[GRRN] Fwd: Environmental news
Myra Nissen (myracycl@inreach.com)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:56:33 -0700
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> >Subject: ENN Daily News -- Wednesday, August 11, 1999
> >Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 09:18:49 -0600
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> >Wednesday, August 11, 1999 Email Edition
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> > Copyright (c) 1999, Environmental News Network Inc.
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> >Today's Headlines -- Wednesday, August 11, 1999
> >
> > -- Weekly Poll: Do you buy organic food?
> > -- Aggressive climate change policy urged
> > -- No need for drought panic, professor says
> > -- Technology brings the world to students
> > -- Raccoons studied for best relocation method
> > -- News Bytes
> > ENN FEATURE
> > -- Earth-Friendly Living: Let your light shine, but keep it low and
> >well-shielded
> > ENN MULTIMEDIA
> > -- Dangerous streams
> > ENN MULTIMEDIA
> > -- Bug or insect?
> > ENN MULTIMEDIA
> > -- An environmental success story
> > -- Today's subscriber edition headlines
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> >WEEKLY POLL: DO YOU BUY ORGANIC FOOD?
> >As consumers become more concerned with their health, buying
> >organic foods -- from crops grown without the use of synthetic
> >pesticides or fertilizers -- has picked up around the United
> >States. We're curious about how many of our users buy organic.
> >To cast your vote, come take the ENN Weekly Poll.
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/poll/
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> >AGGRESSIVE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY URGED
> >An aggressive climate change policy laden with incentives
> >for renewable energy and fuel efficient technologies would
> >benefit the environment, save the United States billions
> >of dollars and create thousands of jobs, according to a
> >report released Tuesday. "With smart policies, climate protection
> >could become an economic engine, unleashing entrepreneurial
> >creativity on a problem that otherwise threatens huge economic
> >and environmental costs," said Jennifer Morgan, director
> >of the climate change campaign at the World Wildlife Fund.
> >
> >Source: Environmental News Network
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/08/081199/tellus_4942.asp
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> >NO NEED FOR DROUGHT PANIC, PROFESSOR SAYS
> >The sweltering heat and record drought conditions consuming
> >the mid-Atlantic United States are not a result of global
> >warming but part of a normal climatic pattern, according
> >to Charles H.V. Ebert, a professor at the State University
> >of New York at Buffalo. And if the human memory served us
> >better, Ebert says, we would remember past droughts and
> >wouldn't panic when the weather takes a turn for the worse.
> >
> >Source: Environmental News Network
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/08/081199/weather_4886.asp
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> >TECHNOLOGY BRINGS THE WORLD TO STUDENTS
> >Educational software being developed at Northwestern University
> >will allow middle and high school students to manipulate
> >and view global information as easily as a kindergartner
> >maneuvers building blocks. Funded by the National Science
> >Foundation, the WorldWatcher Curriculum transforms scientific
> >visualization into an effective educational technology.
> >
> >Source: Environmental News Network
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/08/081199/worldwatcher_4913.asp
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> >RACCOONS STUDIED FOR BEST RELOCATION METHOD
> >As neighborhoods continue to encroach on forests, wetlands
> >and farms, many people are finding their wildlife neighbors
> >are pesky critters that use homes and property for shelter.
> >In the case of raccoons, two Connecticut researchers are
> >trying to find the best way to humanely relocate the furry,
> >clever mammals after they take up residence in homes.
> >
> >Source: Environmental News Network
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/08/081199/raccoon_4796.asp
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> >NEWS BYTES
> >A quick look at more of today's environmental news.
> >
> >Source: Environmental News Network
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/08/081199/newsbytes_4947.asp
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> >ENN FEATURE
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> >EARTH-FRIENDLY LIVING: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE, BUT KEEP IT LOW AND
> >WELL-SHIELDED
> >Of the thousands of satellite images that have been beamed
> >back from outer space, the most telling may be the ones that
> >show North America at night.
> >
> >Source: Los Angeles Times Syndicate
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/features/1999/08/081199/lights_4945.asp
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> >DANGEROUS STREAMS
> >According to a recently published report by the U.S. Geologic
> >Survey, one or more pollutants contaminate 95 percent of
> >the waterways in the United States. While most of the pollutant
> >levels were deemed safe by current standards, the mixtures
> >of pollutants does raise health questions. Earthwatch Radio
> >(1:56) See related ENN story: USGS tracks biological resource
> >trends
> >
> >Source: Environmental News Network
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/enn-multimedia-archive/1999/08/081199/081099poll_4937.a
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> >BUG OR INSECT?
> >Have you always been curious about what makes an insect
> >different from the run of the mill bug? So has Jerry Kay.
> >Listen in as Roberta Brett, assistant curator at the California
> >Academy of Sciences, explains the differences. EarthNews
> >(1:29)
> >
> >Source: Environmental News Network
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/enn-multimedia-archive/1999/08/081199/081099jkay_4936.a
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> >AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS STORY
> >Deep in the Adirondack Mountains, Peter Nye has pulled off
> >an environmental success story. In the 1970s, there was
> >only one infertile pair of bald eagles in New York. His
> >efforts over the last 25 years have resulted in a sustainable
> >eagle population there. Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4:33)
> >
> >Source: Environmental News Network
> >
> >http://www.enn.com/enn-multimedia-archive/1999/08/081199/081099glrc_4934.a
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> >ECLIPSE SWEEPS ACROSS EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST
> >The last solar eclipse of the 20th century swept across Europe
> >and the Middle East today, giving millions of people a look
> >at one of nature's most spectacular shows.
> >
> >RAINS CLEAR SMOG IN SUMATRA, BUT IT MAY BE BACK
> >Rain over Indonesia's Sumatra island today cleared smog from
> >fires in Riau province, allowing residents to see a clear,
> >blue sky for the first time since last week, government officials
> >said.
> >
> >DESPITE IMAGE, GORE HAS DEEP ROOTS IN OIL INDUSTRY
> >Democratic Presidential front-runner Vice President Al Gore
> >has nurtured his image as the nation's top environmental
> >advocate, but a close look shows his roots in the oil industry
> >run almost as deep those of his Republican rival, Texas Governor
> >George W. Bush.
> >
> >GREENPEACE APPLAUDS SYDNEY DIOXIN CLEANUP
> >Environmentalists Greenpeace gave Sydney Olympic authorities
> >a rare pat on the back today over the cleanup of 400 tons
> >of dioxin-contaminated soil recovered from the site of the
> >2000 Olympic Games.
> >
> >PLUTONIUM MADE ITS WAY TO TENNESSEE
> >The federal government says that 5,600 tons of uranium contaminated
> >with trace amounts of the more radioactive element plutonium
> >were brought to Oak Ridge, Tenn., in the 1950s and 1960s
> >for weapons fuel production.
> >
> >CHANGES IN U.S. FISHING REGULATIONS INTENDED TO PROTECT HABITATS
> >A new federal strategy designed to protect fish habitats
> >is transforming the way the government manages fishing, dredging
> >and development along the nation's coastlines.
> >
> >NEW ENGLAND FLOUNDER STOCKS FLOURISH, BUT NOT COD
> >Some fish stocks have rebounded in the seas off New England,
> >though prospects for cod, the region's most famous species,
> >remained poor, federal officials reported Tuesday.
> >
> >NORTH AMERICAN POLLUTION SLOWLY DECLINING, REPORT SAYS
> >Pollution generated by North American manufacturing plants
> >is on the decline, according to a U.S.-Canada trade report
> >released Tuesday.
> >
> >GROUPS ASK SEATTLE JUDGE TO HALT ALASKA POLLOCK FISHING
> >Environmental groups Monday asked a Seattle judge to further
> >curtail pollock fishing off Alaska to protect the endangered
> >Steller sea lion.
> >
> >HEAT, WILDFIRES GRIP SICILY
> >Temperatures of 114 degrees Fahrenheit and sirocco winds
> >out of Africa scorched Sicily on Tuesday, fanning wildfires
> >that knocked out power and forced sunbathers at one beach to
> >run to the water to escape the flames.
> >
> >EXPERTS FEAR NEW TOXIC GAS BLAST IN CAMEROON LAKE
> >Experts have warned the Cameroon government of a dangerous
> >buildup of toxic gases beneath a lake where 1,800 villagers
> >died from carbon dioxide poisoning in 1986.
> >
> >UNUSUAL WEATHER BLAMED ON OCEAN
> >The nation's weather seems out of whack, with unusually cool
> >temperatures in the West and stifling, unrelenting heat in
> >the East. The ocean that spawned El Niño and its deadly storms
> >may be to blame, an expert says.
> >
> >DROUGHT IS DANGEROUS FOR FORESTS
> >>From his 7-by-7-foot perch overlooking the piney wilderness,
> >Sean Morgart can spot trouble 10 miles away.
> >
> >DROUGHT COULD HINDER NEW ENGLAND AUTUMN FOLIAGE
> >Autumn leaves will be falling this summer as the drought
> >that continues to afflict the eastern United States puts
> >stress on New England's and New York's famed forests, arboreal
> >experts said Tuesday.
> >
> >BIBB COUNTY, GA., EXCLUDED FROM POLLUTION CLEANUP MANDATE
> >Bibb County will have more time to address pollution concerns
> >before facing a state mandate.
> >
> >COLORADO CONSIDERS WAYS TO DIRECT POPULATION GROWTH
> >Colorado's continued population growth is inevitable, so
> >the question is how and where to direct it, state lawmakers
> >were told Monday.
> >
> >CATTLE RUSTLERS RIDE AGAIN IN KANSAS
> >Gone are the days when ranchers who caught a cattle rustler
> >in the act simply hanged the miscreant from the nearest cottonwood
> >tree.
> >
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