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Global News Headlines - May 24
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Thursday, May 24, 2001
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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An overview of the environmental news of the day
ATMOSPHERE
1) Deutsche Presse-Agentur May 23, 2001, 518 words; Australia
unmoved by greenhouse vandal tag BODY: The Americans are
not alone in refusing to make sacrifices to slow the rate
of global warming. Australians are also unwilling to give
up cheap petrol, big cars, wood stoves and hot tubs. They
pump out more of the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
2) BBC Online 24 May, 2001
[http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/news-
sid_1348000/1348348.stm] Mexico puts own energy needs first
Mexican Energy Minister Ernesto Martens Rebolledo has said
Mexico will look after its own energy needs before helping
the United States to resolve its power crisi He said his
3) Africa Most Threatened By Global Warming Durban, South
Africa, May 23, 2001 (CGIAR/All Africa Global Media via
COMTEX)-- Climate Change Poses Special Problems for
Agriculture - Scientists estimate overall decrease in
agricultural productivity; Sub-Saharan Africa most
vulnerable The steady warming of the earth's surface
(Greenpeace)
4) Environmental groups, unions call for US coal boycott after
Kyoto pullout MADRID, May 24 (AFP) - Environmental groups
joined forces with Spanish unions Thursday calling on the
Spanish government to limit coal imports from the United
States in protest at its withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol.
Groups Ecologistas en Accion, Greenpeace and WWF/Adena,
5) 05/23 U.S. groups say Calif. power bill would dirty air
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican-backed bill that aims
to give California relief from electricity shortages by
allowing utilities to temporarily spew more nitrogen oxide
emissions into the air is a threat to public health, a
coalition of 24 health and green groups said on Wednesday.
6) Air pollution may cause infant deaths SAN FRANCISCO, May
23, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) --
Elevated air pollution may be the killer behind 9 percent
of infant deaths in the United States, concludes a study by
an international team of researchers. Investigators
evaluated air-quality data for eight U.S. cities from 1995
7) The New York Times; May 24, 2001, Page 17; 542 words; Role
of Trees in Curbing Greenhouse Gases Is Challenged; BY:
ANDREW C. REVKIN BODY: Two new studies are challenging the
idea that planting forests could be a cheap way to absorb
emissions of carbon dioxide, the main heat-trapping gas
released by human activities. In one, tracts of pine trees
ENERGY
8) XINHUA; May 23, 2001, 343 words; Tibet to Exploit Hydro,
Solar Energy BODY: Tibet is expected to be buoyed by the
regions endeavors to tap its rich hydropower and solar
power resources, according to local officials. The region,
short of coal and oil resources, is to build two backbone
hydropower plants, with a combined installed capacity of
9) THE KOREA HERALD; May 24, 2001, 242 words; Ministry to
subsidize solar power generators BODY: To promote the use
of alternative energy, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry
and Energy will invest 735 million won in the project of
installing solar power generators and water heating systems
using solar energy in households and welfare centers, the
10) The Scotsman; May 24, 2001, Pg. 4; 1231 words; WINDS OF
CHANGE ARE GATHERING OUT AT SEA; BY: Jim Dow BODY: IF LESS
than 0.1 per cent of the renewable energy within the oceans
of the world could be converted into electricity, it would
satisfy the present world demand for energy more than five
times over. And in the UK alone it has been estimated that
(Greenpeace)
11) The Express; May 24, 2001; COLUMNS; Pg. 14; 141 words; THIS
IS AMERICA; LEADERS ADD FUEL TO GREENS' IRE; BY: Toby Moore
BODY: PRESIDENT George W Bush held a Washington dinner on
Tuesday night for 2,000 ofhis closest friends. It raised
GBP 14 million for Republican Party funds and was sponsored
by the tobacco and oil industries. But the big bash was the
12) THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC; May 23, 2001 Pg. 4; 658 words; JUST
LOOK IN YOUR GARAGE TO FIX BLAME FOR GAS PRICES; BY: David
Wells BODY: As gas prices rise faster than the thermometer,
Arizonans are losing their cool. Before the summer is out,
we may be paying $2 a gallon, double the price of six years
ago. Seeking a villain in the market, Netscape's home page
FORESTS
13) Information Bank Abstracts WALL STREET JOURNAL; May 23,
2001, Section B; Page 1, 176 words; BATTLE BREAKS OUT OVER
RIVAL SEALS FOR 'GREEN' WOOD BY: QUEENA SOOK KIM and JIM
CARLTON ABSTRACT: Environmentalists trying to save
endangered forests are battling the timber industry over
competing seals of approval for 'green' lumber; over the
GENETIC ENGINEERING
14) Globe and Mail Internet Edition [www.globeandmail.com] May
24, 2001 Farmer to pay $19,000 to Monsanto Canadian Press
Saskatoon - Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser will have
to pay more than $19,000 in damages to agricultural giant
Monsanto for knowingly using the firm's genetically
modified canola and not paying for it. The payout was
15) Globe and Mail 23/05/2001, Canada [www.globeandmail.com]
Against the grain Wednesday, May 23, 2001 Across Western
Canada this spring, scientists will plant genetically
modified wheat at 59 research sites, pressing forward in
their efforts to develop a commercial seed to sell to
farmers. Those silent, sunny Prairie fields may appear
16) Norwegian boost for UN biosafety protocol ENDS Daily -
23/05/01 Norway has become the third country in the world
to ratify the UN Cartagena protocol on biosafety, the
country's environment ministry said yesterday. Finalised
last year (ENDS Daily 25 May 2000), the instrument aims to
develop detailed rules to govern international movements of
17) SLanka's Environment Group Tells US Not to Dump ...
COLOMBO, May 24, 2001 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lanka's
Environmental Foundation Limited (EFL) told the United
States not to dump untested genetically modified food in
the country in a strongly worded letter to U.S. President
George W. Bush on Wednesday, The Island newspaper reported
18) The Washington Post; May 24, 2001, Final Edition; Pg. A17;
820 words; FBI Probes Oregon, University Lab Arsons; Blazes
Targeted Tree Genetics Experiments; Environmental Terrorism
Suspected BY: Marc Kaufman, BODY: The FBI is investigating
as possible acts of domestic terrorism the burning this
week of a University of Washington research laboratory in
MILITARY
19) The Toronto Sun; May 24, 2001 Final Edition; Pg. 56; 653
words; SPYING IN SPACE; ALLIANCE MP SAYS WE'VE GOT OUR OWN
DEFENCE VERSION OF STAR WARS BYLINE: GREG WESTON BODY: Some
disturbing government documents suggest the department of
national defence has been secretly running a Canadian
version of the dubious American "Star Wars" program to
NUCLEAR POWER
20) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence; May 24, 2001 Pg.
7; 112 words; Nuclear reactor "not needed"; SOURCE: The
Daily Telegraph ABSTRACT: An Australian Senate committee
report was found on 23 May 2001, which denies the need for
a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights. The report was
lodged a week after the application for a licence was made.
21) FINLAND 1ST IN EUROPE TO OK PERMANENT NUCLEAR WASTE
DISPOSAL STUDY HELSINKI, Finland, May 23, 2001 (ENS) -
Finland took an important step toward securing long term,
underground storage of high level nuclear waste on Friday,
when the Finnish Parliament approved a plan to build a test
facility in Olkiluoto, Eurajoki on the country's west
22) AP Worldstream May 24, 2001; 245 words; Thieves dismantle
nuclear-powered lighthouse in Arctic Russia BODY: Four
unemployed men in search of scrap metal dismantled
generators at a nuclear-powered lighthouse in Russia's Far
North, exposing themselves to dangerous doses of radiation,
an official said Thursday. Viktor Kozlov, an adviser on
(Greenpeace)
23) The San Francisco Chronicle; MAY 24, 2001, FINAL EDITION,
Pg. A3; 1156 words; New nuclear power push arouses old
fears; Three Mile Island accident, Nevada waste site
opposition BY: Keay Davidson BODY: An entire generation of
Americans has gone from birth to college graduation since
the last time nuclear power's future looked bright. Now, 22
24) AP Worldstream May 24, 2001; 266 words; NRC says criminal
charges possible in case of missing nuclear fuel rods
DATELINE: WATERFORD, Connecticut BODY: The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into the
disappearance of two fuel rods from a nuclear power plant
that's been out of operation since 1995. In documents filed
OCEANS
25) Australian Broadcasting Corporation This Bulletin: Thu, May
24 2001 11:19 PM AEST
[http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/nature/2001/05/item2001-
10524192625_1.htm] SCI TECH : Natu Senate imposes tough
environmental laws for harm to Barrier Reef Tough new laws
have been passed in the Senate increasing penalties for
26) Canadian Press Newswire; May 24, 2001; Northern Nfld. cod
might not recover for decades, federal panel says By
Michael MacDonald ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - Newfoundland's
once-mighty northern cod fishery has shown no signs of
recovery since commercial operations were shut down almost
10 years ago, a federal panel reported Thursday. As a
27) Deutsche Presse-Agentur; May 24, 2001, 321 words; Seventy
70 per cent of Indonesia's coral reefs have been degraded
BODY: Global warming and harmful fishing methods have
already degraded 70 per cent of Indonesia's coral reefs,
with blast fishing causing about 500,000 dollars in damages
per day to the country's natural resources, a Worldwatch
(Greenpeace)
28) The Japan Times: May 25, 2001
[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010-
0525b7.ht Jusco's whale meat sales targeted by green groups
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Three U.S. environmentalist groups on
Wednesday launched a campaign against Japan's Jusco Co.,
alleging the supermarket chain assists Japan's hunting of
29) The Province; May 24, 2001; EDITION Final; PAGE A23; Rat
poison threat to whales, dolphins: Truck falls into sea
near New Zealand's South Island reserve WELLINGTON --There
were fears for the safety of thousands of whales, dolphins
and seals off New Zealand yesterday after a truck plunged
over a cliff and spilled 16 tonnes of rat poison and paint
(Greenpeace)
30) Financial Times (London); May 24, 2001, Pg. 7; 546 words; :
Islands wooed in battle for whale sanctuary BY: CANUTE
JAMES; DATELINE: KINGSTON BODY: Selmon Walters is
unapologetic about his country's position on a particularly
contentious issue: whaling. "We cannot allow the
anti-whaling lobby to hinder our people from gainful
31) ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES BUTCHERED ON THE BEACHES OF TOBAGO
BLACK ROCK, Tobago, May 22, 2001 (ENS) - Conflicting laws
governing the protection of critically endangered sea
turtles in Trinidad and Tobago have created a loophole that
allows poachers to slaughter the giant turtles for their
meat when they come up on island beaches to lay their eggs.
(Greenpeace)
32) AMERISCAN: TALBOTS CLOTHING STORES LINKED TO JAPANESE
WHALING BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 23, 2001 (ENS) -
Environmental and animal rights groups have launched a
campaign targeting the popular women's clothing retailer
Talbots over its links to the slaughter of whales and
dolphins. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), The
TOXICS
33) South China Morning Post; May 24, 2001; Pg. 8; 512 words;
Officials quiet on dangers of toxic spill; BY: Matthew
Miller in Shanghai BODY: More than a month after a ship
collision near Shanghai resulted in China's worst ocean
toxic spill, city officials are maintaining a guarded
silence about the potential harm to public health caused by
(Greenpeace)
34) Pravo; May 22, 2001; Pg. 4; 101 words; ACTIVISTS OBSTRUCT
TECHNOPLAST (ZABLOKOVALI TECHNOPLAST) BODY: Greenpeace
activists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia on Monday
obstructed the entry into the Czech plastic producing
company Technoplast of Chropyne. Greenpeace wants to call
attention to the fact that the company's incineration plant
(Greenpeace)
35) Daily Star 24/05/2001, Lebanon
[http://208.2.80.22/24_05_01/art19.htm] Lebanese news
Greenpeace-led petition demanding the closure of the
Hotel-Dieu hospital incinerator in Achrafieh Joelle Sawaya
signs a Greenpeace-led petition Wednesday demanding the
closure of the Hotel-Dieu hospital incinerator in
(Greenpeace)
36) BusinessWorld; May 24, 2001, Pg. 23; 687 words; Greenpeace
activists detained in Bangkok BODY: Greenpeace activists
who unfurled a 10 x 10 meter banner on the facade of the
JBIC building in Bangkok last Monday were arrested and
later released. The banner read, "JAPAN: Dioxin Pusher,
Stop incineration." The activists, three of them Filipino,
37) Agence France Presse; May 24, 2001, 170 words; US promises
swift action on pollutants convention; BODY: The
administration of President George W. Bush promised
Wednesday to "swiftly" submit a UN treaty outlawing or
restricting a chemical pollutants to the US Senate for
ratification. The Stockholm Convention on Persistent
X-OTHER-X
38) The San Francisco Chronicle; MAY 24, 2001, FINAL EDITION;
Pg. A1; 1927 words; Senate's new look; Vermont lawmaker to
quit GOP, putting Democrats in charge BY: Carolyn Lochhead
BODY: Vermont Sen. James Jeffords said yesterday that he
will defect from the Republican Party, throwing control of
the Senate to Democrats and delivering a staggering blow to
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