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Global News Headlines - May 19
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NEWSLINK: Environmental News Headlines
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Sunday, May 19, 2002
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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An overview of the environmental news coverage of the day
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CLIMATE CHANGE
1) New Scientist May 18, 2002 This Week; ISSN. 0262 4079;
Vol. 174; Pg. 16 Canada plays dirty BYLINE: Fred Pearce
BODY: CANADA seems set to join the US in reneging on the
Kyoto Protocol on climate change unless it gets key
concessions, which the European Union adamantly opposes.
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien told a meeting of EU...
2) The Nation (Thailand) May 18, 2002, FLOODING: Bangkok's
water table going down BYLINE: The Nation. BODY: FLOODING:
Bangkok's water table going down This and rising seas spell
ruin, seminar told Large-scale overuse of underground water
supplies in Bangkok could cause the city to sink, which,
combined with rising sea levels could cause severe...
3) The Guardian (London) May 18, 2002 Guardian Home Pages,
Pg. 12 Dung-power station set to fire on all cylinders
BYLINE: Paul Brown Environment correspondent BODY: A
dung-fired power station is ready to start producing
electricity and hot water in Holsworthy, Devon, and could
be the first of 100 similar stations in the UK. The station...
(Greenpeace)
4) Press Association May 18, 2002, 491 words AB FAB STAR
LEADS PROTEST AGAINST OIL GIANT BYLINE: Nell Raven, PA News
BODY: Absolutely Fabulous star Julia Sawalha today led an
environmental protest against oil giant Esso by urging
motorists not to buy the firm's fuel. Alongside her
comedian boyfriend Alan Davies, the actress, who plays...
(Greenpeace)
5) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) May 19, 2002, Pg. 03 1142 words
Why do they hate Exxon? Yesterday saw nationwide protests by
environmentalists against ExxonMobil. Mary Fagan assesses
whether they were justified? BYLINE: By Mary Fagan BODY:
The world's largest oil group, ExxonMobil, is under siege.
The environmental movement has called it the dirtiest...
FORESTS
6) The Times of India May 19, 2002 ENCROACHERS EAT INTO
KERALA FOREST COVER BYLINE: P K SURENDRAN BODY: KOTTAYAM:
Forest grabbing has emerged as a lucrative industry in
Kerala. The ongoing governmental inquiry into the illegal
clearing of the Shola forests on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu
border hills, reveals that encroachers have procured...
7) Agence France Presse May 18, 2002 Arson to blame for some
of Russia's forest fires: officials DATELINE: VLADIVOSTOK,
Russia, May 18 BODY: Arsonists started some of the forest
fires which ravaged the Siberian taiga this month,
officials and experts alleged on Saturday. Viktor Ishayev,
governor of the Khabarovsk region where fires are still...
8) The New York Times May 19, 2002, Late Edition - Final
Section 4; Page 14; Column 1; Editorial Desk Grizzlies at
Risk BODY: Grizzly bears need all the friends they can get.
The grizzly is a federally protected species whose recovery
is nonetheless under relentless pressure from suburban
development and from politicians who covet the bears'...
9) The San Francisco Chronicle MAY 18, 2002, FINAL EDITION
BAY AREA; Pg. A18 Earth First bomb case goes to jurors;
Final arguments give varied views of authorities SOURCE:
Chronicle Staff Writer BYLINE: Jim Herron Zamora DATELINE:
Oakland BODY: The two sides in the federal lawsuit over the
investigation of the 1990 car bombing that injured two...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
10) The Times of India May 18, 2002 PANEL WANTS CAUTION ON GM
PLANTS BODY: New Delhi: The Parliament's standing committee
on environment and forests has called for a ''cautious
approach'' on genetically-modified (GM) plants, even though
the Union government has given a go-ahead for
commercialisation of transgenic cotton. In its report on...
(Greenpeace)
11) The Russia Journal 19.5.2002 Genetically modified potatoes
nearly here [Russian potato growers lose some of their
harvest to destruction by the Colorado beetle, and some of
them say they would try Monsanto's modified seeds if the
government approves their sale.] Russian potato growers
lose some of their harvest to destruction by the Colorado...
Read the article:
http://www.russiajournal.com/weekly/article.shtml?ad=6150
12) New Scientist May 18, 2002 Comment; ISSN. 0262 4079; Vol.
174; Pg. 3 How many lawyers does it take ...
HIGHLIGHT: Greed and legal wrangling could stifle the
medical revolution BODY: WHEN Jonas Salk was asked who held
the patent for his newly created polio vaccine back in the
1950s, he famously replied: "There is no patent. Could...
(Greenpeace)
13) The Atlanta Journal and Constitution May 19, 2002 Home
Edition News; Pg. 1A 2240 words Eating altered genes;
Designer crops already abundant on grocery shelves BYLINE:
MIKE TONER SOURCE: AJC BODY: It is an ordinary supermarket
with ordinary food --- a shopper's bounty of cereals,
canned foods and condiments. But Andrew Stocklinski ---...
MILITARY
14) Asahi Shimbun May 18, 2002 DANGEROUS WORLD AFTER 9/11
ATTACK, POLL SAYS BODY: The Asahi Shimbun The world has
become a more perilous place since the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks in the United States, according to individuals from
11 nations who participated in a survey conducted by a
Canadian public opinion center with the cooperation of The...
15) The New York Times May 19, 2002, Late Edition - Final
Section 1; Page 8; Column 3; Foreign Desk To the Drums of
War, India Expels Pakistan Ambassador BYLINE: By CELIA W.
DUGGER with HOWARD W. FRENCH DATELINE: NEW DELHI, May 18
BODY: Indian and Pakistani troops bombarded each other
today with heavy mortar and artillery fire, and India...
16) Diplomatic Panorama May 18, 2002, RUSSIA NOT TO RESUME
NUCLEAR TESTS - FOREIGN MINISTRY BODY: RUSSIA NOT TO
RESUME NUCLEAR TESTS- FOREIGN MINISTRY MOSCOW. MAY 18
(Interfax)- Russia will strictly adhere to its obligations,
including a ban on nuclear arms tests and staging nuclear
explosions, the information and press department of the...
17) The Washington Post May 19, 2002, Final Edition A SECTION;
Pg. A09 Clues Pointed to Changing Terrorist Tactics; Foiled
Plots, FBI Data Showed Al Qaeda Groups Might Use Airplanes
as Missiles BYLINE: Steve Fainaru, Washington Post Staff
Writer DATELINE: NEW YORK BODY: A broad array of signals --
from foiled plots to FBI field interviews -- suggested for...
NUCLEAR POWER
18) UPDATE 1-Finnish nuclear power expansion gains in poll By
Paul de Bendern HELSINKI, May 19 (Reuters) - More than half
of Finns now support a plan to build a new nuclear reactor
to meet rising energy demand and reduce dependence on
imports, particularly from Russia, a survey showed on
Sunday. The Gallup poll, published less than a week before...
19) Asahi Shimbun May 18, 2002 UTILITIES TO CREATE NUCLEAR
PLANT CRISIS TEAMS BODY: The Asahi Shimbun The nation's
electric utilities are being asked to establish
crisis-management teams at each nuclear power plant. But
utilities could see it as an imposition The Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry's Agency for Nuclear and...
20) China Post May 18, 2002 WUCHIOU WOMAN URGES CHEN NOT TO
DUMP NUCLEAR WASTE BODY: A woman from the offshore Kinmen
County yesterday pleaded to President Chen Shui-bian not to
turn her home town into a dumping ground for nuclear waste.
"Please save Wuchiou Township, President Chen," Kao Dan-hua
yelled out when the president was about to take his leave...
21) The San Francisco Chronicle MAY 18, 2002, FINAL EDITION
BAY AREA; Pg. A18; LIVERMORE; Plutonium shipping plan
withdrawn BODY: The U.S. Department of Energy has dropped
plans to ship plutonium to the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory in steel containers that critics said could
rupture in a crash. An environmental group declared victory...
OCEANS
(Greenpeace)
22) 05/19 Pro-Whaling Lobby May Make Gains at IWC Meet, Group
Says By Elaine Lies SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (Reuters) - A rush
of new members may shift the balance of power toward
whaling at the International Whaling Commission's (IWC)
annual meeting starting in Japan Monday, anti-whaling
activists said. Portugal and Mongolia have joined the IWC...
(Greenpeace)
23) Agence France Presse May 19, 2002 731 words Balance of
opinion in whaling body shifts with last minute members
BYLINE: RYAN NAKASHIMA DATELINE: TOKYO, May 19 BODY:
Whaling nations Japan and Norway may have tipped the
balance in their favor ahead of an International Whaling
Commission (IWC) plenary meeting opening Monday in...
(Greenpeace)
24) The Seattle Times May 18, 2002, Fourth Edition ROP ZONE;
News; Pg. A1 785 words Gray-whale numbers shrink by
thousands Environmentalists remain alarmed, but federal
scientists expect rebound BYLINE: Eric Sorensen; Seattle
Times science reporter BODY: The population of Eastern
North Pacific gray whales has dropped in the past four...
25) The Boston Globe May 18, 2002, FOURTH EDITION
METRO/REGION; Pg. B2 NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF / BOSTON; US
REGULATORS REOPEN FISHING GROUNDS BYLINE: The Associated
Press BODY: A shutdown of the monkfish fishery that
blindsided many fishermen and threatened the Northeast
industry ended when federal regulators reopened the fishing...
26) The Seattle Times May 18, 2002, Fourth Edition ROP ZONE;
Local News; Pg. B2 Attempt to stop whaling rejected Judge
rules against bid to block Makahs BYLINE: Peggy Andersen;
The Associated Press BODY: A federal judge yesterday
rejected activists' call for a halt to Makah whaling until
their lawsuit challenging the hunt is resolved, saying the...
TOXICS
27) The Times of India May 18, 2002 125 PILGRIMS TAKE ILL AS
CHLORINE GAS LEAKS BODY: TIRUPATI: More than 125 pilgrims
at Tirumala including ten children fell ill due to
inhalation of chlorine gas at Pushkarini on Thursday at
around 5 pm. The authorities, as part of disinfecting
Pushkarini water, had released chlorine gas into the water...
28) The Seattle Times May 18, 2002, Fourth Edition ROP ZONE;
Local News; Pg. B2 Settlement reached in pesticide poisoning
BYLINE: The Associated Press DATELINE: Spokane BODY:
SPOKANE -- A California chemical company and its insurance
carrier will pay about $750,000 to three agricultural
workers sprayed with a toxic pesticide near Mattawa, Grant...
29) The Associated Press May 18, 2002, Hundreds of workers
cleaned potentially hazardous trade center dust without
standard protections BYLINE: By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN,
MALCOLM RITTER, Associated Press Writers DATELINE: NEW YORK
BODY: From Latin American day laborers to Southern Baptist
volunteers, hundreds of people cleaned potentially...
X-OTHER-X
(Greenpeace)
30) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) May 19, 2002, Pg. 12 624 words
French America's Cup yacht holed in Greenpeace protest
BYLINE: BY STUART ALEXANDER in Lorient AND ALEC MARSH BODY:
FRANCE'S America's Cup yacht was rammed and holed by a
Greenpeace boat yesterday during protests against the
team's sponsor, a nuclear power company. A boat with four...
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