumas would 
belch tons of ammonia across Greater Vancouver. BYLINE: 
Harold Munro BODY: Local politicians should strongly oppose 
a massive new power plant proposed for nearby Sumas, 

2) Globe and Mail 12/09/2000, Canada (Online) We don't need 
cheaper gas, we need options No matter what OPEC does, the 
price of oil keeps rising. And so it should, says DAVID 
SUZUKI, until it reflects the real cost of burning fossil 
fuels DAVID SUZUKI Tuesday, September 12, 2000 Everyone's 
complaining about high gasoline prices. Who can blame them? 

(Greenpeace)
3) The Guardian (London) September 12, 2000 SECTION: Guardian 
Foreign Pages, Pg. 18 LENGTH: 113 words HEADLINE: 
International Roundup:French plan to save energy BYLINE: 
Reuters, Lyon BODY: France will launch a wide-ranging plan 
to save energy by the end of the year, the prime minister, 
Lionel Jospin, told a global warming conference yesterday. 

4) 09/12 Energy After Oil Could Be All Sunshine And Clean Water
By Chris Reiter MUNICH (Dow Jones)--Imagine an energy 
system that harnesses sun and wind, with water as the only 
waste, and consigns polluting fossil fuels to the dustbin of
history. It may sound like a fantasy, but it's a dream 
experts and decision-makers are battling to realize. In its 

5) Bangkok Post - Thailand; 10-Sep-2000, Online, GLOBAL 
VIEWPOINT: SKATING ON THIN ICE; RAPIDLY ACCELERATING 
CLIMATE CHANGES ARE PLACING ASIA'S RICE BOWL IN PERIL 1103 
words If any explorers had been hiking to the North Pole 
this summer, they would have had to swim the last few 
miles. The discovery of open water at the pole by an 

6) UK wind power sets sail as fuel protests escalate By Ed 
Cropley DOUGLAS, Scotland, Sept 12 (Reuters) - As crude oil 
prices soar near record highs and irate truckers blockade 
fuel refineries across Britain, power producers have never 
been better placed to promote one of nature's greatest 
energy sources -- wind. ScottishPower, already one of the 

7) PA 09/12 0250 EXPERTS EXAMINE IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON 
FARMING By Damien Brook, PA News Scientists will discuss 
the impact of global warming on world food production at an 
international conference beginning today. The effects of 
global warming on agriculture in the 21st century will be 
revealed to geographers at the conference organised by the 

8) Financial Times; 12-Sep-2000, Online, NATIONAL NEWS: 
'Conservative' groups drive the tax protest: Now oil 
companies are halting distribution, write Jonathan Guthrie, 
Sheila Jones, Jim Pickard and Mark Nicholson 564 words Last 
night the fuel tax protest was assuming the proportion of 
mass insurrection. Ironically it has been led by three 

9) Financial Times; 08-Sep-2000, Online, WORLD NEWS: Green 
issues taking a backseat to oil ENVIRONMENT GREENS ANGRY 
OVER OIL CRISIS PRECEDENCE 394 words By VANESSA HOULDER 
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 

FORESTS

10) 09/12 0805 Singapore skies turn hazy as Indonesian fires 
flare SINGAPORE, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Satellite photos show 
a growing number of forest fires and hot spots in Indonesia 
and the smoke is turning the air slightly hazy over 
neighbouring Singapore, the city-state's Ministry of 
Environment said on Tuesday. Singapore's Pollutant 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

11) APwo 09/12 1104 Northeast farmers protest against GM rice, 
NATION ROI ET-Northeastern jasmine rice farmers have joined 
the campaign against genetically-modified (GM) rice. Some 
400 villagers from five provinces in the Thung Kula Ronghai 
area-the driest area, which is best for growing Thailand's 
well-known jasmine rice-yesterday gathered at Muang Roi Et 

12) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 373 words HEADLINE: Thai 
farmers protest against GM rice DATELINE: BANGKOK, Sept 12 
BODY: Some 400 rice farmers from the northeast protested 
against the introduction of genetically -modified (GM) 
crops to Thailand, reports said Tuesday. The demonstrators 
from Thung Kula Ronghai area -- an area known for 

(Greenpeace)
13) The Evening Standard (London) September 11, 2000 SECTION: 
Pg. 44 LENGTH: 721 words HEADLINE: Designer genes the only 
way to become a 'Trolley Dolly' BYLINE: Wendy Ledger BODY: 
WENDY LEDGER considers the implications of genetic testing 
for the recruitment industry Greenpeace activists protest 
against genetic cloning THERE are no laws at present to 

MILITARY

14) TASS LENGTH: 164 words HEADLINE: North Fleet nuclear 
-propelled subs at sea again. BYLINE: By Vasily Belousov 
DATELINE: MURMANSK, September 12 BODY: A nuclear -propelled 
sub of the Russian North Fleet has gone on combat duty in 
the Barents Sea for the first time after the Kursk tragedy. 
Present on board the submarine Karelia were 

15) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 311 words HEADLINE: Kursk sunk 
by torpedo explosion: former Russian sub officer DATELINE: 
MOSCOW, Sept 12 BODY: The sinking of the Kursk submarine in 
the Barents Sea on August 12 was caused by a torpedo 
explosion aboard the nuclear -powered vessel, former Russian
submarine officer Alexander Nikitin claimed Tuesday. "A 

16) The Christian Science Monitor September 12, 2000, SECTION: 
WORLD; Pg. 7 LENGTH: 1006 words HEADLINE: Russia's nuclear 
whistleblower lands back in court BYLINE: Fred Weir, 
Special to The Christian Science Monitor DATELINE: MOSCOW 
HIGHLIGHT: Tomorrow, the high court revisits the ' nuclear 
secrets' case against Nikitin. BODY: Since coming under 

(Greenpeace)
17) The Sunday Herald September 10, 2000 SECTION: Pg. 9 LENGTH: 
1276 words HEADLINE: US plutonium deal sparks terrorist 
fear;Environmental groups condemn plans to ship ageing 
nuclear reactor fuel from Dounreay to Washington BYLINE: 
Rob Edwards, Environment Correspondent BODY: A new plan to 
ship enough plutonium to make 100 atomic bombs from Scotland

NUCLEAR POWER

18) Financial Times; 11-Sep-2000, Online, WORLD NEWS: Brussels 
to prosecute UK over Sellafield disaster 142 words By DAN 
BILEFSKY The European Commission is to prosecute Britain 
for flouting European safety regulations at the site of a 
nuclear disaster that took place more than 40 years ago in 
Sellafield, Cumbria. The prosecution, expected to begin 

19) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 153 words HEADLINE: Bomb alert 
at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant DATELINE: SOFIA, Sept 
12 BODY: A number of staff at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear 
power plant were evcuated Tuesday after a bomb alert, plant 
director Yordan Yordanov said on national radio. An 
anonymous caller warned that a bomb had been planted in a 

20) The New York Times September 12, 2000, Tuesday, Late 
Edition SECTION: Section F; Page 3; Column 1; Science Desk 
LENGTH: 1646 words HEADLINE: Unknowns Nag After Fires Near 
Atomic Sites BYLINE: By JON CHRISTENSEN BODY: Fires in and 
around nuclear facilities understandably make people 
nervous. So this has been an unnerving summer in parts of 

OCEANS

21) Japan minister hits back at US in whaling dispute TOKYO, 
Sept 12 (Reuters) - A Japanese cabinet minister blasted the 
United States on Tuesday for threatening to impose 
sanctions against Japan for its plans to expand whaling, 
saying Tokyo would not give in to U.S. pressure. "Does the 
United States think that it should decide everything and 

(Greenpeace)
22) Alaska gov. seeks to overturn no-trawl order By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Alaska Gov. Tony 
Knowles said on Monday a federal judge's order banning 
trawling in coastal areas important to the state's 
endangered Steller sea lion has put fishermen at risk and 
should be overturned. Knowles said he had directed the 

TOXICS

23) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence September 12, 2000 
Tuesday SECTION: Pg. 26 LENGTH: 85 words HEADLINE: Locust 
spray fears SOURCE: The West Australian BYLINE: George 
Boylen ABSTRACT: The Western Australian Farmers Federation 
(WAFF) warned farmers to think carefully of methods used to 
control pests on 11 September 2000. WAFF meat section 

(Greenpeace)
24) Deutsche Presse-Agentur September 12, 2000, LENGTH: 164 
words HEADLINE: Greenpeace praises Sydney Olympics' 
environmental approach BODY: The environmental awareness 
group Greenpeace on Tuesday called on future Olympic host 
cities to follow the green approach of Sydney, which was 
rewarded an honorary bronze medal for their efforts. "We 

(Greenpeace)
25) THE HINDU September 12, 2000 LENGTH: 356 words HEADLINE: 
Court order violated says Greenpeace BODY: NEW DELHI, SEPT 
11. Import data compiled by Greenpeace from Government of 
India statistics for 1998-99 indicate that more than 
100,887 tonnes, including hazardous and potentially 
hazardous wastes have, entered the country illegally, some 

(Greenpeace)
26) Greenpeace activists detained in Israel protest action 
JERUSALEM, Sept 12 (AFP) - Eight activists with the 
environmental group Greenpeace were detained by Israeli 
police on Tuesday during a protest to block toxic waste 
pouring into a river in northern Israel. The eight, on a 
campaign to halt the pollution of the Kishon river near the 

27) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 231 words HEADLINE: Acid leak 
presents new danger in blighted Kosovo town DATELINE: 
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Yugoslavia, Sept 12 BODY: A leak of 
sulphuric acid Tuesday from the rundown Trepca battery 
factory sparked a pollution alert in this divided northern 
Kosovo town. Gas escaping from the leak was "potentially 

X-OTHER-X

28) HEADLINE: Australian police wield batons to break 
conference siege BYLINE: Jack Taylor -686 words BODY: 
MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept 12 (AFP) - Truncheon-wielding 
police clashed for the second day Tuesday with 
anti-globalisation protesters to break the violent siege of 
a World Economic Forum (WEF) summit here. Protest 

29) Peaceful union WEF rally calls for economic justice 525 
words BODY: Forum rally Nightlead By Heather Gallagher and 
Trevor Chappell MELBOURNE, Sept 12 AAP - Thousands of 
Victorian unionists joined in a peaceful, if rowdy, protest 
against the World Economic Forum (WEF) today, demanding 
economic justice for all. About 5,000 workers holding 

30) The Associated Press. September 12, 2000, LENGTH: 584 words 
HEADLINE: Settlers allegedly kill Indian from uncontacted 
tribe BYLINE: By MARCELO BALLVE, DATELINE: BRASILIA, Brazil 
BODY: Settlers hunting with rifles in the western Amazon 
jungle shot at Indians believed to be from among the 
world's largest group of uncontacted tribes, killing one of 

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