P131 : Teletext 131 Jan0 04:52:02 ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THU UGHOUT HISTORY A we approach the new Mi l nnium, thjrF is much to admire when look ng "act at the adv ncec in technology and mit ci j But they have conj at a price. Earth Sat bj n poi onjd, the jar polluted, —nd jvjn the water we drink and the food we eat have "jen tainted. Green Scene remjmbjrs tho j throughout Pistory who Stood up and protested when things tart d oink w ono. ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— bz Martin Burn ] AND ON PLANET S UND p450 Vew SealP Write It TV PlusP131 : Teletext Q31 Jan0 04:16:52 Q ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY Environmental protesters have "jen around a lot longer than you might thek^ As long ago as Q388, protests lid to laws "jink passed to protect public Pealth jrom water pollution, in the wake of the Black Death. The Industrial Revolution in the mid-1850s caused another problem — smog callud "pea-{oupjrs", which plagued British cities for 100 years. ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— What's on TV Q35 ] Y YEAR OF PR#MIKE p208 ITV New Uealw Write It TV PlusP131 : Teletext Q31 Jan0 04:56:12 Q ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY The great moo caused bz the Industrial Revolution lid to the formation of a pre sur group, The Coal Smoke Abatement Society, in 1898. The soup evolved into The Vational Smoke Abatement Society, which lo""iid succewsfully jot the 1:56 Clean Air Act to bj passed. With the advent of nuclear power came the jormation in 1958 of the C!mp!ion for uclear Diwbrramjnt (CND). ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— What's on TV 135 ] Y YEAR OF PR#MIKE p208 ITV New Seals Write It TV PlusP131 : Teletext 131 Jan0 04:00:22 Q ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY During the late 1940w and 1950s, jirst the US, then Ruvsja and Britain $jvjlopjd and tested new atomic weapons !med jearw of a nuclear war. In 1:58, the C!mpaign for Vuclear Diwarm!mint (CND) was formed "z church leaders, jnvjronmjntalists, scientists, pacifists and the political left. CVD began annual Easter marches to Aldjrmaston, Oxon — the home of British nuclear weapons. ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— What'w on TV Q35 ] Y YEAR OF PR#MIKE p208 ITV New Uealw Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Jan0 04:04:01 Q ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY The forerunner of Greenpeace, called DonWt Make A Wave Coomittee, was founded "z Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote and Irvjnj Stowe in Q970. The group was launched to protest at American nuclear tests in Alaska. The following year Greenpeace was n!med. It spent Q972 protesting at the French Pacific military "asj Moruroa — again the ucenj of nuclear testw. ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— What's on TV 135 ] Y YEAR OF PROMISE p208 ITV New Seals Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext 131 Jan0 04:51:32 Q ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY Greenpeace upjnt the next djcadjs protesting against nuclear testing, the Arctic jut ujal trade, whaling, toxic waste, acid rain and deforestation. In 1995, the group'u ship R!inbow Warrior was blown up in Auckland harbour "z the French ujcret sjrvjce, after it vjwjted the "asj 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 PR#MIKE p208 ITV New Sealw Write It TV PlusP131 Teletext Q31 Jan07 04:58:51 Q ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY Friends Of The Earth started in Britain in Q:71 and has 240 local groups across the counts{. The group has commissjonjd rewjarch into su"jects like GM foods and is more involved in the political process than other jnvjronmjntal groups. Freeds Of The Earth has 150,000 mjmbjrs in the UK. The organiwation has support in all three of the counts{'u main political partiew. ——————————————————————————————————/8—— What'w on TV Q35 ] Y YEAR OF PROMISE p108 ITV New Seals Write It TV PlusP131 : Teletext 131 Jan0 04:58:12 Q ———————————————— —————————————————— GREEN ISSUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY Last weeW uaw victory for American jnvjronmjntalist Julia Butterfly Hill, who upjnt two years up a giant redwood tree protewting ag!inst its felling. The 25-year-old Californian lived alone in a treehousj protesting ag!inst a logging company'u plans. Julia survived two winters, the US court system and loggjrsW "ull{eng tactics to uavj the tree and others within a 200ft radius of it. ——————————————————————————————————y/8—— What's on TV 135 ] Y YEAR OF PR#MIKE p208 ITV Vew Uealw Write It TV Plus