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NEWSLINK: Environmental News Headlines
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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 New Zealand Herald March 12, 2003 NEWS; World Bleak
future for wildlife as Polar ice melts BODY: Much of the
Earth's frozen north will have defrosted by the end of the
century, according to the latest study of the effect of
global warming on the Arctic. New measurements of the
extent of sea ice around the entire North Pole show that it...
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyID=3200209
2) Financial Times (London) March 12, 2003, Japan Edition 1
GLOBAL INVESTING FUND MANAGEMENT; Pg. 25 Chilling advice
for investors on climate change: Companies are being slow
in addressing global warming, writes Sarah Murray BYLINE:
By SARAH MURRAY BODY: Investors are not yet taking climate
change seriously enough, according to experts. Yet a report...
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http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030312001104&query=global+warming&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form
3) The Independent (London) March 12, 2003, NEWS; Pg. 9
EUROPEAN ART TREASURES THREATENED BY FLOODS' BYLINE: LOUISE
JURY ARTS CORRESPONDENT The flooded courtyard of the Zwinger
Palace last year; The rescue operation at the art galleries
in Dresden after the Zwinger Palace's basement flooded in
August BODY: EUROPE'S FINEST art collections are under...
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http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=386197
4) Guardian Unlimited, UK, Online, Wednesday March 12, 2003;
Shell chief delivers global warming warning to Bush in his
own back yard By: Terry Macalister Shell chairman Sir
Philip Watts risks stirring up a controversy in America
today when he calls for global warming sceptics to get off
the fence and accept that action needs to be taken "before...
Read the article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,912523,00.html
FORESTS
(Greenpeace)
5) National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing March 12,
2003 National Edition Financial Post: Canada; Pg. FP7 225
words 'Green' forest products gain: poll: Greenpeace claims
victory SOURCE: The Canadian Press DATELINE: VANCOUVER BODY:
VANCOUVER - Environmental groups are pointing to a
consulting firm's report that use of so-called "green"...
6) Los Angeles Times March 12, 2003 Home Edition Main News;
Part 1; Page 1; Foreign Desk The World; COLUMN ONE; Where
Forests Are Foes; Tree farming in Chile has displaced
thousands of indigenous Mapuche Indians. But it has also
fueled a rebirth of activism and pride. BYLINE: Hector
Tobar, Times Staff Writer DATELINE: COLLIPULLI, Chile BODY:...
Read the article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-mapuche12mar12001446,1,7439005.story
7) Los Angeles Times March 12, 2003 Home Edition California
Metro; Part 2; Page 6; Metro Desk The State; IN BRIEF / SAN
FRANCISCO; 3 Tree-Sitting Activists Ordered Down by Judge
BYLINE: From Staff and Wire Reports BODY: A judge has
ordered tree sitters on logging company land to come down
from their perches. A Humboldt County judge granted the...
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sbriefs12.1mar12,1,1641804.story
GENETIC ENGINEERING
8) The Scotsman March 12, 2003, Pg. 9 FINNIE SAYS GM REPORT
IS FLAWED BYLINE: Fordyce Maxwell BODY: A PARLIAMENTARY
committee's concerns about genetically modified (GM) crop
trials have been rejected by the Scottish Executive. The
report, published in January by the health and community
care committee, raised fears about human health as well as...
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http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=299532003
9) The Associated Pre March 12, 2003, Farmers want to stop
biotech wheat BYLINE: By EMILY GERSEMA, Associated Press
Writer DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: U.S. farmers could lose
overseas clients if genetically engineered wheat pollinates
with other crops, say farm and consumer groups who want the
government to suspend the development of the biotech grain....
MILITARY
(Greenpeace)
10) Agence France Presse March 12, 2003 546 words Germans get
creative in opposing an Iraq war BYLINE: BENOIT FINCK
DATELINE: BERLIN, March 12 BODY: They march, pray, bake
"Americans", pastries marked with peace signs, and even
propose sexual boycotts -- Germans appear almost to be
competing to find new ways to oppose a war against Iraq....
11) Financial Times (London) March 12, 2003, Europe Edition 1
FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION; Pg. 1 UK proposes extending
Iraq's deadline BYLINE: By GUY DINMORE, KRISHNA GUHA and
PETER SPIEGEL DATELINE: LONDON and WASHINGTON BODY:
Washington is considering a British initiative to extend
the final deadline for Iraq to comply with revised demands...
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http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030312001157&query=uk+proposes+extending&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form
12) Financial Times (London) March 12, 2003, London Edition 1
IRAQ CRISIS; Pg. 9 France softens approach on vote SECURITY
COUNCIL: BYLINE: By KRISHNA GUHA BODY: France sent a
conciliatory message to Britain and the US yesterday,
hinting that it might still be possible to bridge the gap
between the two camps in the Security Council over how to...
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http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030312000830&query=france+softens&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form
13) Financial Times (London) March 12, 2003, London Edition 2
WORLD NEWS; Pg. 11 Threat of 'dirty' bomb is 'on the
increase' NUCLEAR WATCHDOG: BYLINE: By MARK HUBAND BODY:
The threat from a radiological "dirty" bomb has increased
because of inadequate security in states possessing
radioactive substances and the readiness of suicide...
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http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030312001204&query=dirty+bomb&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form
14) The Guardian (London) March 12, 2003 Guardian Leader
Pages, Pg. 23 Out of the straitjacket: The US wants to use
potentially lethal chemicals against Iraq - despite the
fact that this would contravene international law BODY: The
US secretary of defence, Donald Rumsfeld, recently argued
that the military should again be allowed to use chemicals...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/analysis/story/0,3604,912338,00.html
15) The Washington Post March 12, 2003, Final Edition A
SECTION; Pg. A10; IN THE FIELD A DRY RUN FOR THE ARMY'S
DETECTIVES Unusual Task Force Sets Out to 'Prove What
Saddam Actually Has' BYLINE: A Dry Run for the Army's
Detectives, Washington Post Staff Writer DATELINE: CAMP
UDAIRI, Kuwait, March 11 BODY: Sheathed in bulletproof...
Read the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12625-2003Mar11.html
16) Agence France Presse March 12, 2003 'Bush a dangerous
fanatic': Nigerian Nobel winner Soyinka DATELINE: LAGOS,
March 12 BODY: Nigerian Noble laureate Wole Soyinka on
Wednesday described US President George W. Bush as a
"dangerous fanatic" and called on the world to support the
United Nations. "We must embrace the burden of bringing...
NUCLEAR POWER
17) The Guardian (London) March 12, 2003 Guardian Foreign
Pages, Pg. 17 Iran puts nuclear reactor on show to counter
weapons programme claims: Reporters given some access, but
doors to uranium plants remain closed BYLINE: Dan De Luce
in Bushehr BODY: Ir an said yesterday it had nothing to
hide about its nuclear programme, allowing journalists an...
Read the article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,912214,00.html
18) The New York Times March 12, 2003, Late Edition - Final
Section B; Page 6; Column 1; Metropolitan Desk Consultant
Expresses Doubt About Plan for Indian Pt. BYLINE: By RANDAL
C. ARCHIBOLD DATELINE: WASHINGTON, March 11 BODY: James Lee
Witt, whose report faulting the emergency plan for the
Indian Point nuclear power plant stirred debate over the...
Read the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/12/nyregion/12NUKE.html
OCEANS
19) The Advertiser March 12, 2003 NEWS; Pg. 29 Higher oil
spill payouts BODY: AUSTRALIANS will be entitled to more
compensation from shipping firms responsible for oil
spills, under changes to international maritime rules. The
Federal Government has agreed to increase the maximum
compensation for a single oil spill to $450 million from...
20) AAP NEWSFEED March 12, 2003, Vic: Beach reopens after oil
spill, cause still not known DATELINE: MELBOURNE, March 12
BODY: The Melbourne beach closed by an oil slick yesterday
has been reopened to the public, but an investigation into
the cause of the spill continues. More than one kilometre
of beach between Mentone and Beaumaris in Melbourne's...
21) The Business Times Singapore March 12, 2003 SF EU to rule
the high seas? BYLINE: David Hughes BODY: MANY maritime
officials and shipping industry representatives will have
spent the past few days poring over the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS). The reason
for the sudden interest is a proposal, announced last week...
(Greenpeace)
22) FEATURE-Finns wary of spills as Russian oil exports soar
By Anna Peltola HELSINKI, March 12 (Reuters) - Take
heart-wrenching pictures of Spanish beaches saturated with
oil from a stricken tanker. Then imagine a similar
catastrophe in an icy setting and add a history of
suspicion between neighbours, and you'll be closer to...
23) The Scotsman March 12, 2003, Pg. 6 MODERN MARINERS
THREATEN ALBATROSS WITH EXTINCTION BYLINE: James Reynolds
BODY: CERTAIN species of albatross could be extinct within
ten years unless fishing fleets change their practices,
conservationists warned yesterday. More than 100,000 birds
each year are snared and drowned as they try to eat the...
Read the article:
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=298522003
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
24) AAP NEWSFEED March 12, 2003, 410 words NSW: Greenpeace
accuses NSW government of breaking toxin promise BYLINE: By
Melissa Jenkins DATELINE: SYDNEY, March 12 BODY: The NSW
government had broken its promise to ensure cancer-causing
chemicals at Homebush Bay would be safely disposed of,
Greenpeace said today. Amid continuing government and NSW...
25) The Times of India March 12, 2003 ALARM RAISED OVER RISING
POLLUTION LEVELS IN CITY BODY: LUCKNOW: Children in the
metropolitans bear the brunt of the pollution caused as a
fallout of the industrial revolution. Delivering the
key-note address at the five-day training course on
'Determination of impact on health and vegetation due to...
26) Agence France Presse March 12, 2003 Indonesian court jails
plant boss and manager over pollution DATELINE: JAKARTA,
March 12 BODY: An Indonesian court has jailed two
executives of a battery factory for one year each for
pumping toxic waste into a river, the state Antara news
agency said Wednesday. Sumito, president director of PT...
27) Japan Economic Newswire March 12, 2003 Environment
Ministry to monitor used electronic goods trade DATELINE:
TOKYO, March 12 BODY: The Environment Ministry has decided
to create an Asian network to monitor illegal trade of used
electronic devices from Japan to prevent hazardous waste
pollution, ministry officials said Wednesday. The ministry...
28) The Washington Post March 12, 2003, Final Edition METRO;
Pg. B03 Where to Dispose of Va.'s 'Ghost Fleet'?; U.S. Seeks
International Sites for Junking Old Ships Despite Concerns
Over Pollution BYLINE: Peter S. Goodman and Eric M. Weiss,
Washington Post Staff Writers BODY: U.S. officials have
begun searching the globe for shipyards that would take and...
Read the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12600-2003Mar11.html
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