Global News Headlines - May 21

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Tuesday, May 21, 2002
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CLIMATE CHANGE

(Greenpeace)
1) UPDATE 3-Greenpeace ends French Esso refinery blockade By 
Marc Parrad NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRAVENCHON, France, May 21 
(Reuters) - Greenpeace activists ended a day-long blockade 
of Exxon Mobil Corp's largest refinery in France on 
Tuesday, after dubbing the world's biggest oil company 
"Climate Enemy No. 1." Around 60 environmentalists, some...


2) The Associated Press May 21, 2002, 180 words; Japan closer 
to ratifying Kyoto Protocol DATELINE: TOKYO BODY: Japan 
took a major step toward ratifying the Kyoto Protocol for 
greenhouse gas cuts when the lower house of Parliament 
approved the pact on Tuesday. The 1997 agreement, which 
aims to counter global warming, was unanimously endorsed,...


3) The Herald (Glasgow); May 21, 2002; Pg. 4; 557 words; 
Wave-powered electricity generator could bring jobs back to 
islands BY: James Freeman Environment Correspondent BODY: 
THE first offshore wave device generating green electricity 
and feeding the national grid could be in the sea off the 
west coast of Lewis within one year. Looking like a large...


4) Financial Times (London); May 21, 2002, London Edition 2; 
NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 2; Fears over access to companies' 
environment information BY: JEAN EAGLESHAM and JOHN MASON 
BODY: Green campaigners will gain a legal right to 
previously private company information from next spring in 
a move that will raise business fears about potentially...


5) USA TODAY May 21, 2002, FIRST EDITION; NEWS; Pg. 1A; 468 
words; Power plants face new limits More states crack down 
on pollution despite slow progress on federal level BY: 
Traci Watson BODY: Several states, fed up with dirty power 
plants and pessimistic that the White House will do much 
about them, are taking matters into their own hands. A...


(Greenpeace)
6) New York Post, US, May 19, 2002; THE GREEN SIEGE OF EXXON 
By DEROY MURDOCK AS ExxonMobil executives prepare for their 
May 29 shareholders meeting in Dallas, they have much more 
on their minds than pumping gas. Environmentalists are 
painting Earth's largest oil producer as the Godzilla of 
global warming Greenpeace has launched StopE$$o, a...

Read the article: 
 http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/48203.htm


FORESTS

7) Bangladesh bans felling trees in Sundarban forest DHAKA, 
May 21 (Reuters) - Bangladesh has banned felling trees in 
its Sundarban mangrove forest, which is also shared by 
neighbouring India, Forest and Environment Minister 
Shahjahan Siraj said on Tuesday. "We must protect our 
natural forests and animals to balance the bio-diversity,"...


8) Agence France Presse; Smoke haze begins to reappear over 
Indonesian West Borneo DATELINE: JAKARTA, May 21 BODY: Haze 
has returned to the city of Pontianak in Indonesia's West 
Kalimantan province following the start of the dry season, 
an official said Tuesday. "It is mostly visible early in 
the evening and just preceding dawn but in the daytime the...


9) The Independent, UK, 21 May 2002; News analysis: Quarter 
of mammals faced with extinction By Steve Connor, Science 
Editor Almost a quarter of the world's mammals face 
extinction within 30 years, a United Nations study on the 
state of the global environment will announce tomorrow. 
Scientists who contributed to the report have identified...

Read the article: 
 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=297235


GENETIC ENGINEERING

10) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) May 21, 2002; Pg. 03; 459 words
BODY: A SCIENTIST who unveiled the first genetically 
modified featherless chicken yesterday claims that it is 
environmentally friendly, fast-growing and low in calories 
- although it might catch cold in the British climate. The 
Israeli geneticist Avigdor Cahaner crossbred a small,...


11) Independent on Sunday (London) May 19, 2002, TITLE PAGE; 
Pg. 1; NEW GAG ON CHALLENGES TO GM CROPS BY: Geoffrey Lean 
Environment Editor BODY: Plans are being prepared to stop 
public hearings including challenges over the safety of GM 
crops, a confidential document seen by the Independent on 
Sunday reveals. The internal memorandum circulating in the...


MILITARY

12) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON); May 21, 2002, Pg. 12; 642 
words; India 'will go to war after the monsoon' BY: Rahul 
Bedi in New Delhi BODY: INDIA made detailed preparations 
for war with Pakistan yesterday, although senior officers 
said offensive operations would have to wait for the end of 
searing summer temperatures and the monsoon rain which...


NUCLEAR POWER

13) Agence France Presse; Taipower may not store nuclear waste 
off China as opposition mounts DATELINE: TAIPEI, May 21 
BODY: Taiwan should not ditch its low-radiation nuclear 
waste on an islet off the mainland, despite the 
difficulties in finding a permanent storage ground, a top 
nuclear affairs official said Tuesday. Surprising the...


14) Genden to scrap Japan's 1st commercial light-water ...
FUKUI, Japan, May 21, 2002 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- Japan 
Atomic Power Co. (Genden) has decided to scrap Japan's 
first commercial light-water reactor in Fukui Prefecture 
after its operations are halted in fiscal 2010, people 
familiar with the plan said Tuesday. The No. 1 reactor at...


15) Agence France Presse; Philippines may tap nuclear energy 
as demand increases DATELINE: MANILA, May 21 BODY: The 
Philippine government may use nuclear energy to meet 
increasing demand for electricity, a state scientist said 
Tuesday. "Government has not closed the window of 
opportunity for nuclear power and I suppose that ... if...


16) The Associated Press May 21, 2002, Report warns of poor 
security at research reactors with weapons-grade uranium 
BY: H. JOSEF HEBERT BODY: WASHINGTON (AP) - As Russia and 
the United States step up security of their nuclear 
materials, a new report raises concerns about inadequate 
safeguards of uranium used at hundreds of civilian research...


17) Agence France Presse; 323 words; Putin, Bush may discuss 
nuclear waste deal: deputy DATELINE: MOSCOW, May 20 BODY: 
US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart 
Vladimir Putin may discuss later this week a plan to allow 
Moscow to earn revenue by importing spent US nuclear fuel, 
a lawmaker said Monday. "Bush and Putin could discuss this...


(Greenpeace)
18) The Russia Journal, 20:25 Tuesday 21st May, 2002; Court 
blocks import of nuclear waste MOSCOW - The appeals board 
of Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an earlier 
decision blocking the import of nuclear waste from Hungary 
for storage in Russia. In February, the Supreme Court 
handed a major victory to environmentalists when it struck...

Read the article: 
 http://www.russiajournal.com/news/index.shtml?nd=13335#n13335


19) XINHUA; HEADLINE: Vietnam Steps Up Preparation for Nuclear 
Power Plant DATELINE: HANOI, May 21 BODY: Vietnam has 
stepped up preparation for building its first commercial 
nuclear power plant. The Vietnamese government has recently 
approved a feasibility study of the nuclear power plant in 
the country's central region, according to a report of the...


OCEANS

20) The Advertiser May 20, 2002, NEWS; Pg. 2; 275 words; Oil 
spill worse than reported, says EPA BY: Political Reporter 
SUSIE O'BRIEN BODY: ONE of South Australia's biggest 
companies is alleged to have under-reported an oil spill. 
 Santos now faces prosecution by the Environment Protection 
Authority for environmental damage. If Santos is found...


(Greenpeace)
21) The Independent (London) May 20, 2002, FEATURES; Pg. 14, 
934 words SCIENCE & NATURE: HOW TO SAVE THE WHALE;  JAPAN 
IS PLANNING TO KILL MORE WHALES IN THE NAME OF RESEARCH. 
 BUT COULD NEW TECHNIQUES GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION THEY 
NEED WITHOUT THE SLAUGHTER? SANJIDA O'CONNELL REPORTS BY: 
Sanjida O'connell Japanese whalers claim to be engaged in...

Read the article: 
 http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=296955


22) The Guardian (London); May 21, 2002; Guardian Foreign 
Pages, Pg. 12; Japan outraged as whale ban stays BY: 
Jonathan Watts in Shimonoseki BODY: Japan accused the 
chairman of the international whaling commission of 
"deviousness" yesterday after its attempt to shift the 
balance of power inside the world body ended in rancorous...


23) Agence France Presse; Japanese proposal for coastal 
whaling narrowly defeated DATELINE: SHIMONOSEKI, Japan, May 
21 BODY: Japan suffered another setback at a whaling summit 
here Tuesday when its proposal to allow four hard-hit 
coastal communities to catch 50 minke whales a year was 
narrowly defeated. Japanese officials, however, were...


24) Japan Economic Newswire; Japan to file case with int'l 
court over whale sanctuaries BY: Natsumi Mizumoto DATELINE: 
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan, May 20 BODY: Japan is considering 
filing a case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) 
over whale sanctuaries it alleges were set up in violation 
of international law. 'We can consider the method now that...


25) Sunday Times (London) May 19, 2002, Features; Keep out of 
the coral paradise BYLINE: Roger Harrabin BODY: So full of 
life is a newly mapped reef that it must be saved from man, 
writes Roger Harrabin Scientists who have dived beneath the 
waters of the Malacca Sea to chart the newly discovered 
coral reefs of Raja Ampat describe them as "mindbogglingly...


TOXICS

(Greenpeace)
26) Sydney Morning Herald; May 21, 2002; News And Features; 
Pg. 5; 477 words; Kellogg's Joins Residents To Fight Toxic 
Plant BY: Anne Davies Urban Affairs Editor BODY: Breakfast 
cereal company Kellogg's has joined the residents of Botany 
to oppose plans by its neighbour, Orica, to build a 
treatment plant to dispose of 8500 tonnes of highly toxic...

Read the article: 
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/20/1021882028398.html


27) The Statesman (India) May 21, 2002; 395 words; THE PROBLEM 
WITH PESTICIDES BODY: Sumanta Ray Pesticides have become 
plant protection agents in modern agriculture. But 
indiscriminate use of these poses a serious threat to human 
beings. In India, more than 150 pesticides are in use and 
their annual consumption is approximately 100,000 tons....


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