Global News Headlines - May 23

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Thursday, May 23, 2002
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CLIMATE CHANGE

1) Herald Sun May 23, 2002, NEWS; Pg. 29 Barbie to go solar 
BODY: A NEW device is set to revolutionise the Aussie 
tradition of throwing a snag on the barbie. A solar-powered 
barbecue, designed and built in Queensland, uses the sun's 
rays to heat up the hotplate and stores energy in batteries 
for cooking in the evenings. The barbecue will be used in...


2) Reuters via www.planetark.org Canada sets C$260 mln 
initiative to harness wind version CANADA: May 23, 2002 
OTTAWA - The Canadian government launched a C$260 million 
($170 million) initiative yesterday to develop wind energy 
to combat climate change. The government will provide a 
financial incentive for the installation of 1,000 megawatts...


3) National Post, Canada, May 23, 2002; Alberta blasts 
Anderson for Kyoto switch 'Surprised, disappointed' Tony 
Seskus and Alan Toulin, with files from Robert Benzie in 
Toronto National Post Andrew Vaughan, The Canadian Press 
Lorne Taylor, Alberta's Environment Minister, says he is 
lining up allies to aid Alberta with its fight against the...

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 http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020523/312353.html


(Greenpeace)
4) EU's Kyoto ratification timetable in doubt Environment 
Daily 1220, 23/05/02 The EU looks set to miss its own 
deadline of the end of May for collectively ratifying the 
Kyoto climate protocol, environmentalists are claiming. 
 Greenpeace and Climate action network (CAN) Europe are 
calling for an emergency response. They say that both...


5) The Guardian (London) May 23, 2002 Guardian Home Pages, 
Pg. 3 The way we will live in 2032...: Drought Half the 
world will be short of water: Urban sprawl Severe impact on 
70% of land surface: Famine Another 2bn mouths to feed: 
Unless we change our ways, the world faces disaster, a UN 
reports says BYLINE: Paul Brown Environment correspondent...


6) Financial Times (London) May 23, 2002, London Edition 3 
NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Onshore wind farm set for 
go-ahead RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT SEEN AS TEST OF 
GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT: BYLINE: By ANDREW TAYLOR BODY: Plans 
to build Britain's biggest onshore wind farm at Cefn Croes 
in central Wales are expected to be approved by the...


FORESTS

7) Sydney Morning Herald May 23, 2002 News And Features; Pg. 3
National Parks To Poison Rare Fauna BYLINE: James 
Woodford,Environment Writer BODY: The NSW National Parks 
and Wildlife Service, the agency charged with protecting 
the state's fauna, plans to deliberately poison, and 
possibly kill, a population of an endangered species within...


8) New Straits Times (Malaysia) May 23, 2002, National; Pg. 4 
Harsher penalties to curb illegal logging BYLINE: By P. 
 Sharmini BODY: PUTRAJAYA, Wed. - Harsher penalties will be 
imposed on those found to be involved in illegal logging. 
 Science, Technology and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Law
Hieng Ding said the Cabinet had agreed in principle, to...


9) 05/23 Sweden Says Cut Subsidies Endangering Environment By 
Anna Peltola STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - State support to coal 
mining and large-scale farming poses a major threat to the 
environment and should be cut, both in Europe and 
worldwide, Sweden's environment minister said Thursday. 
Sweden, often in the lead on environmental and development...


10) Los Angeles Times May 22, 2002  Home Edition Part A Main 
News; Part 1; Page 20; National Desk The Nation; White 
House OKs New Mining in Sensitive Ore. Habitat; Ecology: 
Mineral interests applaud, but conservationists are 
outraged over reversal of a policy to protect the Siskiyou 
region. BYLINE: ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER...


GENETIC ENGINEERING

11) The Scotsman May 23, 2002, Pg. 9 BLAIR DEFENDS GM CROP 
GROWTH BYLINE: Fraser Nelson Westminster Editor BODY: TONY 
Blair will today mount a robust defence of scientists who 
develop GM crops and use animals in experiments - and 
condemn activists who take direct action against them. The 
Prime Minister will say that the advance of science is...


12) The Boston Globe May 23, 2002, THIRD EDITION 
NATIONAL/FOREIGN; Pg. A4 NEW ROLE FOR MOSQUITO: DISEASE 
FIGHTER INSECT ENGINEERED IN LAB MIGHT STEM SPREAD OF 
MALARIA BYLINE: By Gareth Cook, Globe Staff BODY: 
Scientists have genetically modified a mosquito to disrupt 
its ability to spread malaria - creating a powerful new...


13) The Washington Post May 23, 2002, Final Edition FINANCIAL; 
Pg. E01 Cultivating a New Image; Firms Give Away Data on 
Genetically Altered Crops BYLINE: Justin Gillis, Washington 
Post Staff Writer BODY: The world's largest agricultural 
biotechnology companies are setting up charitable 
foundations, backing aid for subsistence farmers, and...


MILITARY

14) The New York Times May 23, 2002, Late Edition - Final 
Section A; Page 3; Column 1; Foreign Desk Indian Leader's 
Threat of War Rattles Pakistan and the U.S. BYLINE:  By 
BARRY BEARAK DATELINE: NEW DELHI, May 22 BODY: Prime 
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee told Indian soldiers along 
the tense frontier in Kashmir today to prepare for a...


(Greenpeace)
15) The Christian Science Monitor May 23, 2002, WORLD; Pg. 12 
1259 words Mothballed warheads pose continuing threat 
BYLINE: Fred Weir Special to The Christian Science Monitor 
DATELINE: MOSCOW HIGHLIGHT: Russian missiles decommissioned 
under the new nuclear treaty are likely to land in poorly 
guarded storage depots. BODY: To terrorists trying to lay...

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 http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0523/p12s01-woeu.html


16) Japan Economic Newswire May 23, 2002 'Doomsday Clock' 
won't move despite arms cut accord BYLINE: Seiko Kyan 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON, May 23 BODY: The 'Doomsday Clock,' 
which has moved forward and back over the years reflecting 
the state of global nuclear danger, will not be affected by 
the anticipated signing of a strategic arms reduction...


NUCLEAR POWER

17) Reuters via www.planetark.org Hungary n-plant plans to buy 
British nuclear fuel version HUNGARY: May 23, 2002 BUDAPEST 
- Hungary's only nuclear power plant, Paks, plans to buy 
part of its enriched uranium fuel from British Nuclear 
Fuels Plc (BNFL) in a bid to cut costs and diversify 
supplies, Paks officials said yesterday. "We are looking at...


18) Deutsche Welle, Germany, 22.05.2002; Nuclear Disaster 
Threatens Central Asia [Photo caption: Remember Chernobyl? 
The Fergana Valley could be worse] Heavy rains in the last 
few weeks have led to flooding in Central Asia's largest 
uranium processing plant. The result could be a major 
ecological disaster for Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and...

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 http://dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1446_A_524026_1_A,00.html


OCEANS

19) The Globe and Mail, Canada, Thursday, May 23, 2002 - Page 
A8; Cod stocks still fragile off Newfoundland after 10-year 
ban By KEVIN COX A 10-year moratorium on fishing for 
northern cod that left 28,000 Newfoundlanders looking for 
work and cost the federal government more than $3-billion 
has failed to rebuild the fragile fish stock, a federal...

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(Greenpeace)
20) The Advertiser May 23, 2002, OPINION; Pg. 19 867 words 
INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION; Democracy harpooned 
BYLINE: MILES KEMP BODY: Unable to compete against 
vote-buying bribes by Japan, environmental groups are 
plotting new strategies to save the whale as MILES KEMP 
reports. LUMBERING whales don't stand much of a chance in...


21) The Washington Post May 23, 2002, Final Edition A SECTION; 
Pg. A16 Japan Rebuffed In Fight to Ease Ban on Whaling; 
Host Nation Stumbles at Meeting BYLINE: Doug Struck, 
Washington Post Foreign Service DATELINE: SHIMONOSEKI, 
Japan, May 23 (Thursday) BODY: Huge tenders once slipped 
into port here heavy with the frozen carcasses of whales,...


(Greenpeace)
22) ABC News, US, May 23, 2002; Whaling Rifts Widen as 
Indigenous Hunting Blocked - By Elaine Lies SHIMONOSEKI, 
Japan (Reuters) - Rifts widened and accusations flew on 
Thursday after the International Whaling Commission 
rejected a request from the United States and Russia to 
renew permits for their native peoples to hunt whales. The...

Read the article: 
 http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20020523_56.html


23) Reuters via www.planetark.org Norway seeks to destroy whale
blubber mountain version NORWAY: May 23, 2002 OSLO - Norway 
offered whalers a tiny cash payment yesterday to destroy a 
1,000-tonne blubber mountain after failing to entice Japan 
to import the fat as an expensive delicacy. Whalers said 
that the offer, of four Norwegian crowns ($0.49) a kilo...


24) Reuters via www.planetark.org Saving dolphins can endanger 
tuna - scientists version UK: May 23, 2002 LONDON - Changes 
in tuna-fishing methods to safeguard dolphins are 
threatening to deplete tuna stocks, according to American 
researchers. Fifty years ago, fishermen discovered that 
yellowfin tuna tended to gather below schools of dolphin...


TOXICS

25) Financial Times (London) May 23, 2002, London Edition 1 
EUROPE; Pg. 12 French asbestos claims may rise COURT RULING 
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY IN FAILING TO LOOK AFTER EMPLOYEES 
CONFIRMED: BYLINE: By CHARLES EMMERSON and ROBERT GRAHAM 
DATELINE: PARIS BODY: A French court yesterday opened up 
the possibility of a flood of claims from people suffering...


26) The Statesman (India) May 23, 2002 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. Their...


27) The Business Times Singapore May 23, 2002 SINGAPORE NEWS 
Recycling the only option: Swee Say; Or else we face hefty 
future costs for waste disposal BYLINE: Tang Weng Fai BODY: 
SINGAPORE will have to make hard choices on recycling to 
avoid having to make hefty future investments in waste 
disposal. The Environment Ministry (ENV) now incinerates...


(Greenpeace)
28) Press Association May 23, 2002, 222 words RUBBISH BURNER 
EXPANSION TURNED DOWN BYLINE: Alan Jones, Industrial 
Correspondent, PA News BODY: The Government today turned 
down an application for a massive expansion of a household 
waste incinerator, to the delight of environmental 
campaigners. Greenpeace said the planned expansion of the...


(Greenpeace)
29) Wired News, US, 1:57 a.m. May 23, 2002 PDT; Tech Toxics' 
Tarnished Legacy By Jim Crabtree BERKELEY, California -- 
California high-tech manufacturing companies are degrading 
the environment in developing countries, a new research 
report confirms. Case studies done in Taiwan, Malaysia, 
India, Thailand, and Costa Rica by the California Global...

Read the article: 
 http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,52732,00.html


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(Greenpeace)
30) The Age (Melbourne) May 23, 2002 Business; Pg. 2 414 words
Greenpeace Turns Corporate Lingo On Business BYLINE: Leon 
Gettler BODY: Greenpeace, the most strident of all 
environmental groups, now wants to tackle the corporates by 
using their terminology. In a world first, the Australian 
arm of Greenpeace has developed benchmarks to monitor the...

Read the article: 
 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/22/1022038434611.html


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