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Thursday, April 10, 2003
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CLIMATE CHANGE
1) ABC News Online, Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
Thursday, 10 April 2003; Scientists predict global warming
deluge in Bangladesh Flooding in Bangladesh could increase
by 40 per cent if global warming pushes temperatures higher.
Flooding already affects about a fifth of the country,
which lies in the delta of three rivers. But heavier...
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http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_829292.htm
2) Vancouver Sun (British Columbia, Canada) April 10, 2003
Final Edition Business BC; Hydro; Pg. D1 Ex-pulp mill to
generate green power: Pop star Jewel among investors in
Gold River plan, reports Scott Simpson SOURCE: Vancouver Sun
BYLINE: Scott Simpson BODY: In a novel approach to solving
Vancouver Island's energy woes, a group of green- minded...
3) South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) April 10, 2003 NEWS;
In Focus; Pg. 9 Power solution may be blowing in the wind
BYLINE: The generation of green energy is taking off on the
mainland, while Hong Kong lags behind, writes Cheung Chi-fai
BODY: Looking like modern-day windmills, the giant turbines
make an impressive site. Stretching across a corner of the...
4) The Scotsman April 10, 2003, Pg. 4 BUDGET 2003
DISAPPOINTMENT AT 'UNAMBITIOUS' MOVES TOWARDS A GREENER
GOVERNMENT BYLINE: Alastair Dalton BODY: TAX changes to
encourage use of the greenest vehicles and the cleanest
fuels were among environmental measures announced in the
Budget. However, environmental groups condemned the plans as...
5) Reuters via www.planetark.org -- Britain under pressure to
rejig power market plan UK: April 10, 2003 LONDON - Britain
this week came under pressure to rejig plans for a UK-wide
electricity market after utilities said the project could
threaten the development of green energy projects in
Scotland. British Electricity Trading Arrangments (BETTA),...
6) Philadelphia Inquirer April 10, 2003 CITY-D-EAST EDITION
BUSINESS; Pg. C01 'Green' power, premium price; Thousands
willingly pay more for electricity from renewable sources.
Critics call it a costly mistake. BYLINE: By Akweli
Parker; INQUIRER BUSINESS NEWS BODY: So-called "green"
electricity, which typically costs more and has attracted a...
7) Science Daily Online, Date: 2003-04-10; Source: Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution Will Ocean Fertilization To
Remove Carbon Dioxide From The Atmosphere Work? Reducing
atmospheric carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas linked to
global warming, by fertilizing the oceans with iron may not
be as attractive a solution as once thought according to a...
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/04/030410073330.htm
8) AP via New Jersey Online, Congress considers new review of
oil, gas wealth beneath coastal waters By H. JOSEF HEBERT
The Associated Press 4/10/03 1:52 AM WASHINGTON (AP) --
Congress is considering requiring the government to take a
fresh inventory of all oil and gas reserves beneath
America's coastal waters, prompting concern by some...
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http://www.nj.com/newsflash/washington/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0426_BC_EnergyBill&&news&newsflash-washington
9) Los Angeles Times April 10, 2003 Thursday Home Edition
SECTION: Main News; Part 1; Page 32; National Desk LENGTH:
1128 words HEADLINE: THE NATION; Energy Bill Seen as a
Gusher of Industry Breaks; Drilling in Alaska's wilderness
refuge and SUV fuel standards are out, but Congress is
poised to deliver an energy policy overhaul. BYLINE:...
FORESTS
10) The New York Times April 10, 2003, Late Edition - Final
Section A; Page 12; Column 3; Foreign Desk World Briefing
Asia: Vietnam: Smuggled Animals Burned BYLINE: Agence
France-Presse BODY: The authorities said they had
incinerated more than four and a half tons of endangered
pangolins and monitor lizards smuggled to Hanoi over the...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
11) The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) April 10, 2003
FINANCE; Pg. 47 Modified canola worries SOURCE: MATP BODY:
AMOST three quarters of Victoria's farmers dispute a
finding by the nation's gene technology watchdog that
genetically modified canola does not pose a threat or
environmental risk. A survey, commissioned by ICM...
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http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6260267%255E704,00.html
12) The Canberra Times Online, Australia, Thursday, 10 April
2003; Opposition mounts to GM crop: survey AAP There is a
great deal of concern among farmers about the impact of
genetically modified canola on traditional crops. A survey
has found mounting opposition to the release of genetically
modified canola as calls grow for a full poll of farmers'...
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http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=national&category=general%20news&story_id=220708&y=2003&m=4
MILITARY
13) Toronto Star April 10, 2003 Thursday Ontario Edition
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A20 LENGTH: 399 words HEADLINE: AECL
accused of hiding nuclear waste concerns BYLINE: Peter
Calamai, SCIENCE WRITER HIGHLIGHT: Report censored for
security, firm says But watchdog critical of Chalk River
BODY: The government-owned atomic energy company is...
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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035780761601&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
14) The Washington Post April 10, 2003, Thursday, Final Edition
SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A36 LENGTH: 483 words HEADLINE:
Nuclear Site Safety Tightened; Radiation Detected At Iraqi
Complex BYLINE: Joby Warrick, Washington Post Staff Writer
BODY: Days after the site was overrun by Marines, U.S.
military commanders said yesterday they have imposed...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1573-2003Apr9.html
15) The International Herald Tribune Thursday, April 10, 2003;
| www.iht.com; William Pfaff: Which country is next on the
list? William Pfaff IHT The neoconservative agenda PARIS
The Bush administration, determined to remake the Middle
East by remaking Iraq, now has the bit between its teeth.
Few had seriously doubted that the military forces of the...
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http://www.iht.com/articles/92679.html
16) NY Police Admit Keeping Anti-War Protest Database Thu April
10, 2003 12:55 PM ET By Grant McCool NEW YORK (Reuters) -
New York police admitted on Thursday to compiling and then
destroying a database of people arrested during anti-war
protests, but rights groups decried the practice as an
erosion of civil liberties in the name of the U.S. war on...
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2544937
17) Agence France Presse April 10, 2003 Thursday 1:31 PM
Eastern Time SECTION: International News LENGTH: 247 words
HEADLINE: Sweden to present EU plan to fight weapons of
mass destruction DATELINE: STOCKHOLM, April 10 BODY: Sweden
will present a plan aimed at fighting the spread of weapons
of mass destruction to fellow European Union member states...
18) The Guardian (London) April 10, 2003 Guardian Weekly
Pages, Pg. 8 UN official says US and North Korea sliding to
war BYLINE: Tracy McVeigh BODY: War in North Korea is now
almost inevitable because of the country's diplomatic
stalemate with the United States, a senior UN official
claims. Ahead of this week's crucial talks between members...
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http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,930570,00.html
NUCLEAR POWER
19) The Australian April 10, 2003 All-round Metro Edition
LOCAL; Pg. 8 Survivors fight N-dump SOURCE: MATP BYLINE:
Rebecca DiGirolamo BODY: FIFTY years after surviving the
"poison" of the Maralinga nuclear tests, a number of senior
Aboriginal women are vowing to fight until their last breath
against the construction of a radioactive waste dump in the...
20) ANALYSIS-Japan nuclear scandals stymie Kyoto pact goals By
Miho Yoshikawa TOKYO, April 10 (Reuters) - Japan's plans to
meet its obligations under the Kyoto accord on global
warming could be in jeopardy as public safety concerns
hinder the construction of new nuclear reactors low in
greenhouse gas emissions. A string of safety scandals has...
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T163323.htm
21) The Japan Times Online, 11/04/2003; GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
'03 PRO, CON OR PLEBISCITE Fukui race boils down to reactor
factor Last in a series By ERIC JOHNSTON Staff writer
TAKAHAMA, Fukui Pref. -- Like many of her fellow
shopkeepers in this small town along the Sea of Japan
coast, Tomoko Kurahashi is ambivalent about the candidates...
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030411b2.htm
22) Press Association April 10, 2003, CALL FOR BEACH CLOSURE
OVER RADIOACTIVE FEARS BYLINE: Rachel Blackburn, PA News
BODY: The owner of a beach near the Dounreay nuclear plant
called today for its closure as another radioactive
particle was found. Geoffrey Minter, owner of Sandside
Beach in Caithness, says the current monitoring programme...
23) The New York Times April 10, 2003, Late Edition - Final
Section D; Page 7; Column 6; Metropolitan Desk Judge Orders
Faster Review Of Cooling Unit At Indian Point BYLINE: By
WINNIE HU DATELINE: ALBANY, April 9 BODY: A State Supreme
Court justice ordered state environmental officials today to
speed up their review of the cooling system for the Indian...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/nyregion/10INDI.html
OCEANS
24) The Advertiser April 10, 2003 NEWS; Pg. 14 Fish farming
changes BODY: LICENCE conditions for kingfish farmers are
to be tightened following the escape of 13,000 fish from a
farm at Arno Bay on Eyre Peninsula. Fisheries Minister Paul
Holloway said yesterday fish farmers would also tighten
their emergency response procedures. The new conditions...
25) The Associated Press April 10, 2003, Congress considers
new review of oil, gas wealth beneath coastal waters
BYLINE: By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Pressss Writer
DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: Congress is considering
requiring the government to take a fresh inventory of all
oil and gas reserves beneath America's coastal waters,...
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
26) The Times of India Online, Thursday, April 10, 2003
12:54:19; Greenpeace activist freed on bail TIMES NEWS
NETWORK AHMEDABAD: Greenpeace activist Shailendra Yashwant,
who was arrested by Umargaon police in South Gujarat on
Tuesday on a complaint made by an associate of United
Phosphorous Limited (UPL), was released on bail by a court...
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=42904867
27) Bangkok Post April 10, 2003 NEW LAW NEEDED TO CONTROL
TOXIC MATTER BYLINE: Ranjana Wangvipula BODY: Officials
overseeing removal and transport of toxic waste yesterday
agreed a new law is needed to empower them to keep a close
watch on every step of waste delivery to a landfill site.
The agreement came during yesterday's meeting of...
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