Global News Headlines - July 6

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Friday, July 6, 2001
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ATMOSPHERE

1) Major changes needed to cope with world population By Paul 
Osborne BRISBANE, July 6 AAP - The world is under severe 
stress from the greenhouse effect and has no chance of 
meeting the demands of a growing population without major 
change, says an Australian energy policy expert. Griffith 
University's Professor Ian Lowe, who will speak at a major 

(Greenpeace)
2) Reuters via www.planetark.org/ Australia refuses to come 
clean on Kyoto position AUSTRALIA: July 6, 2001 CANBERRA - 
Australia refused to be pinned down yesterday on whether it 
would ratify the Kyoto global warming pact without U.S. 
 involvement as a European Union (EU) delegation arrived to 
lobby for support. Kyoto's future rests with a handful of 

3) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 6, 2001, HEADLINE: U.N. 
 climate conference delayed by three days DATELINE: Bonn 
BODY: The upcoming U.N. climate conference in Bonn, where 
European nations are likely to make a last-ditch effort to 
save the Kyoto Protocol in the face of U.S. objections, is 
to be delayed by three days. No reason was announced Friday 

4) The New York Times July 6, 2001, Late Edition - Final 
Section A; Page 3; Column 1; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: U.N. 
 May Delay Climate Treaty's Target Date BYLINE:  By ANDREW 
C. REVKIN BODY: The chairman of a United Nations conference 
negotiating a climate treaty said on Thursday that he was 
willing to delay the target date that countries would have 

5) 07/05 Warmer Sweden linked with tick-born encephalitis 
LONDON (Reuters) - Milder weather in Sweden in recent 
years, possibly linked to global warming, has led to a 
sharp rise in the number of cases of tick-borne 
encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, scientists said 
on Friday. The research at Stockholm University in Sweden 

(Greenpeace)
6) yahoo.com, Friday July 6, 2001; 
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010706/l06413184.html UK Green 
Party plans Esso forecourt picket LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) 
- Britain's Green Party said on Friday that its members 
will stage a nationwide picket of Exxon Mobil's (NYSE:XOM - 
news) Esso brand petrol stations in mid-July in protest at 

7) AP Worldstream July 5, 2001; HEADLINE: Study: Mosquito 
species may spread because of global warming DATELINE: VERO 
BEACH, Florida BODY: One of the effects of global warming 
could be the spread of the disease- carrying Asian tiger 
mosquito, a new study warns. Two researchers at Illinois 
State University found that the Asian tiger breeds faster 

ENERGY

8) Toronto Star July 6, 2001 Ontario Edition BUSINESS; Pg. E06 
HEADLINE: New wind blowing through electricity on Alberta 
prairie BYLINE: James Stevenson, CANADIAN PRESS CCN 
HIGHLIGHT: TransAlta head office will be lit by breezes 
BODY: Giant wind turbines are springing up in rows on the 
hot Alberta prairie this summer, and will spread to Ontario 

9) New Scientist; July 7, 2001; In brief, Pg. 27; 150 words; 
HEADLINE: Blade ruiner BODY: ENGINEERS have long been 
baffled as to why the power output of wind turbines 
suddenly drops in high winds. Now researchers at the Energy 
Centre of the Netherlands in Petten say that bugs 
accidentally splattered onto the blades might be to blame. 

10) The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA.)
 July 5, 2001, METRO EDITION News; Pg. 6-B;S HEADLINE: 
Arctic refuge drilling opposed BODY: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! 
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! We must not spoil one of the last 
pristine places we have left in America. We must not drill 
for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The amount 

11) United Press International; July 5, 2001, 1041 words; 
Senators want Great Lakes drilling ban BYLINE: By 
comparison, 13 wells on the Michigan shore have produced 
less than 500,000 barrels of oil in the 22 years since they 
were first drilled. BODY: Three senators are urging their 
colleagues to support a measure that would ban oil and gas 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

12) Agence France Presse July 6, 2001, HEADLINE: UN body 
recommends testing for genetically modified foods DATELINE: 
GENEVA, July 6 BODY: Governments should test and approve 
the safety of foodstuffs derived from genetically modified 
organisms (GMO) before they are put on the market, UN 
health and food experts have agreed here. The accord by the 

(Greenpeace)
13) BANGKOK POST July 6, 2001 308 words HEADLINE: GENETICALLY 
MODIFIED ORGANISMS: Campaign to begin against GM goods; 
Designed to counter upcoming meeting on biotechnology BODY: 
Thai and international activists will join forces with 
consumer protection groups and farmer organisations to 
launch a campaign against genetically modified products 

14) New Scientist July 7, 2001 This Week, Pg. 16 HEADLINE: 
Unleash the aliens BYLINE: Joanna Marchant HIGHLIGHT: We'll 
know when it's safe to set transgenic creatures free BODY: 
ON THE eve of a major conference on the safety of 
genetically modified food and crops, two research teams 
have put forward their vision of how scientists can ensure 

15) New Scientist July 7, 2001 This Week: Frontiers, Pg. 25 
HEADLINE: No more laundry BYLINE: Eugenie Samuel (Boston) 
HIGHLIGHT: Why wash your shirt when bugs can eat it clean ? 
BODY: MOST of us try to wash bacteria out of our clothes. 
 Not so Alex Fowler. He wants several thousand bugs to set 
up home inside every single fibre of a fabric, living, 

16) FDA probes plant that made chips with StarLink corn By 
Julie Vorman WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - Federal 
regulators said on Thursday they were investigating a plant 
that produced white corn tortilla chips to determine how 
the snack food was contaminated with traces of genetically 
altered StarLink corn, a variety that triggered a massive 

17) Los Angeles Times July 6, 2001  Home Edition Part A; Part 
1; Page 1; Metro Desk HEADLINE: More Doubt Cast on Cloning 
Safety; Science: Researchers find unpredictable genetic 
flaws that can cause premature death or abnormalities. 
 BYLINE: ROBERT LEE HOTZ, TIMES SCIENCE WRITER BODY: 
Strengthening the scientific case against human cloning, 

18) The San Francisco Chronicle JULY 6, 2001, FINAL EDITION 
NEWS; Pg. A1 HEADLINE: 'Huge' genetic defects discovered in 
mice cloned from stem cells SOURCE: Chronicle Science Writer
BYLINE: Carl T. Hall BODY: Cloned mice have profound 
genetic abnormalities not apparent at birth, researchers 
report today, a finding that bolsters the belief among many 

MILITARY

19) Deutsche Presse-Agentur July 6, 2001, HEADLINE: Russia 
proposes drastic nuclear arms cuts DATELINE: Moscow BODY: 
Moscow made new proposals Friday to cut by 10,000 warheads 
the nuclear arsenals of the five nations with the largest 
stockpiles - Russia, the United States, Britain, China and 
France. Under the plan outlined by the foreign ministry in 

20) News Bulletin July 05, 2001, HEADLINE: Russia will dispose 
of some 190 nuclear subs by 2007 BODY:   ARKHANGELSK. July 
5 (InterfaxNorthwest)- The disposal of nine nuclear 
submarines costs Russia approximately 6 billion rubles, 
a representative of the Russian Nuclear Energy Ministry 
told Interfax on Thursday. The main problems connected with 

21) The Washington Post; July 06, 2001, Pg. A23; 772 words; 
Underground Test Speedup Barred; Congress Waiting For 
Rumsfeld to Finish Defense Study BY: Walter Pincus, BODY: 
The House has moved to block plans by the Energy Department 
to shorten from three years to 18 months the time it needs 
to be able to resume underground nuclear weapons tests. 

NUCLEAR POWER

(Greenpeace)
22) Reuters via www.planetark.org/ German nuke waste shipment 
next week - Greenpeace GERMANY: July 6, 2001 HAMBURG, 
Germany - Environmental group Greenpeace said yesterday it 
expected shipments of nuclear waste from north German 
nuclear power stations to be sent to waste processing 
plants in France next week. "There will probably be a 

23) The Moscow Times July 6, 2001 No. 2234 HEADLINE: IN BRIEF: 
Power Export Plans BYLINE: THE MOSCOW TIMES BODY: MOSCOW - 
Nuclear power concern Rosenergoatom plans to export 
electricity to Finland, Turkey and Ukraine, Interfax 
reported the concern as saying. By the end of the year it 
is expected to supply Turkey with 900 million 

OCEANS

(Greenpeace)
24) WHALE OF A POLITICAL FIGHT GRIPS WHALING COMMISSION LONDON, 
United Kingdom, July 5, 2001 (ENS) - A key battle has begun 
in this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) 
meeting, as its scientific committee wrestles over the most 
populous baleen whale stock - Antarctic minkes. The 
committee called for new estimates after concluding last 

25) Agence France Presse July 6, 2001, HEADLINE: Japanese farm 
minister to visit US for talks on whaling DATELINE: TOKYO, 
July 6 BODY: Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
Minister Tsutomu Takebe said Friday he would pay a 
three-day visit to the United States early next week to 
defend Tokyo's controversial whaling program. Takebe would 

26) Manila Standard July 5, 2001 HEADLINE: SOMETHING FISHY 
ABOUT FISHING BAN BODY: Commercial fishermen yesterday 
warned the country would suffer a severe shortage of fish 
if an order prohibiting local fishers from operating within 
15 kilometers from shoreline is implemented on Friday. The 
Alliance of Philippine Fishing Federation Inc. said the 

27) HAWAIIAN CORAL PROTECTED IN NEW DEEP WATER REFUGE HONOLULU, 
Hawaii, July 5, 2001 (ENS) - The Western Pacific Fishery 
Management Council has agreed to the establishment of a 
massive refuge for deep water precious corals in the 
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The refuge would run 
about 250 miles from the existing Western Pacific Refugia 

TOXICS

28) Toronto Star July 6, 2001 Ontario Edition LIFE; Pg. F01 
HEADLINE: Oscar-winning filmmaker and breast cancer 
survivor - who often rode her bike through DDT spray as a 
child - probes pesticide use BYLINE: Judy Steed FEATURE 
WRITER, Toronto Star ; JONATHAN HAYWARD FOR THE TORONTO STAR
BODY: When the Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously 

(Greenpeace)
29) The Press Trust of India June 8, 2001 Friday Nationwide 
International News 250 words HEADLINE: Greenpeace calls for 
ban on incinerators DATELINE: Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 
BODY: Well-known environment group, Greenpeace and Thanal 
Conservation Action and Information Network have demanded 
ban on the incineration of wastes following a study that 

30) News Bulletin; July 05, 2001, 141 words; Pesticides found 
in mothers' milk in South Kazakhstan BODY:  CHIMKENT. July 
5 (InterfaxKazakhstan)- Pesticides have been found in 
mothers' milk in the rural Makhtaaralsk district of 
South Kazakhstan, chief physician of the district hospital 
Amangeldy Isabekov has told Interfax. Medics have examined 

X-OTHER-X

(Greenpeace)
31) Courier Press.com, USA, Friday, July 06, 2001 
http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?/200107/06+law-
wnlib070601_news.html+20010706+news 'Lawn lib' activists an 
enigma Mysterious letters give mowers pau By SCOTT DEACLE 
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette- Scripps Howard News Service 
PITTSBURGH - Move over, Greenpeace. Here comes the Lawn 

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