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Global News Headlines - July 3
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Tuesday, July 3, 2001
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
(Greenpeace)
1) FEATURE-Germany struggles to turn dirt into cash By
Claire-Louise Isted FRANKFURT, July 3 (Reuters) - Germany
may be the European heavyweight champion of climate
protection, boxing clever with big emission reduction
goals, but its energy industry is throwing limp punches at
the latest environmental challenge. The industry is
2) 2 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide Could be Saved ...
NAIROBI, Jun 29, 2001 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Voluntary
actions by industry, governments and organizations are
leading to small but significant reductions in emissions of
global warming gases worldwide, the United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Energy Council
3) The Express July 2, 2001 NEWS; Pg. 30 HEADLINE: THREAT TO
SALMON BODY: WILD Atlantic salmon could be wiped out by
global warming. New research shows Britain's salmon and
trout are suffering stunted growth in summer. And there are
fears that this trend will worsen. The UN has warned that
global warming is likely to increase temperatures by 6C
4) The Observer July 1, 2001 Observer News Pages, Pg. 20
HEADLINE: Greenhouse gas emissions soar in defiant US
BYLINE: Anthony Browne Environment Correspondent BODY:
AMERICA, the world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases,
is polluting the planet on a greater scale than ever before.
Official figures show its emissions of carbon dioxide - the
(Greenpeace)
5) XINHUA July 2, 2001, 228 words HEADLINE: Greenpeace:
Renegotiating Kyoto Pact Leads to Death of It DATELINE:
PARIS, July 2 BODY: To renegotiate the Kyoto Protocol on
global climate change will lead to the death of the pact,
Greenpeace International announced here Monday in a
statement. "Greenpeace is convinced that efforts are doomed
(Greenpeace)
6) The Age, Australia, Monday 2 July 2001
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/2001/07/02/FFX0Q8FPLOC.-
.ht Japan plays it safe with US on Kyoto By MICHAEL MILLETT
Japan has failed to use its "moral leadership" of the Kyoto
climate change process to force the United States to relent
on its hardline opposition to the international treaty.
ENERGY
(Greenpeace)
7) AP Worldstream July 3, 2001; 164 words HEADLINE: Russian
region suffers oil spill DATELINE: MOSCOW BODY: Emergency
workers on Tuesday were collecting 240 tons (70,500
gallons) of oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline in
the Ryazan region of western Russia, an Emergency
Situations Ministry spokesman said. The oil leaked onto the
FORESTS
8) Aust govts fail to protect native bushlands CANBERRA, July
1 AAP - Australian governments had failed to protect native
vegetation, with more than a footy field of bushland being
cleared every minute, the Australian Conservation Foundation
(ACF) said today. Commonwealth, state and territory
governments had reneged on their commitment to reverse the
9) Hindustan Times July 1, 2001 HEADLINE: MAFIA SWAPS TIGER
PARTS FOR TOOSH, DRUGS BYLINE: NEETA SHARMA BODY: IT'S BEEN
27 long years since Project Tiger, a massive programme to
save the tiger from extinction, was launched. But the harsh
reality is that on an average, a tiger is killed every two
days to cater to the demands of the international market.
10) The Ottawa Citizen July 1, 2001 EDITION Final News PAGE E8
Mexico's battle to save its forests MEXICO CITY -- In
scenes reminiscent of the war on drugs, hundreds of police
in flak jackets and helmets are raiding the mountains to
defend Mexico's rapidly disappearing forests. As in the
battle against drugs, casualties are beginning to mount and
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(Greenpeace)
11) Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, July 4, 2001;
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0107/04/features/features1.html
Pity the poor mad scientist The biotechnology boffins can't
understand why everybody seems out to get them. All they
want to do is save the world, reports Gay Alcorn. The
world's biggest biotechnology convention, in California
12) Door to be opened for non-EU authorised GMOs Environment
Daily 1021, 02/07/01 The European Commission is preparing
to propose changes to the EU's main legal text on
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in order to permit
the accidental presence of unauthorised strains onto the EU
market. In a move certain to incense anti-biotechnology
13) Monsanto France weighs action after GM crop attack PARIS,
July 3 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co's <MON.N> French subsidiary
is considering legal action following the destruction of a
gene-modified (GM) maize test field just days after the
farm ministry published a list of all GM crop trials in
France. Monsanto Agriculture France said in a statement on
(Greenpeace)
14) ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: DEBATE OVER GM COTTON HEATS UP
BANGALORE, India, Jul 1, 2001 (Inter Press Service via
COMTEX) -- As the world debates over the safety of
genetically modified crops, India's southern state of
Karnataka is anxious to reap the advantages of new
technology and thus wants quick approval for the
15) Thailand plans GMO labelling for corn, soybeans BANGKOK,
July 3 (Reuters) - Thailand decided on Tuesday that rules on
labelling genetically modified organism (GMO) products
would only apply to corn, soybeans and related products
with a GMO content of more than three percent. "We came to
the conclusion that only imports of corn and soybeans and
16) Independent on Sunday (London) July 1, 2001, BUSINESS; Pg. 2
HEADLINE: GM PRODUCE IS IN DISGUISE, SAY US SUPPLIERS
BYLINE: Leo Lewis BODY: A leading US food-producing group
says a "significant proportion" of supposedly GM-free
imports to the UK could contain genetically altered crops.
Gene Grabowski, the vice president of the Grocery
17) Financial Times (London) June 30, 2001, London Edition 2
NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 4 HEADLINE: Aventis takes government to
court over release of data BYLINE: By JOHN MASON BODY: A
biotechnology group is taking the government to court over
plans to make public its confidential data about the health
and environmental impact of pesticides used to grow
18) Financial Times (London) July 3, 2001, London Edition 1
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY; Pg. 10 HEADLINE: Modified foods
guide may be tightened BYLINE: By FRANCES WILLIAMS
DATELINE: GENEVA BODY: Draft international safety
guidelines for genetically modified foods, due to be
approved this week, will require a radical tightening of US
19) Los Angeles Times July 1, 2001 Home Edition Part A; Part
1; Page 1; National Desk HEADLINE: THE NATION; SUNDAY
REPORT; Biotech Soybeans Plant Seed of Risky Revolution;
The genetically altered plant, a wildly successful
marketing ploy, has changed farming. Critics fear health
dangers and an ecosystem changed forever too. BYLINE:
MILITARY
20) Los Angeles Times July 3, 2001 Home Edition Part A; Part
1; Page 3; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: THE WORLD; ; Putin Offers
to Slash Warheads if U.S. Adheres to ABM Treaty BYLINE:
JOHN DANISZEWSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: MOSCOW BODY:
President Vladimir V. Putin on Monday reiterated an offer
to eliminate at least three-quarters of Russia's 6,000
(Greenpeace)
21) Agence France Presse July 3, 2001, 238 words HEADLINE:
Campaigners invade British base in anti-US protest
DATELINE: HARROGATE, England, July 3 BODY: More than 100
Greenpeace activists broke into a British radar base early
Tuesday earmarked as a vital component of the US missile
defence shield, the pressure group said. It said
22) Agence France Presse July 3, 2001, HEADLINE:
"Circumstances" may compel US to consider nuclear testing:
Pentagon DATELINE: WASHINGTON, July 2 BODY: A top Pentagon
official has raised the possibility of the United States
resuming nuclear testing in the future to maintain the
reliability of its vast nuclear arsenal but denied such
NUCLEAR POWER
23) Agence France Presse July 3, 2001, HEADLINE: Nuclear waste
storage center in danger of collapse: report DATELINE:
HALLE, Germany, July 3 BODY: Germany's only storage center
for marginally radioactive waste, Morsleben in the eastern
state of Saxony-Anhalt, is in danger of collapsing, the
regional daily Mitteldeutsche Zeitung reported Tuesday. The
24) 07/03 Putin to allow nuclear fuel imports - minister MOSCOW
(Reuters) - Russia's top nuclear official said Tuesday that
President Vladimir Putin will soon sign a bill permitting
nuclear fuel imports, a move environmentalists say would
turn Russia into the world's nuclear dump. Russian Atomic
Energy Minister Alexander Rumyantsev told reporters Putin
25) Korea Times July 2, 2001, HEADLINE: Gov't to Build Spent
Fuel Repository BODY: The government has decided to
unilaterally designate a site for the construction of a
nuclear waste repository and induce local autonomous bodies
to pursue the project. The Ministry of Commerce, Industry
and Energy and the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Corp. have
(Greenpeace)
26) The Observer July 1, 2001 Observer Business Pages, Pg. 1
410 words HEADLINE: Blair's new man backs N-plants BYLINE:
by Oliver Morgan Industrial Correspondent BODY: THE NEW
Energy Minister, Brian Wilson, has given the strongest
signal yet that the Government will supportbuilding more UK
nuclear power stations. Wilson, whose appointment last week
27) Financial Times (London) June 30, 2001, London Edition 1
NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 2 HEADLINE: Call to block BNFL Mox plant
NEWS DIGEST BYLINE: By MATTHEW JONES BODY: Call to block
BNFL Mox plant Japanese local government officials
yesterday stepped up pressure on UK ministers to block the
opening of British Nuclear Fuels' recycled atomic fuel
OCEANS
28) Agence France Presse July 3, 2001, HEADLINE: Agreement
struck to save endangered turtles DATELINE: CANBERRA, July 3
BODY: Australia struck an agreement Tuesday with other
countries on the fringes of the Indian and Pacific oceans
to try and save marine turtle species from extinction. The
agreement binds Australia, Iran, Myanmar, the Philippines,
(Greenpeace)
29) The Express On Sunday July 1, 2001 1295 words HEADLINE:
DON'T FREE WILLY! BYLINE: KEITH PERRY BODY: HE CAPTURED the
hearts of wildlife lovers and became a worldwide symbol of
liberty. Spanning 20ft and weighing four tons, Keiko the
killer whale was a victim of human cruelty in life as well
as on film. In the hit movie Free Willy, Keiko was saved
(Greenpeace)
30) The Mail&Guardian, South Africa, July 2, 2001.
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001jul/features/02jul-co-
ows.ht 'You eat cows ... we eat whales' Anthony Browne
meets the whale hunters who demand the right to kill for
profit and accuse the West of double standards ANTHONY
31) The Moscow Times July 2, 2001 No. 2230 HEADLINE: End of
Caviar As We Know It? BYLINE: Christopher Pala BODY: Russia
and two other countries have temporarily banned fishing for
sturgeon to protect dwindling stocks. As Christopher Pala
reports from Ikryanoye, or Caviartown, the fish prized for
producing caviar may have outlived the dinosaurs, but they
32) 07/01 Global Warming May Threaten 'Living Fossils' By Ed
Stoddard SODWANA BAY, South Africa (Reuters) - They've
outlived the dinosaurs and a whole lot more, but global
warming may yet kill off the coelacanth. Scientists fear
the coelacanth -- a "living fossil" fish that has been
swimming the seas for an astonishing 400 million years --
33) Agence France Presse July 3, 2001, HEADLINE: Shark
slaughter damaging Thailand's tourism industry: WildAid
DATELINE: BANGKOK, July 2 BODY: The slaughter of Thailand's
sharks for their fins and meat is hurting the kingdom's
important tourism industry, environmental campaign group
WildAid said Tuesday. Sharks are the main attraction at
34) Aberdeen Press and Journal; June 30, 2001;
News:Politics:Mps, Pg.25; 242 words; UK moves to put a stop
to Norwegian whaling survey in waters off Scotland BODY:
David Perry BRITAIN has banned the Norwegians from
conducting a survey of the whale population it territorial
waters off the Northern and Western Scottish coasts and
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
35) Philippine Daily Inquirer July 3, 2001 Pg. 13 263 words
HEADLINE: ACROSS THE NATION GREENPEACE SEEKS PROBE OF
HOSPITAL INCINERATOR BYLINE: MA. DIOSA LABISTE, PDI VISAYAS
BUREAU BODY: ILOILO CITY-International environmental group
Greenpeace will conduct its own investigation to determine
if the Austrian-made incinerator of a government-run
(Greenpeace)
36) Associated Press. June 30, 2001, HEADLINE: DuPont reports
plant waste contaminated with toxic chemical DATELINE:
WILMINGTON, Del. BODY: The DuPont Co. has reported that
solid waste stockpiled at its Edge Moor pigment plant is
contaminated with dioxin, a chemical linked to cancer.
State, federal and company officials said during a
37) The New York Times July 3, 2001, Late Edition - Final
Section A; Page 10; Column 1; National Desk HEADLINE: Plan
to Burn Chemical Arms Worries Alabamians BYLINE: By DAVID
FIRESTONE DATELINE: ANNISTON, Ala., June 27 BODY: There are
few residents of Calhoun County's mountain ridges who do
not know, to the tenth of a mile, how far they live from
38) REUTERS via www.planetark.org UPDATE - Hanoi sees need for
urgent dioxin survey - US expert VIETNAM: July 3, 2001
HANOI - A leading U.S. researcher said Vietnam's Health
Ministry agreed yesterday on the need for emergency steps
after people living near a former U.S. base where there was
a big wartime spillage of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange
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