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Global News Headlines - June 30
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NEWSLINK: Environmental News Headlines
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Sunday, June 30, 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) Hungarian News Agency (MTI) June 29, 2002 HUNGARY TO SIGN
KYOTO PROTOCOL BODY: Budapest, June 28, 2002 (MTI-ECONEWS)
- Hungary will sign the Kyoto Protocol aimed at preventing
climate change, government spokesman Zoltan J Gal told the
press after Friday's cabinet meeting. The proposal is
expected to be ratified by Parliament in the summer. By...
2) The Times (London) June 29, 2002, Home news; Scotland; 7
Wind farm Bill is a first for Holyrood BODY: AN ENERGY
company yesterday became the first outside organisation to
have a private Bill published by the Scottish Parliament.
Private Bills are brought forward by outside individuals
or organisations, rather than the Scottish Executive or...
3) The New York Times June 30, 2002, Late Edition - Final
Section 6; Page 32; Column 1; Magazine Desk Endangered
Landscape BYLINE: By Darcy Frey; Darcy Frey is a
contributing writer for the magazine. His last article was
on global warming. BODY: Landscapes, no less than people,
are transformed by the eyes that behold them. When an...
4) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) June 30, 2002, Pg. 26 Alaskans
retreat inland as ice melts Traditional life under threat as
erosion forces Arctic villagers to move homes to higher
ground BYLINE: BY CHARLES LAURENCE in New York BODY: TONY
WEYIONNA stepped into the street and gazed out across the
Chukchi Sea, just south of the Arctic Circle. He sighed as...
5) XINHUA June 30, 2002, Zimbabwe to Introduce Solar Street
Lighting System DATELINE: HARARE, June 30 BODY: A Unique
environmentally friendly, cost-effective and cheap solar
street lighting system is set to be introduced in Zimbabwe
soon, according to the Herald on Sunday. A leading
electronics designer has already identified and completed...
FORESTS
6) Sunday Tasmanian June 30, 2002, LOCAL; Pg. 3 Forests
policy shock, Freeman turns green on old-growth logging
BYLINE: ALISON RIBBON BODY: ONE of Tasmania's arch
conservatives, John Freeman, has called for an end to
logging of old-growth forests. The Hobart alderman, former
lord mayor and former Liberal Party vice- president and...
(Greenpeace)
7) The Globe and Mail, Canada, Saturday, June 29, 2002 - Page
F1; Jungle for sale Ten years after the Rio Summit, KEN
WIWA travels deep into the Brazilian rain forest to find
the lungs of the planet increasingly short of breath.
Mahogany poachers have ravaged vast tracts of tribal
reserves -- by slipping a few bucks to the natives...
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8) EFE News Service June 29, 2002 PERU-PROTESTS PROTESTS BY
PERUVIAN LOGGERS TURN VIOLENT BODY: Lima, Jun 29 (EFE).-The
Peruvian department of Madre de Dios was recovering
Saturday from a wave of violent demonstrations and assaults
on government buildings by mobs protesting a new logging
law and concessions made to big lumber companies. A furious...
9) Philippine Daily Inquirer June 30, 2002 SECTION: 5 RP
TAGGED 'HOTTEST HOTSPOT' IN THE WORLD BYLINE: Ayan C.
Mellejor BODY: DAVAO CITY--With only three to six percent
of its original vegetation remaining, the Philippines is
the "hottest of the hotspots" in the world whose
biodiversity was highly threatened, according to Sen. Loren...
10) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) June 30, 2002, Pg. 28 Poachers
kill rare mountain gorillas in raid for rich collector
BYLINE: BY JANE FLANAGAN in the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda
BODY: THE ENDANGERED mountain gorillas of Africa have
suffered a devastating lethal attack by poachers, believed
to be acting on the orders of a wealthy Western collector....
GENETIC ENGINEERING
11) Sydney Morning Herald June 29, 2002 News And Features; Pg.
7 Fresh Call To Bar GM After Study BYLINE: Deborah
Smith,Science Writer BODY: Organic farmers have renewed
calls for a moratorium on the commercial release of
genetically modified canola as new Australian research
shows its pollen could contaminate non-GM crops up to three...
MILITARY
12) The New York Times June 29, 2002, Late Edition - Final
Section B; Page 1; Column 3; Metropolitan Desk In a Sign of
the Times, the City Begins Deploying Radiation Detectors
BYLINE: By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM BODY: As a part of the
Police Department's new measures to guard against potential
terrorism, radiation detectors will be installed outside...
NUCLEAR POWER
13) XINHUA June 29, 2002, China's third commercial nuclear
power plant to operate soon DATELINE: GUANGZHOU, June 29
BODY: The Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong Province,
south China, will soon become the third commercial nuclear
power operating in China, as its owner the Guangdong
Nuclear Power Group, has recently signed a contract to...
(Greenpeace)
14) Kuam.com, Guam, Thursday, June 27, 2002; Greenpeace on
Guam to prevent transport of nuclear material by Yanna
Person, News8 [Pull quote: "Obviously the world would be
very dubious about going and staying anywhere near such a
disaster."
Simon Boxer Greenpeace International ] It's a situation...
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http://www.kuam.com/news/story.asp?headline=3585
(Greenpeace)
15) The Guardian (London) June 29, 2002 Guardian Foreign
Pages, Pg. 16 690 words Russian watchdog attacks plan to
import nuclear waste: President expected to ignore state
agency's warnings on Urals plant BYLINE: Ian Traynor in
Moscow BODY: Russia's official nuclear watchdog has
delivered an unprecedented demolition of the government's...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,746167,00.html
16) The New York Times June 30, 2002, Late Edition - Final
Section 1; Page 3; Column 1; Foreign Desk Nuclear Dump
Disrupts a Peaceful Taiwan Island BYLINE: By KEITH BRADSHER
DATELINE: LAN YU, Taiwan, June 27 BODY: Steep volcanic
slopes carpeted with tropical vegetation vault out of
crystalline waters and magnificent coral reefs here, while...
17) The Times (London) June 29, 2002, Home news; Scotland; 10
Lightning shut down nuclear reactors BYLINE: Gillian
Harris, Scotland Correspondent BODY: A BOLT of lightning
caused a power surge that shut down both reactors at
Torness nuclear power station, it emerged yesterday. The
incident took place when lightning struck a pylon, causing...
(Greenpeace)
18) The Observer, UK, Sunday June 30, 2002; Nuclear stores 'on
verge of exploding' Mark Townsend The Observer Almost 90
per cent of Britain's hazardous nuclear waste stockpile is
so badly stored it could explode or leak with devastating
results at any time. An alarming government report into
Britain's beleaguered nuclear industry - obtained by The...
Read the article:
http://www.observer.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,746724,00.html
(Greenpeace)
19) The Observer Internet Edition, UK, Sunday June 30, 2002;
Observer comment extra: Britain's nuclear danger Britain
has no idea of how to deal with dangerous nuclear waste,
yet keeps producing more of it says a leading Greenpeace
activist, explaining why today's Observer revelations matter
Pete Roche We already know that British Nuclear Fuels...
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http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,746079,00.html
OCEANS
(Greenpeace)
20) The Guardian Internet Edition, UK, Saturday June 29, 2002
5:00 PM; Japanese Set Off To Hunt 260 Whales TOKYO (AP) -
Japanese whalers left their home ports in eastern and
southern Japan on Saturday for a three-month hunt in the
northwest Pacific where they will kill endangered sei
whales for the first time in a quarter of a century. The...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-1844543,00.html
21) THE KOREA HERALD June 29, 2002, Illegal fishing by Chinese
vessels off Korea persists BODY: Illegal fishing incidents
involving Chinese boats in South Korea's waters have
increased since a fishing treaty between the two countries
took effect a year ago, authorities said yesterday. The
National Maritime Police Agency said the number of vessels...
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
22) Philippine Daily Inquirer June 29, 2002 SECTION: 25 791
words TARGET: ZERO WASTE BYLINE: Joey C. Papa and Ana
Ver-Papa, Contributors BODY: THE ZERO waste loop can only
be closed when believers and practitioners have prevailed
upon the non-believers that a zero waste condition can be
achieved. Proponents of incinerators, as well as of...
(Greenpeace)
23) The Manila Times, the Philippines, Sunday, June 30, 2002;
Government hospitals found to spew toxic ash By Alfred A.
Araya Jr. At least four public hospitals run by the
Department of Health that burn their wastes have been found
to spew ash that are toxic and persists in the environment,
according to a study by the environmental group, Greenpeace...
Read the article:
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2002/jun/30/opinion/20020630opi6.html
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