Global News Headlines - May 28

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Monday, May 28, 2001
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An overview of the environmental news of the day

ATMOSPHERE

1) Vancouver Sun May 28, 2001 EDITION Final News PAGE A1 / 
FRONT Icons of B.C., arbutus trees are dying: Disease, 
climate change thought to be main culprits Gordon Hamilton 
British Columbia arbutus trees are dying off, raising more 
questions than answers among scientists about what is 
killing the graceful trees, evergreen icons of this 

(Greenpeace)
2) BANGKOK POST May 26, 2001 269 words HEADLINE: ENERGY: 
Greenpeace seeks senate stand on coal-fired plants; Group 
pushing for review of projects BODY: Greenpeace yesterday 
urged the Senate to make a clear resolution on the two 
coal-fired power plant projects in Prachuap Khiri Khan. The 
call was made in a petition handed to Pichet Pattanachot, 

3) Boston Globe 28/05/2001, US 
[http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/148/editorials/West_Nile-
e_Hazards+.shtml] page A18 A BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL West 
Nile Hazar ANY OF US spent the past winter digging out from 
snow drifts, but the state's top public health officials 
put in long hours planning for a distinctly summertime 

ENERGY

4) Globe and Mail 28/05/2001, Canada [www.globeandmail.com] 
Proponents hope B.C. Liberals revisit idea of offshore 
drilling WENDY STUECK Monday, May 28, 2001 VANCOUVER -- For 
the past four years, B.C. businessman David McGuigan has 
been lobbying federal and provincial politicians to 
reconsider a long-standing ban on offshore drilling in the 

5) New Straits Times (Malaysia) May 26, 2001 Saturday forum; 
Pg. 12 HEADLINE: Energy-efficient buildings of future 
BYLINE: By Dr Abdul Malek Abdul Rahman BODY: FROM the many 
thrusts of the Eighth Malaysia Plan renewable energy and 
energy efficiency are gradually coming to the forefront of 
energy consumption, with renewable energy being defined as 

6) Chicago Tribune May 28, 2001 NORTH FINAL EDITION Cars; Pg. 
 5; ZONE: N HEADLINE: Engineering prof puts a soybean in 
his tank BYLINE: By Matt Gouras, Associated Press. 
 DATELINE: BISMARCK, N.D. BODY: With two rooftop tanks and 
a dashboard built to hold a computer and switches, Dwight 
Baumann's car doesn't look like a regular 1984 Volvo 

FORESTS

7) THE JAKARTA POST May 26, 2001 HEADLINE: Provinces to get 
90% of reforestation funds BODY: JAKARTA (JP): State 
Minister of Forestry Marzuki Usman said on Thursday that 90 
percent of reforestation funds raised from timber companies 
would be given to regional administrations in a bid to 
improve land rehabilitation programs in the provinces. The 

8) BANGKOK POST May 28, 2001 HEADLINE: CHIANG DAO NATIONAL 
PARK: Forest destruction linked to kamnan; Wildlife Fund 
points finger at speculators BODY: The government has been 
asked to urgently investigate the destruction of lush 
forests in Chiang Dao National Park in Chiang Mai. Nikhom 
Puttha, director of the Upper Mae Ping River Basin Project, 

9) BANGKOK POST May 26, 2001 HEADLINE: ILLEGAL LOGGING: 
Officials said to be turning a blind eye; Environmentalists 
call for inspections BODY: The Forestry Department and 
related agencies have been asked to explain why there has 
been massive logging in Thungyai Naresuan wildlife 
sanctuary. Environmentalists made the call after inspecting 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

(Greenpeace)
10) Agence France Presse May 28, 2001, 368 words HEADLINE: 
Greenpeace barricades Nestle factory over GM food use BODY: 
HONG KONG, May 28 (AFP) - Greenpeace activists chained 
themselves to a Nestle factory in Hong Kong Monday alleging 
it had reneged on pledges to phase out genetically modified 
(GM) ingredients in its products. The environmental 

(Greenpeace)
11) South China Morning Post May 28, 2001 News; Pg. 1 364 words 
HEADLINE: Voluntary GM food labels planned BYLINE: Alex Lo 
BODY: A transitional voluntary labelling system for 
genetically modified food is the most likely option to be 
adopted by the Government, according to an official. 
 Mandatory labelling of GM food is to be brought in at a 

12) DAILY MAIL (London) May 28, 2001 HEADLINE: GIANT 'VEG FROM 
SPACE' BYLINE: DAILY MAIL REPORTER BODY: MONster vegetables 
are reportedly being grown from seeds which have been sent 
into space by China's fledgling space programme. The claims 
centre on extra-large marrows, peppers and melons 
cultivated from seeds that have been in orbit. High 

13) South China Morning Post May 28, 2001 News; Pg. 4 HEADLINE: 
Most want GM labels: survey BYLINE: Felix Chan BODY: Almost 
three in four consumers support the setting up of a 
compulsory labelling system for genetically modified food 
immediately or after a voluntary phase, a survey has found. 
The Democratic Party survey of 926 people last week found 

14) THE KOREA HERALD May 28, 2001, HEADLINE: Government creates 
task force for managing genetically modified organisms 
BYLINE: By Yoo Soh-jung Staff reporter BODY: The government 
will launch a task force for monitoring environmentally 
harmful organisms created through genetic modification, the 
Ministry of Environment said Saturday. The "Evaluation 

MILITARY

15) Radio Netherlands 28/05/2001 
[http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/greenland010528.html] NMD 
Triggers Independence Debate in Greenland by our reporter 
Ed Butler, 28 May 2001 President George W. Bush's plan for 
a national missile defense system could be compromised now 
that the US Senate has passed into the hands of the 

16) Associated Press. May 28, 2001, HEADLINE: Pakistan ruler 
urges expanded nuclear research BYLINE: By STEVEN GUTKIN, 
Associated Press Writer DATELINE: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan BODY: 
Three years to the day after his nation first tested a 
nuclear bomb, Pakistan's military ruler on Monday urged 
nuclear scientists to expand their research, vowing to 

17) Evening News (Edinburgh) May 25, 2001, Pg. 20 HEADLINE: MOD 
CONSIDERS ROSYTH DUMP BODY: ROSYTH could become a new 
dumping ground for nuclear reactor departments, it was 
claimed today. The Fife town is believed to be a 
front-runner in the Ministry of Defence's search for 
potential sites to store old reactors. The Isolus study, 

18) The New York Times May 28, 2001, Late Edition - Final 
Section A; Page 1; Column 6; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: U.S. 
 WILL OFFER AID TO MOSCOW IN PLAN TO UNDO ABM PACT BYLINE: 
 By DAVID E. SANGER and THOM SHANKER DATELINE: WASHINGTON, 
May 27 BODY: To win Russia's cooperation in scrapping the 
1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, the Bush administration 

NUCLEAR POWER

19) Globe and Mail 28/05/2001, Canada [www.globeandmail.com] 
New life for old reactors fans fears for safety MARTIN 
MITTELSTAEDT Monday, May 28, 2001 Aging atomic plants in 
Canada are about to get a second lease on life, alarming 
nuclear critics who worry the stations are too old to be 
run safely, but delighting a nuclear industry that is 

20) Japan's nuclear industry in shock after 'no' vote By Miho 
Yoshikawa TOKYO, May 28 (Reuters) - Shock waves rippled 
through Japan's energy industry on Monday after a small 
village voted to reject the use of a controversial recycled 
nuclear fuel in the latest blow to the nation's nuclear 
ambitions. Both senior government and industry officials 

(Greenpeace)
21) The Guardian (London) May 28, 2001 Guardian Home Pages, Pg. 
8 492 words HEADLINE: Sellafield plant dealt blow by 
Japanese village BYLINE: Jonathan Watts in Kariwa, Japan 
BODY: The future of British Nuclear Fuels' controversial 
plant at Sellafield for recycling nuclear fuel was cast 
into doubt yesterday by residents of a Japanese village 

(Greenpeace)
22) Chicago Tribune May 28, 2001 NORTH FINAL EDITION SECTION: 
News; Pg. 4; ZONE: N LENGTH: 742 words HEADLINE: Japanese 
village rejects recycled nuclear energy; Referendum is 
gauge of public opinion on plans BYLINE: By Uli Schmetzer, 
Tribune foreign correspondent. DATELINE: TOKYO BODY: Voters 
in a small farming village that is home to the world's 

OCEANS

23) Agence France Presse May 28, 2001, HEADLINE: EU warns of 
overfishing in North Atlantic DATELINE: STENUNGSUND, 
Sweden, May 28 BODY: EU Fisheries and Agriculture 
Commissioner Franz Fischler warned Monday of overfishing in 
the North Atlantic and said immediate measures were needed 
to prevent the depletion of fish stocks, Swedish news 

24) AP Worldstream May 28, 2001; HEADLINE: Petrobras to resume 
production at 12 platforms after spill DATELINE: SAO PAULO, 
Brazil BODY: Federal oil giant Petrobras said it would 
resume production Monday at 12 offshore oil platforms off 
the Rio de Janeiro coast after mopping up a 110,000- liter 
(29,000-gallon) crude slick over the weekend. Petrobras 

25) Reuters via PlanetArk [www.planetark.org] Brazilian oil 
spill latest in unexplained series BRAZIL: May 28, 2001 RIO 
DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras was 
cleaning up a small oil spill on Saturday off the coast of 
Rio de Janeiro which environmental officials called 
troubling because it was the latest in a series of 

26) Vancouver Sun May 28, 2001 EDITION Final News PAGE A5 Whale 
watching harms orcas, expert says: Mobs of tourists mean 
whales never rest, UBC scientist says Kate Jaimet Every 
year, hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the Juan 
de Fuca Strait to admire the marine acrobatics of the rare 
killer whales. But when scientist Andrew Trites looks at 

TOXICS

(Greenpeace)
27) South China Morning Post May 26, 2001 NEWS; Pg. 5 289 words 
HEADLINE: Burning waste 'best for whole of society' BYLINE: 
Cheung Chi-fai BODY: Local interests should give way to 
wider community needs in the construction of an incinerator 
in Tuen Mun, a senior environment official said yesterday. 
 Kim Salkeld, who has left his post as Deputy Secretary for 

28) THE STATESMAN (INDIA) May 25, 2001 HEADLINE: Domestic 
pesticides: Foes In The Guise Of Friends BODY: Pesticide 
uses in households are growing alarmingly. Many consider 
them saviours from the tyranny of pests like mosquitoes, 
termites, ants, cockroaches and other insects. In modern 
times the uses of pesticides are unavoidable but such uses 

29) The Independent (London) May 28, 2001, FOREIGN NEWS; Pg. 12 
HEADLINE: VENICE FIGHTS TRADE IN CLAMS FROM THE TOXIC LAGOON
BYLINE: Frances Kennedy In Venice BODY: AS THE sun rises 
over the towers and palaces of Venice, Captain Ludovico 
Fulci and his men moor their swift grey motor boats at the 
Guardia di Finanza headquarters, a pretty former convent on 

(Greenpeace)
30) TASS May 28, 2001, 160 words HEADLINE: Greenpeace demands 
turning Dzerzhinsk into emergency zone. BYLINE: By Anna 
Varshavskaya DATELINE: MOSCOW, May 28 BODY: Greenpeace 
demands that the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 
in Central Russia, should be granted a status of "Zone of 
emergency situation", its ecologically harmful production 

31) The Scotsman May 26, 2001, Pg. 2 HEADLINE: FARMERS SHOCKED 
BY MILK DIOXIN WARNING BYLINE: Fordyce Maxwell BODY: THE 
Food Standards Agency yesterday issued a dioxin-in- milk 
warning and brought disbelief from farmers. Letters were 
sent to 15,000 dairy farmers, about 900 of whom might be 
affected because their cattle are grazing within 2km of 

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