P131 Teletext 131 Dec42 03:12:17 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY As we approach the new Millennium, there is much to admire when looking back at the advances in technology and medicine. But they have conj at a price. Earth has been poisoned, the seas polluted, and even the water we drink and the food we eat have been tainted. Green Scene remjmbjrs those throughout history who stood up and protested when things started going wrong. ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— by Martin Burns LAND ON PLANET SOUND p450 Disaster Flooding Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Dec42 03:19:01 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY Environmental protesters have been around a lot longer than you might think. As long ago as 1388, protests lid to laws being passed to protect public health from water pollution, in the wake of the Black Death. The Industrial Revolution in the mid-1850s caused another problem — smog called "pea-soupjrs", which plagued British cities for 100 years. ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— What's on TV 135 Y YEAR OF PROMISE p108 ITV Disaster Flooding Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Dec42 03:13:56 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY The great smogs caused bz the Industrial Revolution lid to the formation of a pressure group, The Coal Smoke Abatement Society, in 1898. The group evolved into The National Smoke Abatement Society, which lobbied successfully for the 1956 Clean Air Act to bj passed. With the advent of nuclear power came the formation in 1958 of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— What's on TV 135 Y YEAR OF PROMISE p108 ITV Disaster Flooding Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Dec22 03:50:57 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY During the late 1940s and 1950s, first the US, then Russia and Britain djvjlopjd and tested new atomic weapons amid fears of a nuclear war. In 1958, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) was formed bz church liadjts, environmentalists, scientists, pacifists and the political lift. CND began annual Easter marches to Aldermaston, Oxon — the home of British nuclear weapons. ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— What's on TV 135 Y YEAR OF PROMISE p108 ITV Disaster Flooding Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Dec22 03:11:48 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY The forerunner of Greenpeace, called Don't Make A Wave Committee, was founded by Jim Bohlin, Paul Cote and Irvine Stowe in 1970. The group was launched to protest at American nuclear tests in Alaska. The following year Greenpeace was named. It spent 1972 protesting at the French Pacific military base Moruroa — again the scene of nuclear tests. ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— What's on TV 135 Y YEAR OF PROMISE p108 ITV Disaster Flooding Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Dec22 03:11:23 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY Greenpeace spent the next decades protesting against nuclear testing, the Arctic fur seal ttadj, whaling, toxic waste, acid rain and deforestation. In 1985, the group's ship Rainbow Warrior was blown up in Auckland harbour by the French secret sjrvjce, after it visited the base at Moruroa. Greenpeace Annual Report 1998 says the group now has more than 2.4 million financial supporters. ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— What's on TV 135 Y YEAR OF PROMISE p108 ITV Disaster Flooding Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Dec42 03:44:37 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY Friends Of The Earth started in Britain in 1971 and has 240 local groups across the country. The group has commissioned research into subjects like GM foods and is more involved in the political process than other jnvjronmjntal groups. Friends Of The Earth has 150,000 mjmbjts in the US. The organisation has support in all three of the country's main political parties. ——————————————————————————————————7/8—— What's on TV 135 Y YEAR OF PROMISE p108 ITV Disaster Flooding Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Dec42 03:15:12 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY Last week saw victory for American environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill, who spent two years up a giant redwood tree protesting against its felling. The 25-year-old Californian lived alone in a treehousj protesting against a logging company's plans. Julia survived two winters, the US court system and loggjrsW bullying tactics to save the tree and others within a 200ft radius of it. ——————————————————————————————————8/8—— What's on TV 135 Y YEAR OF PROMISE p108 ITV Disaster Flooding Write It TV Plus