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Friday, March 14, 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
(Greenpeace)
1) Asia Times Online, Mar 15, 2003; Southeast Asia Sunny
Thailand gradually going solar By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - When Thailand's largest solar power plant begins
producing energy next March, it will place the country in a
new spotlight as the leader of this form of alternative
energy in Southeast Asia. The plant is being built in...
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EC15Ae02.html
2) Financial Times (London) March 14, 2003, London Edition 1
COMPANIES & FINANCE UK & IRELAND; Pg. 23 California adds to
BP's environmental run-ins: Record fine for refinery LOMBARD
BYLINE: By MARTIN DICKSON BODY: "Beyond Petroleum" was the
unfortunate advertising slogan adopted for a time by BP
when it changed its logo to an environmentally-friendly...
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http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030314001015&query=Beyond+Petroleum&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form
FORESTS
3) The Age (Melbourne) March 14, 2003 News; Pg. 4 Protesters
Motivated By "the Highest Of Ideals" BYLINE: Steve Butcher
BODY: Four East Gippsland forest protesters won judicial
recognition yesterday for standing up for their beliefs. A
Melbourne magistrate said it was appropriate he give
"formal judicial acknowledgment" that the four men had not...
4) National Post March 14, 2003 All but Toronto Edition
Discovery; Forestry; Pg. A15 Canadian proposal threatens
Kyoto pact: critics: Plan 'could stimulate deforestation'
SOURCE: National Post BYLINE: Margaret Munro BODY: Canada
is proposing making a change to the Kyoto Protocol that
critics say will undermine the spirit of the international...
5) The Straits Times (Singapore) March 14, 2003 ASIA Billions
at stake in palm oil battle over orang-utans; Malaysia
fears a campaign pushing plantations' environmental threat
will rock key export industry BYLINE: Reme Ahmad BODY:
MALAYSIA is worried about the economic impact of a campaign
by Western non- governmental organisations (NGOs) seeking...
6) The Associated Pre March 14, 2003, Humboldt County tree
sitters refuse to abandon perches on lumber company-owned
land BYLINE: By RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: EUREKA, Calif. BODY: As cold winds whistled
through tall redwoods and steady rain pelted the branches,
18 tree sitters defied a court-ordered deadline to come...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(Greenpeace)
7) Globe and Mail, Canada, March 14, 2003 GM food-label panel
reaches an impasse Ottawa should set mandatory regulations
for genetically modified fare, critics urge By STEVEN CHASE
Friday, March 14, 2003 - Page A5 OTTAWA -- The head of a
business-driven effort to draft voluntary labelling rules
for genetically modified foods has warned that her...
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http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030314/UGMOON//?query=Greenpeace
8) Food experts set guidelines to judge biotech risks By Tim
Large YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 14 (Reuters) - International
food experts agreed on a framework on Friday for assessing
the risks of biotech foods, establishing global guidelines
that could help shape countries' food policies and
influence trade disputes. Governments and pressure groups...
9) The Moscow Times March 14, 2003 No. 2637 Splicing Cells
for Frankenstein Art BYLINE: Andrei Vorobei BODY: Dmitry
Bulatov is one of a small, but growing, number of artists
around the world who are using genetic engineering to
create a new form of art known as Ars Chimera, or
transgenic art, named for a creature from Greek mythology...
10) TASS March 14, 2003, Russia to mark all genetically
modified food. BYLINE: By Anna Bazhenova DATELINE: MOSCOW,
March 14 BODY: State Secretary of the Anti-Monopoly Policy
Ministry Sergei Dudkin says his department has prepared
amendments to the law on protection of consumers' rights,
which envision compulsory marking of all GM foods. Experts...
11) The Nation (Thailand) March 14, 2003, Disease-resistant
shrimp on the way BYLINE: The Nation. BODY:
Disease-resistant shrimp on the way Within the next five
years, Thailand should have bred a new species of shrimp
that is more resistant to bacterial and viral diseases,
thanks to the development of local biotechnology. The...
12) BBC Monitoring Africa - Political March 14, 2003, Uganda:
Agriculture minister denies importation of GM foods SOURCE:
The Monitor web site, Kampala, in English 13 Mar 03 BODY:
Excerpt from report by Ugandan newspaper The Monitor web
site on 13 March The government is not importing
Genetically Modified Foods (GMFs), Agriculture Minister...
13) The Guardian (London) March 14, 2003 Guardian Home Pages,
Pg. 12 Food watchdog 'has GM bias': Consumer groups say
website fails to address risks BYLINE: Felicity Lawrence
Consumer affairs correspondent BODY: The food standards
agency was condemned yesterday by leading consumer groups
who accused it of taking a biased, pro-industry stand over...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,913922,00.html
MILITARY
(Greenpeace)
14) The Independent (London) March 14, 2003, NEWS; Pg. 14 572
words ANALYSIS THE UNITED NATIONS: THE FORGOTTEN POWER OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IF ALL ELSE FAILS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COULD STOP WAR AMERICA MAY YET BE TRUMPED BY GENERAL
ASSEMBLY TIME FOR THE UN TO HOIST THE US BY ITS OWN PETARD
BYLINE: ROBERT FISK BODY: FOR 30 years, America's veto...
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http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=386906
(Greenpeace)
15) TASS March 14, 2003, 129 words Greenpeace activists
protest against possible war in Iraq. DATELINE: MOSCOW,
March 14 BODY: Greenpeace activists have staged an action
of protest against a possible war in Iraq. However, the
rally was not authorized by Moscow authorities, the city
police told Itar-Tass on Friday. The police said that the...
16) The Moscow Times March 14, 2003 No. 2637 Global Eye --
Last Orders BYLINE: Chris Floyd BODY: When George W. Bush
finally launches his war of aggression and dominion against
Iraq, the decades-long corruption of the great ideals of
the American Republic will be complete. The shadowy
militarized oligarchy created after World War II -- the...
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http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2003/03/14/120.html
17) Newsweek March 17, 2003, U.S. Edition PERISCOPE; Pg. 8
Exclusive: The Blame Game Between Bush and the Brits
BYLINE: By Richard Wolffe, Mark Hosenball and Tamara Lipper
BODY: They have been the closest of allies. But under the
intense pressure of a diplomatic crisis at the United
Nations and an imminent war in Iraq, the friendship between...
18) The Christian Science Monitor Online, USA, March 14, 2003
edition The impact of Bush linking 9/11 and Iraq American
attitudes about a connection have changed, firming up the
case for war. By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The
Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON - In his prime-time
press conference last week, which focused almost solely on...
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0314/p02s01-woiq.html
19) Th e Independent Online, UK, Cabinet shaken by Cook's
latest stand against rush to war By Paul Waugh Deputy
Political Editor 14 March 2003 It was probably the worst
kept secret in British politics. But when Robin Cook gave
Tony Blair a clear hint yesterday that he was ready to quit
over Iraq, everyone around the coffin-shaped Cabinet table...
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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=386904
20) The New York Times Online, USA, March 13, 2003 MTV Refuses
Antiwar Commercial By NAT IVES MTV has refused to accept a
commercial opposing a war in Iraq, citing a policy against
advocacy spots that it says protects the channel from
having to run ads from any cash-rich interest group whose
cause may be loathsome. Nonetheless, viewers in New York...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/business/media/13ADCO.html?ex=10485730 24&ei= 1&en=292aa6fe6f1edbc8
(Greenpeace)
21) Associated Press Online March 14, 2003 538 words
Europeans Stop Work to Protest Iraq War BYLINE: STEPHEN
GRAHAM; Associated Press Writer DATELINE: BERLIN BODY:
Millions of Europeans stopped work at midday Friday to
protest a possible attack on Iraq, as opposition to
U.S.-led military action rippled across the globe. Labor...
(Greenpeace)
22) Voice of America, USA, 14 Mar 2003, 15:37 UTC; Europe More
Anti-War Demonstrations Held in Europe VOA News Activists
of the environmental movement AP Greepeace activists place
poster ' on a pier of a bridge across the Moscow river
Greenpeace have staged several demonstrations in Europe to
protest the growing possibility of war against Iraq. In...
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http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=5B652678-B8A2-4664-B81A029EE83185EE&title=More%20Anti%2DWar%20Demonstrations%20Held%20in%20Europe&catOID=45C9C78C-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C&categoryname=Europe
(Greenpeace)
23) The Guardian Unlimited , UK, Online, Friday March 14,
2003, 2.30pm update; Protesters break into RAF base Danny
Penman and agencies Two anti-war protesters who last night
broke into an RAF base housing American B-52 bombers will
appear in court later today. The protest at RAF Fairford in
Gloucestershire is part of an ongoing worldwide campaign...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,914351,00.html
(Greenpeace)
24) Newsday, USA, Online, 14.3.2003; Ex-Lawmakers Urge More
Time for Iraq By ELIZABETH WOLFE The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- As anti-war protesters began gathering for
Saturday's march around the White House, dozens of former
members of Congress urged the Bush administration to give
weapons inspectors more time before taking military action...
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-anti-war-protests,0,3024387.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnation%2Dheadlines
NUCLEAR POWER
25) The Advertiser March 14, 2003 NEWS; Pg. 22 Broken Hill
'suitable site' for nuclear waste BYLINE: By State
Political Reporter GREG KELTON BODY: A SITE near Broken
Hill has been identified by scientists as being just as
suitable as Woomera for a low-level radioactive waste dump.
Medical scientist Dr Jim Green said yesterday a 1997...
26) Asia Pulse March 14, 2003 TAIWAN GOVT IS WEIGHING
POSSIBILITY OF PLEBISCITE ON NUCLEAR PLANT DATELINE:
TAIPEI, March 14 BODY: The Taiwan government is seriously
weighing up the possibility of organizing a plebiscite on
the island's fourth nuclear plant along with the 2004
presidential election, Minister without Portfolio Yeh...
27) The Mirror March 14, 2003, NEWS; Pg. 14 'NO NUKE SAND RISK'
BYLINE: JAMES TAIT BODY: NUCLEAR chiefs say there is no
risk to the public - despite admitting they've found yet
another grain-sized radioactive particle on a beach near the
Dounreay atomic plant. It is the fifth particle found on
Sandside beach, Caithness, in the last three weeks and...
OCEANS
28) National Post March 14, 2003 All but Toronto Edition
Discovery; Biology; Pg. A15 Small fry, big worry: Fish bred
in captivity for release into the wild are less fit for
survival, new report warns SOURCE: National Post BYLINE:
Margaret Munro BODY: One of Canada's biggest
bio-engineering programs, which tries to enhance salmon...
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
29) The Standard March 14, 2003 764 words US MAY DUMP TOXIC
FLEET IN OUR BACKYARD BYLINE: Paris Lord BODY:
Environmental group Greenpeace is keeping a close watch on
discussions between United States and Chinese officials
about the possibility of US naval ships laden with
cancer-causing materials being scrapped in Guangdong....
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http://www.thestandard.com.hk/thestandard/news_detail_frame.cfm?articleid=37656&intcatid=1
30) EU wants to simplify limits on pesticide residues
BRUSSELS, March 14 (Reuters) - The European Commission
plans to set maximum residue levels for pesticides used by
farmers across the 15-nation bloc, part of its programme to
raise food safety standards for European consumers, it said
on Friday. Up to now, national governments have been...
31) 03/14 Overflowing Japan Tries to Put a Lid on Trash TOKYO
(Reuters) - With its landfill sites almost full, Japan
launched a plan on Friday to halve the amount of trash it
buries by 2010. Though some other affluent countries
produce more trash per capita in weight terms, the Japanese
fondness for elaborate packaging leaves it with a lot of...
(Greenpeace)
32) The Philippine Star, Online, 14.3.2003; US military yet to
reply to toxic waste lawsuit By Romel Bagares US Navy and
Air Force authorities have asked a US court to give it
another month to reply to a lawsuit filed by American pro
bono lawyers on behalf of 36 residents near the former
military bases in Clark and Subic. The suit seeks to compel...
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http://www.philstar.com/philstar/News200303149905.htm
33) The Herald (Glasgow) March 14, 2003 Pg. 26 Improved
funding for organic production announced BYLINE: Dan Buglass
BODY: SCOTTISH farmers who operate organic systems are
among the first to benefit from the modulation of European
Union support measures. Currently, all support is modulated
- or taxed on a progressive basis - with the funds siphoned...
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http://www.theherald.co.uk/search_highlight.cgi?search_terms=dan%20buglass;page=%2Fbusiness%2Farchive%2F14-3-19103-23-42-54.html
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