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Bacteria solution explained
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Two companies pushing a bacteria solution to the polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCB) contaminated Fox River have asked regulators for a local test of the
cutting-edge cleanup technology. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/23)


COMMENTARY: Keep Great Lakes clean, safe
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According to Gov. Granholm, the question before us is how to lay a
foundation of water protection, preservation and restoration that future
generations can build upon. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/23)


Ohio's waters more polluted
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More Ohio waterways are imperiled by pollution than two years ago, and only
one river in the state meets federal clean water standards for swimming,
fishing, boating and other recreational uses. Source: The Cincinnati
Enquirer (1/23)


Hydro-Québec faces power shortfall
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Both the Québec government and the utility Hydro-Québec have said the
province's dwindling power supply has created an urgent need for more
electricity, prompting controversial plans for a natural-gas
power-generating station near Montreal. Source: The Globe and Mail (1/23)


Great Lake Aquarium gets out from under $6.5 million of debt
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Duluth city officials are wiping $6.5 million off the books of the Great
Lakes Aquarium, a move they say will make the tourist attraction a better
candidate for private donations. Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (1/23)


Groups sue over taconite plant mercury rules
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Environmental groups have filed suit against the federal Environmental
Protection Agency, saying new air pollution regulations don't address the
problem of mercury pollution from taconite plants. Source: Duluth News Trib
une (1/23)


More Lake Michigan ferries to join veteran Badger
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The new Lake Michigan ferries are young, fast, fancy and -- unlike the
Badger -- planning to hit ports in major metropolitan areas. Source:
Detroit Free Press (1/23)


Natives file new claim to huge water, land area
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The Saugeen Ojibway Nation has filed a new claim to a vast expanse of water
and the bed of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay and a section of shoreline.
Source: The London Free Press (1/22)


Wind farm firm sets sights on breezy Benton County
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A California-based energy company owned by a French firm is looking at
building Indiana's first wind farm near Fowler in Benton County. Source:
Lafayette Journal and Courier (1/22)


Tourism effort brings an additional $29 million to region
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Efforts to sell the West Michigan region as a tourist destination apparently
have worked, a new report says. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (1/22)

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ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 01/23/2004

Our one big mistake
This is a story about pirates, savagery, a pope, and a prince. The facts are deeply disturbing, the conclusion is unacceptable, and the hero is one of the most graceful creatures on Earth.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12292.asp

Citigroup adopts corporate policy to protect environment
Citigroup intends to become more environmentally friendly. The nation's largest financial institution announced Thursday that it is adopting a corporate policy to carefully evaluate requests for project financing that could adversely affect the environment.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12380.asp

Interior finishes plan to open nearly 9 million acres in Alaska to drilling
Interior Secretary Gale Norton signed off on a plan Thursday for opening most of an 8.8-million-acre swath of Alaska's North Slope to oil and gas development. Some of the drilling could occur in areas important for migratory birds, whales, and wildlife.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12378.asp

California judge to rule in Myanmar pipeline case
Lawyers for villagers who claim Unocal Corp. turned a blind eye to human rights abuses while building a natural gas pipeline in Myanmar urged a judge this week to find the oil giant liable for damages or risk creating "havoc on the global economy."
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12376.asp

Everglades activists turn their eyes to Iraq marsh restoration
A marsh in Iraq that was twice the size of the original Florida Everglades was almost completely drained under Saddam Hussein's regime, and Everglades experts began sharing their restoration knowledge this week to help save the Middle East wetland.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12377.asp

Pollution may act as antifreeze in high clouds
Those wispy cirrus clouds that float high in the sky may be thinning out due to nitric acid pollution, a change that scientists say could affect climate.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12379.asp

Oil tanker company admits effort to hide illegal dumping
A tanker ship operator pleaded guilty this week to charges related to an effort to conceal illegal dumping at sea and agreed to pay a $4.2 million fine. OMI Corp. also faces three years of probation under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. to a charge of preparing false documents.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12385.asp

Water-saving standards for washing machines are delayed again in California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's freeze on government regulations has delayed rules mandating water-efficient washing machines that would save the water-short state billions of gallons annually.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12382.asp

Norton wants to triple natural gas drilling permits in Wyoming fields
Interior Secretary Gale Norton said this week that her agency wants to triple the number of drilling permits approved in Wyoming's natural gas fields to help meet the nation's growing energy needs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-01-23/s_12383.asp

Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

The Trust for Public Land:
Land Added to Morro Bay Dunes Greenbelt (CA)

United Nations Environment Programme:
The Seed Awards - Supporting Entrepreneurs in Environment and Development

Monterey Bay Aquarium:
Monterey Bay Aquarium issues national seafood guide, will put 2 million in public's hands by Earth Day

Natural Resources Defense Council:
Bush Runs Away from His Environmental Record in State of the Union Speech

Natural Resources Defense Council:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Laurie David Open NRDC Environmental Action Center

Natural Resources Defense Council:
Bush Administration Plan to Give Western Arctic to Oil Industry Will Industrialize Largest Remaining Wilderness Area in Nation

The Trust for Public Land:
TPL Purchases Cypress Gardens (FL)

Rainforest Action Network:
Citigroup And RAN Reach Agreement

The Trust for Public Land:
43-Acre Sparta Fields Protected (NJ)
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:24:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Green Bean greenb3an@yahoo.com
Subject: Doubling renewable energy targets could create 5000 jobs

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/20/1074360766947.html

Doubling energy targets could create 5000 jobs, say
green groups

By Stephanie Peatling, Environment Reporter
January 21, 2004

Australia is missing out on thousands of new jobs and
a cleaner environment by failing to set an ambitious
renewable energy target, industry groups say.

The Federal Government last week recommended no change
to the current target - which states that 2 per cent
of energy by 2010 must come from environmentally
friendly sources such as wind and solar.

But the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and
the Australian Wind Energy Association said the
renewables sector could produce enough energy to
easily cope with at least a doubling of the target.

The executive director of the council, Ric Brazzale,
said a higher target would attract investment to the
emerging industry. "You can't on one hand call for
investment in the short term and with the other weaken
the measure that creates investor confidence," he
said.

Last week's review questioned the ability of the
renewable energy sector to meet an increased target.
But it also pointed out that investment would stall
unless further targets were set beyond 2010, and urged
the Federal Government to adopt a 5 per cent target.

Setting such a target would generate up to 5000 new
jobs, mostly from new wind developments in regional
areas, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 16
million tonnes each year, the groups said.

The Opposition said it would increase the target to 5
per cent by 2010.

"Australia . . . with its abundance of untapped
renewable energy resources, highest per capita
emissions of greenhouse gases and susceptibility to
climate change must do more to encourage the
development of the renewable energy industry," the
Opposition environment spokesman, Kelvin Thomson,
said.


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Eco-Economy Update 2004-1 Please share with a friend!
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Copyright Earth Policy Institute 2004
January 22, 2004


GLACIERS AND SEA ICE ENDANGERED BY RISING TEMPERATURES
http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update32.htm

Janet Larsen

By 2020, the snows of Kilimanjaro may exist only in old photographs. The
glaciers in Montana's Glacier National Park could disappear by 2030. And by
mid-century, the Arctic Sea may be completely ice-free during summertime. As
the earth's temperature has risen in recent decades, the earth's ice cover
has begun to melt. And that melting is accelerating.

In both 2002 and 2003, the Northern Hemisphere registered record-low sea ice
cover. New satellite data show the Arctic region warming more during the
1990s than during the 1980s, with Arctic Sea ice now melting by up to 15
percent per decade. The long-sought Northwest Passage, a dream of early
explorers, could become our nightmare. The loss of Arctic Sea ice could
alter ocean circulation patterns and trigger changes in global climate
patterns.

On the opposite end of the globe, Southern Ocean sea ice floating near
Antarctica has shrunk by some 20 percent since 1950. This unprecedented
melting of sea ice corroborates records showing that the regional air
temperature has increased by 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.5 degrees Fahrenheit)
since 1950.

Antarctic ice shelves that existed for thousands of years are crumbling. One
of the world's largest icebergs, named B-15, that measured near 10,000
square kilometers (4,000 square miles) or half the size of New Jersey,
calved off the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. In May 2002, the shelf lost
another section measuring 31 kilometers (19 miles) wide and 200 kilometers
(124 miles) long.

Elsewhere on Antarctica, the Larsen Ice Shelf has largely disintegrated
within the last decade, shrinking to 40 percent of its previously stable
size. Following the break-off of the Larsen A section in 1995 and the
collapse of Larsen B in early 2002, melting of the nearby land-based
glaciers that the ice shelves once supported has more than doubled.

Unlike the melting of sea ice or the floating ice shelves along coasts, the
melting of ice on land raises sea level. Recent studies showing the
worldwide acceleration of glacier melting indicate that the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's estimate for sea level rise this
century--ranging from 0.1 meters to 0.9 meters--will need to be revised
upwards. (See http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update32_data.htm for
selected examples of ice melt from around the world.)

On Greenland, an ice-covered island three times the size of Texas,
once-stable glaciers are now melting at a quickening rate. The Jakobshavn
Glacier on the island's southwest coast, which is one of the major drainage
outlets from the interior ice sheet, is now thinning four times faster than
during most of the twentieth century. Each year Greenland loses some 51
cubic kilometers of ice, enough to annually raise sea level 0.13
millimeters. Were Greenland's entire ice sheet to melt, global sea level
could rise by a startling 7 meters (23 feet), inundating most of the world's
coastal cities.

The Himalayas contain the world's third largest ice mass after Antarctica
and Greenland. Most Himalayan glaciers have been thinning and retreating
over the past 30 years, with losses accelerating to alarming levels in the
past decade. On Mount Everest, the glacier that ended at the historic base
camp of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first humans to reach the
summit, has retreated 5 kilometers (3 miles) since their 1953 ascent.
Glaciers in Bhutan are retreating at an average rate of 30-40 meters a year.
A similar situation is found in Nepal.

As the glaciers melt they are rapidly filling glacial lakes, creating a
flood risk. An international team of scientists has warned that with current
melt rates, at least 44 glacial lakes in the Himalayas could burst their
banks in as little as five years.

Glaciers themselves store vast quantities of water. More than half of the
world's population relies on water that originates in mountains, coming from
rainfall runoff or ice melt. In some areas glaciers help sustain a constant
water supply; in others, meltwater from glaciers is a primary water source
during the dry season. In the short term, accelerated melting means that
more water feeds rivers. Yet as glaciers disappear, dry season river flow
declines.

The Himalayan glaciers feed the seven major rivers of Asia--the Ganges,
Indus, Brahmaputra, Salween, Mekong, Yangtze, and Huang He (Yellow)--and
thus contribute to the year-round water supply of a vast population. In
India alone, some 500 million people, including those in New Delhi and
Calcutta, depend on glacier meltwater that feeds into the Ganges River
system. Glaciers in Central Asia's Tien Shan Mountains have shrunk by nearly
30 percent between 1955 and 1990. In arid western China, shrinking glaciers
account for at least 10 percent of freshwater supplies.

The largest aggregation of tropical glaciers is in the northern Andes. The
retreat of the Qori Kalis Glacier on the west side of the Quelccaya Ice Cap
that stretches across Peru has accelerated to 155 meters a year between 1998
and 2000-three times faster than during the previous three-year period. The
entire ice cap could vanish over the next two decades.

The Antizana Glacier, which provides Quito, Ecuador, with almost half its
water, has retreated more than 90 meters over the last eight years. The
Chacaltaya Glacier near La Paz, Bolivia, melted to 7 percent of its 1940s
volume by 1998. It could disappear entirely by the end of this decade,
depriving the 1.5 million people in La Paz and the nearby city of Alto of an
important source of water and power.

Africa's glaciers are also disappearing. Across the continent, mountain
glaciers have shrunk to one third their size over the twentieth century. On
Kenya's Kilimanjaro, ice cover has shrunk by more than 33 percent since
1989. By 2020 it could be completely gone.

In Western Europe, glacial area has shrunk by up to 40 percent and glacial
volume by more than half since 1850. If temperatures continue to rise at
recent rates, major sections of glaciers covering the Alps and the French
and Spanish Pyrenees could be gone in the next few decades. During the
record-high temperature summer of 2003, some Swiss glaciers retreated by an
unprecedented 150 meters. The United Nations Environment Programme is
warning that for this region long associated with ice and snow, warming
temperatures signify the demise of a popular ski industry, not to mention a
cultural identity.

Boundaries around Banff, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks in the Canadian
Rockies cannot stop the melting of the glaciers there. Glacier National Park
in Montana has lost over two thirds of its glaciers since 1850. If
temperatures continue to rise, it may lose the remainder by 2030.

In just the past 30 years, the average temperature in Alaska climbed more
than 3 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit)-easily four times the global
increase. Glaciers in all of Alaska's 11 glaciated mountain ranges are
shrinking. Since the mid-1990s, Alaskan glaciers have been thinning by 1.8
meters a year, more than three times as fast as during the preceding 40
years.

The global average temperature has climbed by 0.6 degrees Celsius (1 degree
Fahrenheit) in the past 25 years. Over this time period, melting of sea ice
and mountain glaciers has increased dramatically. During this century,
global temperature may rise between 1.4 and 5.8 degrees Celsius, and melting
will accelerate further. Just how much will depend in part on the energy
policy choices made today.

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Environmental Law and Policy Center

ENews January 2004 was just published
Your online source for Midwest environmental advocacy and information

Smart Growth Image Bank is
Now Online

Smart strategies for development that are good for the environment and make good economic sense - this is smart growth. What does it look like? The Environmental Law and Policy Center's new Smart Growth Image Bank contains photographs showing smart growth examples in small towns and mid-sized cities throughout the Midwest.

These visual images are powerful tools for comparing the impacts of smart growth strategies to sprawled "business as usual." Public discussion and debate on land use options and community development have grown significantly. The Smart Growth Image Bank provides new tools for community planners and citizens engaged in local planning efforts by illustrating the visual impacts of sprawl by contrast to smarter growth opportunities.

"A picture is worth a thousand words and the new Image Bank shows smart growth examples that are working in our Midwest cities and towns. Smart growth strategies enable us to create more liveable communities that protect environmental values while enabling economic expansion," said Howard Learner, Executive Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center. "Let's seize this win-win opportunity." Click here to go to the Smart Growth Image bank.



Support for Statewide Energy Efficiency
Building Code

The year 2003 was jam-packed with stories about skyrocketing natural gas prices and electricity blackouts. ELPC and our energy efficiency colleagues and advocates hope 2004 will bring positive change with a new piece of energy efficiency legislation introduced by Democratic state Rep. Julie Hamos and co-sponsored by Republican state Rep. Eileen Lyons.

The new legislation will establish a uniform statewide energy efficiency building code for all new commercial and non-residential construction. The code will enable builders of new commercial structures to make them energy efficient - with better insulation, sturdier windows that maintain temperatures, keeping cold air in during the summer and warm air in during the winter, energy efficient lighting and increased energy reliability. In addition, new construction built under these regulations will create significantly less pollution and would save money for owners and occupants by lowering electricity and heating bills. Illinois is one of only 14 states with no statewide or mandatory or voluntary energy efficiency standard for new construction. ELPC is excited by this piece of legislation, which has bipartisan support in the Illinois House of Representatives.



ELPC Intervenes To Stop New Nuclear Plant Siting in Central Illinois

ELPC continues to spread the message that developing clean renewable energy and energy efficiency are the best ways to manage the nation's future energy needs. When Exelon Generating recently filed an application to site a new second nuclear power plant in Clinton, Illinois - just south of Bloomington - Executive Director Howard Learner and Staff Attorneys Ann Alexander and Shannon Fisk filed a petition to intervene, contending that renewable energy and energy efficiency are safer, less costly, and cleaner alternatives to the proposed new nuclear power plant. Furthermore, building a new nuclear power plant will conflict with a current state moratorium law, which prohibits new plants until there is a high-level nuclear waste disposal solution.

ELPC's Shannon Fisk testified at a public hearing held by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Clinton on December 18th. Click here to read an article about the hearing in the Bloomington Pantagraph.



Keeping Illinois' Water Clean

ELPC is working hard to keep Illinois' water clean. Senior Attorney Albert Ettinger recently filed an appeal to the Illinois Pollution Control Board on behalf of a coalition of clean water groups including the Des Plaines River Watershed Alliance, the Livable Communities Alliance, Prairie Rivers Network and the Sierra Club. The appeal objected to a permit that would allow the Village of New Lenox, Illinois to increase by 63 percent the amount of wastewater discharge into Hickory Creek, without installing controls on nutrient pollution. The permit was issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the coalition is seeking better treatment options that will not risk the health of Hickory Creek.

Hickory Creek historically has been considered a gem of the Des Plaines River system. Located in Will County, Illinois, Hickory Creek flows southwestward for 21 miles, and feeds into the Des Plaines River in Joliet. The creek provides habitat for many invertebrate species, many of which are not found elsewhere in the region.



ELPC Ensuring Farm Bill Success

ELPC is encouraging farmers, ranchers and other rural small business owners to make smart, clean energy and energy efficiency investments - and to use money from the U.S. Government to make it happen. Section 9006, a cornerstone of the 2002 Farm Bill, authorized $23 million in funding for new federal grants to help purchase renewable energy systems and to make energy efficiency improvements, including efficient lighting and pumps, wind turbines, solar hot water systems and anaerobic digesters. The grants will be awarded by the US Department of Agriculture competitively, and may be used to pay up to 25 percent of eligible project costs.

ELPC Senior Attorney John Moore and Environmental Business Specialist Charlie Kubert are promoting the program through media and public meetings and workshops in order to have applicants ready to apply. In addition, Moore and Kubert are working to generate as much interest in key states, especially among the sustainable agriculture community, to gain political support for the program.



Save the Date: CNU Hosts Chicago Discussion

"Redesigning and Reshaping America: A preview of CNU XII"
Co-hosted by the Congress for the New Urbanism and
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago


Thursday, February 5, 2004
The Ballroom of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 South Michigan Avenue
6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Come and join the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) for an evening with three leading figures in the New Urbanist movement. Now headquartered in Chicago, the CNU is the charter organization of the movement The New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger called "the most important phenomenon to emerge in American architecture in the post-Cold War era."

On February 5th, three CNU members will speak about their recently published books. Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk will discuss The New Civic Art. Renowned architect Daniel Solomon will share highlights of Global City Blues, and Hank Dittmar, co-director of Reconnecting America, will profile his new book, The New Transit Town. CNU's new President and author of The Wealth of Cities, John Norquist, will lead the discussion.

Attendees are invited to a reception following the event. Admission is free. For more information, contact David D. Hudson, 773-278-4800 ext. 152.



ELPC Ensuring Farm Bill Success


ELPC is encouraging farmers, ranchers and other rural small business owners to make smart, clean energy and energy efficiency investments - and to use money from the U.S. Government to make it happen. Section 9006, a cornerstone of the 2002 Farm Bill, authorized $23 million in funding for new federal grants to help purchase renewable energy systems and to make energy efficiency improvements, including efficient lighting and pumps, wind turbines, solar hot water systems and anaerobic digesters. The grants will be awarded by the US Department of Agriculture competitively, and may be used to pay up to 25 percent of eligible project costs.

ELPC Senior Attorney John Moore and Environmental Business Specialist Charlie Kubert are promoting the program through media and public meetings and workshops in order to have applicants ready to apply. In addition, Moore and Kubert are working to generate as much interest in key states, especially among the sustainable agriculture community, to gain political support for the program.


Start the New Year off Right: Resolve to Give Back to the Environment in 2004

First, click here to make a tax-deductible donation to the Environmental Law & Policy Center. Make your donation now, and you can receive great gear from our friends at Lands End and Columbia Sportswear.

Second, visit www.whatgoesaround.org to create a "givelist" and ask your friends to donate to ELPC as their gift to you and the environment in the new year.

Finally, support ELPC while shopping for warm winter items at ELPC's Store at: http://www.elpc.org/store.htm. ELPC has arrangements with dozens of online merchants, including Amazon, Patagonia, and Nordstrom. If you shop their Web sites through the ELPC Store, up to 15 percent of your purchases are contributed back to ELPC.



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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/

Ohio officials warn that moving firewood could spread emerald ash borer
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The Ohio Department of Agriculture is asking people to limit the movement of
firewood in an effort to slow the spread of a beetle that is chewing its way
across the state. Source: The Plain Dealer (1/22)


Ohio investigates fishy sales of yellow perch
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The state has seized hundreds of yellow perch, phone records and computer
files from three wholesalers while investigating illegal sales of the
popular fish. Source: The Plain Dealer (1/22)


Brown trout thrive in Milwaukee area
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There are many theories behind the huge drop in the Green Bay and northern
Lake Michigan brown trout harvest in recent years, but none more popular
than cormorant predation. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/22)


Tugs dislodge Speer, river backlog eased
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With the aid of four commercial tugs, the beset motor vessel Edgar B. Speer
finally moved from the spot in the Neebish Rock Cut where the big ship was
lodged for more than three days about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Source: The
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (1/22)


Ice fishermen rescued by helicopter from Lake Erie
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Nine ice fisherman were rescued from Lake Erie by helicopter Wednesday after
a large crack appeared in the ice, police said. Source: Syracuse.com (1/22)


COMMENTARY: Keep caution, not fear, on your plate when eating fish
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First it was tuna and mercury, then farm-raised salmon and PCBs. Suddenly
the fish in your sandwich or on your plate seems menacing. Source: Detroit
Free Press (1/22)


Michigan shore canals to be checked again for PCBs
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Environmental crews plan to again investigate acres of sewer pipe leading to
two problem-plagued St. Clair Shores canals after it appears dangerous PCB
contamination may be ongoing there. Source: The Macomb Daily (1/21)


Michigan water plan includes cleaning up Saginaw Bay
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A plan by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to protect and preserve Michigan's water
resources includes a push for money to clean up contamination in the Saginaw
Bay. Source: The Bay City Times (1/21)


Tourism goal to keep ferry passengers on the lakeshore
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The start-up of high-speed cross-lake ferry service from Muskegon to
Milwaukee drew as much interest among the Grand Haven tourist industry
Tuesday morning as it did in the Port City at a similar meeting in December.
Source: Muskegon Chronicle (1/21)


Water woes need long-term solution
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Minnesota's continuing declines in water quality must be addressed or the
federal government will take actions that could have long-term economic
impacts for the state, said State Rep. Dennis Ozment at the DNR Roundtable
held last weekend. Source: Cook County News-Herald (1/15)

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ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 01/21/04

Changing the future means changing priorities
News that global warming could push one-quarter of the world's plants and animals to the edge of extinction by 2050 recently made headlines around the world. But did the stories do more harm than good?
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12300.asp

Supreme Court rules EPA can overrule state in clean air case
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the federal Environmental Protection Agency can override state officials and order some antipollution measures that may be more costly.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12312.asp

Crews work to contain spill from capsized freighter off west coast of Norway
Salvage crews worked Wednesday to limit the environmental damage from a freighter that capsized in an inlet along the west coast of Norway, killing 18 people aboard.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12311.asp

Indian tiger census in Sunderbans Forest finds population stable
Endangered Bengal tigers might be making a comeback in numbers in a remote Indian forest, officials said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12313.asp

Rio drops 'pill by mail' plan after church talk
The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro dropped a pioneering plan to mail contraceptives to women in poor neighborhoods for free Wednesday after the mayor consulted the Roman Catholic archbishop.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12308.asp

North America, Europe may cool in warmer world, says report
Parts of Europe and North America could get drastically colder if warming Atlantic ocean currents are halted by a surprise side-effect of global warming, scientists said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12302.asp

USDA mulls mandatory national livestock ID program
The U.S. Agriculture Department is considering a mandatory national livestock identification program, rather than a voluntary one, that would help track cattle infected with ailments like mad cow disease, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said on Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12307.asp

Eritrea needs speedy aid to meet food crisis, says U.N.
Drought-ravaged Eritrea, which has some of the worst malnutrition rates in Africa, needs food and other aid urgently, U.N. officials said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12309.asp

Greenpeace is on a campaign to save Indonesia forest
Greenpeace is sending its flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, on a campaign to stop illegal logging in Indonesia, the environmental pressure group said on Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-22/s_12303.asp

Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

Sustainable Forestry and Certification Watch:
Prominent Speakers to Address North American Forest Certification Conference

The Trust for Public Land:
Mill River Project Gains New Momentum (CT)

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
Annapolis to Washington: Catch Us If You Can on Efficiency Standards

World Land Trust:
Southern Sea Lion colony in Patagonia at all time high

Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education:
Cutting Edge Newspaper Offers Article on Nature-Connected Learning and Psychology

Monterey Bay Aquarium:
Monterey Bay Aquarium issues national seafood guide, will put 2 million in public's hands by Earth Day

United Nations Environment Programme:
The Seed Awards - Supporting Entrepreneurs in Environment and Development

The Trust for Public Land:
Land Added to Morro Bay Dunes Greenbelt (CA)

- posted by Daniel @ 4:14 PM

 
New Study Reports Large-scale Salinity Changes in the Oceans
Saltier tropical oceans and fresher ocean waters near the poles
are further signs of global warming's impacts on the planet

Tropical ocean waters have become dramatically saltier over the past 40 years, while oceans closer to Earth's poles have become fresher, scientists reported today in the journal Nature. Earth's warming surface may be intensifying evaporation over oceans in the low latitudes--raising salinity concentrations there--and transporting more fresh water vapor via the atmosphere toward Earth's poles.

These large-scale, relatively rapid oceanic changes suggest that recent climate changes, including global warming, may be altering the fundamental planetary system that regulates evaporation and precipitation and cycles fresh water around the globe.

Click to enlarge for full page images and captions.

Tropical Atlantic surface waters have become saltier while North Atlantic deep water have become fresher.

The study was conducted by Ruth Curry, a research specialist in the WHOI Physical Oceanography Department, Bob Dickson of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science in Lowestoft, United Kingdom , and Igor Yashayaev of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

An acceleration of Earth's global water cycle can...(full article)
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Federation State of the Union analysis: Proposed FY05 federal budget will be
key
http://www.lakemichigan.org/news/FY05.asp
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Granholm announces effort to protect Michigan water
The Holland Sentinel (1/21)
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday announced a broad plan to better protect the state's groundwater and the Great Lakes that would include managing new water withdrawals and creating a statewide code for sanitary systems.

More nuclear power called for
St. Paul Pioneer Press (1/21)
Less than a year after Minnesota lawmakers tangled over nuclear waste storage, the head of the Public Utilities Commission said Tuesday the state needs more atomic power plants.

Wisconsin Senate OKs quick-permits bill on water and air quality
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/21)
The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday sent Gov. Doyle a package of changes in how water and air quality permits are issued - a measure the governor says will create jobs but that critics contend will reverse decades of environmental protections.

Recruits needed to monitor water
The Detroit News (1/21)
Environmentalists will recruit volunteers in Michigan and Ontario this spring to help monitor pollution going into area waterways in an effort to protect drinking water.

Ohio EPA gives permit for 3 lakeshore projects
The Toledo Blade (1/21)
Three Lake Erie shoreline projects in Ottawa and Erie counties -- including a 70-slip marina -- have been issued state water-quality certifications by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

Great Lakes ship struggles to escape ice
Duluth News Tribune (1/20)
One of the most powerful vessels on the Great Lakes, the Edgar B. Speer, has remained in the ice-choked West Neebish Channel of the St. Marys River for more than two days, despite the efforts of three Coast Guard cutters.

EDITORIAL: Joint effort can help lake, river quality
The Port Huron Times-Herald (1/20)
Michigan counties near Lake St. Clair are proposing a plan to centralize data collection about pollution and put existing technology in local water plants and other facilities to identify contaminants in the water.

EDITORIAL: Ottawa muddies waterfront's future in Toronto
The Toronto Star (1/20)
All that's developed lately on Toronto's long-neglected waterfront is a muddled stew of committees and good intentions that languish on the back burner, and now Ottawa has tossed yet another study into the mix at the last minute.

Lawmaker takes up fight to limit billboards in Michigan
The Bay City Times (1/18)
Two coalitions, one seeking to limit outdoor advertising by businesses and another seeking to preserve it, are planning a fight in Lansing this year over land use and aesthetics along Michigan's highways and streets.

Building better trade relations
The Buffalo News (1/16)
The former U.S. ambassador to Canada is calling for reduced tensions on cross-border trade.

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- posted by Daniel @ 12:08 AM

 
Energy industry jobs site at Energy Info Source - post your resume or postition, browse through job listings....
- posted by Daniel @ 11:41 PM

 
January 21, 2004
Chabot College Completes Successful Cogeneration Project

Chabot College in Hayward, California has just completed the installation of a 300 kilowatt cogeneration system that will provide 100% of the energy required to heat their Olympic sized outdoor pool and provide 38% of the campuses electricity. Designed and installed by ACC Environmental Consultants (ACC) of Oakland, California, the system has an operating efficiency of 76%, much higher than the efficiency of typical utility gas fired power plants, which are about 35% efficient.

With PG&E rebates, cogeneration systems have...full article at Energy Info Source
- posted by Daniel @ 11:37 PM

 
December 22, 2003
Microgy Executes Agreement for Construction and Sale of First Digester Project

Environmental Power Corporation, a leader in the renewable energy industry with proprietary technology to convert manure into electricity, announced that its subsidiary, Microgy Cogeneration Systems, Inc. ("Microgy"), had signed an agreement with an entity owned by Wild Rose Dairy, LLC of LaFarge, Wisconsin ("Wild Rose"), pursuant to which Wild Rose will purchase from Microgy the first digester system in North America based on Microgy's proprietary, highly efficient anaerobic digestion technology, proven at more than 25 locations in Europe. The Wild Rose project represents the first facility in connection with Microgy's relationship with Dairyland Power Cooperative ("Dairyland"), under which Microgy expects to construct approximately $60 million of projects in Dairyland's service territory. The Wild Rose digester system will...Full article at Energy Info Source
- posted by Daniel @ 11:34 PM

 
I just registered for a day at Windpower 2004, the AWEA expo coming to Chicago this March. I'm very much looking forward to it!! Go check out registration at: http://www.awea.org/global04.html
- posted by Daniel @ 8:10 AM

 
From: NW SEED awea-smallwind@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:39 PM
To: awea-smallwind@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [awea-smallwind] DG Insight features distributed wind generation



Energy Info Source's DG Insight features the article, "Wind Powering Distributed Generation" in their Dec 2003 newsletter. This article will also be archived online at: http://www.energyinfosource.com/commentary/section.cfm?pub_ID=20

DG Insight is a new, monthly newsletter for energy industry professionals providing monthly analysis, commentary, and news on the Distributed Generation Industry.
- posted by Daniel @ 7:50 AM

 
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 01/20/04

Wild salmon have fewer toxins than their farmed cousins and other stories
Farmed salmon often contains dangerously high levels of cancer-causing chemicals, according to a new study. A team of American toxicologists analyzed 700 Atlantic farmed and Pacific wild salmon for chemical contaminants such as PCBs, dioxins, and pesticides. The farmed fish were sampled from aquaculture operations around the world.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12201.asp

U.S. government dusts off 1800s law in targeting environmental group Greenpeace
When prosecutors brought charges against Greenpeace for protesting a shipment of Amazon mahogany, they dusted off a 19th century federal law enacted to stop pimps from clambering aboard ships entering port.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12274.asp

SARS bites deep into Hong Kong snake restaurants
Opposite a writhing mass of snakes in a glass tank, Kam Oi-ho stirred a steaming pot of snake soup and filled a bowl for his first customer of the day.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12272.asp

Authorities stop flow of raw sewage into the ocean surrounding St. Croix
A sewage spill that kept a cruise ship at bay, closed an area beach, and discolored turquoise waters has been corrected, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12273.asp

Hard to say how to tame gene-altered life, says report
Genetically engineered crops may be handy for farmers who want to freely use weedkillers, but what is to keep the altered plants from spreading their pollen and creating superweeds?
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12269.asp

$3 million sewage system is cleaning up trademark stream at Frank Lloyd Wright house
Four years after the state complained about pollution, Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark house Fallingwater has a $3 million sewage system to protect the creek that flows under the building and gives it its name.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12212.asp

More U.S. herds quarantined over mad cow, says USDA
Two more cattle herds in Washington state were quarantined over the weekend, as the number of animals linked to a cow infected with mad cow disease increased, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12271.asp

Biotech firms urge Canada to uphold canola patent
Representatives for scientists and biotech firms warned Tuesday that companies could abandon Canada unless the Supreme Court upholds a patent for canola that has been modified to resist a certain type of weedkiller.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12270.asp

Martian soil poses puzzles for NASA scientists
Detailed analysis of Martian soil samples taken by the Spirit rover has confirmed much that scientists already knew but has posed other puzzles about the geologic history of the red planet, mission scientists said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-21/s_12268.asp

Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

African Wildlife Foundation:
Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla Population Grows by 17 Percent

Mangrove Action Project:
Late Friday News #131

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
Annapolis to Washington: Catch Us If You Can on Efficiency Standards

The Trust for Public Land:
Mill River Project Gains New Momentum (CT)

Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education:
Cutting Edge Newspaper Offers Article on Nature-Connected Learning and Psychology

Sustainable Forestry and Certification Watch:
Prominent Speakers to Address North American Forest Certification Conference

World Land Trust:
Southern Sea Lion colony in Patagonia at all time high

- posted by Daniel @ 7:46 AM

 
A Splinter In My Ecosystem:

There was just a choice or two,
Nothing great and nothing grand,
I called down the lightning but it burned the sky,
I asked the Reaper and he said not a word,
There were dollar signs in his left eye,
Crushed kidneys in his right,
I looked for solace on the menue,
Instead they offered blight and ashes,
I wondered at the list of choices,
A feeble garden too parched,
The wind blew by hot and frightful,
Wasted like breath in the board rooms,
Eat sand my child and drink the black juice,
The guy with three horns was laughing,
But I saw that he was blind,
No better than worms crawling on the plate,
The crowd was weighted in cotton wrappings,
Wound tight around their eyes,
They followed the piper,
Though the wind blew in from the prairies,
The grasses and trees and eagles whispered,
And one by one they began to hear,
Putting shells to their lips,
They began to sing of green fields and cool waters,
The song blew over rivers like a siren,
Urging sanity to grow,
Despite the Devil holding the spoon,
Maybe the cauldron tarnish will yet fall off.

AquarianM

By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 01/21/2004

Author's Comments:
When the clean energy choices given to the consumer are as multiple as the foul, perhaps things will change. I feel it slowly coming on.
- posted by Daniel @ 1:40 AM

 
Vista International Co.
o Business type: retail sales, wholesale supplier, importer
o Product types: wind turbines (small), DC to AC power inverters, wind energy systems (small).
o Address: 520 Industrial Dr., Carmel , Indiana USA 46032
o Telephone: 317-414-1337
o E-mail: Send Email to Vista International Co.
- posted by Daniel @ 1:11 AM

 
Wolfsong Wind Systems
20588 US Hwy. 6
Walkerton, IN 46574
Derrick Adkins
wolfsongwind@hotmail.com
574.586.9029
- posted by Daniel @ 1:09 AM

 
Saver SM
Contact The Environmentally Sensitive Company for the World
Indianapolis, IN
info@saver.com
Telephone: 317.465.8496
24 Hour Fax Line:(317)465-8496

- posted by Daniel @ 12:54 AM

 
Hurshtown Alternative Power
14701 Hurshtown Road
Grabill, IN 46741
413-793-2031 FAX
SolarMan4@yahoo.com
- posted by Daniel @ 12:47 AM

 
Grissom Windmill Sales & Service
2634 State Road 37 North
Paoli, Indiana 47454

812-723-2495 or 812-279-6254
Tim Grissom, Owner

windmill@engineer.com
- posted by Daniel @ 12:32 AM

 
From The London Free Press:

Wind power promoted

A group in Owen Sound is pushing wind-generated electricity.
TEVIAH MORO, Special to The Free Press 2004-01-16 03:36:06

A green-energy enthusiast with an innovative plan is trying to blow life into Ontario's fledgling wind power industry. "We've barely scratched the surface," Kevin Best said of Ontario's potential for wind-generated electricity.

Best founded the Grey Bruce Renewable Energy Co-operative, a not-for-profit group based in Owen Sound, and is pushing wind power as an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional Ontario power sources...(Read on at: http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/01/16/314489.html)
- posted by Daniel @ 12:17 AM

 
From Greenbiz.com:


Clean Energy and Efficiency Investments Would Create 3.3 Million High-Wage Jobs, Says Study
Source: GreenBiz.com

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 15 , 2004 - An alliance of labor, environmental, civil rights, business, and political leaders have laid out a vision for a "New Apollo Project" to create 3.3 million new jobs and achieve energy independence in ten years.

Named after President Kennedy's moon program, which inspired a major national commitment to the aerospace industry, the Apollo Alliance aims to unify the country behind a ten-year program of strategic investment for clean energy technology and new infrastructure.

The alliance also announced that it has received support from 17 of America's largest labor unions, including the United Auto Workers, the Steelworkers and Machinists, as well as a broad cross section of the environmental movement, including the Sierra Club, the NRDC, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Greenpeace.

Dr. Ray Perryman, a corporate economist from Texas who prepared a detailed economic analysis of the proposal for a New Apollo Project said, "If economists agree on anything it's that inventing new technologies and creating whole new industries is what America does best. We are a creative economy, not a commodity economy. The New Apollo Project would keep us on the cutting edge of manufacturing emerging technologies and secure our long-term prosperity."

Perryman concluded that the proposed tax credits and investments would create 3.3 million new, high-wage jobs for manufacturing, construction, transportation, high-tech, and public sector workers, while reducing dependence on imported oil and cleaning the air. Perryman's analysis shows that a New Apollo Project would also position the U.S. to take the lead in fast- growing markets, dramatically reduce the trade deficit and more than pay for itself in energy savings and returns to the U.S. Treasury. Perryman's study was based on an input-output analysis of impacts on key industry sectors, using a highly regarded economic model and extensive survey data.

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said, "At the time of Kennedy's moon shot, we were in space race with the Soviet Union. Now we are in an economic race with the Europeans and Japanese. Bush is focused on the past, the New Apollo Project for energy independence is focused on the future. America led the electronic and communications revolutions. Now we must lead the clean energy revolution if we are to maintain our global economic leadership."

Congressman Jessie Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) issued a statement in support of the release saying, "One of the keys to America's energy security -- and therefore our national security -- lies in rebuilding our cities. We need strategic investments to retrofit old buildings, expand transportation alternatives, restore our infrastructure, and create solar, wind and hydrogen technology. Apollo will rebuild our country in a way that benefits all Americans and reestablishes our global economic competitiveness."

"As California's chief investment officer and a fiduciary of the nation's first and third largest pension funds, I am well aware that the way in which we invest capital can shape not only the contours of our economy, but also the future of our communities, our society, and our environment for decades to come," California State Treasurer Phil Angelides said: "I applaud the efforts of the Apollo Alliance to develop programs that illustrate how strategic public investments can stimulate our economy while at the same time improve the quality of life in communities across our nation."

Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) said, "The New Apollo Energy Project is an opportunity for a bold new energy policy that can free us from our over-dependence on Middle East oil, expand the economy, and address environmental challenges. We should call for a total national commitment to harness the genius of America's can-do attitude that would design, invent and deploy the new clean energy technologies that benefit this new century. No single national endeavor has such capacity to expand our economy by tapping our innate and unique technological genius for innovation, and creating millions of new jobs."

President Gerard said: "The New Apollo Project is a call to action for labor unions and environmental groups to forge a new strategy, rooted in common interests, for moving America forward. The Bush energy plan is a waste of money and natural resources. A New Apollo Project will unite America around a positive vision of economic growth and reinvestment that's good for business, workers and the environment."

According to Pope, the executive director of the Sierra Club, one of the country's oldest and largest environmental groups, "A New Apollo Project will help accelerate the transition away from our dependence on imported oil and other polluting fossil fuels, and toward clean energy like solar and wind. Apollo stands in marked contrast to the Bush Administration's damaging energy agenda, which hurts job creation and the environment. An Apollo Project can simultaneously address the threats of manufacturing job loss, global warming and our diminishing national energy security."

John Podesta, president of the Center for American Progress, said, "In stark contrast to the secret Cheney energy plan hatched by big oil, the Apollo Project harnesses America's ingenuity in support of an energy program that enhances our security, our health, and our livelihoods."

Bracken Hendricks, executive director of the Apollo Alliance underscored the importance of Apollo in the upcoming political cycle. "We are seeing for the first time a competition among all the major Presidential candidates to produce the best plan for investing in clean energy infrastructure and good jobs. The public is demanding a forward-looking plan to rebuild our economy and a positive solution to our energy insecurity. A bold approach like Apollo is the kind of leadership we need from our next President."

- posted by Daniel @ 11:37 PM

 
From Wired News

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World Social Forum Kicks Off (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,61950,00.html/wn_ascii

About 100,000 activists attending the World Social Forum this week
will discuss world problems. Dreaming of a utopia with justice and
equality for all, they hope to find some solutions. Swaroopa Iyengar
reports from Mumbai, India.
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- posted by Daniel @ 8:42 PM

 
St. Petersburg Times

Pinellas County senior road mechanic Jamie Calder turns the ignition to his 3-ton "baby" just to show off the engine's hum.

Other county mechanics call the truck the "McGuyver mobile" in tribute to Calder's knack for fixing anything, anywhere.

County officials call the vehicle part of an experiment that they hope will eventually save the county millions, reduce air pollution and recycle some of the county's greasiest gunk.

Last November, the truck became the first Pinellas vehicle to get its fuel tank filled with biodiesel fuel - an alternative fuel made from vegetable oil. Fourteen other vehicles soon followed.

"The fuel has some definite advantages: it pollutes the air less and is far less toxic than regular diesel. It doesn't require Mideast detente or drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, and it doesn't threaten the habitat of Alaskan caribou." (Read more...County's truck fleet to run on waste oil:[STATE Edition])
- posted by Daniel @ 5:37 PM

 
St. Petersburg Times

Every American can strike a blow against Middle Eastern terrorism. When dealing with al-Qaida and their ilk, it must be remembered that their funding comes largely from oil money. The United States imports 50 percent of its oil, the bulk of it from the Middle East. Therefore, a way each American can strike a blow against terrorism is by reducing his consumption of oil...

Easy, everyday ways we can all fight terrorism Series: LETTERS:[SOUTH PINELLAS Edition]
- posted by Daniel @ 5:33 PM

 
SIDE SHOW Series: SIDE SHOW; 2b:[SOUTH PINELLAS Edition]

GO AHEAD, INHALE: Hemp plants are on the list of sources for alternative car fuels. See above...

St. Petersburg Times
- posted by Daniel @ 5:31 PM

 
County services hop aboard old bus (Running on biodiesel)

St. Petersburg Times
- posted by Daniel @ 5:28 PM

 
Great post on Alt Power Digest at Yahoo! Groups:

Message: 1
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:35:09 -0000
From: "Jim Carlson" jimcarlson622@yahoo.com
Subject: Gov. using biodiesel

Here is an artical that I thought some of you would find intresting.

Oil alternative: Restaurant grease

By CRAIG PITTMAN
AP Business Exchange

Last update: 17 January 2004

TAMPA -- As the United States tries to decrease its dependence on
foreign oil, some government agencies are turning to an unlikely
source: restaurant grease.

Yes, that's right: Every order of McDonald's fries strikes a blow
for energy independence. Go on, supersize it -- it's even good for
the environment.

You can smell the difference. Biodiesel fuel, which is made from
animal, plant or waste oil, produces far less air pollution than
regular diesel.

Biodiesel has slowly gained in popularity as an alternative fuel for
powering trucks, farm equipment, boats, anything with a diesel
engine. Now there is a move afoot in Congress in 2004 that could
push demand to a far higher level.

Pinellas County's dump trucks already burn biodiesel, as do
firetrucks on Sanibel Island and military vehicles at Eglin Air
Force Base in the Panhandle. In November, the state Department of
Environmental Protection jumped on the biodiesel bandwagon, with
five field vehicles used to tow tractors and other maintenance
equipment over the rugged terrain of the 110-mile Cross Florida
Greenway.

All these government agencies buy their biodiesel from Ward Oil Co.,
a 58-year-old family-owned fuel distributorship that sits on a dead-
end street behind the wholesale fruit and vegetable markets along
Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. Ward gets its biodiesel from a company
that collects grease trap residue and refines it into fuel.

A spokeswoman for the National Biodiesel Board calls Ward
Oil "pioneers." Ward Oil's general manager, Aaron Evenson, prefers a
different title. A sign on the door to his office declares him to
be "Bio-Man, ridding the world of fuel toxins one company at a time."

Evenson is an enthusiastic salesman for the product, ticking off its
many advantages: It yields more energy than regular diesel (280
percent more, according to the U.S. Department of Energy) while
producing less exhaust emissions (47 percent less, says the
government).

It lubricates the engine's parts even while it's burning, which
helps extend the life of the engine. Yet biodiesel is less
combustible than petroleum diesel, making it as harmless as table
salt and as biodegradable as sugar.

A vial of the stuff is as clear as water. And then there's the smell.

"A lot of people state that when they smell biodiesel burn, it
smells like french fries or fried chicken," Evenson said. "I have to
say that if my chicken smelled like that, I wouldn't eat it. But it
has got a sweet smell to it."

That sure beats the usual throat-clogging, tear-inducing cloud of
smoke that trails behind most diesel-powered buses and trucks, he
said.

In a way, biodiesel is nothing new. When Rudolf Diesel invented the
first diesel engine in 1895, he fueled it with peanut oil. But a
petroleum-based diesel fuel turned out to be much cheaper to produce.

Then, in 1992, Congress mandated that all state and federal agencies
and public utilities should begin using a certain percentage of
alternative fuels. In 1998, the law was amended to include biodiesel.

Biodiesel's biggest advantage over other alternative fuels is that
regular diesel engines can burn biodiesel without any retrofitting.
So for plenty of government fleet managers, the decision to switch
to biodiesel was an easy one to make.

Ward Oil is not just a distributor -- it's a customer too. All nine
of its fuel trucks run on a blend of biodiesel and regular diesel,
Evenson said.

Despite Evenson's enthusiasm, a note of frustration creeps into his
voice when he talks about his efforts to persuade municipal bus
systems and other local agencies to make the switch. The problem is
always the same: the price. Biodiesel generally costs about 7 cents
per gallon more than regular diesel.

But that may change this year. The energy bill that Congress came
within two votes of passing in November contained a provision that
would trim the federal excise tax on biodiesel fuel. That could cut
the cost to consumers by up to 20 cents a gallon, said Jenna Higgins
of the National Biodiesel Board.

The energy bill ran into trouble over the $32 billion in tax breaks
and subsidies to the oil, gas, coal and nuclear industries it
contains, as well as a provision giving liability protection to
makers of a gasoline additive, MTBE, that has been shown to
contaminate drinking water. But the Bush administration, which
pushed the bill as a top priority, has pledged to bring it back up
this month in hopes of passing it.

If the final version contains that biodiesel tax cut, it could lead
to a lot more buses and trucks trailing the scent of frying chicken.

With the price lowered, "then there would be no reason not to use
it," Higgins said. "Once the price differential is gone, we expect
the demand to go through the roof."

Pittman writes for the St. Petersburg Times.

How about that?

Jim Carlson

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ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 01/19/2004

Clean energy and efficiency investments would create 3.3 million jobs, says study
An alliance of labor, environmental, civil rights, business, and political leaders in the United States have laid out a vision for a "New Apollo Project" to create 3.3 million new jobs and achieve energy independence in 10 years.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12200.asp

Brazilian city to mail the pill to needy women
The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, notorious for its teeming slums, will mail contraceptive pills free of charge to women, including teenagers, in poor neighborhoods.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12210.asp

U.K. plans ambitious CO2 cuts, industry protests
Britain said Monday it would cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in excess of its international treaty obligations, prompting howls of protest from industry bodies but muted approval from generators.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12207.asp

World's mountain gorilla population is up in census
The number of mountain gorillas roaming forests shared by Rwanda, Uganda, and Congo has risen in recent years in a sign of hope for one of the world's most endangered species, a census showed Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12203.asp

Battle over GMOs heads to Canada's high court
A narrow legal case over whether a Canadian farmer infringed on biotech patents held by Monsanto Co. has mushroomed into a broader battle over genetically modified organisms that will be heard before the Supreme Court of Canada Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12205.asp

U.S. is accused of risking lives with campaign against drugs in Latin America
The United States is putting civilians at risk by backing the fumigation of vast areas of Ecuador and Colombia with deadly chemicals in its fight against drug traffickers and guerrillas, Ecuador's former environment minister said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12213.asp

Big blast at Algeria's key refinery, 13 killed
A powerful explosion Monday at Algeria's largest refinery and key exporter of gas and oil in the Mediterranean port city of Skikda killed 13 workers and caused extensive damage.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12209.asp

If humans get to Mars, what might they do?
If humans ever get to Mars, what might they do there? Would they use spare weapons-grade plutonium to heat up the red planet to a more Earth-like temperature, as one fanciful-sounding plan suggested?
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12211.asp

New York state puts a tail on the Adirondack's big bird
Government and environmental groups are putting a tail on Adirondack loons to answer the long-standing question of where the aquatic birds go in winter.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12214.asp

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African Wildlife Foundation:
Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla Population Grows by 17 Percent

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Panel to get gauge on mercury
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For the first time, the group responsible for cleaning up and monitoring the
health of Pennsylvania's Presque Isle Bay will get a picture of how much
mercury and other airborne pollutants are falling on the area. Source: Erie
Times-News (1/20)


Plane recovery work is slow
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Recovery of 10 bodies from a Saturday plane crash near Pelee Island in Lake
Erie progressed slowly Monday. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/20)


Tree-killing beetle could arrive in Indiana soon
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Experts expect a beetle that has killed millions of ash trees in Michigan to
turn up in Indiana before long. Source: The Indianapolis Star (1/20)


Boundaries of Michigan parks may change
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Michigan may alter the boundaries of some state parks, forests and
recreation areas, which could change the places people can hunt, fish or
hike on public lands. Source: South Bend Tribune (1/20)


Nuclear questions might set off sparks
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With the licenses on Wisconsin's two nuclear power plants due to expire
soon, a battle is looming over the controversial decisions that must be made
regarding the future of nuclear power in the state. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (1/18)


New York puts a tail on Adirondack's big bird
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Researchers are concerned that Adirondack loons may be migrating to the
Great Lakes in winter, where they could be exposed to a form of botulism
that has killed thousands of loons on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario over the
past four years. Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (1/18)


Aquarium plan is no fish story
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Although it's 650 miles from the nearest ocean, Benton Harbor, Mich., could
become a place where people can see live sharks, squid and jellyfish.
Source: The St. Joseph Herald-Palladium (1/18)


Driving on ice can be costly joyride
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Every winter across Michigan, cars, trucks and other vehicles go crashing
through the ice on lakes and rivers. Salvage companies charge thousands of
dollars to haul out the vehicles, and drivers can face hefty traffic and
environmental penalties. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/17)

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From The Chicago Tribune, a new article on gas-electric hybrid vehicles:

Green fades as hybrids push horsepower
By Rick Popely and Jim Mateja
Tribune staff reporters
Published January 18, 2004

Speed is overtaking green on the nation's roads....

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Biologists help prehistoric fish make a comeback
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Biologists with the U.S. Geological Survey are trying to bring lake sturgeon
back to the Detroit River, where they once spawned every spring. Source:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/19)


Enviros have high hopes for new prime minister
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Environmentalists are giving Canada's new prime minister, Paul Martin,
strong marks for his plans for the environment. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (1/19)


Upturn in steel market extends shipping season
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Unusually high demand for domestic iron ore and coal is behind the U.S. Army
Corp of Engineers' decision to keep the Soo Locks open an extra ten days.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/19)


Lake Erie initiative planned
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Through an incentive-laden program called the balanced growth initiative,
Ohio officials hope to mitigate the effects of urban sprawl on Lake Erie.
Source: The Toledo Blade (1/19)


Environmentalists fear Indiana House wetlands vote
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A long battle over wetlands is about to end in the Indiana House of
Representatives, with environmentalists the apparent losers. Source: South
Bend Tribune (1/19)


Cleaning up the Kalamazoo River
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Environmentalists say after years of discussion, study and review, it's time
to make significant progress in cleaning up PCBs from years of manufacturing
along the Kalamazoo River. Source: The Holland Sentinel (1/18)


EPA to ask local group to take charge of Lake St. Clair
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to ask the Macomb-St.
Clair Inter-County Watershed Management Group to step up its role in
watching the recreational and drinking water quality of Lake St. Clair.
Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (1/17)


Cultural center planned at site
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A Native American group has announced plans to purchase a 33-acre site in
northern Indiana, where it plans to build a cultural center honoring the
art, history and culture of Great Lakes-area American Indian tribes. Source:
South Bend Tribune (1/17)


The politics of carrying rocks to Michigan
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A plan to quarry rock from a pristine stretch of Lake Superior shoreline to
build roads in the United States has become the focus of an international
campaign. Source: The Toronto Star (1/17)


Hovercraft idea strives to get off ground
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An entrepreneur wants to buy two out-of-service English hovercraft to start
a commuter ferry service linking cities along Lake Ontario's Canadian shore.
Source: The Toronto Star (1/17)

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***Week of 1/18/04 EARTH TALK installment***:

EARTH TALK
From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: I remember hearing years ago that the world’s frogs were in peril. How are they doing today? Omar Khan, Columbus, IN

According to Harvard biology professor Jim Hanken, “Overall, the situation has definitely gotten worse. The problem is more serious than we originally thought.” Scientists are particularly concerned because frogs are considered a “sentinel species”they serve as an indication of environmental quality.
According to the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF), formed by the World Conservation Union, many species of amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts) throughout the world have experienced population declines or extinction over the last 50 years. Causes for such changes may include deforestation, draining of wetlands, ozone depletion, and pollution. In a few cases, as with the Costa Rican golden toad, entire species have disappeared almost overnight.

Beginning in 1988, herpetologists around the world started to report declines in amphibian populations in protected and pristine habitats, leading experts to believe that there may be one or more global factors, such as increased ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation due to stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain and pollution-caused diseases, according to DAPTF.

In addition to population declines is the phenomenon of amphibian deformities. In the United States alone amphibian malformations have been reported in 44 states since 1996, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Center for Biological Informatics. Deformities include extra legs and eyes, and misshapen or incompletely formed limbs. High rates of deformities, in some cases up to 60 percent of a species, exceed what scientists generally consider natural. Research on malformations is investigating several potential causes, including parasites, contaminants, and UV-B radiation.

CONTACTS: Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force, Department of Biological Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, (+00 44 19) 086-52-274, www.open.ac.uk/daptf/index.htm; U.S. Geological Survey Center for Biological Informatics, 302 National Center Reston, VA 20192, (703) 648-6244, www.frogweb.gov; Amphibian Conservation Alliance, c/o Ashoka Foundation, 1700 North Moore Street, 20th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209, (703) 807-5588, www.frogs.org.

GOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTION? Send it to EarthTalk, c/o E/The Environmental Magazine, P.O. Box 5098, Westport, CT 06881; submit your question at www.emagazine.com; or e-mail us at earthtalk@emagazine.com.

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EARTH TALK
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Dear EarthTalk: How does overexposure to arsenic occur, and what are its health hazards?

Cheryl Timm, Santa Fe, NM

Arsenic is a naturally occurring substance in many rocks, and low levels of arsenic can be found in groundwater as a result of the erosion of rock minerals. However, high levels of arsenic in drinking water are often associated with industrial pollutants, including alloying agents and wood preservatives, which are either disposed of directly into water bodies, or at waste disposal sites where they can leach into groundwater. Burning gas and oil can also release arsenic into the environment, but contaminated water poses a greater health risk. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only minimal amounts of arsenic are absorbed through the skin, so drinking tainted water poses more of a health risk than bathing or laundering with arsenic-contaminated water.

Long-term exposure to arsenic can cause cancer of the lungs, kidney and bladder. It also results in maladies of the skin and changes in pigmentation. WHO reports that “increased risks of cancer and skin lesions have been observed in drinking water arsenic concentrations of less than 0.05 milligrams per liter, or 50 parts per billion (ppb).” A 2001 study done by the National Academy of Sciences found that people who consume water containing 0.003 milligrams per liter, or three ppb, of arsenic daily have about a one in 1,000 increased risk of developing bladder or lung cancer during their lifetime. At five ppb, the risk is about 1.5 in 1,000; at 10 ppb, it is greater than three in 1,000; and at 20 ppb, it is close to seven in 1,000. Increased public awareness of new findings on the human health risks of arsenic helped to put pressure on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider more conservative standards for arsenic in drinking water. The EPA received more than 57,000 comments from Americans calling for a three part per billion standard, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

To ensure drinking water is free of threatening levels of arsenic, the WHO and the European Union have recommended or established a 10 ppb standard. In order to comply with 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments that require new research on the effects of arsenic and new standards in the U.S., the Clinton administration pushed for a regulation that reduced allowable levels of arsenic from the 1940’s standard of 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion. After some delay, the Bush administration put its stamp of approval on this new standard, which public drinking water systems have to comply with by 2006.

CONTACTS: World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, 27 Switzerland, (+00 41 22) 791-21-11, www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact210.html; National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, NW Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055, (800) 624-6242, www.nap.edu/books/0309076293/html/ (Arsenic in Drinking Water: 2001 Update); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, (800) 426-4791 (Safe Drinking Water Hotline), www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic.html; Natural Resources Defense Council, 40 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011, (212) 727-2700, www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/water_drinking.asp.

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