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[News-headlines] Global News Headlines - March 18
URGENT ACTION ALERT
Let the voices of the WORLD be heard
The leaders of the most powerful nations on Earth have failed us. The Security Council has failed us. The world stands on the brink of war. The UN has one last chance to stand up for peace.
Please, urgently, write to your Ambassador at the United Nations and ask that the Uniting for Peace resolution be invoked to stop this war.
http://act.greenpeace.org/aas/e?a=ufp&s=amb_s
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NEWSLINK: Environmental News Headlines
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Tuesday, March 18, 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) AAP NEWSFEED March 18, 2003, Qld: Big clean-up after oil
spill DATELINE: BRISBANE, March 18 BODY: Queensland
Environment Minister Dean Wells said today it would take
several days to clean up a major oil spill on Brisbane's
southside. Mr Wells said the crude oil spill outside a
refinery luckily had not reached the Brisbane River but was...
2) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) March 18, 2003 Pg. 27 Biomass
holds promise for clean energy BYLINE: Saori Kan Daily
Yomiuri Staff Writer SOURCE: Yomiuri BODY: Biomass has come
into the spotlight as a clean energy source as the nation
seeks ways to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide it emits
in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol on global warming....
3) Agence France Presse March 18, 2003 Poor countries need
warning systems for natural disasters: experts BYLINE:
FRANCOISE KADRI DATELINE: KYOTO, Japan, March 18 BODY: Poor
countries crucially lack alert systems for natural
catastrophes which cause thousands of casualties and are
set to occur more often triggered by global warming,...
4) Business Day Online, South Africa, 18/03/2003; Report warns
of the high cost of climate change CAPE TOWN Climate change
looks set to cost the world an estimated $300m a year, says
a report by the World Conservation Union. This figure is
equivalent to more than double SA's total national output
last year. The scale of the problem is such that dealing...
Read the article:
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1307737-6094-0,00.html
5) The Guardian Online, Tuesday March 18, 2003; Oil drilling
in wildlife park gets nearer Matthew Engel in Washington
The Guardian With public attention diverted by Iraq, George
Bush is poised to push one of his most cherished and
controversial measures past strong opposition on Capitol
Hill and into law. The Senate is expected to vote this week...
Read the article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,916193,00.html
FORESTS
6) New Zealand Herald Online, March 19, 2003 Amazon fires out
of control 19.03.2003 In a sign of growing concern over
spreading forest fires in Brazil's northern Amazon jungle,
the Army has taken command of fighting the fires. As the
fires entered the reserve of the Yanomami Indians, one of
the world's last hunter-gatherer tribes, the Army was put...
Read the article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3250654&thesection=news&thesubsection=world
7) Vancouver Sun March 18, 2003 Final Edition News; Pg. B1
Rare, endangered species need more land: study SOURCE:
Vancouver Sun BYLINE: Larry Pynn BODY: As much as 40 to 50
per cent of B.C.'s land base may be needed to protect rare
and endangered species, says a study being released today
by the University of B.C.'s Centre for Biodiversity...
Read the article:
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story.asp?id={22855896-CE04-46A9-B3F2-DB11FD48DE1D}
8) The Dominion Post (Wellington) March 18, 2003, NEWS Pg. 2
Treaty forest deal delayed BODY: RUTH BERRY THE GOVERNMENT
has delayed signing a $ 42 million Treaty of Waitangi
settlement, amid threats of legal action and warnings that
it will give tribes a monopoly over the running of forests.
But the Ngati Awa tribe involved has rejected the...
9) Los Angeles Times March 18, 2003 Home Edition California
Metro; Part 2; Page 7; Metro Desk Tree-Sitters Forcibly
Removed; With police help, Pacific Lumber Co. begins taking
activists from redwoods. BYLINE: Emily Gurnon, Special to
The Times DATELINE: FRESHWATER, Calif. BODY: Armed with a
court order and assisted by local law enforcement, Pacific...
Read the article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tree18mar18,1,3517029.story
10) Los Angeles Times Online USA, March 18, 2003 UPDATE
Tree-Sitters Reoccupy Redwoods New tree-sitters take the
place of two women who were taken down from their aerial
perches and arrested. From Associated Press Tree-sitters
have reoccupied two majestic redwoods where climbers hired
by Pacific Lumber Co. removed activists a day earlier....
Read the article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-031803treesitters_wr,1,3281553.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dcalifornia%2Dmanual
GENETIC ENGINEERING
11) New Straits Times (Malaysia) March 18, 2003, Earth
mattersEarth links; Pg. 9 Brazil faces GM soy battle
BYLINE: Compiled by Sarah Sabaratnam BODY: BRAZIL is
running out of time to find a legal way of marketing
illegally- grown soybeans and faces a major fight in
enforcing the ban next year, say soy analysts, producers...
(Greenpeace)
12) South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) March 18, 2003 News;
Pg. 1 488 words Apparent about-face on GM labelling angers
greens A proposal before Legco effectively rules out a
mandatory system due to the food-trade costs BYLINE: Heike
Phillips Environment Reporter BODY: Green groups were
outraged last night at an apparent about-face by the...
(Greenpeace)
13) South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) March 18, 2003 News;
Pg. 3 683 words Cost to the food industry blamed for
climbdown over GM food But one survey shows most people
want identification of modified products BYLINE: Heike
Phillips and May Chan BODY: The government has cited
"significant" costs to the food trade and the lack of...
(Greenpeace)
14) Food Navigator Online, 18/03/03; US takes the biscuit...
Confirming reports from the European Commission yesterday
that the European consumer is sceptical about food-related
biotechnologies, are the findings of a joint UK-US study
into GE biscuits. Researchers found European shoppers to be
cynical, more concerned about the environmental impact of...
Read the article:
http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/news.asp?id=7244
MILITARY
(Greenpeace)
15) The Mirror March 18, 2003, NEWS; Pg. 5 298 words
COUNTDOWN TO WAR: US SETS DEADLINE WITHOUT 2ND VOTE:
CHERIE'S LAWYERS SAY WAR IS ILLEGAL BYLINE: JUSTINE SMITH
BODY: COLLEAGUES of barrister Cherie Blair yesterday said
the Iraq war was illegal despite the Government's lawyer
giving his backing. Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith...
Read the article:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12747015&method=full&siteid=50143
16) The Washington Post March 18, 2003, Tuesday, Final Edition
SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A13 LENGTH: 863 words HEADLINE:
Bush Clings To Dubious Allegations About Iraq BYLINE:
Walter Pincus and Dana Milbank, Washington Post Staff
Writers BODY: As the Bush administration prepares to attack
Iraq this week, it is doing so on the basis of a number of...
17) The Australian, War in Iraq a crime, says Vatican From
correspondents in Vatican City March 18, 2003 MILITARY
intervention against Iraq would be a crime against peace
demanding vengeance before God, the head of the Vatican's
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has said. "War is
a crime against peace which cries for vengeance before...
Read the article:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,6145925%5E1702,00.html
18) The Sydney Morning Herald Senate snubs Howard's call to
arms By Aban Contractor and Cosima Marriner Sydney Morning
Herald, 18 March 2003 The Senate will not endorse the
government's decision to commit Australian troops to a war
with Iraq, insisting it is not in Australia's national
interest. Instead, it is likely to support an amalgam of...
19) The Australian March 18, 2003 All-round Country Edition
WORLD; Pg. 8 N Korea won't stand and watch American
build-up - Countdown to war SOURCE: MATP BYLINE: Stephen
Lunn * Tokyo correspondent BODY: NORTH Korea yesterday
accused the US of intensifying preparations to wage a
second Korean war, and vowed it would not remain a "passive...
NUCLEAR POWER
20) The Straits Times (Singapore) March 18, 2003 ASIA N-plant
dilemma returns to haunt Taiwan President; Protesters are
trying to shame Chen into honouring a pledge to hold a
referendum on the controversial nuclear project BYLINE:
Lawrence Chung BODY: TAIPEI - Less than three years after
President Chen Shui-bian survived a political nightmare...
21) The Herald (Glasgow) March 18, 2003 Pg. 12 Sellafield
leakage tests 'inadequate';Sepa promises to review
procedures after criticisms BYLINE: Martin Williams BODY:
THE Scottish Environment Protection Agency is to review its
radiation testing procedures in the wake of concern that
the level of food contamination from Sellafield nuclear...
22) Press Association March 18, 2003, NUCLEAR SITE APPOINTS
DECOMMISSION APPRENTICES BYLINE: Kim Munro, PA News BODY:
Young people are being offered apprenticeships in
decommissioning as part of a œ 4 billion programme to
dismantle a nuclear plant, it emerged today. The move at
the Dounreay site in the north of Scotland is aimed at...
OCEANS
23) The New Zealand Herald March 18, 2003 NEWS; General NZ out
to counter Japanese 'vote buying' BYLINE: By SIMON COLLINS
science reporter BODY: New Zealand diplomats are gearing up
for intense lobbying in the South Pacific to counter
alleged Japanese efforts to "buy votes" for commercial
whaling. Japan is alleged to have offered to help Tonga...
Read the article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyID=3250519&reportID=162576
TOXICS
24) The Australian March 18, 2003 WA Country Edition LOCAL;
Pg. 4 Chemical exposure victims protest SOURCE: MATP
BYLINE: Belinda Hickman BODY: FORMER Agriculture Protection
Board workers will lead a community march through Derby
today in protest against delays in recognition of illnesses
and deaths they say are linked to spraying 245T. The...
25) The Times (London) March 18, 2003, Tuesday SECTION:
Features; Law; 10 LENGTH: 589 words HEADLINE: The road to
greener pastures BYLINE: Denise Dowen BODY: An EU directive
has prompted the Government to deal with the problem of
scrap vehicles, says Denise Dowen The Government is
increasingly concerned about the widespread environmental...
Read the article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-613259,00.html
26) BBC Online, Science/Nature, Tuesday, 18 March, 2003, 14:32
GMT; 'Ideological battle' over world's water By Tim Hirsch
BBC environment correspondent in Kyoto Pressure groups have
claimed that private companies are unlikely to provide the
solutions for the millions of poor people without adequate
clean water and decent sanitation. [Photo caption: [Water...
Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2861095.stm
27) New Zealand Herald Online, 19.03.2003; Toxic chemicals
leaking at Hamilton factory site By ELIZABETH BINNING An
emergency cleanup is underway in Hamilton where nearly
30,000 litres of potentially dangerous chemicals have been
found at the back of an old factory. The chemicals, sodium
cyanide and chromic acid, were stored in 200-litre drums,...
Read the article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3250744&thesection=news&thesubsection=general
28) The Times (London) March 18, 2003, Home news; 16 Recycling
drive 'does more harm than good' BYLINE: Anthony Browne,
Environment Editor BODY: RECYCLING is a load of rubbish,
Britain's leading environ-mental scientists said yesterday.
Overturning decades of conventional wisdom, the scientists,
including one of the Government's advisers, said that...
29) Newsday (New York, NY) March 18, 2003 Tuesday NASSAU AND
SUFFOLK EDITION NEWS, Pg. A59 Report: EPA Wrong on WTC Air;
Says its tests didn't back own statements of safety BYLINE:
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BODY: Sacramento, Calif. - Ground Zero
tests by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the
days immediately after the World Trade Center collapse did...
Read the article:
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/health/ny-hsair183179011mar18.story
X-OTHER-X
30) BBC News UK, Online in Kyoto; Published: 2003/03/17
15:03:07 Golf 'is water hazard' By Ben Sutherland The
United States is the most wasteful water user in the world,
according to figures released at the Third World Water
Forum in Kyoto, Japan. And a key reason behind America's
placing is the country's love of golf. Keeping fairways...
Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/2857587.stm
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