Data: Monday, April 28, 2003,
From: AEDF AEDF@yahoogroups.com
To:
Полностью публикуется в ENWL-eng
VL
Visit the archives of the AEDF list at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AEDF
------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are 9 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Norway Wants Russian Tankers Far from Coast
From: Andrew Hund
2. Winters, volcanic eruptions may zap Arctic ozone
From: Andrew Hund
3. Russia returns to Arctic
From: Andrew Hund
4. Greenland centre seeks Canadian, Alaskan performers
From: Andrew Hund
5. IDEA recruits parents in fight for standardized testing
From: Andrew Hund
6. World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland
From: Andrew Hund
7. Lawsuits seek labeling of farmed salmon as artificially dyed
From: Andrew Hund
8. workshops with Johan Galtung in California, May 7-10
From: Andrew Hund
9. Eu proposal for sustainable fishing
From: "mardoeke boekraad"
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 17:57:20 -0400
From: Andrew Hund
Subject: Norway Wants Russian Tankers Far from Coast
Fri Apr 25,11:28 AM ET
By Alister Doyle
OSLO, Norway (Reuters) - Norway said Friday it would seek U.N. help to=20
force oil tankers far from land in the Arctic Barents Sea to avert oil=20
spills from rising Russian exports.
Oslo would ask the U.N.'s International Maritime Organization (news - web=20
sites) to declare the Barents Sea a "particularly sensitive sea area," or=20
PSSA, like the Great Barrier Reef off Australia or parts of the North Sea.
"Increasing oil transport from Russia along the Norwegian coast mean that=20
we must now consider the possibilities offered by PSSA status," Environment=
=20
Minister Boerge Brende said in a statement.
PSSA status would allow Oslo to ban ships from coming within 50 nautical=20
miles of its coast and set demands for tanker quality. Norway is currently=
=20
planning to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles from four.
The proposal would slightly lengthen voyages from Russia to West Europe and=
=20
the United States, nudging up costs.
Moscow said last week it would study a proposal by some of Russia's biggest=
=20
oil firms to build a vast oil export terminal in the Arctic port of=20
Murmansk, near the Norwegian border.
The Barents Sea is one of the world's richest fish spawning grounds and is=
=20
the site of the world's biggest deep water coral reef. Tanker traffic from=
=20
Russia has already risen sharply in recent years with about 200 tankers=20
passing Norway a year.
Separately, Greenpeace said activists in rubber dinghies tried on Friday to=
=20
force a Dutch-registered oil tanker, the Reihnstein, to sail further away=20
from the Arctic coast of Norway on a trip from Murmansk.
"The tanker is passing less than 10 nautical miles from land. If it ran=20
aground or broke down, the oil and tugboat rescue services would be=20
insufficient," said Frode Pleym of Greenpeace.
Both Greenpeace and the WWF environmental group welcomed the Norwegian=20
government plan.
PSSA status has to be approved by consensus by the IMO and Norway's=20
application is unlikely to be considered before 2004.
Russia is also planning to develop more Arctic oil and gas fields. Norway=20
is also working on a natural gas field in the Barents Sea.
Dag Nagoda of the WWF said two tankers broke down last year off Norway=20
after leaving Russia, each with about 30,000 tons of oil aboard.
"Both tankers got the engines going again before they drifted to land but a=
=20
spill of 30,000 tons would be a major disaster," he said. The Prestige=20
tanker, which caused one of Europe's worst oil catastrophes when it sank=20
off Spain last year, had about 77,000 tons aboard.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&cid=3D570&ncid=3D753&e=3D7&u=
=3D/nm/20030425/sc_nm/environment_norway_russia_dc
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 2
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 17:59:09 -0400
From: Andrew Hund
Subject: Winters, volcanic eruptions may zap Arctic ozone
Sat Apr 26, 1:54 AM ET
Lucas J. Mire, weather.com
Researchers now say a seasonal "ozone hole" could likely form over the=20
North Pole within 30 years. The hole could allow harmful rays from the sun=
=20
to hit the more-populated Arctic regions.
"If a period of high volcanic activity coincides with a series of cold=20
Arctic winters, then a springtime Arctic ozone hole may reappear for a=20
number of consecutive years, resembling the pattern seen in the Antarctic=20
every spring since the 1980s," Azadeh Tabazadeh, lead author of a paper on=
=20
the possible ozone hole and a scientist at NASA (news - web sites)'s Ames=20
Research Center.
Though ozone holes appear each year over the South Pole, an excess of ozone=
=20
and a lack of truly cold winters needed to form ozone-damaging polar clouds=
=20
have kept ozone loss over northern Polar regions in check.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&cid=3D658&ncid=3D1422&e=3D1&u=
=3D/wcom/20030426/we_wcom/winters__volcanic_eruptions_may_zap_arctic_ozone
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 3
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 17:59:11 -0400
From: Andrew Hund
Subject: Russia returns to Arctic
Russia has marked its return to the Arctic after a 12-year absence by=20
raising its national flag at a polar research station.
A group of 12 scientists, led by polar explorer and parliamentarian Artur=20
Chilingarov, have set up camp on an ice floe about 150 km from the North=20
Pole. They have named it North Pole-32.
The experts plan to spend the next six months studying the Arctic=20
environment, continuing a long history of polar scientific research, which=
=20
began in 1937.
The resumption of permanent monitoring in the Arctic will provide important=
=20
information for weather forecasting in mainland Russia. It will also assist=
=20
ships navigate the northern sea routes.
Moreover, the team hopes to assess mineral reserves on the Arctic shelf,=20
according to a report by Russian television.
Polar dream
Mr Chilingarov sees Russia's return to polar research as an essential=20
development for the country.
"This is our Arctic, this is the Russian Arctic and the Russian flag should=
=20
be here," he said proudly after firing a pistol into the air to celebrate=20
what he saw as an historic moment.
As deputy chairman of Russia's parliament said he understood the polar=20
research project was "politically important" but it was also an=20
"educational and patriotic objective".
He said he hoped that the work of his team would inspire other Russians to=
=20
pursue polar research.
"Let people dream not only of being managers, let's have as many people as=
=20
possible becoming polar explorers," he said.
Mr Chilingarov's passionate appeal comes as no surprise as he is also=20
president of the Association of Russian Polar Explorers.
The head of the North Pole-32 research station, Vladimir Koshelev, shares=20
Mr Chilingarov's enthusiasm for their work.
"We spent a long time getting to this point but... it was a huge joy," he=20
said.
"You see, this is our work, and we know how to do this and we know how to=20
do it pretty well." Mr Koshelev added that as Russia was a northern=20
country, Russians had a natural sympathy for life in the Arctic.
Here to stay
The polar expedition has also attracted praise from Russian President=20
Vladimir Putin.
"It is very important that after a break of 12 years, Russian scientists=20
return to the North Pole to continue the remarkable traditions of the=20
legendary polar explorers," the president told the Russian news agency=20
Itar-Tass.
Mr Putin added that the expedition would have "great significance for the=20
development of science", which would yield many "practical results" for the=
=20
modern world.
As the scientists set to work Mr Chilingarov must hope that this project=20
does not share the fate of a previous venture.
Russia was forced to suspend Arctic missions in 1991 when an ice floe=20
carrying Russia's 31st polar expedition broke up after becoming caught in a=
=20
warm stream.
Mr Chilingarov seemed confident that this mission would be a success.
"We're not going anywhere," he said from his ice floe.
BBC Monitoring, based in Caversham in southern England, selects and=20
translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the=
=20
Internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2979145.stm
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
(...)
--
------------- * ENWL * ------------
Ecological North West Line * St. Petersburg, Russia
E-mail: enwl@lew.spb.org http://www.enwl.net.ru
--------------------------------
