February 2001
Day-to-day headlines on the following subjects : Atmosphere, Energy, Forest, Genetic Engineering, Military, Nuclear Power, Oceans, Toxics. News are collected by Greenpeace International. Full stories can not be provided for copyright reasons. read other months news - back to jerome.net

Wednesday, February 28, 2001

2) Agence France Presse February 27, 2001, - Drying Lake Chad faces an even drier future - WASHINGTON, Feb 27 - Lake Chad, one of Africa's largest fresh water sources, has shrunk about 95 percent over the past 35 years, a team of US researchers revealed Tuesday. In 1963, Lake Chad sprawled across more than 25,000 square

3) Agence France Presse February 28, 2001, - Tough road ahead for meeting UN climate goals, experts warn - PARIS, Feb 28 - A range of problems, from political resistance to economic costs, surrounds the United Nations' keystone treaty on global warming even before the deal has been completed, UN experts say. "Many

4) Agence France Presse February 28, 2001, - UN climate talks set for July in Bonn - THE HAGUE, Feb 28 - Talks aimed at concluding a UN treaty on global warming will be held in Bonn from July 16-27, the Dutch organisers of the talks said Wednesday. Spokeswoman Babette Graeber said a statement would be issued here and in Bonn,

6) The San Francisco Chronicle FEBRUARY 28, 2001, FINAL EDITION NEWS; Pg. A1 - Health Trumps Cost of Clean Air; High court backs EPA unanimously SOURCE: Chronicle Staff Writers - Jane Kay and Bob Egelko - The nation's health, not industry's pocketbook, must guide the government in fighting air pollution, the U.S. Supreme

12) The Washington Post February 28, 2001, Final Edition FINANCIAL; Pg. E03 - Canada Criticizes Lumber Tariff; Officials Seek Lower U.S. Import Duties - DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post Foreign Service - TORONTO - -- Canada's minister of trade says tensions between the United States and Canada are growing over U.S.

17) The Sunday Herald February 25, 2001 Pg. 2 - GM spray test results kept secret - By Rob Edwards Environment Correspondent - The government has kept secret vital information on the safety of a toxic chemical sprayed on genetically modified (GM) crops being grown by farmers in Scotland. The official green watchdog, the

19) New Zealand Herald 01/03/2001 (Online) New Zealand News Nuclear atoll 'near collapse' 01.03.2001 By CATHERINE FIELD and KEVIN TAYLOR A senior scientist in France's nuclear monitoring agency has admitted that the rock of Mururoa Atoll is deteriorating because of sustained nuclear testing. Entire sections of rock in the atoll's northeast are

21) Agence France Presse February 28, 2001, - Putin warns US missile shield would damage global security - Henry Meyer - SEOUL, Feb 28 - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States on Wednesday that its plans for a missile defense umbrella would deal a serious blow to global security. In a speech

22) Moscow News February 28, 2001 BUSINESS; No. 9 - CHINA MAY GET WONDER WEAPONS - Sergei Putilov HIGHLIGHT: By scrapping the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the United States would push Russia into supplying China with strategic arms - China, which already accounts for nearly half of Russia's arms exports, is seeking even

26) The Sunday Herald February 25, 2001 Pg. 1 - Salmon to go veggie to help save fish stocks - By Stephen Naysmith Science Correspondent - Worried about eating pork, beef and even farmed salmon? Here's the future. Scientists want to cure salmon of their rapacious carnivorous ways and switch them to a healthy vegetarian

30) Press Association Newsfile February 28, 2001, - Friends of the Earth said it was alarmed by the discovery of high levels of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in a sample of white seedless grapes from Israel, which were found in a Somerfield store. "The Government has admitted that some residues were high enough to give a toddler a stomach

31) Financial Times (London) February 28, 2001, London Edition 1 LEADER; Pg. 20 - The greening of the CAP - The Common AgriculturalPolicy of the European Union has been blamed for many things but it cannot be held directly responsible for the present outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK. Some would argue, however, that the

Tuesday, February 27, 2001

12) The Washington Post February 27, 2001, Final Edition A SECTION; Pg. 1 - Gene-Spliced Wheat Stirs Global Fears; Buyers Spurn Grain Before It's Planted - Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Staff Writer - Agricultural scientists have developed the first genetically engineered variety of wheat designed for sale to farmers, stirring

13) AP Worldstream February 27, 2001; - India test-fires surface-to-air missile - NEW DELHI, India - India tested its most sophisticated surface-to-air missile from a remote testing range on the country's eastern coast on Tuesday, officials said. The Akash missile was fired over the Bay of Bengal from India's testing range

14) BBC Monitoring Middle East - Political February 26, 2001, - Israel reportedly seeking to set up base in Red Sea to launch nuclear missiles SOURCE: Al-Quds, Jerusalem, in Arabic 26 Feb 01 pp 1, 14 - A report by the Office of the Arab Boycott of Israel reveals that Israel is making secret moves to set up a military base in the Red Sea from

16) Agence France Presse February 27, 2001, - Russian naval command denies press interview on Kursk notes - MURMANSK, Russia, Feb 27 - Russian Northern Fleet command cast doubt Tuesday on a report by the daily Izvestia which said it had been told by a senior officer that a torpedo explosion had caused the Kursk disaster. The

17) 02/27 World Must Speak Now on Missile Defense-Canada By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Tuesday that countries wishing to influence U.S. plans for a controversial anti-missile defense system should speak up now, as there were signs Washington could soon decide on outlines of the scheme. Canadian Foreign Minister John

21) Japan Times 28/02/2001 (Online) Concerns expressed over plutonium stocks The Atomic Energy Commission expressed concern Tuesday that further delay in the use of uranium-plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at Japanese nuclear power reactors could create large stockpiles of surplus plutonium. The government body made the remarks one

27) Jerusalem Post 27/02/2001, Israel (Online) Local authorities urged to keep recycling laws By Liat Collins (February 27) - Israelis are producing almost twice as much garbage a day as they did some 25 years ago: 2.2 kilograms compared to 1.2 kg. in 1975, according to figures presented yesterday at an Environment Ministry symposium in Rishon

Monday, February 26, 2001

16) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) February 26, 2001, News; Pg. 10 - U.S. Doubts Rise on North Korean Deal to Build Nuclear Reactors By Don Kirk; International Herald Tribune - SEOUL - The nuclear energy program at the heart of reconciliation efforts between North and South Korea faces its most severe

17) AP Worldstream February 26, 2001 - Secretary of state has first meeting with restive allies - JEFFREY ULBRICH - BRUSSELS, Belgium - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell sits down Tuesday with a roomful of not altogether happy allies who don't like Washington's plans for a ballistic missile defense system and care even less

19) Fed: Brown calls for govt to oppose radioactice waste shipments - Waste PARLY 021 CANBERRA, Feb 26 AAP - Greens Senator Bob Brown today called on the federal government to oppose shipments of highly radioactive waste due to travel up the east coast of Australia. Senator Brown said the two shipments of dangerous radioactive waste

Agence France Presse 290 words - Austrian protest after Czech N-plant restarts - VIENNA, Feb 26 - Environmental activists on Monday occupied the Vienna offices of a power company which imports electricity from the Czech republic, where a disputed nuclear plant was started up again at the weekend. The Greenpeace protestors

22) CTK News Agency 26/02/2001 (Online) Radioactive Mud Near Temelin Left After Uranium Mining MYDLOVARY, South Bohemia, Feb 26, 2001 -- (CTK - Czech News Agency) Even though the controversial Temelin nuclear power station is not working to its full extent yet, local inhabitants have already been facing radioactivity from nearby radioactive mud traps for

23) Japan MOX fuel plan dealt a setback TOKYO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Plans by Japan's power industry to use a controversial imported MOX plutonium-uranium enriched fuel were dealt a blow on Monday after a local governor refused to allow it at a power plant in his region. Fukushima prefectural Governor Eisaku Sato was quoted as telling the local

(Greenpeace) 24) 02/26 FEATURE-"Floating city" threatens Argentine squid industry By Juan Jose Lagorio TRELEW, Argentina (Reuters) - As darkness falls in southern Argentina, a ghostly apparition of twinkling lights that some have nicknamed "the floating city" forms on the black ocean surface far out at sea. The unexpected brilliance emerging from the Atlantic

28) The Independent (London) February 26, 2001, NEWS; Pg. 7 - FOOT & MOUTH CRISIS: THE SPREAD - EUROPE STARTS TO TRACE AND DESTROY INFECTED STOCK - Stephen Castle And Thomas Penny - FRANCE, GERMANY and the Netherlands yesterday began to trace and destroy sheep imported from the Devon farm affected by the foot-and-mouth outbreak, as

Sunday, February 25, 2001

1) The Age, Australia (Online) Push to cut greenhouse gas By MELISSA MARINO CANBERRA Monday 26 February 2001 Less than a week after a United Nations report warned of the devastating effects of global warming, the Federal Government has called on the community to take shorter showers and wash clothes in cold water to help reduce

10) Agence France Presse 326 words - Greenpeace renews calls for Hong Kong GE food labelling system - HONG KONG, Feb 25 - Some 20 Hong Kong non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have signed a joint petition to push for a comprehensive and compulsory labelling system for genetically engineered (GE) food products, an environmental

12) Sun Star Network of Community Newspapers, the Philippines (Online) February 26, 2001 'Golden rice' strain stirs controversy LOS BANOS -- After nearly a decade of research in Europe, the much-acclaimed "golden rice" has finally arrived in Asia, its intended destination. But even before the genetically engineered (GE) rice is transplanted from

15) The Associated Press. February 24, 2001 - WEEKLY FARM: First release of biotech insect planned for summer - By PHILIP BRASHER, AP Farm Writer - WASHINGTON - By tinkering with genes, scientists have made tomatoes that stay fresher longer, crops that are immune to weedkillers and fish that grow faster. Now, a

17) TASS February 24, 2001, Saturday - 161 words - Russia studies prospects for joint NMD with US and Europe - By Vladislav Kuznetsov - SERPUKHOV, Moscow region, February 24 - The commander of Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces (SRF), Army General Vladimir Yakovlev, said the question of creating joint

19) The Independent (London) February 24, 2001, First Edition; NEWS; Pg. 2 - PM GIVES BUSH HIS BACKING ON STAR WARS'; WASHINGTON VISIT: BLAIR GIVES SUPPORT TO US PRESIDENT OVER MISSILE DEFENCE PLANS AND SERIAL SINNER' SADDAM - Paul Waugh In Washington - TONY BLAIR sought to cement relations with George Bush yesterday by

21) Agence France Presse - Anti-missile shields cannot be totally effective: Russian general - MOSCOW, Feb 24 - A top Russian army commander said it was impossible for an anti-missile defence shield to be totally effective, news agencies here reported Saturday. "It is impossible to build a (anti-missile) shield that provides

February 23, 2001

8) Inter Press Service - ENVIRONMENT: RICH NATIONS HELPED DEFOREST INDONESIA, SAYS REPORT - By Danielle Knight - WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 - Indonesian pulp and paper facilities, supported in the 1990s by financial institutions in Europe, Japan and North America, have caused widespread deforestation and human rights abuses, according

14) The Press (Christchurch) February 22, 2001 FARMING Pg. 18; FARMING AND COUNTRY LIFE - US farmers battle GE problems - KEENE Howard - Genetically engineered crops cost more and produce less, says an American farming leader. Bill Christison, president of the National Family Farming Coalition, recently gave a submission to the Royal

15) The Times (London) February 23, 2001, Overseas news - Nuclear arms race in Asia intensifies - Zahid Hussain in Karachi - A PAKISTANI plan to arm submarines with nuclear missiles has raised fears of an intensified nuclear arms race in South Asia as India announced yesterday that it was ready to match any

16) TASS - Russia remains opposed to ABM revision - MOSCOW, February 23 - Russia remains categorically opposed to US plans of National Missile Defense (NMD), which makes it necessary to revise the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense (ABM) Treaty. "Russia will not agree to the adjustment of the Treaty which actually

19) Deutsche Presse-Agentur February 23, 2001 - Russians start first new nuclear power station in eight years - Moscow - Russian power generators on Friday celebrated Friday the opening of the country's first new nuclear energy station in eight years. The first 1000-megawatt reactor of four built at the Rostov plant

23) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) February 23, 2001, Pg. 10 - EU cod-ban fishermen are wiping out haddock By Charles Clover Environment Editor - BRITISH fishermen banned from large areas of the North Sea as a European Commission emergency measure to protect cod are now wiping out concentrated stocks of juvenile haddock which are seen

24) The Scotsman February 23, 2001, Pg. 9 - VEGETARIAN SALMON MAY SAVE FISH FARM INDUSTRY - Alan Crawford - A SCIENTIST has been awarded European funding to breed the world's first vegetarian salmon in an attempt to save the salmon farming industry from potential future devastation. Salmon farming in Scotland is a pounds 250

26) Agence France Presse - Toxic waste drums stolen in Mozambique - MAPUTO, Feb 23 - Large quantities of highly toxic waste stored at an industrial site in Mozambique's capital have been stolen, triggering fears of a human disaster, the government announced Friday. A statement from Mozambique's ministry for environmental

Thursday, February 22, 2001

1) Agence France Presse February 22, 2001, - Belching cattle cause greenhouse gas rise - BRISBANE, Feb 22 - Aussie farmers have been told to try and stop their cattle belching because bovine herds are raising the nation's greenhouse gas output. Resource economist Dr John Rolfe said Thursday Australia's 24 million cattle belch or

4) Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Thu, Feb 22 2001, Online, Stuart Oil Shale developers play down health concerns A new report claims the Stuart Oil Shale project near Gladstone will release high levels of a by-product known to cause cancer and birth deformities. Greenpeace commissioned the report, which claims the plant will

5) AP Worldstream February 21, 2001; - Hundreds of oil-infested birds found and destroyed in the Baltic Sea - STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hundreds of oil-infested birds have been shot and destroyed in the past two weeks because they could not be saved off the southern coast of the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, the

14) Japan Economic Newswire February 21, 2001, - Kiribati criticizes Britain for nuclear testing in 1960s - HIROSHIMA, Feb. 22 Kyodo - Kiribati President Teburoro Tito on Thursday criticized Britain for not acknowledging the injuries Kiribati people suffered as a result of nuclear testing on its Christmas Island in the

15) Korea Times February 23, 2001, - North Korea Threatens to Drop Nuke, Missile Accords - North Korea yesterday threatened to scrap moratoriums on long-range missile tests and the 1994 nuclear deal in an apparent warning against the Bush administration's hardline'' policy, but South Korea played down the

16) AP Worldstream February 22, 2001; - Pakistan may equip submarines with nuclear missiles - ZAHID HUSSAIN - KARACHI, Pakistan - In what appeared to be the first indication that Pakistan was ready to deploy nuclear weapons, its navy said Thursday that it may put nuclear missiles on its submarines. ''Pakistan may equip

17) The Straits Times (Singapore) February 21, 2001, East Asia, Pg. A5 - US missile plan "could spark Asia arms race' - R Senthilnathan in Toronto - Experts warn that the proposed nuclear shield could provoke China into expanding its own arsenal, with far-reaching consequences REGARDLESS of what the present Washington administration

27) Agence France Presse February 22, 2001, - Russian coastguard plane sinks trawler fishing illegally in Far East - MOSCOW, Feb 22 - A Russian coastguard plane sunk a Russian trawler fishing illegally around the Kuril islands Thursday, after firing at the vessel, but all the crew escaped to safety, news agencies reported. Deputy head

Wednesday, February 21, 2001

1) Financial Times (London) February 21, 2001, London Edition 1 NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 4 - NATIONAL NEWS: Companies respond poorly to global warming - By VANESSA HOULDER - The corporate sector is making a "pitiful" contribution towards reducing global warming, according to Business in the Environment, a campaign for corporate

6) Argentine GM crop approval seen buoyed by EU decision By Damian Wroclavsky BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Argentina could ease its tight restrictions on new genetically modified (GM) crops amid signs the European Union may move toward accepting the controversial products, industry sources say. Last week's approval by the European

9) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) February 21, 2001, Pg. 3 - Tokyo govt planning new labels to identify GM food - Yomiuri - The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to call on manufacturers to add new labels to the genetically modified food to be sold in Tokyo from fiscal 2001, government sources said. Under the revised Japan

13) The New York Times February 21, 2001, Late Edition - Final Section A; Page 5; Column 1; Foreign Desk - Putin Invites West to Work On a Defense For Missiles - By PATRICK E. TYLER - MOSCOW, Feb. 20 - President Vladimir V. Putin called on Europe and the NATO alliance today to work with Russia on developing a common defense

14) Daily Record February 21, 2001, NEWS; Pg. 1, 5 - FASLANE SECURITY FARCE; FALSE I.D. CARD GETS DAILY RECORD IN SIX SECRET MILITARY BASES - Don Mackay Exclusive - SECURITY at Faslane nuclear submarine base on the Clyde is a farce, the Record can reveal. The day after 380 demonstrators were arrested at the base, reporter Don

15) The Times (London) February 21, 2001, Home news - Uranium shells fired despite fears - Gillian Harris, Scotland Correspondent - THE Ministry of Defence test-fired depleted uranium (DU) shells at a military range in Scotland yesterday for the first time since it was reported that the weapons could cause cancer. The exercises

19) AP Worldstream February 20, 2001; - Kuchma calls for completing new reactors without Western loans - KIEV, Ukraine - President Leonid Kuchma said Tuesday that Ukraine should complete construction of two new nuclear reactors to offset the loss of power from the closure of the Chernobyl plant, even without sufficient aid

20) United Press International February 20, 2001, - Proposal: dump nuclear waste under Gulf - LAFAYETTE, La., Feb. 20 - A Louisiana oilman proposed Tuesday a new solution for disposal of the nation's high-level nuclear waste using the latest oil and gas drilling technology -- bury it in salt formations 10,000

22) Diesel spill prevention team reaches trapped trawler PERTH, Feb 21 AAP - A pollution prevention operation was under way today to prevent 20,000 litres of diesel spilling from a trawler trapped on Ningaloo Reef, off Western Australia's far north coast. The 18-metre fishing trawler, named Quobba, ran aground on Ningaloo Reef, near Exmouth, about

23) BBC Online Sci/Tech 21 February, 2001, Scientists gear up for undersea headcount [Photo caption: Scientists will tag bigger animals like seals] By BBC News Online's Ivan Noble An ambitious billion-dollar plan to count the creatures that live in the world's oceans is taking shape at a meeting in Hobart, Australia. Scientists there are taking

28) The Herald (Glasgow) February 20, 2001 Pg. 8 - Skippers fall foul of fishing ban;Boats caught in exclusion zone face fine and loss of licence - Graeme Smith - Three Scottish fishing skippers are facing massive fines and the possible loss of their livelihoods after having been allegedly caught fishing in a exclusion zone

Sunday, February 18, 2001

4) Global warming: A threat to ice caps SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Ice caps in the world's tropical regions are melting at an alarming rate and may disappear in the next 10 to 20 years, a leading geologist warned Sunday. After spending two decades studying the glaciers and ice caps in the mountains of South America, Africa, and central Asia,

9) The Toronto Star February 17, 2001, Edition 1 NEWS - ENGINEERED FOODS NEED TESTING TO AVERT DISASTER, NADER SAYS - Allan Thompson OTTAWA - Pushing genetically engineered food down the throats of consumers without adequate testing could prove disastrous for future generations, American consumer advocate Ralph Nader says.

10) Agence France Presse - Going organic cannot help world hunger: FAO chief Diouf - Patrick Crampont - ROME, Feb 17 - Going organic to fight world hunger is "just a pipedream" but genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not the answer either, the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome said in an

12) New Scientist February 17, 2001 This Week: Newswire, Pg. 17 - Supermoth takes flight - A genetically engineered moth may get its first taste of the outdoors this summer. The "Pectinophora gossypiella" moths are the adult form of the pink bollworm, a major cotton pest in the American Southwest. The modified version carries a marker

15) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) February 17, 2001, Pg. 21 - Russia tests nuclear missiles after war of words with US By Marcus Warren in Moscow - RUSSIA tested nuclear-capable missiles from the air, land and sea yesterday, adding new menace to its war of words with President Bush's administration over global security. The

16) Agence France Presse - Negligence accusation over storage of radioactive waste - ALGECIRAS, Spain, Feb 17 - Gibraltar and the British Defence Ministry were accused of negligence on Saturday over the storage of radioactive waste resulting from repairs to a disabled British nuclear submarine. HMS Tireless limped into

18) Agence France Presse - US, Britain roundly denounced as heavy-handed after Baghdad raid - Shaun Tandon - NICOSIA, Feb 17 - The United States and Britain were condemned Saturday from almost every corner of the globe following an air raid over Baghdad, with officials and media accusing Washington and London of

26) Inter Press Service 848 words - FISHERIES-ARGENTINA: GOV'T SEEKS MORE CONTROL OVER FISHING By Marcela Valente - BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 16 - Argentina wants to expand the area in which it exercises control over fishing in the Atlantic from 200 to 350 maritime miles, in order to fight predatory fishing

30) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) February 18, 2001, Pg. 2 - Cellular-phone disposal said to pose ecology risk - Yomiuri - A research team has estimated that the nation may have as many as 610 million cellular phones to dispose of by the end of 2010, creating a potential environmental hazard. The team, led by Prof. Yukio

33) The Associated Press February 17, 2001 - Puerto Ricans accuse Navy of poisoning environment, causing illness By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer - VIEQUES, Puerto Rico - For six decades, bombs and artillery shells have rained on the U.S. Navy's training ground on the small Puerto Rican island of Vieques, sending clouds of

36) Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) February 18, 2001, Broward Metro EDITION LOCAL, Pg. 1B - FEARS BUILD AS ASH HEAP STAYS ADRIFT; ACCIDENTAL SPILL IN FRAGILE WATERS AMONG CONCERNS - SCOTT WYMAN ; Staff Writer - The rusted barge with its load of ash lies hidden amid dredges and tugs where the St. Lucie Canal parts

Thursday, February 15, 2001

1) Japan Economic Newswire February 14, 2001, - 5 billion people may live with reduced water supply by 2025 - Antoinette Price - GENEVA, Feb. 14 Kyodo - By 2025, five billion people could be living in countries where there is not enough fresh water for normal household, agricultural and industrial use, according to a

2) HAWAIIANS OPPOSE OCEAN CARBON DUMPING KAILUA KONA, Hawaii, February 14, 2001 (ENS) - This summer 63 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) are scheduled to be pumped into the sea off the Kona coast to study the effects of sequestering excess CO2 in the ocean. Hawaiian environmentalists are furious. They are calling the experiment a threat that

4) AP Worldstream February 15, 2001; - Pandas still under threat of extinction - NAOMI KOPPEL - GLAND, Switzerland - The giant panda a symbol for endangered species across the planet is still facing extinction because of the disappearance of its mountain forest home, the Worldwide Fund for Nature said Thursday.

5) OTC 1,500 Acres Hived Off Forest (February 15, 2001), - The Government yesterday finally confirmed that it was alienating 605 hectares (1495 acres) from the endangered Mount Kenya Forest, ostensibly to settle squatters. At the same time, 21 more surveyors were deployed in Hombe. The Environment and Natural Resources ministry has dispatched a

7) 02/15 France Leads Move to Maintain EU Moratorium on GMOs By Robin Pomeroy BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Six European Union countries attached conditions to a new EU law on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Thursday in a move that could keep the bloc's ban on hi-tech foods in place for many months. The move will come as a blow to

12) XINHUA NEWS AGENCY. February 14, 2001, - Swiss Laboratory Finds Plutonium Traces in DU Weapons Not Dangerous - GENEVA, February 14 - A Swiss laboratory said Wednesday that it did find traces of plutonium in depleted uranium (DU) weapons used by NATO forces in the Balkans but they were so small as to pose no

21) FISHERIES DECLINING AROUND THE GLOBE ROME, Italy, February 13, 2001 (ENS) - Fish populations around the world are in a continuing decline, prompted by rising fish catches, consumption and trade, finds a new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. "Most of the world's fishing areas have apparently reached their maximum

23) Agence France Presse February 15, 2001, - Reef pollution fears deepen as dead dolphin found off Taiwan - TAIPEI, Feb 15 - A dolphin was found dead Thursday at Taiwan's "Great Barrier Reef" for the first time since it was contaminated by a major oil leak a month ago, deepening fears that the pollution could be worse than

29) Press Association Newsfile February 14, 2001, - THINK AGAIN, RSPCA WARNS EU OVER CHEMICALS TESTING PLAN - Geoff Meade, European Editor, PA News in Brussels - European Commission plans to update tests on thousands of man-made chemicals will mean millions of new experiments on animals, the RSPCA warned tonight. In a plea

31) AP Worldstream February 15, 2001; - Government report reveals high dioxin levels - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - High levels of the chemical dioxin in parts of New Zealand could push cancer rates in some areas up to one hundred times higher than normal, a government report warned Thursday. Environment Minister Marian Hobbs admitted

33) AP Worldstream February 14, 2001; - Study of world's farmland finds widespread soil damage AP Graphic DAMAGED FARMLAND - PHILIP BRASHER - WASHINGTON - Scientists who studied the world's farmland with satellite maps found widespread damage to soil quality and said irrigation is draining underground water supplies

Wednesday, February 14, 2001

2) The Guardian (London) February 14, 2001 Guardian Home Pages, Pg. 1 720 words - Calls for windfall tax after BP's record profit - Terry Macalister - BP yesterday reported the highest ever profits by a British company and immediately faced calls for a windfall tax and further fuel protests. The world's third largest petroleum

3) RACECARS OFF AND RUNNING ON AUSTRALIAN SUMMER SUN BROKEN HILL, Australia, February 13, 2001 (ENS) - Ten teams of Australia's top solar car racers hit Broken Hill today on a 2,300 kilometer (1,426 mile) race to Sydney. The cars, running only on power from the Sun, rolled out of Adelaide on Sunday to fight for top spot as winner of SunRace 21.C.

7) The Guardian (London) February 14, 2001 Guardian Features Pages, Pg. 6 - The oilman cometh: It is one of the world's last untouched expanses of wilderness - but if the US senate passes a new energy bill this week, it won't be for much longer. - Jane Martinson reports from Alaska - Fly south from Kaktovik, a village 250 miles into the

8) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) February 14, 2001, Opinion; Pg. 8 - Get the Forest People on Your Side - By Jeff Sayer; International Herald Tribune - METUT, Indonesia - This week, at a meeting in New York, the United Nations will establish a Forum on Forests. This is the culmination of a plethora

10) Russia/Canada to work on forest conservation. MOSCOW, February 14 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and Canada will work together in a project to protect Russian forests. Experts will estimate the effectiveness of protected nature reserves, assess the attitude of Russia's people to environmental problems and develop specific measures in

11) EU passes new GM laws, heralding end of ban By David Evans STRASBOURG, France, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The European Union came a step closer to accepting new genetically-modified (GM) crop varieties with the approval on Wednesday of strict laws governing their use. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted by 338 to 52, with 85 abstentions,

12) The Globe and Mail, Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Forget about labels, just eat what Ottawa puts in front of you The government doesn't want to feed you information about genetically modified food, says lawyer CLAYTON RUBY. A court case tomorrow could change that By Clayton Ruby Last week the highly regarded Royal Society of Canada issued a

16) Agence France Presse February 13, 2001, - Vector develops cigarette with little nicotine, fewer carcinogens - MIAMI, Florida, Feb 13 - A US tobacco company said Tuesday it had developed a cigarette made from genetically modified tobacco that contains fewer carcinogens and virtually no nicotine. The reduced nicotine

17) Agence France Presse February 13, 2001, - Kursk's torpedoes played role in sub's demise: Klebanov - MOSCOW, Feb 13 - The torpedoes of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk, which sank in the Barents Sea last August with 118 men aboard, played a role in its demise, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said Tuesday. "It is

18) The Guardian (London) February 14, 2001 Guardian Features Pages, Pg. 5 - Francis Wheen: Look who's playing at star wars - Francis Wheen - At his press conference with Tony Blair last week, Jacques Chirac, the president of France, described the national missile defence system (NMD) as an "incitement to proliferation". Ever

19) Agence France Presse February 14, 2001, - US plans to quit ABM treaty pose global threat: Russian minister - MOSCOW, Feb 14 - US plans to build a national missile defence (NMD) in contravention of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty would threaten "not just Russia, but the whole world," Interfax quoted Russian

25) Korea Times February 15, 2001, - Taiwan Set to Ship Nuclear Waste to NK - Taiwan is seeking to ship 60,000 barrels of nuclear waste to North Korea as soon as the North solves technical matters regarding how it will go about burying the waste, a diplomatic source here said yesterday. "We haven't confirmed where in North Korea the

26) The Washington Post February 14, 2001, Final Edition A SECTION; Pg. A21 - Taiwan Says Work on Plant Will Resume - Reuters - TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 14 (Wednesday) - Taiwan's cabinet said today that it would immediately resume construction of a disputed nuclear power plant. "To me this is a bitter decision and unavoidable

33) Maclean's February 12, 2001 HEALTH MONITOR; Pg. 48 - Environmental disease HIGHLIGHT: Health risks associated with chronic exposure to toxins - The modern world is becoming bad for your health. Daily exposure to even low levels of chemicals and contaminants previously thought to be safe may be allowing them to accumulate in

(Greenpeace) 34) New Zealand Herald (Online) Dioxin's fatal toll in secret report 15.02.2001 By ANNE BESTON environment reporter EXCLUSIVE - A secret Government report says New Zealanders have been exposed to unacceptable levels of the toxic chemical dioxin, which could cause up to 50 cancer deaths each year. The report for Environment Minister Marian Hobbs

35) The Guardian (London) February 13, 2001 Guardian Home Pages, Pg. 9 - Dioxins in city may be worst case in UK - David Hencke Westminster correspondent - The spreading of poisoned incinerator ash over allotments in Newcastle upon Tyne's poorest area was one of the worst cases of dioxin contamination in Britain, an independent

36) The Sunday Herald February 11, 2001 Pg. 4 - Your fillings will live on after your death to kill the environment - By Rob Edwards Environment Editor - 20010211 are cremated when you die, toxic mercury from the fillings in your teeth will pollute the air, contaminate rivers and endanger the health of those you leave behind.

37) AP Worldstream February 14, 2001; - Broad inquiry wanted into dioxin exposure - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Residents in a provincial city called Wednesday for a major inquiry into reports of high levels of sickness in the area and the possible link to dioxins from a plant formerly run by U.S. chemical company Ivon

Tuesday, February 13, 2001

1) XINHUA NEWS AGENCY. February 13, 2001, - Climate Change May Cause Major Disaster in Bangladesh: Study Report - DHAKA, February 13 - There is an alarming rise in the sea level of up to 10 millimeters at some points in some countries of the South Asian region every year, Bangla-language daily " Prothom Alo" quoted a study

3) Agence France Presse February 13, 2001, - Global food security at threat from climate change: UN panel - GENEVA, Feb 13 - Global warming could threaten food security, especially in poor tropical countries, the United Nations' top panel of climate experts says in a draft report. The document also warns that

8) Financial Times (London) February 13, 2001, London Edition 1 WORLD NEWS - EUROPE; Pg. 10 - WORLD NEWS - EUROPE: EU set to back tougher laws on genetically modified crops - By Michael Mann in London - The European parliament is set to give its final blessing to a new law on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) tomorrow, raising the

12) The Washington Post February 13, 2001, Final Edition A SECTION; Pg. 9 - Consumers Want Engineered Food Labeled; Shoppers Express 'Outrage' That Product Choices Aren't Clear, FDA Reports - Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Staff Writer - Consumers want mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and feel "outrage" when

13) The Washington Times February 12, 2001, Final Edition PART A; WORLD; BRIEFING/GLOBAL ISSUES; Pg. A12 - Human cloning goal set; Despite opposition, 'this is going to happen' - Peter N. Spotts; CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - BOSTON - BOSTON - Panayiotis Zavos and Severino Antinori are looking for a few talented scientists.

14) Deutsche Presse-Agentur February 13, 2001, - Russian security head rules out joint nuclear armament with Ukraine - Moscow - Russia's national security council chief Sergei Ivanov has ruled out joint production of nuclear weapons by Russia and Ukraine, despite agreements reached this week by presidents Vladimir Putin

15) Associated Press. February 13, 2001, - Russia studying torpedo involved in Kursk blast - MOSCOW - Russian researchers are studying the type of torpedoes carried by the Kursk nuclear submarine to determine what caused the blast that killed 118 sailors and sank the ship last year, a top government official said

16) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) February 13, 2001, Pg. 10 - National Missile Defence Labour attack on cost of 'Son of Star Wars' - Reports by Michael Kallenbach, Parliamentary Correspondent - LABOUR MPs put pressure on the Government yesterday to justify the cost of America's National Missile Defence project - "Son of Star

17) The Independent (London) February 13, 2001, NEWS; Pg. 2 - MPS AMONG 379 ARRESTED AT ANTI-NUCLEAR DEMONSTRATION - Fred Bridgland - POLICE ARRESTED 379 demonstrators yesterday, including the Labour MP George Galloway, during the biggest protest outside the home of Britain's Trident nuclear submarines for 15 years. Mr

18) Prague agrees to N-plant environmental study VIENNA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic has pledged to study the environmental impact of its Temelin nuclear power plant in an effort to allay safety concerns, the Austrian government said on Tuesday. Austrian Environment Minister Wilhelm Molterer and Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kavan said in a

19) Agence France Presse February 13, 2001, 313 words - Greenpeace plans plutonium ship protest off Australian coast - SYDNEY, Feb 13 - A flotilla of seven yachts will take part in an open-sea protest against two British plutonium-carrying ships due to pass close to the West Australian coast in 11 days, Greenpeace said Tuesday. The

21) AP Worldstream February 13, 2001; - Technical problems shut down Russian nuclear reactor - MOSCOW - A reactor at a nuclear power plant in central Russia was shut down Tuesday to fix a defect, the company that operates the plant said. No radiation leaks were reported. Konstantin Ramburger, spokesman for Rosenergoatom, said

22) African National Congress Newswire 13/02/2001, South Africa (Online) NUCLEAR-SHIPMENT NUCLEAR SHIPS ROUND CAPE CAPE TOWN February 12 2001 Sapa Two ships transporting a cargo of deadly plutonium fuel have rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Greenpeace spokesman Mike Townsley said on Monday.. He said the Pacific Pintail and the Pacific Teal, en route

23) Agence France Presse February 13, 2001, - Oil slick threatens Taiwan's nuclear power plant - Benjamin Yeh - TAIPEI, Feb 13 - Taiwan authorities were on full alert Tuesday amid fears a nuclear power plant could be damaged by its ocean water intake after the surrounding seas were polluted by a major oil spill. "Our patrol boats

25) THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK) February 12, 2001, Edition 1 REGIONAL NEWS, Pg. 2 - BNFL faces prosecution over safety regulations - The owners of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria face prosecution over alleged breaches of safety regulations. The Environment Agency is to prosecute British Nuclear Fuels PLC [BNFL] for

29) Deutsche Presse-Agentur February 12, 2001, 685 words - FEATURE: River dead, factory running a year after cyanide catastrophe - By Gregor Mayer and Kathrin Lauer, dpa - Budapest/Bucharest - A little over a year ago some 110,000 tons of hydrocyanic acid spilled from a Romanian mine into the Tisza River, instantly

30) BBC Online Health Tuesday, 13 February, 2001, Health threats of untested chemicals [Photo Caption: Untested chemicals in the body could be damaging health] The average human body is accumulating more than 300 artificial chemicals - many of which could be damaging our health. According to a new report many of the chemicals have never

Monday, February 12, 2001

2) Independent on Sunday (London) February 11, 2001, NEWS; Pg. 10 - ANTARCTICA 'MELTING BEFORE OUR EYES' - Geoffrey Lean In Nairobi - ANTARCTICA IS melting faster and further than ever before, environment ministers meeting in Nairobi were told last week in a dramatic phone call from the frozen continent. The explorer and yachtsman Sir Peter

7) Times of India 12/02/2001 (Online) Conservationists lament decline in tiger population By Gunvanthi Balaram MUMBAI: Will tigers in India survive this century? Official statistics give a chilling reply--over 200 tigers in the wild were killed in the first year of the new millennium.
The figures are terrible, but the ground realities are

12) National Post February 12, 2001 EDITION National Canada PAGE A7 Protests over modified crops to escalate: CSIS: Confidential report: Spy agency warns of growing anger over bio-engineering Jim Bronskill OTTAWA - Canada's spy agency predicts an increase in protests -- including acts of vandalism and sabotage -- by militant opponents of

17) The Times (London) February 12, 2001, Overseas news - French threaten to thwart deal on GM crops - Martin Fletcher - FIVE countries, led by France, are threatening to split the European Union and reignite a transatlantic dispute by blocking moves to end a three-year-old ban on granting licences for genetically

19) Deutsche Presse-Agentur February 12, 2001 - Kursk reactors pronounced safe six months on from sub sinking - Moscow - The twin nuclear reactors on the sunken Russian submarine Kursk are still watertight with no leakage of radiation exactly six months after the vessel's loss, officials monitoring the wreck said Monday. "We have

23) THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER February 11, 2001, FINAL EDITORIAL, Pg. D9 - NO MORE DELAYS IN CLEANUP - Environmental Protection Agency officials rightly have voiced concern about a slowdown in removal of highly radioactive spent fuel rods from Hanford's K-basins to safer storage away from the Columbia River. We don't need

24) Czech protesters block Temelin N-plant entrance PRAGUE, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A group of demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Czech Temelin nuclear power plant on Monday just hours after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began a safety inspection of the Soviet-designed facility. The CTK news agency reported that some 30

Sunday, February 11, 2001

2) New Scientist February 10, 2001 This Week, Pg. 6 - Land powered by the rising sun - Peter Hadfield - JAPAN plans to build an orbiting power station to harvest solar energy and beam it back to Earth. The newly formed Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) wants to start research into the Space Solar Power System this year

4) BBC Online Sci/Tech 11 February, 2001, Ice surprise for UK sailor [Photo caption: There are reports of ice shelves in Antarctica collapsing] By environment correspondent Alex Kirby in Nairobi A part of the Antarctic normally icebound in February is now virtually clear water, a UK sailor has reported. He said he had also found an ice shelf in

11) Agence France Presse - World's rarest bird thought to have vanished from Brazil's wilds - RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 11 - The world's rarest bird, the small blue macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), has joined the ranks of creatures thought to have vanished from the wild, the Brazilian environmental ministry declared Sunday.

18) The Times 11/02/2001, UK (Online) 0:12 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11 2001 Biotech firms ready to exploit mapping Biotechnology companies have been waiting for years to profit from deciphering the human genetic map, which has been revealed after more than a decade of intense scientific research. The groundbreaking discovery of the chemical recipe for

19) MAIL ON SUNDAY February 11, 2001 - GM GIANT PAYS PRICE OF FAILING TO MODIFY EUROPE - FROM GRAEME BEATON IN NEW YORK CHEMICALS giant Monsanto, the American company that green campaigners love to hate, will tomorrow reveal the cost of its failed attempt to sell genetically modified crops to Europe. Embedded in the company's profit figures

22) BBC Online World: Americas 11 February, 2001, Sub sank trawler during drill [Photo caption: Twenty-six survived, nine are missing] The American nuclear-powered submarine that struck and sank a Japanese trawler was practising an emergency surfacing drill at the time, the US Navy has revealed. Nine Japanese people are still missing following

28) Indenpendent Online (www.iol.co.za ) 10/02/2001, South Africa Nuclear cargo approaches SA Two ships transporting controversial payloads of nuclear fuel from France to Japan were located several hundred miles off the coast of South Africa on Saturday, according to Greenpeace. The Pacific Pintail and the Pacific Teal, which left the French port of

32) AP Worldstream February 11, 2001 - Dozens of whales run ashore in Japan - TOKYO - Fifty melon headed whales ran ashore Sunday on a beach near Tokyo, and about 20 died despite efforts by surfers to send them back to sea. The 50 were among 300 whales that unexpectedly appeared off the coast of Japan. Their usual habitat is

33) Agence France Presse - Troops mobilised to rescue Taiwan's "Greater Barrier Reefs" - TAIPEI, Feb 11 - Hundreds of soldiers were mobilised Sunday to rescue the island's "Greater Barrier Reefs" after public outrage erupted over the government's response to a major oil spill. "We sent a total of 660 soldiers this morning ... They

Friday, February 9, 2001

10) Edmonton Journal February 9, 2001 EDITION Final Opinion PAGE A18 Canada lacks GM food rules Canada is the third-largest grower of genetically modified crops in the world. Ottawa has given approval to at least 45 different genetically altered plants, including corn, canola, tomatoes, potatoes, soybeans and squash. At the same time,

11) 02/09 French rebel Bove to fight on against GM food By Nicolas Fichot MONTPELLIER, France, Feb 9 (Reuters) - France's favourite rebel farmer, Jose Bove, vowed on Friday to continue his struggle against genetically modified food after the prosecution in his latest trial asked for him to be jailed for three months. On his second day in court for

14) The Independent (London) February 9, 2001, TITLE PAGE; Pg. 1 - TOP SCIENTISTS URGE MORE CAUTION OVER GM CROPS - Marie Woolf - A DISTINGUISHED panel of scientists has warned that international standards for the testing of genetically modified food are "scientifically unjustifiable" and called for a far more cautious attitude

16) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) February 09, 2001, Pg. 17 - We'll create GM humans by 2020, says researcher By Roger Highfield, Science Editor, in Lyons - MAN will take charge of his own evolution within a few decades, when it will be possible to produce genetically modified people safely and predictably, according to the director of the

20) Agence France Presse - Moscow "bewildered" by CIA report on Russia threat - MOSCOW, Feb 9 - Moscow expressed "bewilderment" Friday at a US intelligence report branding Russia as one of the prime threats to American security and a menace on the nuclear non-proliferation front. The foreign ministry statement,

22) Agence France Presse - North Korea says US missile shield a cover for nuclear war - SEOUL, Feb 8 - North Korea has said the proposed US National Missile Defence (NMD) shield must be prevented to avoid a nuclear war in its latest attack on the new US administration. As a US intelligence chief warned that the military threat from

34) Canada takes controversial NAFTA ruling to court OTTAWA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Canada has taken the unusual step of asking a top court to reverse a ruling by a North American free trade tribunal which found Canada was wrong for banning exports of deadly PCB waste chemicals in the 1990s -- a decision which could still carry a fine of up to $20

Thursday, February 8, 2001

3) Financial Times (London), February 8, 2001, London Edition 1, Pg. 3, 416 words, NATIONAL NEWS: Change in climate 'may spark future wars' BY: ALEXANDER NICOLL - Future wars could be fought over water resources and the effects of global warming - and Britain may have problems recruiting enough soldiers with the courage to fight them. These are

4) DAILY MAIL (London), February 7, 2001, Pg. 29, 201 words, 'We can move the Earth to save life', - MANKIND will be able to double the time that life can survive on Earth by shifting the planet into a new orbit, scientists have predicted. Although it sounds like science fiction, the experts say it would be 'almost alarmingly feasible' to

5) AFP, Taiwan's beleagured environment chief apologises over oil spill, 528 words, BY: Benjamin Yeh, - TAIPEI, Feb 8 - Taiwan's environment chief on Thursday issued an apology to the public after he was castigated for slow action in saving the island's "Great Barrier Reefs" from oil spill damage. "I want to extend apology to the public

9) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), February 7, 2001, Pg. 1, 996 words, Chinese 'Go Green' Over Chopsticks; Many Join the Grass-Roots Movement Against Throwaways BY: By Philip P. Pan; Washington Post Service - To millions of Chinese, they are the most ordinary of eating utensils, two humble splints of wood designed to be

13) The Guardian (London), February 7, 2001, Guardian Society Pages, Pg. 10, 94 words, Society: environment: eco soundings: Risky business - It seems that the US can't even give its GM animal food away now. On the back of British supermarkets and the poultry industry saying "no thanks" to GM animal feed last week, word reaches Eco

14) The Washington Times, February 08, 2001, Final Edition, PART A; Pg. A1, 1009 words, China, Russia pursue weapons to hit satellites; See space as battlefield of future BY: Bill Gertz; - China and Russia are working on a wide range of weapons capable of attacking U.S. satellites and space sensors, the Pentagon's top intelligence official told

15) Chemical sale plan to fund Russian arms scrapping By Jon Boyle MOSCOW, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Russia could neutralise tonnes of deadly chemical weapons and market them as safe industrial compounds under radical new plans to kickstart the destruction of its Soviet-era arsenal, an arms official said on Thursday. Perennial funding problems mean Russia

17) The Toronto Star, February 8, 2001, Edition 1, 788 words, CANADA OFF HOOK IN STAR WARS PLAN - A SUDDEN, carefully orchestrated silence is about to fall on the noisy debate over Canada's future participation in the controversial U.S. plan to intercept and destroy rogue missiles in space. In a significant tactical shift, senior members of the new

19) Woman contaminated after Lucas Heights accident, 625 words - SYDNEY, Feb 8 AAP - Operators of the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor have been forced to upgrade safety procedures after a worker suffered radiation contamination in a potentially life threatening accident. In an outline of the incident which took place last May, the nuclear

22) Financial Times (London), February 8, 2001, USA Edition 2, EUROPE; Pg. 3 319 words, EUROPE: Russia aims to build 25 new nuclear reactors BY: CLIVE COOKSON and ASTRID WENDLANDT, MOSCOW and LONDON - Russia hopes to complete five nuclear reactors that have been under construction since the 1980s and to build 25 new ones over the next 20 years,

23) The Independent (London), February 8, 2001, Pg. 8, 251 words, PARLIAMENT: INVESTIGATION OF 'RADIATION DEATHS' REFUSED; NUCLEAR POWER, BY: Ben Russell - THE GOVERNMENT refused to launch an inquiry yesterday into the case of a family who claim their three daughters died after their father was exposed to radiation. Nigel Evans,

Wednesday, February 7, 2001

1) AP Worldstream February 6, 2001 - Ocean levels to keep rising despite slow in gas emissions - HOBART, Australia - Global sea levels will continue to rise for centuries even if greenhouse gas emissions are immediately stabilized, an international climate conference heard Tuesday. As a result, coastal storm surges would continue

2) 02/07 U.N. Warns Global Warming Is Melting Arctic Soil NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.N. scientists said Wednesday that global warming was melting the Arctic's permafrost, causing it to release greenhouse gases that could in turn raise temperatures even higher. "This is very alarming," said Svein Tveidtal, a prominent scientist with the United

3) The Guardian (London) Feb 7, 2001 Guardian Society Pages, Pg. 11 A leading oil producing nation confronts the fact that clean energy is needed to combat the danger of global warming - Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan - Earlier this week, the environment ministers of the 21 Arab countries adopted the Abu Dhabi Declaration, which lays out

6) Soot a big factor in global warming-US scientists By Patricia Reaney LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Soot, the black dust emitted from fireplaces, diesel engines and jet engines, is a major cause of global warming, American scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers at Stanford University in California believe it is second only to

15) The Canberra Times February 7, 2001, Wednesday Edition A;7 - US missile defence system 'could shield Australia' - LINCOLN WRIGHT - Australia could shield itself from chemical and biological attack one day by taking part in the United States national missile defence system, according to US Ambassador Edward Gnehm. Mr Gnehm said this

16) Agence France Presse - IAEA offers to help Kuwait assess impact of DU - KUWAIT CITY, Feb 7 - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has offered to help Kuwait probe the impact of depleted uranium (DU) munitions used in the 1991 Gulf War, newspapers reported Wednesday. "The agency is prepared to help Kuwait carry out

17) AP Worldstream February 7, 2001 - French warships not welcome, says peace group - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Anti-nuclear activists and some local leaders demanded Wednesday that the government cancel a planned visit by two French warships The helicopter carrier Jeanne d'Arc, escorted by the frigate Georges Leygues, are capable

21) United Press International - Next missile defense test in May at earliest By PAMELA HESS - WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 - The Pentagon will carry out its fourth attempt to intercept a dummy warhead in space with a missile in May or June, according to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, which has been conducting a massive

23) The Ottawa Citizen February 7, 2001 EDITION Final News PAGE A4 Vacancies threaten nuclear safety: `Some key areas are understaffed at a time when the workload is particularly heavy' Kate Jaimet and Kathryn May Canada's nuclear regulatory agency must solve its hiring problems within the next five years or it will not be able to guarantee the

25) BNFL challenges Cogema for French nuclear contracts FT.com site; Feb 6, 2001 BY MATTHEW JONES IN LONDON British Nuclear Fuels said on Tuesday that it was in preliminary talks with Electricite de France in an attempt to win key atomic services contracts from Cogema, its French competitor. A BNFL official said EdF was considering

26) Japan Economic Newswire - 3rd delivery of spent nuclear fuel completed in Rokkasho - AOMORI, Japan, Feb. 7 Kyodo - Some 31 tons of spent nuclear fuel were delivered to a reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Wednesday, marking completion of the third shipment of such fuel since

32) The Associated Press. February 7, 2001 - Bad weather hampers Taiwan oil spill clean up - TAIPEI, Taiwan - Rough seas and high winds were hampering the cleanup of Taiwan's worst oil spill in decades, an environmental official said Wednesday. Workers were scooping up oil leaking from a stranded tanker near Taiwan's

Tuesday, February 6, 2001

1) Australian Broadcasting Corporation 06/02/2001 (Online) Air pollution kills 15,000 annually in Bangladesh: World Bank Bangladesh could avoid 15,000 deaths and save between $US200 and $US800 million a year if air pollution in four major cities was reduced to acceptable limits, the World Bank said on Tuesday. "The major disease in Bangladesh is

5) THE HINDU February 4, 2001 - The dawn of micro power - IN California, U.S., thousands of homes have small rooftop solar panels which turn sunlight into electricity. In Mongolia and China, thousands of small, locally manufactured windmills are generating electricity from breeze. These images, from two very different parts of the

11) Edmonton Journal February 6, 2001 EDITION Final News PAGE A1 / FRONT `Superweeds' invading Prairies: Genetically modified, herbicide-proof canola a headache for farmers Tom Spears Genetically modified ``superweeds'' have invaded Canadian farms -- canola plants engineered to help farmers that instead escaped and cross-bred with each other to form

12) The Toronto Star February 6, 2001, Edition 1 NEWS 813 words - MODIFIED FOODS GET A ROASTING - SCORE ONE for those of us who eat. A prestigious scientific panel has confirmed what critics have argued all along: Genetically engineered foods aren't necessarily safe. Ottawa will find it difficult to ignore this report, prepared by a panel of

17) Agence France Presse February 6, 2001, - China voices concern over US anti-missile plans - BEIJING, Feb 6 - China said Tuesday it was "seriously concerned" about US plans to develop an anti-missile defense system, but expressed hopes that high-level contacts with the new US administration will go on. In its

18) The Guardian (London) February 6, 2001 Guardian Leader Pages, Pg. 19 - Flawed defences; Bush's Missile Plan May Explode In His Face - The contradictions and paradoxes inherent in US missile defence plans are proliferating faster than the weapons of mass destruction the Americans seek to neutralise. Donald Rumsfeld says the

20) In These Times February 19, 2001 News Pg. 8 - Dumps 'R Us; Despite public protest, Russia approves plan to house the world's nuclear waste - By Jeffrey St. Clair - It's official: Russia has now offered itself up as the world's nuclear dumping ground. On December 21, the Russian Parliament voted 320 to 30 to overturn an

25) NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL PASSES ANTI-WHALING RESOLUTION NEW YORK, New York, February 5, 2001 (ENS) - The New York City Council has passed a resolution in opposition of Japan's so-called "scientific whaling," the International Fund for Animal Welfare announced Friday. This follows a similar resolution passed by Congress in October 2000, fueling

32) Agence France Presse February 6, 2001, - Chemical spill in England injures 50, some seriously - LONDON, Feb 6 - More than 50 people were injured, 15 seriously, in a chemical spill Tuesday on an industrial estate near Tamworth, central England, emergency services said. The ambulance service said it had declared a major

34) The Toronto Star February 6, 2001, Edition 1 BUSINESS - ARAFAT, CLINTON REPORTED TO BE ON HACKER'S HIT LIST - Alexander Higgins - GENEVA - Computer hackers obtained credit card details and other personal information for hundreds of attendees of World Economic Forum meetings, which annually draw such notables as

Monday, February 5, 2001

6) Globe and Mail, Canada (Online) A position of weakness Monday, February 5, 2001 Prime Minister Jean Chrétien meets with George W. Bush today in Washington, and is expected to raise concerns about the U.S. President's controversial plans to open a fragile coastal plain on the Beaufort Sea to oil drilling. This is not a new issue. When the elder

11) Agence France Presse - Thai elephants falling prey to landmines: expert - BANGKOK, Feb 5 - At least 10 elephants were injured by landmines in Thailand last year, an expert said Monday after the death of a calf whose mother stepped on a mine in the country's north. The calf suffered no serious injuries in the blast but

12) The Toronto Star February 5, 2001, Edition 1 NEWS - OTTAWA RAPPED IN GM FOOD REPORT - Peter Calamai - OTTAWA - Canadians aren't being adequately protected by government from the risks of genetically modified foods and other biotech products, says a highly critical scientific report commissioned by the federal government. The expert

14) 02/05 1319 Clinton panel makes no recommendations on bio-foods WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Clinton administration panel said its review of federal environmental laws governing biotech foods showed there have been no "significant" adverse effects and did not offer any recommendations for Congress or the new administration to

16) The Washington Times February 05, 2001, Final Edition PART A; Pg. A1 - China adding missiles aimed toward Taiwan; U.S. warns of increasing destabilization - Bill Gertz; THE WASHINGTON TIMES - China is continuing a destabilizing buildup of short-range missiles opposite Taiwan and now has up to 300 missiles deployed, according

17) TASS - India to observe moratorium on nuclear tests -- premier. - By Vladimir Solntsev - TOKYO, February 5 - India intends to observe the moratorium on nuclear tests even if it is necessary to defend the country, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihary Vajpayee said. He told journalists on Monday that India does not plan to

18) New Scientist February 3, 2001 This Week, Pg. 4 - Mir's bomb test mystery - Rob Edwards HIGHLIGHT: How did radioactive uranium get into space ? Russia's space station bows out with an enigma - THE Mir space station is determined to go out with a bang. Just a month before it is due to crash into the Pacific Ocean, it has thrown up

19) Agence France Presse - Russia ready to revive Soviet systems to combat NMD: defence minister - MOSCOW, Feb 5 - Russia is ready to dust off its Soviet-era "star wars" systems if the United States opts to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty by deploying a missile shield, Defence Minister Igor

21) The Independent (London) February 5, 2001, NEWS; Pg. 2 - AMERICA TELLS ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES TO TOE THE US LINE - Imre Karacs In Berlin - THE UNITED STATES assailed Europe's fledgling reaction force yesterday and insisted that it would build a space-age missile shield despite its allies opposition, widening the rift between

22) The New York Times February 5, 2001, Late Edition - Final Section A; Page 8; Column 1; Foreign Desk - 'Star Wars' and Europe: The Mood Is Shifting By MICHAEL R. GORDON - MUNICH, Feb. 4 - Though its drive to build a national missile defense is barely under way, the Bush administration has already managed to shift the focus of

24) TASS - Russian fleet ready to ship Japan radioactive material. - By Alexei Filatov - MOSCOW, February 5 - Russian sailors are ready to ship radioactive materials to Japan from western Europe, said Alexander Ushakov, deputy chief of the Transportation Ministry's northern seaway department. He told Tass on

25) allAfrica.com 05/02/2001 (Online) Deadly Plutonium Shipment Approaches South Africa Panafrican News Agency (Dakar) February 5, 2001 Posted to the web February 5, 2001 Cape Town South Africa A cargo of deadly plutonium/MOX fuel bound for Japan from Europe will pass the South African coastline within the days, according to international

South China Morning Post Monday, February 5 (Online) HONG KONG: Don't resume sea dumping, urge greens Green activists urged the Government yesterday to throw out an attempt to resume the disposal of toxic mud in the South China Sea. Greenpeace issued the call as an appeal board was due to decide this week whether to allow the Container Terminal 9

Sunday, February 4, 2001

1) The Age 03/02/2001, Australia (Online) Global warming's winners and losers BY DAVID KAROLY Saturday 3 February 2001 On Monday, January 22, the governments of more than 100 countries unanimously approved a major report confirming that the evidence for humanity's influence on the global climate is now stronger than ever. This new assessment by

2) 02/03 Global Warming to Cost $300 Billion a Year NAIROBI (Reuters) - An increase in natural disasters as a result of global warming could cost the world over $300 billion annually by the year 2050, a new United Nations commissioned report says. According to the report from leading German re-insurers Munich Re, the losses would

3) The Guardian (London) February 3, 2001 Guardian Foreign Pages, Pg. 16 - Fears of insurance no-go zones as global warming claims rise - Paul Brown Environment correspondent - The insurance bill for extreme weather events and rising sea levels is set to increase tenfold - from pounds 20bn a year to pounds 200bn a year by 2050 -

7) Interfax Russian News - Thirty-three oil wells blazing away in Chechnya - GROZNY. Feb 3 (Interfax) Thirty-nine oil wells are currently open and gushing in Chechnya, 33 of which are also on fire. Five thousand tonnes of oil from open wells burns daily, and specialists estimate losses at some$ 4.5 million so far, head of

14) The Independent (London) February 4, 2001, NEWS; Pg. 5 - MONSANTO BEANFEAST AS BSE CRISIS BITES - Geoffrey Lean Environment Editor - IT IS AN ill wind, as they say. For the BSE crisis sweeping through Europe is transforming the hitherto gloomy prospects for Monsanto, the controversial GM giant. The Europe-wide ban on feeding

15) Sunday Mail February 4, 2001, NEWS; Pg. 16 - CRACKS FOUND IN REACTOR OF LAST NUKE SUB; BRITAIN'S HUNTER-KILLERS ALL OUT OF ACTION - George Hume Exclusive - BRITAIN'S last operational hunter killer submarine is stranded in dock after cracks were found in its reactor. HMS Splendid, which led the allied missile

16) The New York Times February 4, 2001, Late Edition - Final Section 1; Page 1; Column 6; Foreign Desk - U.S. TRIES DEFUSING ALLIES' OPPOSITION TO MISSILE DEFENSE By MICHAEL R. GORDON - MUNICH, Feb. 3 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the first senior Bush administration official to visit Europe, tried today to

17) AP Worldstream February 3, 2001 - Scientists say closer look at NATO ammunition used in Kosovo necessary - EMMA ROSS - LONDON - The possibility that U.S. tank-piercing ammunition used in the Balkans conflicts contained more than just depleted uranium has prompted scientists to re-examine their skepticism about

18) BBC Online World: America 4 February, 2001, Cancer surge on bomb range island [Photo caption: US forces have trained in Vieques for 60 years] By Matthew Chapman on Vieques The residents of a Caribbean island used as a bombing range are claiming more than $100m in damages from the US Navy over claims that ammunition including depleted uranium (DU)

19) The Independent (London) February 5, 2001, First Edition; NEWS; Pg. 2 - AMERICA TELLS ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES TO TOE THE US LINE - Imre Karacs In Berlin - THE UNITED STATES assailed Europe's fledgling reaction force yesterday and insisted that it would build a space-age missile shield despite its allies opposition, widening the

22) AP Worldstream February 3, 2001 - North Korea lambasts Japan over nuclear fuel shipment - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea accused Japan on Saturday of stockpiling nuclear fuel to make atomic bombs. ''It is the cherished desire of the Japanese reactionaries to go nuclear. To this end, they have made systematic

24) Nuclear waste rerouted past Scotland. Herald on Sunday, by Rob Edwards. Executive urged to ban new plans for radioactive cargo routes Publication Date: Feb 4 2001 Nuclear waste containing more radioactivity than 20 Chernobyls could be shipped around Scotland's coastline under plans being drawn up by the Russian government and

28) Financial Times (London) February 3, 2001, London Edition 1 OFF CENTRE; Pg. 9 - OFF CENTRE: Sorry secret of where all the fish have gone: MODERN LIFE: It is not just fishermen who are emptying the sea. Michael Wigan looks at the terrible impact of the giants aro - By MICHAEL WIGAN - Where have all the fish gone? This question

30) Expressindia.com 04/02/2001 (online) Sunday, February 4, 2001 US dumping toxic substances in India: Environmentalists WASHINGTON: Shipping of highly toxic products like mercury to the under-developed countries including India is causing concern among the environmentalists in America. They suspect that 20 tonne mercury cargo removed from a

Friday, February 2, 2001

1) Boston Globe 2/2/2001 page A10 (Online) US plants in Mexico raise ire By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press, 2/2/2001 MEXICO CITY - US power companies are lining up to build generating plants in Mexico to supply energy-starved California, leading to charges that Mexico's border areas are once again bearing the brunt of US environmental

2) New Scientist 02/02/2001 UK (Online) Sea change Ice in the heart of Antarctica is melting, causing sea level rise Ice in the heart of Antarctica is retreating and causing sea level rise, scientists have shown for the first time. The new research shows that the largest glacier in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is now losing far more ice than is

3) The Guardian (London) February 2, 2001 Guardian Home Pages, Pg. 9 - Antarctic ice cap is getting thinner; Scientists' Worries That The South Polar Ice Sheet Is Melting May Be Confirmed By The Dramatic Retreat Of The Region's Biggest Glacier - Tim Radford Science editor - For the first time, British scientists have detected

4) Insurance Day February 1, 2001 INTERNATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 4 107 words - GREENPEACE, the environmental campaign group, has called on UK oil giant BP to tell investors how it intends to move away from fossil fuel production to renewable energy in response to climate change, writes Brian Hanney, London. - The demand is contained in a formal

7) AP Poll: US Opposes Alaska Drilling The Associated Press Feb 2 2001 1:43AM WASHINGTON (AP) - A majority of Americans say they oppose exploring for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, though most admit they are affected a lot by high fuel prices and concerned that California-like energy problems could hit their

13) European buyers warn U.S. over gene wheat plans By Greg Frost PARIS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - European buyers of U.S. spring wheat said on Friday there was no market for genetically modified (GM) wheat in Europe and warned they would take their business elsewhere if U.S. farmers began planting such crops. "We will never be in the market for

17) Agence France Presse - Russia steps up campaign against US missile defense plans - MOSCOW, Feb 2 - Moscow stepped up its campaign Friday against US plans to build a national nuclear defense shield (NMD), saying it had no guarantees the system would not grow in size and affect Russian defenses. As a result, Russia's

27) Press Association Newsfile February 1, 2001, - WASTE FIRM MAY FACE PROSECUTION OVER RADIOACTIVE FIND - Tahira Yaqoob, PA News - A waste firm at the centre of a health scare after a fireball explosion and two chemical leaks could face prosecution for storing radioactive waste, environment officials said today.

28) Globe and Mail 01/02/2001, Canada (Online) Mexican trade ruling appealed in B.C. Rod Mickleburgh Thursday, February 1, 2001 Vancouver -- A controversial free-trade ruling ordering Mexico to pay nearly $17-million (U.S.) to a large American corporation specializing in toxic-waste disposal will soon land in the lap of a B.C. Court. And local

32) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) February 1, 2001,News; Pg. 7 - The Greening of Mikhail Gorbachev ; Pollution Is as Big a Threat as Cold War Arsenals Were, He Says By Barry James; International Herald Tribune - PARIS - For the man who once ran a superpower, only one subject is big enough for his

Thursday, February 1, 2001

1) Energy taxes must rise to save climate - EU's Wallstrom BRUSSELS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Energy prices must rise if the European Union is to face up to the challenge of global warming, the EU's environment policy chief said on Thursday. The only way to persuade consumers and industry to reduce their reliance on the fossil fuels blamed for climate

2) Agence France Presse January 31, 2001, - Ozone smog could blanket northern hemisphere: UN experts - PARIS, Jan 31 - Traffic pollution, especially in Asia, is becoming so bad that most of the northern hemisphere will eventually be blanketed by ozone smog, triggering asthma epidemics and damaging crops and vegetation, UN

4) The Atlanta Journal and Constitution February 1, 2001, Home Edition Editorial; Pg. 14A - Bush going wrong way on national energy policy - Staff SOURCE: CONSTITUTION - Can George W. Bush really have interpreted his hair's-breadth campaign victory as a mandate for an assault on this nation's environmental and health standards? One

6) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE , Brazil's Petrobras to help clean up Galapagos spill BRAZIL: January 31, 2001 SAO PAULO - Brazil's state oil group, Petrobras, whose image was tarred by a series of oil spills last year, on Tuesday sent tonnes of equipment to help clean up an oil spill at Ecuador's pristine Galapagos islands. Brazilian government officials

7) Power Economics January 30, 2001 Pg.10 - RENEWABLE ELECTRIFICATION; SOLAR PROJECTS SET ON LIGHTING UP RURAL REGIONS. - Shell Renewables and Eskom, South Africa's national electricity supplier, have installed a total of 6000 powerhouse solar home systems, since February 1999, in rural South Africa. The companies have been responsible for

8) Offshore wind blows life into UK green policy By Rebecca Harrison LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A wave of new wind power fields is set to sweep down Britain's coastlines and could help the government as it scrambles to meet renewable energy targets, industry experts said on Thursday. Developers are hoping to put the wind back in the sails of

20) TASS February 1, 2001, - Hollywood stars campaign against nuclear missiles. - By Andrei Surzhansky - WASHINGTON, February 1 - Hollywood stars Michael Douglas, Martin Sheen and Paul Newman intend to appeal to President George W. Bush, urging him to closely cooperate with President Vladimir Putin in the field of

21) AP Worldstream February 1, 2001; - Green party protests Franco-German decision on nuclear shipments - PARIS - France's Green party on Thursday said it vigorously opposed the decision by France and Germany to restart the shipment of nuclear waste between the two countries. In a statement, the Green Party, which is part

28) PACIFIC CORAL REEFS GET ECOSYSTEM BASED MANAGEMENT PLAN WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2001 (ENS) - The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has developed the first ever ecosystem based plan for a U.S. fishery. The agency has released an environmental impact statement on the Fishery Management Plan for coral reef ecosystems in the