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Global News Headlines - May 22
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NEWSLINK: Environmental News Headlines
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Wednesday, May 22, 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) The Globe and Mail, Canada, Wednesday, May 22, 2002 - Page
A8; Alberta splits from Ottawa on Kyoto deal Province will
push its own greenhouse-gas plan, minister tells
Charlottetown meeting By STEVEN CHASE CHARLOTTETOWN --
Energy-rich Alberta broke ranks with Ottawa over the Kyoto
Protocol yesterday, saying it has lost faith in the federal...
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2) Toronto Star; May 22, 2002 Ontario Edition; OPINION; Pg.
A25; Kyoto: Time to blow away doubts BY: Dale Marshall,
Brian Payne and Gerry Scott HIGHLIGHT: The vast majority of
research does not support economic doomsday predictions
BODY: THE NATIONAL debate on ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on
climate change has become embroiled in conflict over the...
(Greenpeace)
3) World Markets Analysis; May 22, 2002; IN BRIEF; 232 words
HEADLINE: Greenpeace Ends Blockade of ExxonMobil Refinery
BY: James Auger BODY: Environmental group Greenpeace
yesterday staged a blockade of an ExxonMobil oil refinery
in north-western France. The action was called off today
after a court ordered the protestors to leave the site. The...
4) The Associated Press; May 22, 2002, More than 1,000 dead
in southern India heat wave BY: OMER FAROOQ DATELINE:
HYDERABAD, India BODY: More than 1,030 people have died in
a heat wave in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, a
relief official said Wednesday. Winds from the northern
deserts have pushed temperatures up along the coastal belt...
5) The Advertiser May 22, 2002, FOREIGN; Pg. 33; 54 words
HEADLINE: Kyoto pact endorsed BODY: TOKYO: Japan took a
major step toward ratifying the Kyoto Protocol for
greenhouse gas cuts when the Lower House of Parliament
approved the pact. To take effect globally, the 1997
accord, which aims to counter global warming, must be...
6) The Times (London); May 22, 2002, SECTION: Features; 330
words; Weather Eye BY: Paul Simons BODY: STORMS have killed
some 150 people and forced 175,000 to flee across East
Africa this month, and more rain is expected. Although this
is the rainy season, the storms have been unusually severe.
Kenya has been hardest hit with torrential rain triggering...
7) Agence France Presse; 605 words; Planet at a crossroads,
UN report warns DATELINE: LONDON, May 22 BODY: Water
shortages, unfettered building and ecological degradation:
a UN environment report released Wednesday drew a bleak
picture of the world in 30 years without urgent remedial
action. The report, published in London, also pointed to...
FORESTS
8) Moscow News; May 22, 2002; HOME; No. 19; 278 words;
Loggers Turn Green BY: Yelena Subbotina Vremya MN HIGHLIGHT:
Recently directors of five major timber enterprises in the
Murmansk region asked Governor Yuri Yevdokimov to ban
logging BODY: The petitioners urge the governor to
establish what is officially known as specially protected...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
9) The Advertiser; May 22, 2002, FOREIGN; Pg. 33; 288 words;
Outrage at creation of birds with no feathers BODY: LONDON:
With a few sad feathers clinging to its body, it looks like
a victim of shocking animal cruelty. Yet this cockerel, and
others like it, were genetically engineered in Israel to be
like this. The scientists who created the bright pink,...
10) New Straits Times (Malaysia) May 22, 2002, National; Pg.
3; 605 words; Laws on GM food, cloning planned BY: M.K.
Megan BODY: SERI KEMBANGAN, Tues. - Two new laws, one to
regulate genetically modified food and another on human
cloning may be introduced soon. Health Minister Datuk Chua
Jui Meng said currently there were no laws to govern and...
11) Deutsche Presse-Agentur May 22, 2002, HEADLINE: Greens
walk out of parliament on genetic engineering issue
DATELINE: Wellington BODY: New Zealand's Green Party,
considered a likely member of the next coalition
government, staged a walk-out from parliament Wednesday and
issued a "no compromise" warning on genetic engineering....
(Greenpeace)
12) BusinessWorld; May 22, 2002, Pg. 26; 643 words; Nestle
supports responsible use of GMOs in food products BODY:
Nestle strongly reaffirms its view that genetically
modified organisms (GMOs) or ingredients derived from them
do not constitute a health risk, provided they have passed
strict scientific evaluation, and are therefore found to be...
NUCLEAR POWER
(Greenpeace)
13) Associated Press Worldstream; May 22, 2002; 311 words;
Greenpeace seeks court order delaying construction of
nuclear reactor DATELINE: SYDNEY, Australia BODY:
International environment group Greenpeace launched legal
action Wednesday seeking to delay construction of a new
nuclear reactor in suburban Sydney. Greenpeace told the...
(Greenpeace)
14) Finland set to boost atomic power against EU trend By
Paul de Bendern HELSINKI, May 22 (Reuters) - Finland looks
set to become the first west European country in over a
decade to approve the construction of a new nuclear reactor
in a move aimed at meeting future energy needs and
greenhouse gas targets. Parliament is expected to pass by a...
(Greenpeace)
15) ANALYSIS-Swedes sweep nuclear power under carpet before
vote By Anna Peltola STOCKHOLM, May 22 (Reuters) - Sweden's
ruling Social Democrats, leading in polls ahead of
September elections, are keen to avoid tough discussion on
phasing out nuclear power because an open debate could cost
them votes, analysts said. Yet the issue may surface when...
16) Financial Times (London); May 22, 2002, London Edition 2;
NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 4; Call for more nuclear power stations
BY: ANDREW TAYLOR BODY: Britain will be unable to meet its
tough climate change targets without building more nuclear
power stations, the country's biggest manufacturing union
will warn today. Sir Ken Jackson, joint general secretary...
OCEANS
17) The Independent (London) May 22, 2002, FOREIGN NEWS; Pg.
12; 415 words; HEADLINE: ICELAND HINTS IT MAY HUNT WHALES
AS SUMMIT FALTERS BY: Richard Lloyd Parry In Shimonoseki
BODY: ICELAND MADE a veiled threat to resume whale hunting
yesterday, after walking out during the second day of an
acrimonious international conference in Japan. The...
(Greenpeace)
18) Courier Mail May 22, 2002, WORLD; Pg. 18; 404 words; Whale
refuge plan defeated BY: Hiroshi Osedo BODY: AN
Australia-New Zealand proposal to set up a South Pacific
Whale Sanctuary was rejected yesterday at the International
Whaling Commission's meeting in Shimonoseki city, western
Japan. The proposal -- lost by 24-16, with five abstentions...
(Greenpeace)
19) New Zealand Herald, 22.05.2002; NZ and Australia are
'whale huggers' says Japan [Photo caption: Greenpeace
activists, wearing masks with a Japanese delegate's face on
them, hold out Japanese trays laden with money. Reuters] By
COLIN DONALD The Japanese whale commissioner has labelled
New Zealand and Australia "whale huggers" as the...
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20) Press Association May 22, 2002, FEARS OVER WHALE MEAT
LABELLING; BY: Amanda Brown BODY: Fisheries Minister Elliot
Morley today warned about fears of a breach in the rules
over the origin of whale meat on sale in some Japanese
shops. Mr Morley, who is attending the annual International
Whaling Commission in the Japanese whaling port of...
21) Agence France Presse; Pacific sea fishing conference opens
in Russia DATELINE: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, May 22 BODY:
Fisheries experts from seven Pacific nations, including the
United States, Russia, Japan and China, opened a conference
here Wednesday on the industry's economy and bioresources.
The main themes of the sixth North Pacific fisheries...
X-OTHER-X
22) Press Association May 22, 2002, NEW POWERS TO TACKLE
ILLEGAL ANIMAL PRODUCT IMPORTS BY: Phil Hazlewood BODY:
Environmental health officers are being given new powers
from today to tackle the illegal importation of animal
products into the UK. The new powers include the authority
to search personal baggage of travellers arriving from...
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