GREENBUZZ for August 30, 2004

Taking Care of Business

Well it's water, water everywhere -- but not as much as you think. A new report out last week is taking the business world to task for failing to adequately prepare for the international water crisis most experts agree is right around the corner. It's not too late for industry to take action, however. The report also recommends ten steps companies can take to reduce their water-related impacts on the environment and local communities and help protect their operations and their shareholders from business risks related to water. Also this week: Do your part to protect our existing water supply with industry-specific tips for water pollution prevention.

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UPS, DaimlerChrysler Launch First Medium-Duty Fuel Cell Delivery Vehicles in U.S.
Buoyed by initial road-test results and significant technological advancements, UPS has announced the U.S. deployment of its first three large package delivery vehicles utilizing hydrogen fuel cells for power.

Mexico Adopts Standards to Measure Businesses' GHG Output
Mexico has launched a new partnership that makes it the first country to adopt internationally-accepted standards to measure and report business greenhouse gas emissions for establishing a voluntary national program.

Toyota's Cleaner, Greener Plant Featured in Company's Latest Corporate Ad
The company has announced that Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, will be featured in the third print execution of its new corporate advertising campaign, launched in July.

Greener Extreme-Sports Competition Puts Athens to Shame
The extreme sports industry has set a new environmental standard for sporting competitions around the world by making the tenth annual X Games the greenest in history.

Businesses Urged to Curb Thirst for Water
Businesses around the world, from beverage companies to chip manufacturers, are failing to prepare for the serious economic and political risks posed by growing competition for fresh water, the threat of water contamination, and rising water-related costs, says a new report.
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Freshwater Resources: Managing the Risks Facing the Private Sector
Businesses around the world are failing to prepare for the serious economic and political risks posed by growing competition for fresh water, the threat of water contamination, and rising water-related costs, says this report.

Pollution Prevention Tips for Wastewaters
Short-but-sweet Web page offers general and industry-specific tips on reducing water pollution and saving money in the bargain.

Water Conservation Resource Wizard
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An informative and well-written backgrounder on the interrelationships of forests, carbon offsets, and climate change.
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Environmental Technologies Program
Helps U.S. companies access EPA research on new environmental technologies that have market potential.

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Making Corporate Responsibility Work: Lessons from Real Business
A recent report on how corporate responsibility works inside companies holds some valuable lessons for others.

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The 2004 Prius is more than a nice ride. It also tells us what a leading company thinks of the potential -- and limits -- of consumer-driven change for a better world. By Joshua Skov

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South Bass Island firms must stop using water from wells
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Five more businesses on South Bass Island have been told to stop using their
wells because of possible contamination, as Ohio officials continue to
investigate a mysterious gastrointestinal outbreak that has sickened more
than 1,100 people. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/31)

Wisconsin water rules take effect
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Temporary rules that exempt from DNR review many dredging, construction and
other projects along Wisconsin waterways are now in effect. Source: St. Paul
Pioneer Press (8/31)

Oil spills again into Rouge River from suspected sewer
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About 5,000 gallons of waste oil spilled into the Rouge River from the same
sewer suspected in a major oil spill two years ago. Source: Detroit Free
Press (8/31)

Groups: Mitchell station should be scrapped
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Indiana's largest grassroots consumer and environmental groups have added
their voices to those calling for the permanent closure of the coal-fired
Mitchell Generating station on Lake Michigan. Source: The Northwest Indiana
Times (8/31)

Hydroelectric power plant idea resurfaces in Minneapolis
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A decades-old plan for an underground hydroelectric power plant near St.
Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River is back on the table, only months
after its most recent rejection. Source: Star Tribune (8/31)

Miami tribe selects chief in unique ceremony
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A northern Indiana man took over leadership of a band of the Miami Indians
during a religious ceremony the group hasn't used in a century. Source: The
Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette (8/31)

Ohio town sees tourist dollars lurking in murky canal water
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A group of northwest Ohio residents hope to restore a waterway that once was
a superhighway for cargo moving between Toledo and Cincinnati. Source: The
Plain Dealer (8/31)

Border Patrol tightens security along Canadian border
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The U.S. Border Patrol is trying to tighten Minnesota's border with Canada,
adding about two dozen agents since last winter. Source: KAAL-TV (8/30)

New material to remove atrazine from drinking water?
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Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new material that
removes a common pollutant from water supplies. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (8/30)

UI initiative to meld diverse research
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University of Illinois officials are set to announce a new initiative that
will use the state as a natural laboratory in addressing some of the most
compelling environmental questions of the day. Source: The Champaign
News-Gazette (8/30)

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ENN Daily News for 08/31/2004

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EarthTalk: Do urban trees really help reduce pollution and clean the air?
Back in 1872 Frederick Law Olmsted, the granddaddy of American landscape architecture and the designer of New York's Central Park, proclaimed that trees were the "lungs of the city."
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-31/s_26621.asp

California revives plan to create string of restricted fishing zones along coast
State wildlife officials announced plans recently to revive a program to create marine reserves along California's 1,100-mile coast. The program would set up restricted fishing zones expected to serve as models for protecting ocean habitat.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-31/s_26790.asp

U.N. report on North Korea environment says outlook is tough
North Korea's environment faces a stark future unless urgent action is taken, the United Nations said recently in a first report on the communist state's environment compiled with unprecedented help from Pyongyang.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-31/s_26783.asp

Crews race to cut dead trees in tinder-dry Southern California
In the mountains of Southern California, it's the new sound of summer: the whine of a chain saw followed by the whoosh and thud of a falling tree.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-31/s_26788.asp

Nuclear waste languishes in Kazakhstan as talks with United States stall
In a storage pool at a mothballed nuclear power plant on the shores of the Caspian Sea rests a key ingredient for anyone seeking to build a nuclear weapon: containers of spent atomic fuel with enough plutonium to make dozens of bombs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-31/s_26789.asp

The natural alternative to prescription pain relief
Severe pain, caused by everything from lower back problems and migraines to common toothaches, sends most of us running to the doctor for a quick fix. Often, that relief comes in the form of a potent pain pill, such as OxyContin or Percocet. But those drugs work their magic with a price. For one thing, they can be highly addictive.
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Arctic expedition seeks 50-million-year record of Earth's climate
Scientists believe a 50-million-year record of the Earth's climate lies in an underwater mountain chain in the ice-clogged waters near the North Pole.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-31/s_26794.asp

Texas group seeks $500 million from Mexico over water shared in Rio Grande Valley
A group of Rio Grande Valley irrigators and farmers is seeking $500 million from Mexico for crop loss and other damages the group says were caused by that country's failure to comply with a water-sharing treaty.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-31/s_26792.asp

Mexico detects huge new deep-sea oil finds
Mexico's Pemex has detected vast new oil deposits in the Gulf of Mexico that could double the country's total reserves and boost its oil output to rival Saudi Arabia's, the state oil monopoly said Monday.
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Rescuers try to lure Nova Scotia humpback through dam with underwater recording
A humpback whale trapped for more than a week behind a Nova Scotia power dam is proving to have a bit of a stubborn streak, refusing repeated attempts Monday to lure him back to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Agriculture Department releases funds to protect sage grouse
The Agriculture Department offered $2 million Thursday to help private land owners in four Western states protect the habitat of the sage grouse.
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Locust swarms munch crops near Senegal's capital
Smoke rises from burning tires in the corners of Oumar Sakho's fields Monday as a swarm of mating, yellow desert locusts munches through his watermelons not far from Senegal's capital.
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American Indian museum set to open in Washington
It could be a rock formation from the U.S. Southwest, carved by water and wind, but this structure is no cliff dwelling.
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Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

Open Space Institute:
Open Space Institute Announces Grants to Acquire 75,000 Acres of Forestland in Maine

ENN Daily News for 08/27/2004

ENN

Environmental News Network
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Drought boosts campaign to drain one of the West's biggest reservoirs
Maintenance workers at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area are playing tag with Lake Powell. Each time they think they have it cornered, it slips away again.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26723.asp

Alaska brown bears gather for summer salmon feast
Each summer, the falls at McNeil River turn into a mosh pit of bears. Instead of thumping music, it's the sound of salmon slapping their way up the falls at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary that sends the bears into a fishing frenzy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26752.asp

Fifteen years after Exxon Valdez, Alaskan fishers are still waiting for a settlement
In a tiny bakery just across the street from the Fisherman's Memorial in Cordova, Alaska, Brian O'Neill is using a tablecloth — a laminated nautical chart of Prince William Sound — to diagram the worst environmental disaster in North American history.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26624.asp

World is meeting goals on safe drinking water but falling behind on sanitation, says U.N.
Countries are improving access to clean drinking water but falling behind on sanitation goals fixed at a summit four years ago, the United Nations said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26748.asp

Casual fishers reel in more prized fish than commercial fleets
Millions of casual fishers reel in a higher take of the United States' most prized saltwater fish than previously thought, researchers say, prompting them to urge improved regulation of recreational fishing.
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WTO ruling delayed in trans-Atlantic row over food
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has put off until March a decision on whether the European Union broke trade rules by not allowing imports of genetically modified foods, officials said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26759.asp

Environmental groups object to eco-label for Alaska's pollock industry
Several environmental groups are objecting to Alaska's pollock fishery, the largest fishery in the United States, getting approval for an eco-label.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26751.asp

Olympics-bug-shy New Zealand says no to Athens victors' crowns
New Zealand is glad three of its athletes have been crowned Olympic champions, but if their Athens olive wreaths come home, they risk going up in smoke.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26757.asp

Rift in Kenya Cabinet over Masai land rights
A Kenyan Cabinet minister threw his weight behind a campaign by Masai tribesmen to reclaim ancestral land allocated to British settlers Thursday, breaking ranks with the government on the controversial issue.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26754.asp

Typhoon Aere kills 35; 930,000 evacuated from coastal areas in mainland China
Typhoon Aere crashed into mainland China unleashing torrential rains and prompting the evacuation of nearly a million people, as the death toll climbed to 35 Thursday after a mudslide killed 15 villagers in Taiwan.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26750.asp

U.S. study links human activity to global warming
Warmer temperatures in North America since 1950 were likely caused in part by human activities, the Bush administration said in a report that seems to contradict the White House position there was no clear scientific proof on the causes of global warming.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26758.asp

French foreign minister maps out diplomatic mission for coming year, lists global dangers
Pollution, epidemics like AIDS, and terrorism are among the world's greatest threats and also among the toughest challenges facing diplomats, France's foreign minister said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-27/s_26749.asp


Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
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Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

Wild Salmon Center:
Wild Salmon Center Sponsors First Sakhalin Salmon Festival

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
ACEEE Names Five Champions of Energy Efficiency

Canary Coalition:
Weather Turns Relay for Clean Air Into Odyssey of Determination

WWF-US Communications:
U.S. Senators Visit Arctic, Investigate Climate Change

Environmental Education Foundation:
New Indoor Air Quality Advisory Group Formed

Wildlife Conservation Network:
Wildlife Conservation Network Announces Plans for Third Annual Conservaiton Expo

Wildlife Conservation Society:
Tiny Collars Fitted on Youngest-Ever Tiger Cubs

Rainforest Action Network:
Ford Forced To 'Th!nk Twice' About Crushing Zero Emission Cars

IUCN - The World Conservation Union:
IUCN Convenes an Independent Scientific Panel to Look into Sakhalin II Project's Impact on the Western Gray Whale

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EPA report: Mercury contamination widespread
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More and more Americans are being warned that the local fish they eat could
be contaminated with mercury and other toxins, according to a new report by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (8/30)

Tree companies recycle emerald ash borer victims
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Rather than see all that wood chipped, entrepreneurs are starting to recycle
ash wood and mill it into railroad ties and rough cut lumber for kitchen
cabinets, furniture and flooring. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/30)

Historic castle fortifies Great Lakes research
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Unlike the other southwest Lake Erie islands that draw lots of tourists
during the summer, Gibralter Island is reserved for scientific research.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (8/30)

Piloting concerns pervade ports
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Great Lakes ports, such as Duluth-Superior, depend upon a small corps of
pilots to keep foreign trade flowing, but higher pay demands are leading to
delays and costing carriers money. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/30)

Two forums to examine Great Lakes water issues
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The Muskegon area will host a pair of meetings this week on two proposals to
regulate the use of Great Lakes water, one by state law and the other by
international agreement. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (8/30)

Filling in the gaps
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In response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. Border Patrol
has raised its numbers dramatically to improve security along the
U.S.-Canadian border. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/29)

Creating Lake Harbor oasis hasn't always been a walk in the park
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Creating and preserving the tranquilty of Lake Harbor Park has been anything
but serene. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (8/29)

Travel: Minnesota's wild isle
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With a shoreline littered with rocky islets, reefs and shoals, Isle Royale
looks like a cross between Minnesota's North Shore and the Boundary Waters
Canoe Wilderness Area. But its inaccessibility makes it even more exotic.

Source: Star Tribune (8/29)
Highway named for O'Bannon
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A southern Indiana highway extension that the late Gov. Frank O'Bannon
pushed for when campaigning for the state Senate more than three decades ago
will bear his name. Source: The Indianapolis Star (8/27)

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6 new wells test positive for E. coli; don't drink water, 4 businesses told
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Six new wells have tested positive for E. coli bacteria on South Bass Island
in the midst of an investigation into what has sickened more than 1,000
people at the Lake Erie tourist destination. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/27)

Sea lamprey making return to Lake Erie
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Sea lampreys seem to be making a Lake Erie comeback, much to the dismay of
fisheries biologists. Source: The Plain Dealer (8/27)

Ohioans huddle to protect a resource
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At the first of three Annex 2001 hearings in Ohio, most Observers praised
the plan, with some contention over fine details intended to benefit the
powerful agricultural industry. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/27)

Spiny waterfleas invade two lakes near Gunflint
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The Spiny Waterflea, a non-native species first found in Lake Superior in
1987, is slowly invading Northland lakes. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/27)

The joy of filth
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Under-the-radar Canadian entrepreneurs are cleaning up a polluted planet
with innovative technology. Source: The Globe and Mail (8/27)

Lakes' restoration agenda defended
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EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt on Thursday defended the Bush
administration's plan to study the Great Lakes before the government spends
additional money on restoring it. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/26)

Activists oppose waste-burning plan
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An environmental group is urging the province of Ontario to deny a request
from two companies that want to burn recyclable hazardous waste, which could
release dangerous pollutants. Source: The Toronto Star (8/26)

Farm groups protest cranberry run-off suit
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A controversial lawsuit contends that a large cranberry farm has polluted
Wisconsin's eighth largest natural lake by releasing fertilizer and other
pollutants, feeding the growth of dense, choking weeds and toxic blue green
algae and restricting citizens' rights to use and enjoy the navigable waters
of the state. Source: Madison Capital Times (8/25)

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[Fwd: Small Wind E-Newsletter - September 2004]

SMALL WIND E-NEWSLETTER

September 2004

Issue No. 12, August 30, 2004

Editor: Larry Sherwood , Interstate Renewable
Energy Council

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details on subscribing at the end of the newsletter.

Article summaries follow the Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEWS
(1) IOWA - State Supreme Court Orders Net Metering
(2) MONTANA County Installs Wind Turbine
(3) OHIO - Six 10-kW Turbines Installed at Farm
(4) NORTH CAROLINA Small Wind Initiative Begins
(5) IOWA Wind Feasibility Analysis Guidelines
(6) IOWA Wind Energy Checklist
(7) HAWAII - Guide to Permits
(8) OHIO Small Wind Case Studies
(9) COLORADO Anemometer Loan Program
(10) IDAHO Energy Division Launches Updated Website
(11) WYOMING Schedules Roping the Wind Conference
(12) OHIO Wind Power Conference
(13) Wind Energy Teacher Workshops
(14) Upcoming Small Wind Events

INTERCONNECTION AND NET METERING
(15) MINNESOTA - PUC Wrapping up Development of Interconnection Standards
(16) NEW YORK - PSC Ruling Allows Net Metering for Model Homes

RESOURCES
(17) PUBLICATION: Wind Hybrid Electricity Applications
(18) Windustry WindProject Calculator
(19) State Wind Resource Maps
(20) State Anemometer Loan Programs

LINKS TO SMALL WIND IN THE NEWS
(21) New Farm
(22) Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
(23) Kansas City Star

ABOUT THE SMALL WIND NEWSLETTER
Includes information on how to subscribe and unsubscribe.

NEWS

(1) IOWA - State Supreme Court Orders Net Metering
On July 21, 2004, the Iowa Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case
of Windway v. Midland Power Cooperative, ordering Midland to allow net
metering to the owner of a 65-kilowatt wind turbine. The system owner
previously had sued Midland, requesting that the cooperative provide net
metering for his facility. Full article


(2) MONTANA County Installs Wind Turbine
Liberty County, Montana installed a 10 kW wind turbine at the county
shop. Our Wind Cooperative facilitated the installation. Full article
.

(3) OHIO - Six 10-kW Turbines Installed at Farm
The Dull Homestead, located near Brookville, Ohio, recently installed
six 10 kW wind generators. They are placed in a row running north-south
in order to harvest the predominant wind from the west. Full article
.

(4) NORTH CAROLINA Small Wind Initiative Begins
The North Carolina Small Wind Initiative has begun and includes several
major components. The In June, about 100 people attended a very
successful ribbon cutting ceremony and the Initiative will host 4
workshops this fall. Full article
.

(5) IOWA Wind Feasibility Analysis Guidelines
This document gives guidelines for Wind Feasibility Analysis reports and
is published by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Energy Bureau.
The guidelines are required for any project associated with Iowa
Department of Natural Resources, Energy Bureau programs and provide good
recommendations for anyone preparing a wind feasibility report. Full
article
.

(6) IOWA Wind Energy Checklist
The Iowa Wind Energy Checklist is a step-by-step guide for cities,
schools, municipal utilities, rural electric cooperatives, businesses
and landowners and was published by the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources. It will help you determine whether wind energy will work for
you and how to develop a wind turbine. Full article
.

(7) HAWAII - Guide to Permits
The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
maintains a web site, which identifies permits that may be required for
energy projects in the state. Full article
.

(8) OHIO Small Wind Case Studies
In 2002, Green Energy Ohio published a set of case studies of small wind
installations in the state. Included are 11 residential installations
and 2 installations on public places. Full article


(9) COLORADO Anemometer Loan Program
The Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation
(OEMC) has chosen Sustainable Settings' whole systems learning center at
Thompson Creek Ranch in Pitkin County to receive an anemometer through
its Anemometer Loan Program. The anemometers were first installed in
2003 to locations in Lamar, Julesburg, Aurora, Montrose, Leadville;
Walden, and Meeker. Many of the original sites have completed their data
collection and the anemometers have been removed and installed in new
locations such as Carbondale, Sedgwick, Deer Trail and Paonia. Full
article .

(10) IDAHO Energy Division Lau nches Updated Website
The potential for wind power in Idaho continues to grow and to help
people realize the possibilities, the Idaho Energy Division of the Idaho
Department of Water Resources has launched a new updated website to help
answer questions. Full article
.

(11) WYOMING Schedules Roping the Wind Conference
Roping the Wind is back. Due to the overwhelming success of last year's
renewable energy conference, the Wyoming Business Council State Energy
Office, along with support from the US Department of Energy, is again
sponsoring this event on September 12th and 13th in Cody, Wyoming. Full
article .

(12) OHIO Wind Power Conference
Following the first successful Ohio Wind Power Conference in 2002
attended by 350 people, Ohioans will gather for the Second Ohio Wind
Power Conference in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 9
& 10, 2004 and learn about the latest developments for wind power
development in Ohio. Full article
.

(13) Wind Energy Teacher Workshops
Throughout the Northeast, middle and high school science teachers are
wrapping their minds and hands around the science that surrounds wind
energy. Over 100 teachers from New York, Vermont, Maine and
Massachusetts took part in KidWind workshops this summer. As part of an
eight hours course, teachers learned wind energy basics and experimented
with activities, which will help them and their students get excited
about the science and engineering of wind energy. Full article
.

(14) Upcoming Small Wind Events
Listing of upcoming small wind events.

INTERCONNECTION AND NET METERING

Check the Interstate Renewable Energy Council's Connecting to the Grid
web site for the latest interconnection news.

(15) MINNESOTA - PUC Wrapping up Development of Interconnection Standards
After a one-year period of inactivity, Minnesota's three-year effort to
develop interconnection standards for distributed generation (DG) is
nearing completion. Full article
.

(16) NEW YORK - PSC Ruling Allows Net Metering for Model Homes
In May of this year, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) ruled
in favor of December 2003 petitions from New York State Electric & Gas
Corporation (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation (RG&E)
requesting the waiver of two provisions of their tariffs governing the
net metering of photovoltaic (PV) generating systems. The PSC's order
allows for the interconnection and net metering of PV systems in model
homes that builders construct and own. These model homes are otherwise
ineligible for net metering under the tariffs prior to their purchase by
residential owners. Full article
.

INCENTIVES

New Incentives reported by DSIRE . The
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) is a
comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and
selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy. To access
state-by-state incentives and policies that promote wind energy
technologies, click here and select "wind" from the drop-down menu.

No new small wind incentives this issue.

RESOURCES

Click here for archived articles and links to Small Wind Resources.

(17) PUBLICATION: Wind Hybrid Electricity Applications
This publication discusses technology options that mix wind with other
power sources and storage devices to help deal with the intermittent
nature of wind power. Included are technologies appropriate to small
wind systems as well as technologies for utility systems. Full article
.

(18) Windustry WindProject Calculator
This spreadsheet was developed to assist farm owners and operators in
evaluating the economics of installing a wind turbine on their farms to
provide electricity for the farm and home. Full article
.

(19) State Wind Resource Maps
Links to State Wind Resource Maps. Full article
.

(20) State Anemometer Loan Programs
Links to State Anemometer Loan Programs. Full article
.

LINKS TO SMALL WIND IN THE NEWS

(21) New Farm, June 10, 2004, Wind in the Silos: Making wind power safe
and cost-effective on your farm. Full article
.

(22) Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, July 12, 2004, Harnessing the Wind:
Potential future source of power may face fight over whether it spoils
natural views. Article on NC small wind R&D center. Full article
.

(23) Kansas City Star, August 20, 2004, Russian scientists, California
lab developing new wind turbines. Article about development of vertical
axis small wind turbine. Full article
.
(Note: free registration required to view article)

ABOUT THE SMALL WIND NEWSLETTER

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by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council . The Small Wind Web Site contains news,
resources, and links.

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Disclaimer: The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) does not
assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or
process that is referred to or linked to in this newsletter. Reference
to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name,
trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute
or imply IREC's endorsement or recommendation.

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Wired News - a must-read for the latest information and commentary on
our rapidly changing digital world.

W I R E D N E W S Top Stories - 09:15AM 26.Aug.04.PDT
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Induce Act Draws Support, Venom (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)

http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64723,00.html/wn_ascii

Hollywood loves it. Techies hate it. And now, nine senators are
signing on to help it pass. That's the latest chapter in the short
history of the Induce Act, a bill aimed at cracking down on
technologies that can be used to steal copyright works. By Xeni Jardin.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Selling the High Life in Iraq (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)

http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,64693,00.html/wn_ascii

More than a year after Saddam's ouster, a website hawking real estate
in Iraq is seeing something of a mini-bubble. Asking prices in the
swankier neighborhoods of Baghdad and Najaf are surging against a
backdrop of civil unrest. By Joanna Glasner.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Where Do the Extra Embryos Go? (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)

http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64722,00.html/wn_ascii

Every year, in vitro fertilization clinics produce more embryos than
they use in helping women get pregnant. A new study shows a wide
discrepancy in what happens to the extras, from incineration to
freezing. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Seas Seen as Viable Power Source (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)

http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64695,00.html/wn_ascii

Escalating oil prices and global warming concerns have shifted the
quest for renewable energy sources into high gear. While wind and solar
claim most of the attention, the dark horse in this race may be the
restless energy of the sea. By Stephen Leahy.
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RSS Attracts Really Serious Money (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)

http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,64716,00.html/wn_ascii

Really Simple Syndication technology, which lets news junkies get
instant info feeds from multiple sites, is grabbing investors'
attention. The latest evidence: a multimillion-dollar funding round for
RSS developer Technorati. By Daniel Terdiman.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Weapons of Mass Mobilization (Wired magazine 2:00 a.m. PDT)

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/moveon.html

A quiet couple in Berkeley, California, got sick of being ignored by
the system. So they built a new one. How MoveOn.org changed the face of
fund raising, brought P2P to political advertising and reinvented
grass-roots activism. By Gary Wolf from Wired magazine.
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6 new wells test positive for E. coli; don't drink water, 4 businesses told
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Six new wells have tested positive for E. coli bacteria on South Bass Island
in the midst of an investigation into what has sickened more than 1,000
people at the Lake Erie tourist destination. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/27)


Sea lamprey making return to Lake Erie
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Sea lampreys seem to be making a Lake Erie comeback, much to the dismay of
fisheries biologists. Source: The Plain Dealer (8/27)


Ohioans huddle to protect a resource
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At the first of three Annex 2001 hearings in Ohio, most Observers praised
the plan, with some contention over fine details intended to benefit the
powerful agricultural industry. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/27)


Spiny waterfleas invade two lakes near Gunflint
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The Spiny Waterflea, a non-native species first found in Lake Superior in
1987, is slowly invading Northland lakes. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/27)


The joy of filth
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Under-the-radar Canadian entrepreneurs are cleaning up a polluted planet
with innovative technology. Source: The Globe and Mail (8/27)


Lakes' restoration agenda defended
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EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt on Thursday defended the Bush
administration's plan to study the Great Lakes before the government spends
additional money on restoring it. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/26)


Activists oppose waste-burning plan
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An environmental group is urging the province of Ontario to deny a request
from two companies that want to burn recyclable hazardous waste, which could
release dangerous pollutants. Source: The Toronto Star (8/26)


Farm groups protest cranberry run-off suit
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A controversial lawsuit contends that a large cranberry farm has polluted
Wisconsin's eighth largest natural lake by releasing fertilizer and other
pollutants, feeding the growth of dense, choking weeds and toxic blue green
algae and restricting citizens' rights to use and enjoy the navigable waters
of the state. Source: Madison Capital Times (8/25)


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[Fwd: Illinois PIRG : Tell the Bush administration to stop mercury pollution]

Dear Illinois PIRG supporter,

Recently you might have read in your local paper about the Bush administration's announcement that more of
America's rivers and lakes are polluted with poisonous mercury pollution than ever before. "Mercury is
everywhere," EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt told the New York Times.

Unfortunately, instead of taking action to solve the problem by requiring power plants to install the modern
pollution controls that could reduce mercury pollution by 90%, the Bush administration has proposed delaying
mercury rules for power plants by a decade.

Warning the public about mercury isn't enoughâ??we need to stop the pollution at its source. In the past two
months you've helped us set an all-time record by submitting over 600,000 public comments urging the Bush
administration to strengthen their proposal. Then we asked you to help us find doctors and small business
owners to sign onto a letter calling for protections against mercury pollution, and a stunning 700 doctors
and business owners replied.

Now you can help raise the heat on the Bush administration by asking your representative in Congress to tell
the Bush administration to stop mercury pollution.

Follow the link below to go to a web page where you can email your representative. Then ask your family and
friends to take action by forwarding this email to them.

http://pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=806&id4=ES

To see the New York Times story about the Bush administrationâ??s announcement, click this link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/25/politics/25fish.html.


Sincerely,

Rebecca D. Stanfield
Illinois PIRG Environmental Attorney
RebeccaS@illinoispirg.org
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P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.

UW-Madison News Release--Fuel cell discovery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8/26/2004
CONTACT: Won Bae Kim, (608) 262-0327, wombat@che.wisc.edu

UW ENGINEERS CLEAR BOTTLENECK IN PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN
Discovery could lead to new strategies for operating fuel cells

MADISON - Carbon monoxide, or CO, has long been a major technical barrier to the efficient operation of fuel cells.
But now, chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have not only cleared that barrier
- they also have discovered a method to capture carbon monoxide's energy.

To be useful in a power-generating fuel cell, hydrocarbons such as gasoline, natural gas or ethanol must be reformed
into a hydrogen-rich gas. A large, costly and critical step to this process requires generating steam and reacting it
with carbon monoxide (CO). This process, called water-gas shift, produces hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2).
Additional steps then are taken to reduce the CO levels further before the hydrogen enters a fuel cell.

James Dumesic, professor of chemical and biological engineering , postdoctoral researcher Won Bae Kim, and graduate
students Tobias Voitl and Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera eliminated the water-gas shift reaction from the process, removing
the need to transport and vaporize liquid water in the production of energy for portable applications.

The team, as reported in the Aug. 27 issue of Science, uses an environmentally benign polyoxometalate (POM) compound
to oxidize CO in liquid water at room temperature. The compound not only removes CO from gas streams for fuel cells,
but also converts the energy content of CO into a liquid that subsequently can be used to power a fuel cell.

"CO has essentially as much energy as hydrogen," Dumesic says. "It has a lot of energy in it. If you take a hydrocarbon
and partially oxidize it at high temperature, it primarily makes CO and hydrogen. Conventional systems follow that with
a series of these 'water-gas shift' steps. Our discovery has the potential of eliminating those steps. Instead, you can
send the CO through our process, which works efficiently at room temperature, and takes the CO out of the gas to make
energy."

The research team says the process is especially promising for producing electrical energy from renewable
biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbons - such as ethylene glycol derived from corn - because these fuels generate H2
and CO in nearly equal amounts during catalytic decomposition. The hydrogen could be used directly in a
proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell operating at 50 percent efficiency, and the remaining CO could be converted to
electricity via the researchers' new process.

The overall efficiency of such a system is equal to 40 percent and, unlike traditional ethylene glycol reforming, does
not require water. The overall efficiency is equivalent to 60 percent of the energy content of octane.

Dumesic's team believes the advance will make possible a new generation of inexpensive fuel cells operating with
solutions of reduced POM compounds. While higher current densities can be achieved in fuel cells using electrodes
containing precious metals, the researchers found that good current densities can be generated using a simple carbon
anode.

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- Jim Beal, (608) 263-0611, jbeal@engr.wisc.edu


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ENN Daily News for 08/26/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com
E-mail Edition

Focus on hydrogen economy has things backwards
As summer slides towards fall, fuel-cell manufacturers and automakers are out on the streets of major cities around the world, showing off million-dollar prototypes of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26725.asp

Asian farmers are sucking the continent dry, says report
Asian farmers drilling millions of pump-operated wells in an ever-deeper search for water are threatening to suck the continent's underground reserves dry, a science magazine warned Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26729.asp

Ecuador gives Petrobras the OK to drill inside Amazon reserve
Ecuador's President Lucio Gutierrez on Wednesday gave Brazil's state-run oil firm a green light to start drilling inside an Amazon jungle reserve, prompting an immediate court challenge by environmentalists.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26726.asp

Nigerian senate orders Shell unit to pay tribe US$1.5 billion
Nigeria's Senate has ordered a subsidiary of petroleum giant Royal/Dutch Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic group US$1.5 billion (euro1.2 billion) for oil spills in their homelands, but the legislative body can't enforce the resolution, an official said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26728.asp

EPA, GSA, and World Bank Seek to Buy Renewable Energy Credits
Government agencies are finding the purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) to be a simple way to meet their renewable-energy goals.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26511.asp

Botswana Bushmen head to United States to raise money
Botswana's Bushmen called Wednesday for international funding to help a court battle against their eviction by the government from ancestral lands in the Kalahari Desert.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26733.asp

Cleaning products, solvents may cause asthma, says study
Exposure to fumes emitted by cleaning products in the home could cause asthma in children, a study published Thursday shows.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26736.asp

AIDS is killing Africa's traditional survival skills
AIDS is killing off African farmers before they can pass on the centuries of local knowledge that their orphans will need to survive, a new study says.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26734.asp

China's inbreeding pandas to be given more space
China is trying to stop its pandas, rebounding from the brink of extinction, from inbreeding by building them a giant safari park, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26735.asp

NASA experts report drought forecast breakthrough
Climate experts at NASA believe they have found a way of forecasting droughts and floods months in advance, the New Scientist magazine reported Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26730.asp

Bird flu may be in Asia to stay, officials fear
World health officials who only a few months ago were confident of controlling a fatal form of bird flu that keeps popping up in Asia are now less certain that they will be able to do so.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26732.asp

Global warming means more frost-free days, says report
Frost will become less and less common across much of the world as global warming accelerates, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26731.asp

Even after vote, concerns about Venezuela's oil sector persist
When Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez survived a vote to oust him last week, the victory eased worries that the world's fifth-largest oil exporter might erupt in political turmoil. Yet trouble still lurks in the country's massive oil sector, with industry experts warning that Venezuela needs long-overdue investment in aging oil fields.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-26/s_26727.asp


Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

Earth Policy Institute:
Coal Takes Heavy Human Toll: Some 25,100 U.S. Deaths from Coal Use Largely Preventable

United Nations Environment Programme:
New UNEP report warns of threats to unique Arctic ecosystem of Barents Sea

World Resources Institute:
In the Aftermath of "India Shining"

Mangrove Action Project:
Read about the latetst in mangrove preservation and restoration around the globe.

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
ACEEE Names Five Champions of Energy Efficiency

Canary Coalition:
Weather Turns Relay for Clean Air Into Odyssey of Determination

Wild Salmon Center:
Wild Salmon Center Sponsors First Sakhalin Salmon Festival

Environmental Education Foundation:
New Indoor Air Quality Advisory Group Formed

WWF-US Communications:
U.S. Senators Visit Arctic, Investigate Climate Change

ENN Daily News for 08/25/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com
E-mail Edition


Oak disease spreads via human hikers and other stories
Human hikers and mountain bikers are spreading a disease threatening California forests. The fungus that causes sudden oak death, Phytophthora ramorum, has killed thousands of oak trees around the state and afflicted other native plants such as rhododendrons and bay laurel with a leaf disease.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26486.asp

Polluted fish warnings cover one-third of lakes, one-fourth of rivers
One of every three lakes in the United States and nearly one-quarter of the nation's rivers contain enough pollution that people should limit or avoid eating fish caught there.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26693.asp

Workers and officials celebrate removal of 3 million gallons of waste from Hanford nuclear reservation
Workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation celebrated the removal of millions of gallons of liquid radioactive waste from old, leak-prone tanks this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26701.asp

Brazil police seize black market uranium ore
Police have seized a load of uranium and thorium ore taken from a secret mine in the jungle in northern Brazil and destined for sale in the black market, an official said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26688.asp

Cafeteria management chain pushes for sustainable agriculture
A major cafeteria management chain has rewritten its mission statement to emphasize sustainable agriculture, asking its chefs to use locally grown produce and meat free of hormones, antibiotics, and genetically modified feed.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26699.asp

China grabs antelope contraband by the horns
Customs officers in southern China have seized more than 8,000 horns of endangered antelopes smuggled in from Russia for use in making traditional medicines, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26686.asp

World Bank lends Brazil $1.2 billion to protect environment
The World Bank announced Tuesday it will lend $1.2 billion to Brazil over the next four years to help protect the environment.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26695.asp

Ecuador attorney general files to cancel Occidental Oil concession
Ecuador's attorney general asked the Energy Ministry to cancel a contract with U.S. company Occidental Petroleum Corp., alleging Tuesday that the company failed to fully comply with a concession to operate oil fields in the Amazon jungle. Occidental denied any wrongdoing, saying that it had "complied with all of the substantial obligations of the contract."
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26696.asp

Whale is trapped at Nova Scotia power plant after swimming through sluice gates
A hydroelectric plant in Nova Scotia has been shut down after a wayward whale swam through the facility's underwater gates in the Atlantic Ocean.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26694.asp

Hungary restarts troubled nuclear reactor
Hungary's only nuclear power plant has restarted a reactor shut down since April 2003 due to an accident, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26698.asp

Hormone-charged birds force out rivals in U.S. West
Hormone-fueled songbirds are steadily forcing out a rival species in Northwestern fir forests and threatening the more timid warblers with extinction, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26687.asp

One killed in Kenya in Masai protests over land
Kenyan police shot dead a 70-year-old Masai man and wounded four other herdsmen grazing their cattle on private land given to British settlers 100 years ago, a local leader said on recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26651.asp

Two Iraq ministers survive bombs, 5 guards killed
Insurgents tried to assassinate Iraq's environment and education ministers in separate bombings on Tuesday that killed five of their bodyguards and wounded more than a dozen people, officials said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26685.asp

Greenpeace protests Ford's plans to destroy Norwegian-built electric cars
Greenpeace activists scaled the walls of Ford carmaker's Norwegian headquarters Tuesday to protest plans to destroy hundreds of pollution-free cars.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-25/s_26697.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
How Far Can Efficiency Take Us? ACEEE Offers Answers

Rainforest Action Network:
Ford Crushes 'Clean Cars' While Greenwashing Gas Guzzlers

Earth Policy Institute:
Coal Takes Heavy Human Toll: Some 25,100 U.S. Deaths from Coal Use Largely Preventable

United Nations Environment Programme:
New UNEP report warns of threats to unique Arctic ecosystem of Barents Sea

Mangrove Action Project:
Read about the latetst in mangrove preservation and restoration around the globe.

World Resources Institute:
In the Aftermath of "India Shining"

Florida Voting News

Report targets possible election flaws


The inspector general reviewed the county's election readiness, issuing
a report that focuses on training, absentee ballots and poll security.

BY AMY DRISCOLL AND CHARLES RABIN

adriscoll@herald.com

With the primary just days away, Inspector General Christopher Mazzella
issued a report Wednesday on Miami-Dade County's election readiness.
Among his recommendations: more training for some elections workers,
additional security for voting machines and stronger guidelines for
handling absentee ballots.

Full story: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/9497067.htm

By Molly Ivins: Bye Bye Overtime...

All newspaper editors want to know what their readers like. If you would like to read this feature in your local newspaper, please do not hesitate to share your enthusiasm with your local newspaper editor.

RELEASE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2004, AND THEREAFTER AUSTIN, Texas -
It's an early Labor Day SURPRISE!

Congratulations, if you make between $23,660 and $100,000, you have just very likely lost your right to overtime pay, courtesy of the Bush administration. If this comes as news to you, thank your friendly media, who are much too busy reporting lies abut John Kerry's heroism in Vietnam to bother with this story affecting your life. But next time you hear someone say, "Oh, I just don't care much about politics," you might want to recall this particular connection -- especially if it means you have to go out and get another job.

This stunner is brought to you by President Bush and his big-business campaign donors. The Senate has voted twice to stop the change, so there's no point in raising hell with them. The House of Representatives, the "people's house," dodged the question. So Bush's Department of Labor just up and issued hundreds of pages of new rules on who gets overtime pay.

Full story: http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv

W I R E D N E W S Top Stories - 09:15AM 25.Aug.04.PDT

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Reactors Trim Radioactive Waste (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64690,00.html/wn_ascii

Researchers at a Department of Energy lab are developing fuel rods
that could halve the amount of nuclear waste produced. That's good news
for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, where 40 years' worth of radioactive
material is slated to be stored. By John Gartner.
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Copyright Bill Needs Big Changes (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64697,00.html/wn_ascii

Technology companies and public-interest groups want to narrow the
scope of the controversial Induce Act to focus on those who engage in
'mass, indiscriminate infringing conduct.' By Katie Dean.
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JibJab Is Free for You and Me (DAT's Entertainment Tuesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64704,00.html/wn_ascii

Turns out that Ludlow Music, which claims to own the copyright on a
classic Woody Gutherie song, may not actually own it after all. Which
means JibJab, a scrappy web animation site, gets to use 'This Land Is
Your Land' to its heart's content. By Katie Dean.
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Poll: Voters Want Paper Trail (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64700,00.html/wn_ascii

Almost three-quarters of likely voters think electronic voting systems
should produce a paper record the voter can verify, according to a new
poll. But that's not likely to happen for many of them in November. By
Laila Weir.
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Service Mixes Ads in Blog Chatter (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,64658,00.html/wn_ascii

A new service wants to match up popular bloggers with marketers to
create the online equivalent of magazine 'advertorials.' Some worry it
would bring blogs' integrity into question. By Daniel Terdiman.
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Attacking the Fourth Estate (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64680,00.html/wn_ascii

A series of subpoenas issued to reporters as part of the Justice
Department's investigation of the leak of a CIA operative's identity
seems more like a tactic of intimidation than legitimate information
gathering. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.
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Master of the Nerdiverse (Wired magazine 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/craigslist.html
Craig Newmark could become a dot-org millionaire. He'd rather help you
find a cheap sublet, a cool job and maybe even a date. By Josh McHugh
from Wired magazine.
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Are Oil Companies Keeping Prices Low At the Pump to Save Bush's Backside?

Kyle Murphy

OpEdNews.com

Remember years past, each and every time there was a spike in the price of a barrel of crude oil, maybe a spike of .50-$1. Literally the next day prices at the pump would jump a few cents. I can remember local papers complaining that it should take weeks for those barrel prices to effect consumers. Oil companies are far too powerful to feel any pressure from the NYT or the Washington Post, so they always got away with it. This time is different, something has changed dramatically. Something so obvious that we all missed it.

Full Op-Ed: 

http://www.opednews.com/murphy_081904_oil_prices.htm

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W I R E D N E W S Top Stories - 09:15AM 23.Aug.04.PDT
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Army: JetBlue Data Use Was Legal (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64647,00.html/wn_ascii

A report by the Army's inspector general concludes that a
controversial data-mining project involving airline passenger records
did not violate federal privacy law. Critics say the report
misinterprets the law. By Ryan Singel.
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Politicos Dig Deep for Your Data (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64645,00.html/wn_ascii

This election year, activist groups are targeting undecided voters
through consumer databases. But veteran campaigners say no magic
formula can predict how people will vote based on where they live and
what they buy. By John Gartner.
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E-Vote Machines: Secret Testing (Machine Politics Sunday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/evote/0,2645,64668,00.html/wn_ascii

Even though tax money pays for voting machines, the three companies
that certify the nation's voting technologies operate in secret. The
reason? Their contracts with the voting machine makers specify secrecy.
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Electricity Revives Coral Reef (Technology Sunday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64671,00.html/wn_ascii

A Balinese project uses low-wattage electrical current to stimulate
the regrowth of a badly damaged coral reef. It's the world's largest
coral nursery ever built using this technology, in an area where most
of the world's coral species live.
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Catching Meth Cooks Pink-Handed (Technology Sunday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64672,00.html/wn_ascii

Midwestern farmers welcome a new fertilizer additive that leaves a
telltale fluorescent pink stain on the hands of anyone who touches it.
Theft of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer, used to make methamphetamine,
has become a major problem for farmers.
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Reporting to Work Mid-Flight (Technology Sunday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64667,00.html/wn_ascii

Business travelers will soon take advantage of airborne internet if
two companies have their way. Boeing and software maker iPass plan to
use satellite and Wi-Fi to connect high fliers to the office.
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Wired News

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Crisis Alert in Critical State (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64656,00.html/wn_ascii
While TV viewers and radio listeners have long suffered through ear-
piercing emergency-alert tests, the system has had a spotty record in
actual crises. That's why critics are leery of plans to expand the
system to cell phones and PCs. By Randy Dotinga.
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Boring Game? Outsource It (DAT's Entertainment 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64638,00.html/wn_ascii
It's not just work that's being outsourced from wealthy nations to
poorer ones. These days, online gamers in developing countries are
being paid to earn virtual goods that wealthier players are too lazy or
unskilled to win on their own. By Laila Weir.
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E-Vote Rigging in Venezuela? (Machine Politics Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/evote/0,2645,64687,00.html/wn_ascii
The failed attempt to recall the country's populist president has the
losing party crying foul, even though the electronic voting machines
used in the election produced a voter-verified paper audit trail. By
Kim Zetter.
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Scientists Breed a Tougher Mouse (Med-Tech Center Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64659,00.html/wn_ascii
Through genetic engineering, scientists have bred a mouse capable of
running twice as far as other mice before exhaustion. Medical
researchers believe some of their findings could apply to humans. By
Kristen Philipkoski.
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Games People Played (Joystick Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/games/0,2101,64674,00.html/wn_ascii
Atari addicts young and old attend the seventh annual Classic Gaming
Expo, getting a rare chance to mingle with their favorite game
designers and stock up on rare collectibles. Chris Kohler reports from
San Jose, California.
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BugMeNot Gets Booted, Restored (Technology Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64676,00.html/wn_ascii
The site that helps people evade registration roadblocks on websites
couldn't evade trouble itself. Its server host, perhaps bowing to
pressure, pulled the plug last week. But a new host is found and
BugMeNot is back up. By Rachel Metz.
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The New American Idol (Wired magazine 8:10 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/idol.html
Politics as usual? Hasta la vista, baby. The radical center has flexed
its muscle in California, short-circuiting the parties and going
directly to the people. Now it could sweep the nation. By Jill Stewart
from Wired magazine.
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The American Wind Energy Association
is pleased to announce a detailed workshop agenda for its
WIND POWER FINANCE & INVESTMENT WORKSHOP
September 28-29, 2004
New York Marriott Financial Center
New York City, New York
www.awea.org/seminars

"Investing in Wind Power: An In-Depth Look at Today's Market Challenges and Tomorrow's Opportunities"

The American Wind Energy Association presents an informative two-day workshop designed to provide the financial community and wind energy developers a comprehensive and advanced review of key issues related to financing wind energy projects.

Workshop participants will hear from policy makers and experts from the wind energy and finance communities on current state and federal policy, technology review, wind assessment, equity structures, debt financing, market price and other risk issues. The workshop will also help participants identify key considerations and structures used to leverage and invest in U.S. wind power projects today.

Workshop Agenda

Tuesday, September 28:

7:30 - 8:30 am: Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 am: Concurrent Sessions

WIND 101 - This workshop is designed for those that are new to the Wind Energy Sector. This session will provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of utility-scale wind energy. It is highly suggested that those not familiar with wind financing attend this session as a primer for the topics to be covered during the remainder of the workshop.
Speakers to include: Robert Poore and Steve Jones from Global Energy Concepts LLC, and Michael Davies from FreeStream Capital Partners Limited. The following subjects will be addressed:
Industry / Market
Technology
Development Issues
Wind Resource / Energy Production
Economics
Transmission Policies & Regulations - This session will provide an overview of evolving electric market rules and how they influence development of the market for wind, transmission access and how it is secured for wind projects and a look at the changes in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) policies and guidelines. This session is designed for those that want to gain a better understanding of the wholesale markets for electricity and the important role that FERC and regional independent system operators play in the development of the U.S. wind industry. Speakers to include: Chris Ellison from Ellison, Schneider & Harris, Jim Caldwell from PPM Energy, Rob Gramlich from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Michael Hornstein from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and William Massey from Covington & Burling.

10:45 am - 12:00 pm: Continued Concurrent Sessions (continued)

WIND 101 (continued)
Bringing Environmental and Other Issues into Perspective - Speakers to include: Mike Azeka from SeaWest Windpower, Inc. - California, Sam Enfield from Atlantic Renewable Energy Corp - Maryland., and George Rusk, Ecology & Environment Inc. (invited)

Transmission Policies & Regulations (continued)

12:00 - 1:00 pm: Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 pm: Keynote Speaker (TBA)

1:30 - 3:00 pm: Policy Impacts on Wind Financing - Speaker to include: Edwin Ing from Law Office of Edwin T.C. Ing. and Shirley Neff, Goldwyn International Strategies, LLC (invited). An additional speaker to be announced.
The following subjects will be addressed:
Federal Policy
Overview of State Programs
Overlapping Tax Incentives Issues
3:30 - 4:45 pm: Technical / Wind Issues - Speakers to include: Bruce Bailey from AWS Truewind, Adam Schwarz from Garrad Hassan America Inc., and Bill Windle from Suisse Re.

4:45 - 6:00 pm: Monetizing Green Attributes (Sale of Green Tags) - Speakers to include: Brent Alderfer from Community Energy Inc., Jeffrey Chester, Kaye Scholer LLP, and Ed Holt from Ed Holt & Associates Inc.

6:00 - 7:00 pm: Networking Reception, sponsored by Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Wednesday, September 29:

8:00 - 8:30 am: Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:45 am: Contractual Issues - Speakers to include: Robert Gates from GE Energy, Barrett Stambler from PPM Energy Inc., and Edward Zaelke from Morgan Lewis & Bockius. The following subjects will be addressed:

Offtaker Agreements
Turbine Supply Agreements & Warranties

10:15 am - 12:15 pm: Debt Issues - Speakers to include: Shane Bush from ANZ Banking Group Ltd., Terry Pratt from Standard & Poor's, William Sutherland from Manulife Financial Corporation, and a representative from Fortis Capital Corporation.

12:15 - 1:30 pm: Lunch, sponsored by Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

1:30 - 3:30 pm: Equity Structuring & Modeling - Speakers to include: Hunter Armistead from Babcock and Brown, John Eber from Banc One Capital Corporation, Edwin Feo from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Andy Ratts from Winston & Strawn, and a representative from Union Bank of California.

4:00 - 5:00 pm: Equity Structuring & Modeling Panel Discussion
This session will use a case approach to explore the various tax driven structures currently being used in wind transactions today. This session is designed for those that want to gain a better understanding of how to balance the inherent risks and benefits to meet the sometimes conflicting needs of the project's equity and debt participants.

Additional speakers to be added shortly.

Visit our website at www.awea.org/seminars for more information about the Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop, including registration costs, on-line registration, and hotel accommodations.

Contacts:

For questions regarding the workshop program, please contact Sakura Emerine at semerine@awea.org or (202) 383-2540.

For questions regarding workshop registration and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Stefanie Brown at sbrown@awea.org

E-Diesel Research Resumes at MSU

Written by: Wendy Fernstrum, Special Correspondent
02/17/2003

The search continues for a diesel fuel that performs well and is cost-effective. While government agencies, companies, non-profit organizations and associations such as MCGA agree that a new kind of fuel is necessary to achieve air quality mandates, the exact formulation of that fuel is not yet clear.

E-diesel might be the answer. E-diesel is a blend of ethanol and petroleum-based diesel fuel and/or biodiesel, made from renewable fats and oils such as soybean oil. Although biodiesel is already registered with the EPA as a fuel and a fuel additive, operates on diesel engines without modifications, burns substantially cleaner than petroleum-based diesel fuel and is readily available, a blend that includes ethanol could further increase those benefits.

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E85 gets high marks from MSU students

Written by: Wendy Fernstrum, special correspondernt
12/18/2002

"Give it some gas." That's what some people say when they want to go faster. But the automotive engineering students at Minnesota State University (MSU) in Mankato know better. They say, "Give it some E85." High performance is critical to these engineers-in-training, because they compete against other college teams in events such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Collegiate Design Competitions.

Recently, the competitions have allowed the use of E85. "We were lobbying for higher concentrations of ethanol for a long time," said MSU Professor Bruce Jones, who works closely with the student teams as they prepare for competitions. "We knew definite performance gains could be made. Whenever there's an ability to use E85, the students use it. Hands down, it's a better fuel."

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Overtime Pay Cuts Went Into Effect Yesterday

When was the last time the government cut your paycheck? That’s what’sgoing to happen to millions of workers because of President Bush’sovertime pay take-away. Starting today, employers can reclassify some 6million workers as ineligible for overtime pay.

We can’t let this massive pay cut for working families go into effectwithout a major nationwide outcry. We need your help today to make surethe Bush administration and its allies in Congress hear the voices ofmillions of working people. We’d like you to do two things to mark thisoutrageous attack on working families.

First, please sign a new petition to Save Overtime Pay and helpdemonstrate broad opposition to Bush’s overtime pay take-away. Click thelink below to sign the petition.
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/otpay_remember/8wnbki42kxki6

Some 6 million people could lose their right to overtime pay thanks tothe Bush overtime pay grab. Every working person in America—and everyvoter—needs to know that President Bush is responsible. So the secondthing we’re asking you to do today is to let your friends, family andco-workers know what is going on and ask them to sign the petition.

People are speaking out against this outrageous pay cut in many differentways. You’ll hear from us very soon about more opportunities to make adifference for working families. We’ll let you know how you can volunteerto help take back America for working families and what you can do topressure Congress to repeal Bush’s overtime pay take-away.

Thanks for all you do. Together we’ll remember in November.

In Solidarity,

Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIOAugust 23, 2004

ENN Daily News for 08/24/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com
E-mail Edition

EarthTalk: How can I attract wildlife to my backyard?
The key essentials for attracting wildlife to your property include an abundance of native plants as a food source, a water supply, and some form of shelter to encourage nesting.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26556.asp

Scientists say risk of water wars is rising
The risk of wars being fought over water is rising because of explosive global population growth and widespread complacency, scientists said recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26656.asp

Mysterious lobster threat is migrating north
It's summer on Maine's coast, but this morning Philip Bramhall pulls on a hooded fleece shell with his rubber overalls to heave 50-pound (22.5-kilogram) lobster traps around his boat's deck. He doesn't mind the early chill and wet fog. Lobsters like cold, and Bramhall likes lobsters.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26665.asp

Industries to pay $56 million for northwest Indiana river cleanup
Eight companies have agreed to pay $56 million to help clean up several miles of a polluted river near a rare habitat of sand dunes, prairie, and swamp, officials said recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26669.asp

Detoxifying the bedroom
On this week's radio program Beyond Organic, join host Jerry Kay, publisher of the Environmental News Network (ENN.com), to find out how to detoxify your bedroom from head to toe.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26648.asp

Environmentalists decry India's river-linking project
A proposed Indian plan to divert water from some South Asian rivers would turn parts of neighboring Bangladesh into desert and cause unseasonal flooding in Nepal, a regional meeting was told recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26667.asp

Judge revokes permit for mine in habitat for endangered Florida panther
A federal judge revoked a permit recently to develop a limestone mine amid 6,000 acres of habitat that could be used by the endangered Florida panther.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26668.asp

Migrating storks are killed by toxic pools in Israel's Negev desert
More than 100 migrating storks dropped dead in Israel's Negev desert on Monday after stopping for a drink at pools containing toxic runoff from a chemical plant, environmental experts said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26661.asp

U.S. says diplomacy can resolve Iran nuclear crisis
The top U.S. disarmament diplomat said Monday that evidence pointed to an Iranian nuclear weapons program but that Washington wanted a diplomatic solution and its ultimate goal was not to topple Tehran's government.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26654.asp

Los Alamos lab waste reportedly found in the Rio Grande, says report
In the latest dispute over possible contaminants from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a Texas hydrologist says low concentrations of explosives and perchlorate suspected to be from the lab have reached the Rio Grande.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26666.asp

U.S. criticizes Danube canal project
The State Department criticized Ukraine on Monday for pushing ahead with a shipping canal project along the Danube River despite an international outcry over the possible environmental consequences.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26659.asp

School officials failed to dispose of more than 1,000 bottles of radioactive waste
School officials failed to dispose of more than 1,000 bottles of radioactive waste, leaving them in a university lab in southern Japan for years, the government said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26663.asp

Water rises in U.S. Great Lakes after near record low
Great Lakes water levels have rebounded from near record lows thanks to months of heavy rain, providing a boon to boat owners, swimmers, and fish, scientists said recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26657.asp

Army delays start of nerve agent destruction at Indiana facility
The Army has delayed until later this year plans to begin destroying a deadly nerve agent stockpiled in western Indiana after the project's test run raised nearly 200 operational and safety issues, officials said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-24/s_26658.asp


Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

California Safe Schools:
CALIFORNIA SAFE SCHOOLS & 2ND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT EMBRACE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE!

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
How Far Can Efficiency Take Us? ACEEE Offers Answers

Rainforest Action Network:
Ford Crushes 'Clean Cars' While Greenwashing Gas Guzzlers

ENN Daily News for 08/19/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com
E-mail Edition

Buying Nemo
The popular animated movie Finding Nemo, a favorite in kids' video collections, traces the exploits of the young clownfish Nemo, who is captured by divers and plopped into a dentist office aquarium. But Nemo longs to return to the ocean and his father. Overall, the movie's message seems simple: Fish are unhappy trapped in tanks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26553.asp

Ecuador judge begins jungle site visits in ChevronTexaco pollution case
An abandoned oily pit in this remote Amazon jungle town became the backdrop for an open courtroom as an Ecuadorean judge began visiting 122 polluted sites in a lawsuit involving ChevronTexaco.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26610.asp

European winters could disappear by 2080, says report
Europe is warming up more quickly than the rest of the world, and cold winters could disappear almost entirely by 2080 as a result of global warming, researchers predicted Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26601.asp

Public schools improve nutrition
On this week's radio program Beyond Organic, join host Jerry Kay — publisher of the Environmental News Network (ENN.com) — to find out how public schools are improving nutrition by using fresh and organic produce and connecting farms to schools.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26590.asp

Malaysia's sea turtles are "on the brink of collapse," say scientists
Several species of sea turtles in Malaysia could vanish in a few years, largely due to illegal poaching of the creatures and their eggs, scientists warned on Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26613.asp

Bush "reckless" on post-9/11 health risks, says report
The Bush administration was guilty of reckless disregard by failing to inform New Yorkers of health risks from toxic air after the collapse of the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a leading environmental group said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26603.asp

Hope for coral reef ecosystems
Finally, some good news about global warming. First, scientists say that they have reduced the uncertainty around climate models. New research confirms that we will indeed see a temperature increase of at least 2.4 degrees Celsius this century if current emission trends continue. This could have profound repercussions for humanity.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26592.asp

Alaska wildfires grow to record 5 million acres
Wildfires have scorched more than 5 million acres in Alaska as of Tuesday, forestry officials said, a new record that signals possible changes in climate conditions and the composition of the vast forests.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26597.asp

Park Service to allow three more winters of snowmobiling at Yellowstone
Snowmobiles could continue using Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks for at least the next three winters under a federal proposal to be released Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26611.asp

WTO framework deal "positive," says Kerry campaign
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry supports an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration to relaunch long-stalled world trade talks and potentially slash billions of dollars in U.S. farm subsidies, campaign officials said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26599.asp

Malaysian authorities make efforts to get rid of haze in Borneo
Authorities in Sarawak on Borneo have ordered 1 million pollution filtering masks and are taking measures to encourage rainfall in efforts to reduce the effects of haze triggered by fires in neighboring Indonesia, a news report said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26614.asp

Fuel stations may pose child cancer risk, says study
Living near a fuel station may quadruple the risk of acute leukemia in children, research published on Thursday showed.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26608.asp

Silly string ban a serious matter in Los Angeles
"Silly string," a colorful aerosol foam that children spray on each other, is not so silly after all, at least not in Los Angeles.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26609.asp

Scientists make malaria drug based on herbal remedy
Scientists have created a synthetic drug which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26598.asp

China says road building not to blame for Tibet lake
China denied a report on Wednesday that a build-up of debris from road construction may be to blame for creating a Himalayan lake that Chinese officials say is in danger of bursting its banks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26595.asp

Arctic hunters lasso polar bear, may forfeit paws
Four Greenland youths who lassoed a swimming polar bear so an impoverished hunter could kill it may have to forfeit the paws and claws he gave them as a trophy, Greenland's KNR radio reported Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26607.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

Atlantic Salmon Federation:
SF Welcomes Another August of No Harvest of Atlantic Salmon At Greenland

World Resources Institute:
Working While "Walking the Talk"

The Trust for Public Land:
Landowners Seek Grants to Protect Skiff Mt. (CT)

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Homeland Security 101 (Making the Grade 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/school/0,1383,64608,00.html/wn_ascii
As college students return to campus this month, they'll have their
pick of courses tied to homeland security. Options range from a brief
history of Islamic jihad to instruction in how to design buildings that
can withstand acts of terrorism. By Michael Myser.
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Cloning Kerry's Friend or Foe? (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64603,00.html/wn_ascii
Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry favors therapeutic cloning. If
that sounds shocking, the Republicans don't seem to mind. By Kristen
Philipkoski.
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Scientists Stumble Upon New Bird (Technology Tuesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64615,00.html/wn_ascii
Locals call them 'piding,' but researchers say the brown, flightless
birds with the distinctive orange-red bills may be entirely unknown to
science.
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When a Bridge Becomes a Lifeline (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64613,00.html/wn_ascii
Fifteen years after an earthquake damaged San Francisco's Bay Bridge,
engineers are attempting to replace it with a stronger span. The
project is said to be the most ambitious in state history. Part 1 of 2.
By Amit Asaravala.
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Finding Nemo by Microchip (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64626,00.html/wn_ascii
Armed with tagging devices and satellite tracking, marine scientists
follow hundreds of sea animals around the Pacific Ocean, monitoring
everything from location and depth to speed and water temperature. By
Randy Dotinga.
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Campaign Game Mimics Real Life (Joystick 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/games/0,2101,64625,00.html/wn_ascii
A new simulated election game that lets you play campaign manager to a
presidential candidate is both thrillingly and disturbingly similar to
real-world politics. A review by Jason Silverman.
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Stem Cells Rise in Public Opinion (Med-Tech Center Wednesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64631,00.html/wn_ascii
More Americans know about stem cell research, and more approve of it
this year than in 2001, according to a new Harris Poll. By Kristen
Philipkoski.
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ENN Daily News for 08/20/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
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U.S. courts tackle foreign abuses of energy corporations
A 215-year-old law originally written to address piracy and crimes abroad against American ambassadors is at the heart of litigation targeting some of the world's largest energy corporations.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26558.asp

State and federal agencies seek sealed grand jury documents on former nuclear plant near Denver
State and federal agencies have asked to see sealed files of a grand jury that investigated alleged environmental crimes at the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, after an advocacy group said cleanup plans were dangerously incomplete.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26630.asp

E.U. complains at governments' failure to implement environment rules
The European Union's head office accused national governments Thursday of letting their citizens down by failing to properly implement E.U. environment laws. It named France, Italy, and Ireland as the worst offenders.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26631.asp

Jolts of low-voltage electricity are reviving damaged coral reef off Indonesian resort
As the late-afternoon sun bathes the beach with a soft warmth, gentle waves lap quietly at the shore — and strollers occasionally stumble over a thick wad of white cables embedded in the fine, black sand.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26634.asp

The Bush administration pushes dirty coal plants
Why was the Lake Michigan coastal city of Manistee, population 6,600, targeted for a $700 million, 425-megawatt, coal-powered electric power plant, the largest proposed in Michigan in two decades?
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26554.asp

Unusual alliance forms to clean mining wastes from Utah canyon
Texas oilman Dick Bass invested nearly every dollar he ever earned — and borrowed millions more — to develop the Snowbird ski resort, and he wasn't eager to touch the mining waste he inherited on the resort's land.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26632.asp

Illegal logging a threat to prized timber, group says
Trade in a valuable tropical timber used in everything from picture frames to billiard cues needs greater control to limit habitat destruction and prevent overharvesting, an environment group said on Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26626.asp

U.S. birders flock to see rare, lonesome falcon
Hundreds of U.S. bird lovers have flocked to a New England resort island to catch a glimpse of a rare falcon who appears to have made a wrong turn and ended up half a world away. He may never find his way home.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26628.asp

Weird worms dine on whale bones and other stories
A remote-controlled submarine sent 9,400 feet below the ocean's surface found more than the rotting whale carcass it was looking for. In addition to bones, researchers including Robert Vrijenhoek of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have discovered two new species of worms — lacking eyes, stomachs, or mouths — living in the skeletal remains of a gray whale off the coast of Monterey, California.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26389.asp

Pollution shrouds Hong Kong, poor visibility blamed for string of ship collisions
Unusually high air pollution shrouded Hong Kong in thick brownish haze on Thursday, obscuring the skyline and cutting visibility so much that eight ships were involved in collisions in the territory's waters.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26633.asp

Ecuadorean lawsuit vs. Texaco boils down to science
After a decade of court battles, this week lawyers took a lawsuit by Ecuadorean Indians accusing U.S. oil firm ChevronTexaco Corp. of polluting the Amazon jungle into the field.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26625.asp

Kerry pledges $10 billion to clean up coal power plants
U.S. Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry on Thursday pledged $10 billion over a decade to help U.S. electric utilities find cleaner ways to burn coal, the nation's most abundant energy source.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26627.asp

Malaysia confirms deadly bird flu strain and culls birds
A strain of bird flu blamed for 27 deaths in Asia this year has been found in Malaysia, the government said on Thursday, as hundreds of birds were gassed and their carcasses burned to contain the outbreak.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26629.asp

Mars rovers find more evidence of water and some oddities
The twin Mars rovers have found a wonderland of weird rocks and enticing dunes, along with more evidence the Red Planet once had water, NASA scientists said this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-20/s_26635.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.

Plasma Fuel Reformer
Arvinmeritor Pursues a Different Hydrogen Strategy
http://tinyurl.com/5aydr

This Monday: Bush Overtime Cuts Begin:

Dear Working Families e-Activist:

For more than a year we've fought to save the right to overtime pay for the millions of America's workers targeted by the Bush administration's overtime pay take-away. Responding to the avalanche of letters, faxes and phone calls you've sent, three times senators and representatives have said 'No' to these pay cuts with bipartisan votes. But each time the White House, working with Republican leaders in Congress, has blocked the legislation that would have saved workers' right to overtime pay.

On Monday, Aug. 23, the overtime pay take-away—the biggest pay cut in America's history—goes into effect. Employers will begin to decide who loses the right to overtime pay at their workplaces. Unfortunately, they'll have some help from Uncle Sam. The U.S. Department of Labor will be using your tax dollars to offer "assistance" to companies trying to figure this out.

This is an outrage. And we will not let this day pass without making our voices heard.

On Monday, we will launch an important new petition to demonstrate our outrage to the media, Congress and the Bush administration. We're going to demand they repeal this massive pay cut for America's working families.

Our fight doesn't end on Monday. It begins again and will last through Election Day, Nov. 2, and beyond until we reclaim the right to overtime pay for all workers.

While we keep fighting, we'll be assessing the price working families are paying for Bush's overtime pay take-away. Fortunately, many union members will be protected by their contracts. And now, nonunion workers can turn to a new organization for help-Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO for nonunion folks.

Working America is launching two new Internet resources right now to help people cope with the Bush overtime pay take-away.

Overtime Pay Take-Away Test from Working America:

This short online questionnaire from Working America will help you figure out if your employer may try to take away your right to overtime pay. Please click below now to check out the test.
http://www.workingamerica.org/issues/ot_quiz.cfm

Ask a Lawyer from Working America:

Through Working America, a labor lawyer with expertise in wage and hour laws is available to you via the Internet. Submit your question and Working America will help you get an answer--for free. This doesn't substitute for legal advice, but it helps. Just click below to get started.
http://www.workingamerica.org/issues/ot_askalawyer_main.cfm

Stay tuned for Labor Day actions and opportunities to make a difference when Congress returns in September. We'll be looking for thousands of volunteers and we'll need your help!

Thanks for all you do. Look for more e-mails soon.

In Solidarity,

Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIOAugust 19, 2004

GREENBUZZ for August 16, 2004

Taking Care of Business:

Five years after construction, the World Resources Institute's headquarters in Washington, D.C., is still a shining example of green-built office space. This week we check in with WRI to find out whether the successful integration of environmental principles at the D.C. office has inspired others to follow suit. For a slide show of WRI's greener office, visit the organization's Web site.

Headlines -The Latest News on Business and the Environment:

Greenguard Releases New Standard for Office Equipment
The Greenguard Environmental Institute has adopted a new standard for printers, copiers, and multifunctional peripherals.

Concessioner Earns Environmental Awards from U.S. Park Service
Xanterra Parks & Resorts has received two National Park Service 2004 Environmental Achievement Awards for its environmental performance at Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks.

EPA, GSA, and World Bank Seek to Buy Renewable Energy Credits
In recent weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. General Services Administration, and the World Bank Group (an agency of the United Nations) have sought to buy as much as 272,000 megawatt-hours per year of RECs to supply their facilities.

Report Offers New Data on the Cost of Building Green
A new report offers compelling evidence that if there is any premium associated with building green, it is far less significant than a range of other factors that affect building cost.

U.K.'s Co-op Supermarket Launches Degradable Bread Bags
Co-op, the U.K. supermarket group, has launched 100% degradable plastic bread wrappers in an effort to combat environmental damage.

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Resources and Tools - A Wealth of Hands-On Help

WRI's Green Office Space
Site provides many tools, such as the virtual tour of sustainable materials, tips on designing space to promote creativity and interaction, and detailed contact information on advanced communications technology.

Forging New Links
June 2004 report reviews the opportunities for EH&S to create business value in the supply chain across a variety of industries.

Metafore Resource Center
Online library backs up its case for buying certified wood by offering compelling case studies, action plans, and information on building green.
http://www.greenbiz.com/toolbox/reports_third.cfm?LinkAdvID=41721">
Update on Carbon Offsets
An informative and well-written backgrounder on the interrelationships of forests, carbon offsets, and climate change.
http://www.greenbiz.com/reference/webguide_record.cfm?LinkAdvID=41734">
Environmental Technologies Program
Helps U.S. companies access EPA research on new environmental technologies that have market potential.

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Columns and Features - Insight and Inspiration from the Experts:


Working While 'Walking the Talk'
Five years ago, the 22-year-old World Resources Institute opened the doors to its new and innovative "green" office near the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The move has encouraged many planners to include environmentally friendly features in their own offices. By Peter Denton

http://www.greenbiz.com/news/columns_third.cfm?NewsID=26312">
The Tao of Prius
The 2004 Prius is more than a nice ride. It also tells us what a leading company thinks of the potential -- and limits -- of consumer-driven change for a better world. By Joshua Skov

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High water a boon for shipping, boating
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The Great Lakes are deeper this summer, and that is good news to people in
some watercraft industries -- that is, marinas and lake shippers. Source:
Chicago Sun-Times (8/19)

Asian carp, gobies wreak havoc
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The Illinois River is teeming with invasive fish species that may eventually
harm native game species, including sauger and catfish. Source:
Pantagraph.com (8/19)

Bye-bye, black birds? Not soon enough for cormorant
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Cormorant are destroying the islands of Western Lake Erie and feasting on
its bounty of fish, but no one seems willing to kill them in order to
reverse the rapid population growth of the black birds on the limestone rock
islands. Source: The Plain Dealer (8/19)

Green algae stinking up Wisconsin's shoreline
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Slimy green algae piles that stink like sewage are accumulating on Wisconsin
's Lake Michigan shoreline, prompting a state investigation. Source: Green
Bay Press-Gazette (8/19)

COMMENTARY: Fishing capital of the continent?
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Lake St. Clair offers more than 400 sq. miles where anglers often can catch
more muskellunge in a day than people in other parts of the country can
catch in five years, where smallmouth bass are so numerous they leave
anglers with aching wrists, and where the perch grow so big that a couple
can make a meal for a grown man. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/19)

Environmental group: Mercury could poison tourism well, too
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If mercury pollution isn't controlled, a decline in sport fishing could cost
Wisconsin millions of dollars and have a ripple effect in the economy of
this and other Great Lakes states, according to a report released Tuesday.
Source: The Journal Times (8/18)

Mysterious illness hits Lake Erie island
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A mysterious illness on Lake Erie's South Bass Island has sickened dozens of
tourists and residents, baffling health officials who are searching for a
connection. Source: Associated Press (8/18)

People with tainted water could finally get money
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Hundreds of people with polluted wells are closer to finding a solution to
their problems following a federal court ruling. Source: Daily Herald
(8/18)

Boaters here give ferry a wide berth
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Lead Master Captain Mark Crutcher gives Muskegon recreational boaters an
"A-plus." Source: Muskegon Chronicle (8/18)

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http://www.iaglr.org/conference/2005/sessioncall.php
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Groups ask DNR to protect Wisconsin rivers
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The Douglas County Association of Lakes and Streams joined more than 40
conservation organizations to petition for better protection of the state's
northern rivers. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/18)

Project sends a chill through downtown
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Toronto has launched its project to cool downtown buildings with cold lake
water on a torrent of hot air. Source: The Toronto Star (8/18)

A popular topic for serious discussion -- weather
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This week, nearly 100 meteorologists from the Great Lakes region and Canada
will discuss the latest technology used to forecast the weather on both
sides of the border. Source: Buffalo Business First (8/18)

Mercury weighing heavily on lake lovers
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Ohio is currently the nation's No. 2 state in mercury emissions into the air
behind only Texas, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
records. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/18)

Great Lakes advocate says aid flows elsewhere
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It seems many of the great bodies of water in America have great federal
restoration programs behind them, except the Great Lakes. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (8/17)

DuPage residents free of tainted water
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DuPage County residents whose private wells were contaminated by two toxic
solvents celebrated Monday as officials finished hooking up the neighborhood
to a system that will provide Lake Michigan water. Source: Chicago
Sun-Times (8/17)

EDITORIAL: Public input could be valuable in bid to protect lakes
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In several public meetings, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will
explain proposed agreements to manage and protect waters of the Great Lakes
basin, take questions and offer opportunities for public comment. Source:
The News-Messenger (8/17)

Lake St. Clair gets checkup
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Researchers will be able to figure out what ails Lake St. Clair,
scientifically speaking, thanks to a new state-of-the-art water monitoring
system that takes continuous samples along tributaries that feed into the
lake. Source: The Detroit News (8/17)

Security silences ship details
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Citing national security concerns, the Canadian Coast Guard Marine
Communications and Traffic Service in Sarnia no longer will post what ships
have passed the Black River buoy in the St. Clair River. Source: The Port
Huron Times-Herald (8/16)

Long-held dream of water transportation becomes a reality
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Impressed with the cost savings, many local businessmen plan to transport
more cargo by barge. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (8/15)

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Bush, opponents debate Great Lakes water protection
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President Bush is portraying himself as a strong advocate for the Great
Lakes, but critics say he hasn't backed up his talk with action. Source:
Detroit Free Press (8/17)

Coalition urges province to impose fees for water
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A coalition of environmental and citizen groups is demanding that Ontario
impose fees for water-taking as part of an overhaul of water protection
legislation. Source: The London Free Press (8/17)

More than 170 report illness after visiting Put-in-Bay area
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A mysterious illness sweeping the Put-in-Bay area has sickened dozens of
residents and visitors with 24-hour bouts of nausea, chills, fever,
abdominal cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/17)

Baldwin visit boosts cool-water system
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Hollywood actor and renewable energy supporter Alec Baldwin will be on hand
as Toronto launches the largest alternative energy project in the world: a
$170-million initiative that uses cold lake water to cool downtown office
towers. Source: The Toronto Star (8/17)

Shipments of iron ore, steel are up
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Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway headed for
Great Lakes basin steelmakers are up 20 percent from a year ago. Source:
Duluth News Tribune (8/16)

Michigan tagged best for boating by magazine
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Michigan recently captured a summer recreation top ranking: Best Boating
State from BoatingLife magazine. Source: Lansing State Journal (8/16)

Former 3M chemical is widespread
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Four years after 3M stopped making the chemicals behind such innovative
products as Teflon, Scotchgard and Stainmaster, the compounds are showing up
everywhere from remote Minnesota lakes to polar bears in Alaska and
albatrosses in the Pacific Ocean. Source: Star Tribune (8/15)

Water everywhere, but not to drink
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The front line of the Great Lakes water wars runs right through Ohio's Homer
Township, where which side of the road you live on dictates whether or not
you can tap into Lake Erie water. Source: The Plain Dealer (8/15)

Conflicts between hikers, bikers play into new forest plan
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Proposed new rules for motorized, off-road vehicles are on track in the
Huron-Manistee National Forests, but conflicts between hikers and mountain
bikers are just around the curve. Source: The Bay City Times (8/15)

Improvements aplenty in state forest campgrounds
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Battered and beleaguered in the 1990s due to severe budget cuts, Michigan's
state forest system is on the rebound, thanks to an increase in the nightly
camping fee. Source: Booth Newspapers (8/15)

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EPA administrator defends Great Lakes Task Force plan
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Rejecting criticism of the initiative, EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt says
President Bush's new Great Lakes Task Force will produce "regional
collaboration of national significance" to protect and restore the lakes.
Source: The Detroit News (8/16)

Is it sprawl or urban abandonment?
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Concern about urban sprawl is often limited to the loss of farmland, traffic
congestion, and unattractive development, but its impacts are more
widespread than that. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (8/16)

Non-stick chemical found in Great Lakes
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New research shows that chemicals used to repel stains and water are
sticking just about everywhere else in the environment, including the Great
Lakes. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (8/16)

Ferry firm seeks federal loan
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Canadian American Transportation Systems has experienced some "financial
strain" since starting its high-speed ferry service on Lake Ontario and will
seek a federal loan to help it build the business. Source: Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle (8/16)

Michigan Dems begin push to protect Great Lakes
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The Michigan League of Conservation voters and Democratic state legislators
are beginning a series of public meetings this week on regulating water
diversion from the Great Lakes. Source: The Detroit News (8/15)

Coastal Ohio awash in great outdoors
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Following a decline in Lake Erie tourism in recent years, an Ohio group is
trying to to help the region do a better job of marketing itself as a
low-impact, ecologically diverse vacation place. Source: The Toledo Blade
(8/15)

COMMENTARY: Rooting out a lovely but nasty menace
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A nasty invasive species called spotted knapweed is taking over our fields
and meadows, and choking out familiar wildflowers such as Queen Anne's lace
and black-eyed Susan. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/15)

Michigan's water trail potential untapped
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Despite its thousands of miles of rivers and Great Lakes shoreline, Michigan
lags behind other states in the development of water trails, river and
coastal routes where people canoe or kayak. Source: The Grand Rapids Press
(8/14)

State loses big in 'critical dune' lawsuit
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A judge has ruled that a the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
must pay an attorney more than $1 million because of a state law that
prohibits him from building on sensitive duneland that he owns. Source: The
Grand Rapids Press (8/13)

Survey gauges impact of Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River boating
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Recreational boaters on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway spend an
average of $137 per day in counties bordering the waterways, according to a
new study. Source: Buffalo Business First (8/13)

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Hackers Take Aim at GOP (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64602,00.html/wn_ascii
Online protesters threaten to gum up the web servers of Republican
sites at a time when they will get the most traffic -- during the GOP's
national convention. By Noah Shachtman.
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Internet Heading to Light Speed (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64584,00.html/wn_ascii
If you want a faster internet, you need faster switches. A new
nanotechnology opens the door to optical switches and a much speedier
network. By John Gartner.
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Dinar Brokers Boom in Iraq Chaos (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,64565,00.html/wn_ascii
Business surges for online merchants selling Iraq's newly minted
currency, as speculators' optimism about the country's future trumps
the steady stream of bad news coming out of Baghdad. By Joanna Glasner.
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Flight ID Fight Revived (Security Blanket Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,64599,00.html/wn_ascii
Civil liberties activist John Gilmore, rebuffed by the court earlier,
tries again in his battle to board airplanes without showing
identification. By Ryan Singel.
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Florida a Big Test of E-Voting (Politics Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64573,00.html/wn_ascii
All eyes in the e-voting debate will be on Florida between now and the
end of the month. The state is relying heavily on e-voting equipment to
store the early votes in a primary election. Jacob Ogles reports from
Orlando, Florida.
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Rock the Vote Goes IM (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64580,00.html/wn_ascii
An MTV partner is reaching out to young voters with instant messages
to try to get them -- and their friends -- to the polls on Nov. 2. By
Daniel Terdiman.
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Is AM Radio Harmful? (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64579,00.html/wn_ascii
A Korean study says more leukemia deaths occur in regions near AM
transmitters. But no definite link can be proven, and scientists can't
agree on whether the transmitters are a hazard. By Stephen Leahy.
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Election: Science Plays Politics (Politics Saturday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64589,00.html/wn_ascii
More than 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel winners, have signed a
statement opposing the Bush administration's use of scientific advice.
The scientists claim the Bush camp has consistently distorted science
to fit his agendas.
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Wrong Time for an E-Vote Glitch (Machine Politics Thursday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/evote/0,2645,64569,00.html/wn_ascii
An embarrassing snafu with an electronic voting machine surfaces
during a demonstration for California officials. Voting activists say
it proves the point about why the machines need a paper trail. By Kim
Zetter.
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Net Publishing Made Profitable (Cult of Mac 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64563,00.html/wn_ascii
Adam Engst of e-publisher TidBits has tried it all: ads, subscriptions
and tip jars. Now he's hit pay dirt with a series of quick and dirty e-
books distributed using a system he calls 'extreme publishing.' By
Leander Kahney.
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Building Blocks for a Tiny World (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64564,00.html/wn_ascii
Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, is no longer just a slave to DNA's commands.
It may be the strongest building material yet for making
nanostructures. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Biology Enters Fourth Dimension (Med-Tech Center Thursday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64545,00.html/wn_ascii
A new microscope sees deeper into life processes than any other and
will allow biologists to study 3-D gene and protein expression over
time. By Daithí Ó hAnluain.
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ENN Daily News for 08/18/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com
E-mail Edition

Putting endangered animals on ice and other stories
Scientists in Britain are trying to save Earth's animal species from disappearing by taking a page from the story of Noah's ark. Researchers and collectors from London's Natural History Museum and Zoological Society, together with Nottingham University scientists, are building a Frozen Ark and stocking it with DNA from endangered species around the world.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26557.asp

Farmland fight moves to isolated Argentine woods
General Pizarro, a one-telephone town in the northern province of Salta, gained notoriety last month when environmentalists chained up bulldozers to protest the sale of a nearby nature reserve.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26579.asp

Global warming could bring extreme changes to California, says study
Global warming could cause dramatically hotter summers and a depleted snow pack in California, leading to a sharp increase in heat-related deaths and jeopardizing the water supply, according to a study released this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26589.asp

Desert city Phoenix is epicenter for West Nile
With triple-digit heat and nearly nonexistent rainfall, Phoenix seems an unlikely spot for this year's West Nile virus epicenter. Yet, federal health officials say Arizona is the only state where the mosquito-borne virus is an epidemic.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26587.asp

Kenya Masai vow to intensify protests over land
Kenyan Masai vowed on Tuesday to intensify protests calling for the return of land given to British settlers 100 years ago, after the government rejected their demand.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26580.asp

Connecticut subsidiary of Tyco pleads guilty to pollution charges
A subsidiary of Tyco International Ltd. agreed Tuesday to pay criminal and civil penalties totaling $14.4 million for discharging untreated wastewater into the sewers of two Connecticut plants.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26585.asp

New flightless bird species found off Philippines
Scientists have discovered a new species of flightless bird on a remote island in the Philippines, the conservation group BirdLife International said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26581.asp

New York issues emergency order to cut acid rain emissions
Citing what they called a public health emergency, New York officials on Tuesday ordered power plants to reduce emissions blamed for acid rain.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26584.asp

Plan to share Earth observation data seen providing billions in benefits
Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks, and even tell fishers where the catch will be abundant.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26588.asp

China typhoon death toll rises to 164
The worst typhoon to hit China in seven years killed at least 164 people, and another 24 were listed as missing, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26575.asp

Group urges EPA to require more pollution cuts by power plants
If the government required deeper cuts in air pollution from power plants, at least 3,000 lives would be saved and 140,000 children would avoid asthma and other respiratory ailments, an environmental group said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26586.asp

Indian police fire on angry flood victims, killing three
Indian police opened fire on an angry mob protesting against the unfair distribution of relief for flood victims in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar, killing three people, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26573.asp

Malaria adds to Darfur's woes, says U.N.
Marauding Arab militias in Sudan's Darfur region continue to prey on refugees and are crossing into Chad to steal cattle and kill civilians, U.N. officials and Chadian villagers said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26574.asp

Water scarce in Havana from Charley's passage
City workers distributed water in tanker trucks and urged some 1.4 million residents of the Cuban capital with no running water to remain calm four days after Hurricane Charley roared through the area.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-18/s_26578.asp


Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation:
Fluoridation: No Benefit, Another Study Shows

Earth Island Institute:
New Campaign Fights to Protect Tropical Reefs

United Nations Environment Programme:
UNEP and ATHOC Help to Kick the Butts Out of the Olympics

Center for Biological Diversity:
LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT HABITAT FOR FIVE RARE PLANT SPECIES

World Resources Institute:
Working While "Walking the Talk"

Atlantic Salmon Federation:
ASF Welcomes Another August of No Harvest of Atlantic Salmon At Greenland

The Trust for Public Land:
Landowners Seek Grants to Protect Skiff Mt. (CT)

ENN Daily News for 08/17/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com
E-mail Edition

EarthTalk: How are pesticides, particularly malathion, dangerous?
Organophosphate pesticides (OPs), which include the widely used insecticide malathion, are chemically related to nerve gases developed during World War II. For decades, scientists have been debating whether such pesticides cause birth defects, cancers, and other health problems. http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26436.asp

Journalist groups complain Homeland Security is skirting environmental disclosure rules
About a dozen journalist organizations complained Monday that a proposed Homeland Security Department policy would impede the public release of information on environmental hazards.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26564.asp

Thai court acquits wildlife activists in shark fin lawsuit
A court acquitted wildlife activists Monday who claimed shark fin soup sold in Thailand may contain mercury poison, an allegation that provoked a 110 million baht (US$2.65 million, euro2.14 million) lawsuit by local sellers of the Chinese delicacy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26568.asp

Federal managers are told to protect wildlife and delay energy projects
The Interior Department said Monday it will begin delaying some new oil and gas drilling projects until the effects on wildlife are studied more thoroughly.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26563.asp

Japanese knotweed threatens rare native plants
Fat, red-speckled shoots of Japanese knotweed, like a forest of blood-spattered asparagus spears, emerge each April from a mound of dead canes to form a jungle of 10-foot-tall plants. http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26569.asp

European eel population is collapsing
When a poacher with a baseball bat mugged Dutch biologist Willem Dekker to steal a batch of baby eels he caught for research, Dekker knew the European eel was a species in trouble.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26570.asp

India urges Bangladesh not to kill stray elephants
Authorities in northeast India urged Bangladesh on Monday not to kill about 100 wild elephants who have strayed across the border and gone on a rampage, killing 13 people and injuring dozens more.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26559.asp

Albanians protest sea oil pollution allegedly from Greek ship
Dozens of Albanian demonstrators spilled oil and dead fish in front of the Greek Embassy on Monday to protest what they said were Greek ships polluting the country's southwestern shore and keeping tourists away.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26565.asp

Chavez survives recall and vows to deepen revolution
Venezuela's left-wing President Hugo Chavez easily won a referendum on his rule and Monday offered to open a dialogue with opponents while also vowing to intensify the reforms at the heart of the nation's political conflict.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26560.asp

Maggie the lonely elephant to remain in Alaska zoo
America's northernmost elephant is staying put, to the relief of many visitors at the Alaska Zoo and to the consternation of some animal advocates who say the African-born pachyderm needs a warmer climate, more space, and the company of her own kind.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26561.asp

From north to south, Nevada's drought deepens as government mulls disaster declaration
A Las Vegas shopping center is trucking in water from as far away as Canada to fill its fountains. Reno will have to dip into its drought reserve supply for the first time in a decade. The most popular public ramp on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe is closed because there's not enough water to float a boat.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26567.asp

Charley victims sweat through long lines to wait on basics
Driven from splintered trailers, roofless condos, and powerless suburban homes, Hurricane Charley's hungry victims sweated through long lines Monday to find food, showers, and drinking water three days after the storm left their lives in shambles.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26562.asp

Old Montana mining city is historical attraction, not scenic treasure
Thousands of people come to Montana for its mountain splendor, world-class fishing, and Western flavor. Then there is Butte, the antithesis of the Montana postcard, an old mining town slowly getting off environmental life support.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-17/s_26566.asp


Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation:
Fluoridation: No Benefit, Another Study Shows

United Nations Environment Programme:
UNEP and ATHOC Help to Kick the Butts Out of the Olympics

Center for Biological Diversity:
LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT HABITAT FOR FIVE RARE PLANT SPECIES

Earth Island Institute:
New Campaign Fights to Protect Tropical Reefs

W I R E D N E W S Top Stories - 09:15 AM 13.Jul.04. PDT
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Elephants, Donkeys Seek Love (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64175,00.html/wn_ascii
Opposites may attract, but not in politics. A slew of sites are
popping up that cater to singles who are seeking mates with the same
political ideology. By Louise Witt.
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Bettors: Election Will Be Tight (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,64180,00.html/wn_ascii
Online wagering sites and current-events markets say the 2004
presidential election will be close -- as close as the 2000 election.
Just a few months ago Bush had a comfortable lead, but bettors give him
even odds now. By Joanna Glasner.
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Florida Felon List Down, Not Out (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64182,00.html/wn_ascii
Florida election officials say they are relieved that the state won't
require them to purge felons from voter rolls in this election cycle.
But the purge will be reinstated in 2006, and lots of problems remain,
critics say. Jacob Ogles reports from Orlando.
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A Gathering to Hack the System (IT/IS Important Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,64172,00.html/wn_ascii
Hackers gather in New York City at the fifth annual Hackers on Planet
Earth conference to discuss all the little ways that the government and
corporations are turning technology against the people. Michelle Delio
reports from New York.
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Senate Stem-Cell Vote Unlikely (Med-Tech Center Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64183,00.html/wn_ascii
Although one senator claims enough votes to override Bush
administration restrictions on stem-cell research, Majority Leader Bill
Frist doesn't expect a vote on the matter before the November election.
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Geolocation: Don't Fence Web In (IT/IS Important Monday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,64178,00.html/wn_ascii
As geolocation -- technology that can track the location of computers
surfing the Internet -- improves, corporations and governments are
increasingly able to limit what people can view on the Web.
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Security Cavities Ail Bluetooth (Security Blanket 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,64463,00.html/wn_ascii
Thousands of Bluetooth phones are vulnerable to hacking, researchers
warn, allowing attackers to steal phone-book data and text messages --
and even turn the phones into bugs to surreptitiously listen to
conversations. By Kim Zetter.
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Fark Sells Out. France Surrenders (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,64472,00.html/wn_ascii
Blogs are the hottest thing on the Net, but are they messing with
traditional publishing principles? One of the most popular, Fark.com,
is allegedly selling links. Is it the wave of the future? By Daniel
Terdiman.
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Mysteries of the Ocean Deepen (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64483,00.html/wn_ascii
A two-month survey of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge turns up several
organisms never before seen, and one that looks like no other known sea
creature. By Stephen Leahy.
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FCC Takes on Spam, Copying (Politics Thursday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64470,00.html/wn_ascii
The agency orders that certain wireless messages be kept away from
cell phones, and gives the go-ahead to 13 'broadcast flag'
technologies. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
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Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty (Med-Tech Center Thursday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64477,00.html/wn_ascii
Although its claims have not been verified by a scientific review
process, a company says it has successfully cloned two kittens from its
CEO's pet cat. If you have around $50,000, it will clone your beloved
pet, too.
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Big Business Becoming Big Brother (U.S. vs. Them 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,64492,00.html/wn_ascii
The ACLU says the government is using private companies to snoop on
Americans, bypassing legal safeguards. What's worse, Americans share
information with companies freely, not knowing where the data may end
up. By Kim Zetter.
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The Right Taps Blogs for Bucks (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64493,00.html/wn_ascii
Conservative bloggers try to replicate the fund-raising and organizing
success of left-leaning sites by setting up RedState.org. Not that the
Republican Party needs any fund-raising help, progressives retort. By
Louise Witt.
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The War on Cyberterror (Wired magazine 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.08/view.html?pg=4
The nation's defenses need a major rethink. Here are four ways we must
protect the electronic frontier. By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine.
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Pentagon Focuses on Troop Vote (Politics Saturday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64512,00.html/wn_ascii
The potential for nearly a half-million troops overseas to count as
absentee voters in the upcoming election is being tapped by the
Pentagon with an improved website, fax-ballot acceptance and promises
of faster mail service.
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Nukes Still Take Toll on Workers (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64502,00.html/wn_ascii
Workers who made the U.S. nuclear arsenal handled many dangerous
materials, but one was largely overlooked -- beryllium. Now the DOE is
trying to track down those who may have been exposed. First of a two-
part series by John Gartner.
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FCC Pulls Blinds on Wireless Data (Unwired News 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,64528,00.html/wn_ascii
New rules will force wireless telecommunications companies to disclose
serious network outages, but the public won't have access to the
information for fear that terrorists may read it. By Ryan Singel.
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We're All Journalists Now (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64534,00.html/wn_ascii
Dan Gillmor argues in his new book We the Media that journalism is
stronger than ever because of the Web. But Hollywood is strengthening
its grasp on copyrights, threatening speech and freedom. Xeni Jardin
interviews the author.
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Why Trust Registration Data? (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64527,00.html/wn_ascii
Online news sites say we should just believe their claims that
information in their user-registration databases is accurate. But given
the circulation scandals among their print brethren, why should we?
Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.
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Beryllium Risk Remains Unclear (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64537,00.html/wn_ascii
The strong, lightweight metal is a key ingredient in nuclear weapons,
computers, even golf clubs. However, making sure workers don't get sick
from beryllium is a sticky problem. Second of a two-part series by John
Gartner.
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Cancer Stem Cells Hint at Cure (Med-Tech Center Wednesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64549,00.html/wn_ascii
Stanford researchers have identified the source of tumor cells
associated with chronic leukemia. A drug that kills the cells would
wipe out the disease efficiently. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Text Messages for Critical Masses (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64536,00.html/wn_ascii
Political protestors are using a new tool that lets a person send a
single text message to hundreds of mobile-phone users at the press of a
button. By Daniel Terdiman.
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Turning Slackers Into Workaholics (Med-Tech Center Wednesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64550,00.html/wn_ascii
Researchers use a gene treatment to turn off monkeys' dopamine
receptors -- yielding harder-working, more focused monkeys. Despite
obvious applications in the corporate world, the scientists say they're
just trying to understand mental illness.
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In Mich., scientists hone ash borer studies
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When emerald ash borers show up, ash trees may begin a chemical defense
system to fight the potentially deadly infestation. Source: Detroit Free
Press (8/13)

EPA chief tours lakes on business, not pleasure
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EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt stopped in Duluth on Thursday in a continuing
fact-finding tour of Great Lakes issues. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/13)

Coast Guard boosts security
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The new commander of one of the busiest Coast Guard stations on the Great
Lakes plans to step up homeland security efforts on Lake St. Clair. Source:
The Detroit News (8/13)

Eyes wide open for walleyes
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Fisheries biologists will have trawl nets out next week on Lake Erie, and
they are keeping their fingers crossed that they will round up plenty of
walleyes. Source: The Plain Dealer (8/13)

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes restoration plan needs public input
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Whether viewed in terms of invasive species, beach closings or environmental
contaminants, the Lake Michigan of today is vastly different from that of
50, 20, 10 or even 5 years ago. Source: The Racine Journal Times (8/13)

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes need more funding for restoration
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The largest freshwater ecosystem in the world, which provides drinking water
for millions of people in the United States and Canada, is on course for an
ecological meltdown. Source: The Walker Pilot-Independent (8/12)

Officials vow to keep beach open
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South Haven Township officials say they are committed to making sure the
public continues to have the right to use a Lake Michigan beach. Source:
The St. Joseph Herald-Palladium (8/12)

Yearlings bolster Green Bay muskie restoration effort
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The DNR's plan to restore Great Lakes spotted muskies to Green Bay and its
tributaries is working well, despite budget cuts that have put a severe dent
in many DNR programs. Source: Wisconsin Outdoor News (8/12)

Lake study says to leave the dead
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A team of researchers from the UW-Madison Trout Lake Station is working to
prove that "messy" lake shorelines with downed trees all along their rims
are nature's sign of productivity and creative genius. Source: The Phillips
Bee (8/12)

Report says beach closings at all-time high
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A new report says the nation's beaches were closed a record number of times
last year because of high bacteria levels in the water. Source: Great Lakes
Radio Consortium (8/9)

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Billions being proposed to clean up Great Lakes
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On Wednesday Congressman Tom Reynolds was in Rochester pitching his plan to
rid the lakes of foreign fish and pollution. Source: News 10 (8/12)

EPA head, tours our troubled waters
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While politicians spoke about zebra mussels and other Great Lakes invaders,
it was the political muscle on board the ship Lake Guardian that impressed
Hugh Mitchell, chairman of the Rochester chapter of the Sierra Club.
Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (8/12)

Conference to examine manure concerns in Great Lakes Basin
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As the Council of Great Lakes Governors make plans to protect the immense
fresh-water supply from large-scale water diversions, scientists from the
region are planning to protect the resource from other potential hazards.
Source: Farm and Dairy (8/12)

Use our water, town tells bottler
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Evart, population 1,700 in Osceola County, has invited Ice Mountain to buy
water that flows from its public wells near Twin Creek. Source: The Grand
Rapids Press (8/11)

Flame retardants found in salmon meat
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Farmed salmon, already found to carry higher levels than wild salmon of
chemicals such as PCBs, may also contain higher levels of flame retardants,
environmental researchers said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters (8/11)

Expert on bugs blames wet spring, cool summer
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Experts say there's been a drop in butterfly numbers this year, but it's no
cause for alarm. Source: The Bay City Times (8/11)

Not all wrecks protected by law
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Taking artifacts or parts of shipwrecks normally is taboo in the
recreational diving community, but it still happens. Source: The Port Huron
Times-Herald (8/9)

A Legal victory for 'rails to trails'
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Private landowners say their rights are being trampled on by hikers when the
state implements "Rails to Trails" programs. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (8/9)

Public can discuss Great Lakes plan
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The state of Ohio will hold two public hearings Sept. 21 in Northeast Ohio
on a new plan to keep the Great Lakes healthy and full of water. Source:
The Akron Beacon Journal (8/9)

Goby figures in angler's box
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Considered an unwanted pest in most circles, the goby apparently has become
a primary food source for smallmouth bass. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal
Gazette (8/8)

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Environmental groups slam province's move on quarry
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The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has quietly extended legislation
to cover a controversial quarry proposed for a scenic stretch of the Lake
Superior shoreline near Wawa. Source: The Toronto Star (8/11)

Marina boat storage to grow
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Construction of a $3-million heated boat-storage facility at one of the
Great Lakes' largest marinas will bring more tourism and boost the economy.
Source: The London Free Press (8/11)

Michigan Democrats to hold hearings on regulation of Great Lakes
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Democrats in the Michigan House said Monday they will hold eight meetings
across the state over the next month to boost support for legislation that
would regulate large-scale water diversions from the Great Lakes. Source:
The Detroit News (8/11)

Soaring back
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Increased bald eagle sightings have some pushing to change 'endangered'
status. Source: The Bay City Times (8/10)

Area faces little concern over new smog rules
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New federal smog rules should have little or no impact on the daily lives of
west Michigan's people and businesses, a state Department of Environmental
Quality analyst said Monday. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (8/10)

EPA chief to visit Rochester
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Mike Leavitt, new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
will make a brief visit to Rochester, N.Y., Wednesday. Source: Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle (8/10)

Spirits rise with water levels
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The 14-inch water level climb is the largest on the Great Lakes, and bodes
well for the near future, forecasters say. Source: The Saginaw News (8/8)

Lakes observatory gains new director
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Duluth's Large Lakes Observatory is sailing into its second decade with a
new man at the helm. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/8)

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ENN Daily News for 08/13/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
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Clean energy goes to college
There is a new wave of activism sweeping across college campuses. Student groups are coordinating efforts to reduce fossil-fuel dependency by pushing for more renewable alternatives and putting forth specific goals for their colleges. They're also synchronizing their actions with other campuses across the United States, putting up a united front for cleaner energy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26512.asp

Bulk of greenhouse gases swallowed by oceans and other stories
The sea has sucked up about half the carbon dioxide that humans have pumped out since the start of the Industrial Age, two new studies report in the journal Science.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26125.asp

Scientists probe the Pacific Ocean depths in search of the Dead Zone
His hand on a toggle switch and his eyes on a computer screen, Oregon State University graduate student Anthony Kirincich uses an array of scientific instruments to probe the vibrant waters of the Pacific. He is searching for the absence of life.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26534.asp

Argentine ants create super colony in Australia
Like some "B-grade" horror movie, a giant colony of Argentine ants stretching 100 km (62 miles) has been discovered in the Australian city of Melbourne, threatening the local insect population.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26525.asp

Nigeria and United States agree on military exercises in oil delta
Nigeria and the United States have agreed to hold joint military training in the Niger delta, a violence-torn southern province where Western companies produce all the country's oil, the defense ministry said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26515.asp

Bacteria give coral its orange glow, study finds
The soft orange glow of a common Caribbean coral comes not from the coral itself but from bacteria that live inside it, U.S. scientists said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26522.asp

DuPont challenges EPA claim it failed to report Teflon chemical risks
The DuPont Co. wants a hearing before an administrative law judge about a government complaint that the company failed to provide information about the potential health and environmental risks of a chemical used to make Teflon.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26532.asp

Swazi food crisis deepens due to AIDS and drought, says WFP
More than one-quarter of Swaziland's population will need international food aid next year as persistent drought and a raging AIDS epidemic further undermine food production, aid agencies said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26528.asp

Heat waves to worsen across America and Europe, says study
Heat waves like those that have hit Paris and Chicago in recent years are likely to get worse, roasting more and more cities with ever-higher temperatures, climate researchers predicted Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26516.asp

U.S. complains to Russia about its handling of YUKOS
The Bush administration has complained to Russia about Moscow's clampdown on Russian oil major YUKOS and its driving effect on oil prices, U.S. officials said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26526.asp

India fears lake formed by landslide in Chinese Himalayas could burst, threatening thousands
Army soldiers and air force helicopters were on alert Thursday in northern India amid fears that a lake in the Chinese Himalayas could burst its banks, triggering cross-border floods and threatening thousands of people.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26533.asp

Zimbabwe "secrecy" fuels food crisis, says rights group
Millions of Zimbabweans face a food crisis this year due to the government's refusal to ask for assistance to meet drastic shortages, a leading human rights watchdog said on Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26523.asp

Canada feedlots seek C$150m from United States over mad cow
Five Alberta feedlot owners are seeking to claim about C$150 million (US$113 million) from the U.S. government for losses stemming from a trade ban on Canadian cattle because of mad cow disease.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26524.asp

British badgers threaten ancient burial sites
Determined digging by badgers living near Britain's Stonehenge, a 5,000-year-old circle of megaliths, is damaging ancient archeological artifacts and human remains.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26527.asp

Italian detained for tossing hamsters off terrace
A retired Italian man could face up to a year-and-a-half in prison if found guilty of killing his six pet hamsters and one guinea-pig by throwing them off his terrace into passing traffic.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26529.asp

Malaysian air quality drops due to haze from fires in Indonesia
Smoke from fires set to clear land in Indonesia has shrouded much of neighboring Malaysia in haze, causing a marked drop in air quality, news reports and officials said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-13/s_26536.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement :
CBN Advisory Panel Announced

Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement :
Brownfields 2004: Gateway to Revitalization

Straus Communications:
Farmers and Fishermen Fix Marine 'Dead Zones' - New study shows that composting manure counteracts environmental disasters

The Trust for Public Land:
178 Riverfront Acres Donated to West Point, GA

The Trust for Public Land:
Groundbreaking for New NYC Playground

Ocean Futures Society:
JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU CARRIES OLYMPIC TORCH

The Trust for Public Land:
52 Acres Near Chattahoochee River Protected (GA)

Earth Island Institute:
2004 Brower Youth Awards Honor Outstanding Student Environmental Leaders

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
Countdown to an Energy Crisis

Alliance to Save Energy:
Alliance to Save Energy Urges Prompt Follow-Through by DOE on Long-Delayed Appliance Efficiency Standards

National Center for Policy Analysis:
NEW FINDINGS SHOW EARTH IS NOT GETTING WARMER

Rainforest Action Network:
Fleet Customers Enable Ford's Oil Addiction

Earth Island Institute:
West Nile Mosquito Control Program Threatens California Amphibians, Fish

ENN Daily News for 08/12/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
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Understanding diversity the first step in protecting it
A massive deep-sea expedition in the North Atlantic recently uncovered hundreds of species of fish and squid, including several that appear to be new to science. The expedition made headlines, but some readers may have been left wondering, "So what?"
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26485.asp

Survey shows most organic farmers say prices are holding steady, some predict rise
From alfalfa to oats to wine grapes, prices for organic produce and products have held steady for more than half of the nation's organic farmers, and more than one-quarter said they are seeing prices inching up, a new survey shows.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26502.asp

Flame retardants found in salmon meat
Farmed salmon, already found to carry higher levels than wild salmon of chemicals such as PCBs, may also contain higher levels of flame retardants, environmental researchers said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26488.asp

Bangkok's canals, once its lifeline, losing ground to urban sprawl
Along the banks of the canal, women in rowboats grill fish and sell fresh bananas. Families eat on floating pavilions, rocked gently by waves from passing boats.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26497.asp

Appeal rejected on plan to poison California stream to aid "rarest trout"
The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday rejected environmentalists' appeal of a plan to poison a stream south of Lake Tahoe to aid what wildlife officials call "the rarest trout in America."
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26496.asp

Dissolvable plastic and "bionic" gloves take honors at Australian science awards
A plastic that dissolves in water and a bionic glove that can restore movement to paralyzed hands were among the winners of Australia's top science awards.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26503.asp

Iraq pipeline fixed, sabotage threat rises
Crews finished repairing a main pipeline in southern Iraq on Wednesday after sabotage stopped operations for three days, but a threat by an anti-U.S. militia raised the specter of more disruptions to exports.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26490.asp

Japan begins probe into worst nuke accident
Investigators milled around a rusty 30-cm (12-inch) steel pipe at a nuclear plant in western Japan on Wednesday, trying to determine what caused it to rupture, causing the deadliest accident in Japanese nuclear industry history.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26491.asp

Bangladesh flood victims return home to new worries
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis made homeless by one month of nationwide floods are slowly returning from shelters, but many find they are facing a new battle for survival.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26494.asp

Millions of locusts headed for Darfur, say experts
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26489.asp

Some dolphins are born socialites
Some people are born to be the life and soul of the party — and so, it seems, are some dolphins.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26492.asp

Construction renewed on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline
Workers resumed construction of a pipeline seen as key to reducing Western dependence on Middle East oil, after the builders met Georgian demands to protect a gorge famed for its mineral springs, officials said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26501.asp

Firefighters battle fire on natural gas rig in Mediterranean for a second day
Firefighters battled for a second day Wednesday to contain a fire burning on a rig pumping natural gas out of the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's semiofficial news agency reported.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26499.asp

L.A. fights spread of West Nile virus
The city of Los Angeles Wednesday approved an emergency measure to curb the spread of the nation's most deadly West Nile virus outbreak by penalizing citizens who allow standing water on their property.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26487.asp

U.K. scientists are allowed to clone human embryos
British scientists said on Wednesday they had received permission to clone human embryos for medical research, in what they believe to be the first such licence to be granted in Europe.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-12/s_26495.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

National Audubon Society:
AUDUBON AND PARTNERS PUBLISH MISSISSIPPI'S FIRST BIRDING TRAIL MAP

World Resources Institute:
Wireless Points the Way in Africa

National Audubon Society:
Local Officials, Citizen Groups Expose Bush Administration Plans to Exploit America's Forests

Earth Island Institute:
Stunning Court victory for Dolphin Protection

Rainforest Action Network:
Rainforest Action Network Launches BuyGoodWood.com

United Nations Environment Programme:
Can the Return of the Olympic Games to Greece Inspire a Return to Nature?

The Trust for Public Land:
178 Riverfront Acres Donated to West Point, GA

Earth Island Institute:
2004 Brower Youth Awards Honor Outstanding Student Environmental Leaders

The Trust for Public Land:
Groundbreaking for New NYC Playground

The Trust for Public Land:
52 Acres Near Chattahoochee River Protected (GA)

Ocean Futures Society:
JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU CARRIES OLYMPIC TORCH

Straus Communications:
Farmers and Fishermen Fix Marine 'Dead Zones' - New study shows that composting manure counteracts environmental disasters

Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement :

Brownfields 2004: Gateway to Revitalization

Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement :
CBN Advisory Panel Announced

ENN Daily News for 08/11/2004

ENN

Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com
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EarthTalk: Where can I find Earth-friendly building materials?
More contractors and property owners have chosen to work with environmentally friendly building supplies over the last decade than ever before.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_25994.asp

Sudanese Arab horsemen poach rare Congo rhinos
Sudanese Arab horsemen, whose kin are being recruited by the Janjaweed militias in Darfur, are poaching elephants and endangered white rhinos in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, conservationists say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26462.asp

EPA mercury plan aims to help children and women, sidestep coal politics
New controls for cutting mercury emissions from power plants will aim to protect children and pregnant women and create "a level playing field" for coal-producing regions, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26466.asp

Thai cops see monkey business in monkey business
More than 40 orang-utans at a Bangkok zoo famous for its kick-boxing primates are missing, and Thai police said on Tuesday they did not believe the animals had died of pneumonia, as the owners have reportedly claimed.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26463.asp

USDA for sale?
On this week's radio program Beyond Organic, join host Jerry Kay — publisher of the Environmental News Network (ENN.com) — as we explore how industry manipulates government policy within the USDA.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26468.asp

Kerry says Bush broke his word on Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage
Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry, making a play for a state that supported President Bush four years ago, accused the president of breaking his word with a plan to bury nuclear waste in Nevada.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26465.asp

Peru authorities search for missing radioactive material
The head of the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy said this week that two stolen nuclear measuring devices used by miners do not contain enough radioactive material to produce a "dirty bomb."
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26448.asp

Unique tire-burning plant in Minnesota town brings promises of jobs and worries
Bob Maust thinks he has the perfect place for all of those scrap tires that litter Midwest landfills and shop yards: his hometown.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26467.asp

Cholera outbreak hits lawless Congo mining area
At least 70 people have died in the past six weeks from cholera in a lawless region of the Democratic Republic of Congo where miners are flocking to excavate ore used to make tin, health officials said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26464.asp

Red Adair, world-renowned oil well firefighter, dies
When an oil well fire raged in the Sahara Desert in 1962, the flames grew so high that astronaut John Glenn said he saw it from space as he orbited Earth.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26450.asp

Canada broadens coverage of mad cow tests
Canada has increased its tests of old, dead, and sick cattle for mad cow disease to assess the prevalence of the brain-wasting illness, a Canadian Food Inspection Agency official said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26460.asp

Desert shrub may help some cancer patients, says study
Chaparral, an evergreen desert shrub widely discredited as a purported cancer cure, may shrink some tumors when processed and used properly, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26461.asp

Millions in United States face mega-wave from island collapse
The bad news is that tens of millions of people along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada may drown if the slow slippage of a volcano off north Africa becomes a cataclysmic collapse.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-11/s_26440.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

Great Ape Trust of Iowa:
Firefighters go extra mile for great apes

Marine Stewardship Council:
First Crab Fishery Seeks Environmental Certification

Earth Island Institute:
Defend the Marine Mammal Protection Act!

National Audubon Society:
Local Officials, Citizen Groups Expose Bush Administration Plans to Exploit America's Forests

United Nations Environment Programme:
Can the Return of the Olympic Games to Greece Inspire a Return to Nature?

Earth Island Institute:
Stunning Court victory for Dolphin Protection

National Audubon Society:
AUDUBON AND PARTNERS PUBLISH MISSISSIPPI'S FIRST BIRDING TRAIL MAP

World Resources Institute:
Wireless Points the Way in Africa

Rainforest Action Network:
Rainforest Action Network Launches BuyGoodWood.com

Hurricane Charley's core spares Key West, draws a bead on Tampa Bay

By MARTIN MERZER, PHIL LONG AND JENNIFER BABSON
mmerzer@herald.com

Hurricane Charley propelled only minor rain and wind to South Florida overnight as it drew closer to an apparently inevitable collision this evening Florida's Gulf Coast -- where one million people were urged to flee.

''This is a significant event and we are ground zero,'' said a somber Gary Vickers, emergency management director of Pinellas County, which includes St. Petersburg and Clearwater.

The storm's dangerous core drilled through Cuba overnight but spared Key West, passing about 75 miles west of that vulnerable island city at 7 a.m. It was predicted to remain well away from Miami-Dade and Broward counties as it continued on a path toward the Tampa Bay area.

Full story: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/9392265.htm

ELECTION POLL

Posted on Fri, Aug. 13, 2004

Floridians still unsure all votes will count

A new poll showed John Kerry widening his lead over President Bush in Florida, while voters expressed worries about voting machines and the election process.

BY MARC CAPUTO AND GARY FINEOUT
gfineout@herald.com

TALLAHASSEE - Nearly one-third of Florida voters have ''deep concerns'' about the new touch-screen voting machines and the state's elections process as a whole, according to a new survey that also shows negative feelings about President Bush are cresting to an all-time high.

The poll of 1,094 Florida registered voters by Quinnipiac University of Connecticut says Democrat John Kerry is leading Bush 49 percent to 42 percent. If independent candidate Ralph Nader were on the ballot, he would get about 4 percent of the vote. When Nader is included in the question, Kerry gets 47 percent to Bush's 41 percent.

This is the first major survey to measure attitudes about elections machinery after news reports detailing touch-screen software glitches, lost data and flaws with the now-discarded list identifying potential felons ineligible to vote.

The poll, conducted in English and Spanish, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Full story: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/9388193.htm

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Walmart,Monopoly and Tariffs:

George Washington saidThe Purpose of Tariffs is so Americans do not have to compete against people who live in Mud huts.

In the book "Political Economy" (1875) Robert Thompson-Phd ;Pennsylvania University wrote:English Free Trade reduced the Irish people to a single endeavor, that is, find a small piece of land to grow food, to avoid Starvation.

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Dear EarthTalk: What is “shareholder activism” on behalf of environmental protection?
-- Michelle Zanler, Austin, TX

When the international environmental advocacy group Greenpeace made a decision in 2001 to invest in Shell Oil, it caused gasps in the environmental community, which wondered why the group, known for its daring tactics against polluters, would invest in one of the very companies it criticized. But buying $250,000 in Shell stock made Greenpeace a shareholder and thus enabled the group to file a “shareholder resolution” asking the company to substantially increase its investment in renewable energy technology.

Other recent high-profile environmental shareholder resolutions have challenged the use of genetically modified ingredients in foods, urged more recycled content in packaging, opposed pollution that contributes to climate change, and pushed for computer “take-back programs” by manufacturers that could re-use components in making new ones.

According to Tracey Rembert of the Social Investment Forum (SIF), there were more than 30 resolutions relating to climate change alone filed in 2003. Shareholder activism is not just for advocacy groups like Greenpeace and SIF. Individuals who own stock can get involved, too, by filing resolutions on their own or in partnership with an advocacy organization, by voting their proxies (the ballots mailed to shareholders), and by simply writing letters to the CEO (which have more clout coming from shareholders). Investors can also ask their pension plan or portfolio managers to contact a company on their behalf about an issue.

What fruits, if any, have these efforts yielded? A resolution asking American Electric Power to report on its greenhouse gas emissions received nearly 27 percent of the vote, and a resolution asking ChevronTexaco to report on its plans for developing renewable energy sources received 25 percent of the vote. “If a vote gets about 20 percent it usually pushes the company enough to take some action,” says Rembert. Resolutions sometimes never reach completion, but instead succeed by drawing enough advance attention to start a dialogue with company management.

Negotiations with ConocoPhillips following the threat of a resolution led to a pledge from the CEO to produce a climate change plan for the company. And office supplies superstore Staples agreed to set company greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets because of pressure from shareholders.

Filing a shareholder resolution requires legal savvy, and many investing professionals recommend getting guidance. “Start with co-filing a resolution under the direction of an organization like the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility,” recommends Carsten Henningsen, chairman of Portfolio 21, an environmentally focused mutual fund. “If you have people filing that don't have political sensitivities, or that aren't aware of others’ strategies, it could cause harm to shareholder efforts,” he says.

CONTACTS: Greenpeace, (202) 462-1177, www.greenpeaceusa.org; Social Investment Forum, (202) 872-5313, www.shareholderaction.org; Portfolio 21, 877-351-4115, www.portfolio21.com; Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, (212) 870-2295, www.iccr.org.

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Dear EarthTalk: Why are recent wildfires in the American West bigger, harder to control and more damaging than those in previous decades?
-- Joe Lyons, Jamaica Plain, MA

Indeed, the first few years of the 21st century have played host to wildfires of unprecedented proportions throughout the American West, killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands more, while causing billions of dollars in property damage.

While natural forces such as lightning strikes started many of these fires, the forest management policies of the 20th century are to blame for the huge scope of individual fires and the destruction left in their wakes. Historians credit a series of wildfires in 1910 that scorched three million acres of forest and claimed 85 lives in the Northern Rockies of Idaho and Montana with forcing the U.S. Forest Service to take on fire suppression as a top priority. Symbolized in later years by Forest Service mascot Smokey Bear (who is 60 years old this year), this policy did prevent many fires during its half-century reign, but it also caused a large build-up of tinder-like woody debris that eventually fueled the largest wildfires on record in recent years.

When fires did begin to return, they burned out of control with a vengeance. Foresters began to question the Smokey Bear fire suppression policy in the 1960s when they realized that no new sequoia trees were growing in California. Researchers found that these trees depend upon the high temperatures of forest fires to pry open their cones so new seeds can spring forth and take root. Looking past the case of the sequoias, researchers found that fire is an essential part of the ecology of forests. In fact, several types of trees, grasses and wildflowers have evolved in relation to fire, and depend upon occasional burns for propagation of their species.

Beyond local ecological effects, the raging fires of recent years are also contributing to global warming. Intact forests act as “carbon sinks” by storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in their woody debris, thus lessening the impact of pollution from cars and smokestacks. Forest fires release this stored carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere, which only exacerbates climate change. The U.S. Forest Service now stages some “controlled burns” in order to minimize the impacts of naturally-occurring fires.

While the idea of fighting fire with fire may seem strange, it is not new: Native Americans first employed controlled burns to help keep larger fires in check for many years before the arrival of Columbus. Today, individual landowners with acreage vulnerable to forest fire can help by conducting their own controlled burns­ in accordance with state and local laws, of course ­to help prevent larger and more destructive fires.

CONTACTS: U.S. Forest Service, (202) 205-8333, www.fs.fed.us; SmokeyBear.com, www.smokeybear.com; American Forests, (202) 955-4500, www.americanforests.org.

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WIND.ALERT FOR AUGUST 2004 FROM WINDPOWER MONTHLY

Here are your summaries of the top stories in the August 2004
issue of Windpower Monthly.

For a descriptive list of this month's full contents just go to
http://www.windpower-monthly.com/current
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Special Issue: Annual Article Index 2003-2004

Windpower Monthly, Vol 20, No. 8 2004
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A succinct overview of all the important business and economic
developments in the global wind power market over the past 12
months is provided by the special August issue of Windpower
Monthly. True to tradition, we again use the vacation season for
publication of the Annual Article Index. Not only is the index an
invaluable tool for...
(Go to http://www.windpower-monthly.com/current,#focus to read more
about this article)

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All systems go for first stage of huge Australian project

Windpower Monthly, Vol 20, No. 8 2004
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Australian wind power developer, Pacific Hydro, has confirmed
construction will begin shortly on its 30 MW Yambuk wind farm
and on a blade manufacturing facility planned by Danish turbine
manufacturer Vestas for Portland, Victoria. Yambuk is the first
stage of the A$270 million 195 MW Portland Wind Energy
Project. Shining through as the clear political driver for the
enterprise is the significant economic boost it will give to the
region.

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Legal challenge to Brazilian renewables support program causes chaos

Windpower Monthly, Vol 20, No. 8 2004

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The wind energy segment of Brazil's government-led renewable
power program, Proinfa, is teetering on the edge of collapse
after being swamped by legal challenges. Two companies left
out of the initial selection for Proinfa power purchase contracts
sued the government. The presiding judge in the court case
agreed with the plaintiffs that licences were not awarded correctly
and suspended the contracts already issued. Read more about
the controversy in the August issue of Windpower Monthly.

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Federal election result in Canada could be a boon for wind

Windpower Monthly, Vol 20, No. 8 2004

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All three political parties now set to form a governing alliance
in Canada pledged significant support for wind power in the
run-up to the June 28 federal election. But keeping wind at the
top of the legislative priority list may have become even more of
a challenge than ever. So says Robert Hornung of the Canadian
Wind Energy Association. Find out why in the August issue of
Windpower Monthly.

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The promise of Kyoto

Windpower Monthly, Vol 20, No. 8 2004

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The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and
Joint Initiative (JI) regulations provide a means for the
relatively affluent world to profitably invest in clean power
projects in the developing world. Buying into a wind power plant
with CDM or JI accreditation, or purchase of carbon emission
credits from such plant, is a way for companies and countries in
the West to offset the emissions (and carbon taxes) associated
with their consumption of electricity from fossil fuel plant. In
three short stories we report on a new study that provides
details of countries that qualify as CDM or JI project hosts, on
two new funds set up for the purchase of CDM or JI carbon credits
(also from wind plant), and on a wind turbine manufacturer
working on getting projects fully accredited under the Kyoto
mechanisms wherever possible.

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GREENBUZZ for August 9, 2004

Taking Care of Business

The goal of the paperless office isn't so far out of reach as you might think -- if by "paperless" you mean "tree-free." In this week's feature, environmental reporter Jim Motavalli brings you up to speed on the latest innovations in alternative-fiber paper. Find out what the traditional pulp and paper industry is doing to explore new options, and why supporters of the growing alternative-fiber movement have their work cut out for them. Also this week: Help for environmentally savvy investors on evaluating climate risk.

Headlines - The Latest News on Business and the Environment

New Guide Helps Investors Assess Financial Risks and Opportunities from Global Warming
The guide identifies actions that pension plans, fund managers, and companies can take to address climate risk, and also recommends that investors support government action to reduce investor and business uncertainty on global warming.

Forest Makes Coffee Farm $62,000 Richer, WWF Researcher Finds
Seven percent of a Costa Rican coffee farm's annual income -- $62,000 -- comes directly from the pollination "services" of adjacent tropical forest, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Builders Break Ground on 'World's Most Environmentally Responsible High-Rise Office Building' Bank of America and The Durst Organization have broken ground on the construction of the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, a 945-foot-tall crystalline skyscraper that will rise in Midtown Manhattan.

Chinese Government to Support Recycling Industry
Beijing has announced that it will promote the country's nascent recycling sector to ease pressure on natural resources.

Pro-Recycling Investors Listed Online
The first online listing of finance providers who are dedicated to protecting the environment through their recycling efforts has been launched in the U.K.

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Resources and Tools
A Wealth of Hands-On Help

University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
Resources and tools designed to help colleges and universities make sustainability an integral part of curriculum, research, operations, and outreach.

Building Materials Emissions
Study tested 77 products for emissions that might affect indoor air quality.

Road to Sustainability
A step-by-step introduction to the International Finance Corporation's funding process for sustainable development projects.

Update on Carbon Offsets
An informative and well-written backgrounder on the interrelationships of forests, carbon offsets, and climate change.

Environmental Technologies Program
Helps U.S. companies access EPA research on new environmental technologies that have market potential.

More Tools... More Web Sites...


Columns and Features
Insight and Inspiration from the Experts

The Paper Chase
The paperless office is still a distant dream. Meanwhile, a growing movement is pushing for more recycled content, and tree-free alternatives make the case to end logging forever. By Jim Motavalli

The Tao of Prius
The 2004 Prius is more than a nice ride. It also tells us what a leading company thinks of the potential -- and limits -- of consumer-driven change for a better world. By Joshua Skov


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Alternative fuel dispensing station fuel storage solutions:

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ENN Daily News for 08/10/2004

ENN
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com
E-mail Edition

The motherly love of leeches and other stories
Leeches are actually loving parents, according to evolutionary biologist Fred Govedich of Monash University in Australia. His discovery places the Australian leech (Helobdella papillornata) among the few invertebrates to actively care for young into maturity.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_25691.asp

Accident at Japanese nuclear plant kills at least four, raises worries about reactor safety
Japan suffered its deadliest nuclear power plant accident Monday when a bursting steam pipe killed at least four workers and injured seven in another blow to the industry in an energy-poor country already worried about nuclear plant safety.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26445.asp

Occidental signs controversial $50 million Peru oil deal
North American oil companies Occidental Petroleum Corp., Amerada Hess Corp., and Talisman Energy Inc. agreed Monday to invest $50 million to drill for oil in Peru's northern jungle region, despite fierce resistance from indigenous groups and environmentalists.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26437.asp

Millionaires' resort community in Montana to pay $1.8 million fine over water pollution
A golf and ski community for multimillionaires will pay $1.8 million and complete several environmental restoration projects to settle complaints over construction site discharge into waterways and wetlands, officials said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26446.asp

Ethnic, criminal bloodletting over oil wealth has Nigeria's petroleum industry reeling
In unrest comparable in scale to Chechnya and Colombia, a year of bloodletting has killed more than 1,000 in the oil-rich Niger Delta, leaving the world's No. 7 oil exporter, and people here, concerned for the future.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26449.asp

Rush for natural resources still fuels war in Congo
On the mud wall of an abandoned thatched hut in the Congolese jungle town of Walikale, the words "Stop, Please" are scrawled in white chalk.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26443.asp

Connecticut dairy farmer is turning manure into cash
Beyond the Freund Farm's picturesque market, boasting fresh tomatoes and homemade apple pies, is a working dairy farm, complete with a half-acre lagoon brimming with cow manure.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26451.asp

Kerry offers plan for U.S. energy independence
With crude oil prices at record highs, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry offered a 10-year, $30 billion proposal to move the nation toward energy independence.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26442.asp

West Africa fears famine as locusts advance
Nearly a million people in West Africa face famine unless they get international aid to battle swarms of locusts devouring their crops in the region's worst plague in 15 years, farmers and government experts warned.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26444.asp

World Bank plans Iraq infrastructure projects soon
The World Bank plans to embark on its first reconstruction projects in Iraq since the toppling of Saddam Hussein by October, the head of the bank's Iraq program said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26441.asp

Dirty water provokes hepatitis outbreak in Darfur
An outbreak of hepatitis E shows that teeming camps of refugees from the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region are at growing risk from water and sewage-borne diseases, health agencies said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26438.asp

Interstate radioactive waste dump compact accepts Nebraska's $141 million settlement
Nebraska will pay $141 million for blocking efforts to build a low-level radioactive waste dump and will be allowed to continue to oppose locating the dump in the state, under the settlement of a lawsuit accepted Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-10/s_26447.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

Great Ape Trust of Iowa:
Firefighters go extra mile for great apes

Marine Stewardship Council:
First Crab Fishery Seeks Environmental Certification

Earth Island Institute:
Defend the Marine Mammal Protection Act!

[zamoraforcongress] Notes from Ruben.

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Tales from Boston

Two weeks ago at this time I was in Boston at the DNC with some of you. We had a great time and met a lot of people, both big names and ordinary people. Though being in the midst of celebrities, well-known politicians, and tenured social activists was inspiring, I really liked meeting the everyday people from all over the country. They are folks just like you and me who are trying to make our country a better place and reclaim it for the people.

I especially enjoyed the time spent with our Illinois friends, and we all appreciated the hospitality of our Bostonian hosts. We are glad to be back in Illinois, inspired to
do our best to replace this current administration and mend its damage.


Office-warming Fundraiser

Last week we began moving in to our new office at 14 W. Downer Place, Suite 8 in Aurora. To encourage you to visit our new office (which we are sharing with Aurora Township Democrats), we invite to you take a rest from the dog days of summer with a Chili Dinner Friday, August 13 at 6 p.m. Then stick around for Motown at Aurora’s Downtown Alive. Dinner will be $10
per person or $30 per family. Bring the whole family as Downtown Alive also features games and activities for the children.


Debating Denny

My opponent will be spending much of August away from Illinois, but when we met a couple weeks ago, he agreed to a debate at a date to be determined. We’ll keep you posted! Get your questions ready.


Activities around the 14th

Do you know of any activities happening in your community? I’m trying to reach out to the community, so please keep me informed. I’d love to come and talk to your women’s groups, unions, civic organizations, you name it. While you’re at it, please remember that I’m available for coffee chats or house parties.

Holding a coffee (mini-fundraiser) in your home or neighborhood is a great way for me to meet the people of Illinois and better understand your needs as I relate my vision for our state and nation. Remember, ours is a grassroots campaign, so I need your help.


Endorsements are beginning to Come Through

I was recently endorsed by the Congress for Peace and the Citizens’ Action Illinois. Endorsements help, but I’m really looking for your help in reaching the citizens in our district, from Rock Falls to Dixon, DeKalb to Aurora, Elgin to Wheaton, and all points in between. With only 80 days until the election, we have a lot of outreach to do, but with your help, I know we
can make a difference.


The Fun Begins—Volunteers are Needed

We need volunteers to help with phone coverage, database entry, and compiling canvassing lists. Just stop by or volunteer online at http://www.zamoraforcongress.org or call the headquarters at 630-896-4400. My answering machine number is 630-859-1030, or Mark Blackman at
312-505-0522.

Thanks to all of you who have already volunteered,

Ruben

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Ruben Zamora
Progressive Candidate (D)
14th Congressional District
U.S. House of Representatives
(630) 859-1030
http://www.zamoraforcongress.org
zamora4congress@sbcglobal.net

Snail mail:
PO Box 1003
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EDITORIAL: Lakes Protection
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The job of saving the Great Lakes from diversions needs the active
involvement of Michiganders, whose first public opportunity comes at the end
of this month. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/10)

Invasive plant attacks human skin, causing purplish scars
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The name may conjure pigpen pleasures, but giant hogweed is no summertime
snooze in the mud. Triggered by light, a toxin in hogweed sap attacks human
skin, causing swelling, burns, blisters and permanent, purplish scars.
Source: Detroit Free Press (8/10)

Counting cormorants
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Some resort owners and anglers don't like to have to compete with cormorants
and are advocating a hunting season, even though the big black bird is
currently a protected species. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (8/10)

Diver finds shipwreck teeming with life
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A 90-year-old wreck in the St. Lawrence River has become an artificial reef,
with huge starfish, crabs, sea bass and something called a sea potato.
Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (8/10)

Tire-burning plant in Minnesota brings jobs
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In a farm community in southeast Minnesota, developers eager to capitalize
on a new tire-burning technology are squaring off against environmentalists
and outdoors enthusiasts who fear pollution and a dent in the region's
tourism. Source: Newsday (8/10)

OPINION: Keep lake invaders out with tighter U.S. limits
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Aggressive federal action is needed to prevent zebra mussels and other alien
fish and plants from entering U.S. waters aboard oceangoing ships. Source:
Wisconsin State Journal (8/9)

Hope grows for Raspberry Island light project
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Despite receiving almost no budget increase over the past three years, the
Apostle Island National Lakeshore has found the money to save the lighthouse
on Raspberry Island. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (8/9)

Beach finds are real gems these days
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Beach glass, the colorful fragments of old bottles ground smooth by the
action of sand and water, has become harder to find as people litter less,
even as its popularity in jewelry is increasing. Source: Erie Times-News
(8/9)

Change bears down on historic battlefield
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With construction of a shopping mall next to the historic Fallen Timbers
battlefield due to begin this fall, a new fight is raging over whether the
area will be a tribute to history or to 21st century commerce. Source: The
Toledo Blade (8/8)

MDNR wants to add 600 slips along the North Shore
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Pleasure boat traffic is increasing along Minnesota's Lake Superior shore,
as is the need to provide boaters with protection from the lake's rough
weather and rocky cliffs during storms. Source: Cook County News-Herald
(8/5)

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Earth Policy Institute - The Vision and The Plan

We have the Vision and the Plan, and now we've made it easier for you to read about them.

To make it easier for you to find the information of most interest to you, we've taken our book chapter PDFs and divided them into the chapter sections. The links to every section are found on the Table of Contents page for each book.
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PlanB_contents.htm
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Want to know about jobs in an eco-economy, but don't want to read through an entire PDF?http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Eco/EEch4_ss5.htm

Interested in tax shifting?
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB/PBch11_ss5.htm
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What about planning cities for people?
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Eco/EEch9_ss6.htm

Ice melting?
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Why we need Plan B?
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Don't be shy. Go to our website http://www.earth-policy.org and see how
we've opened up our books to you.

Part of the Earth Policy Institute's mission is to disseminate the vision of an eco-economy and a plan on how to achieve it. It is our hope that making our research results more accessible will help to move the world onto a sustainable path.

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Delayed toxic cleanup puts public at risk
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The bank accounts that pay for cleaning thousands of toxic dumps and
cast-off factories across Michigan are nearly empty, raising fears that
needed cleanups will be delayed, scaled back or scrapped altogether. Source:
The Detroit News (8/9)

EPA administrator touring Great Lakes
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This spring, EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt was asked to head up a task
force to coordinate local, state, and federal agencies in cleaning up the
Great Lakes. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (8/9)

Fish sample shows unsafe mercury levels
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Fish sampled in more than 100 lakes in Michigan were contaminated with
levels of mercury that in most cases exceeded safe levels for women of
childbearing age and young children. Source: The Detroit News (8/9)

Region lagging in underground storage tank cleanup
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Most Great Lakes states have been slow to put together federally approved
programs to clean up underground storage tanks leaking fuel and other
contaminants into the surrounding soil and water. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (8/9)

Ontario, polluters told to clean up
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Ontario needs to crack down harder on industrial polluters, says a new
report into toxic spills in a pollution-prone stretch of the St. Clair River
dubbed Chemical Alley. Source: The Toronto Star (8/9)

EDITORIAL: Battling alien invaders
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Concerned scientists are struggling to find a defence against these looming
threats and to orchestrate a counterattack against the invaders that are
already here. Source: The Toronto Star (8/8)

Beach closings, warnings in Michigan buck trend
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The number of days that America's beaches closed or posted warnings because
of pollution rose sharply in 2003, but Michigan bucked the trend with a
sharp drop in closings, an environmental group says. Source: The Detroit
News (8/8)

Lakes observatory gains new director
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USGS researcher Steve Colman has been hired to head the Large Lakes
Observatory at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Source: Duluth News
Tribune (8/7)

Massive project awaits water authority
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A massive public works project is planned to bring Lake Michigan water to
inland Wisconsin suburbs. It will cost $98 million, take two years to build
and will bury 65 miles of pipeline 6 feet underground. Source: Green Bay
Press-Gazette (8/6)

Government lakes study aims to help protect species
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To keep common aquatic species abundant in the Great Lakes region, the
federal government is in the midst of an eight-year effort to identify
habitats requiring additional protection. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/6)

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Popular Mechanics September Techwatch has two excellent brief articles on new renewable energy technology in the works:

A weed that's seeds are 60% veggie oil & grows in harsh nutient-poor conditions - Jatropha CurcasA brief on it in Techwatch in September's issue of Popular Mechanics. Interesting for the biodiesel / veggie oil fuel movement. Currently being experinmented with on two plantations in India. Page 18, but not much more info than I just gave.

Also in the same issue Techwatch page 17, using miles long tubes to exploit barometric pressure differential to drive electricity producing turbines on a large scale.

News from PR Newswire
Alvin Snaper Joins Capstone International Corp. in Developing Proprietary PROPLESS WIND POWER GENERATOR

16:01 EST Friday, December 05, 2003

FOX ISLAND, Wash., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Capstone International Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: CITC) announced today that through the assistance of First National Power, it has finalized its agreement with ALVIN SNAPER, of Impactive Technology Inc to transfer all of the technology and all rights to use, manufacture and market the proprietary technology under development described as the "PROPLESS WIND POWER GENERATOR" (PWPG). Mr. Snapper will Chair the CITC Technology Advisory Board.

Full story: http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20031205&archive=prnews&slug=2003_12_05_16_2247_1053838

Rolling Down the Highway, Looking Out for Flawed Elections
By ADAM COHEN
Published: August 8, 2004


KINGMAN, Ariz. — The elections director of Mohave County, Ariz., was so proud of his new electronic voting system that Bev Harris barely had the heart to point out its vulnerabilities. But she did, and before long she was ticking off the ways that she said an outsider could hijack his central tabulator - the computer that stores all of the county's votes - and steal an election.

By the time she had shown him a "backdoor" way to gain access to his software without a password, the elections director was visibly concerned. Before she left, he asked her to send him a list of things he could do to safeguard this year's election.

Ms. Harris's visit to Mohave County was part of a monthlong trip in which she and her deputy, Andy Stephenson, traveled to 10 states, investigating flaws in electronic voting and giving on-the-fly computer security tutorials.

Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/opinion/08sun3.html

'Nearshore'--the new offshore?

Published: August 6, 2004, 10:08 AM PDT
By Andy McCue Special to CNET News.com

"Nearshore" is the new offshore in the United Kingdom, with outsourcers favoring the former Eastern bloc countries and Morocco as opposed to traditional locations such as India, according to a new report.

The report, "Profiting from European Nearshore Outsourcing" from analyst firm Datamonitor, found that companies are increasingly looking to countries such as the Czech Republic when it comes to moving call center operations to lower-wage locations overseas.

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Illinois Progressive Caucus Forming - Perfect Storm?

Like thunder on the horizon, Progressive Democrats in Illinois have been rumbling and gathering energy. Through the campaigns of the likes of Dennis Kucinich and Barak Obama they are starting to be heard and seen. In the campaigns of candidates like Rueben Zamora, 14th district challenger to Dennis Hastert, among others, they are gathering strength and reach.

The time has come to bring focus to that energy. To bring brilliant flashes of lightning - of which this may be one of the first. The following quotes will allow you to find the places where you can find the birthing of a new spirit in Illinois, as is happening in other places around the nation.

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Deadly algae, once thought vanquished, back early this year
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A deadly form of algae that has appeared in western Lake Erie almost every
summer since 1995 has emerged more than a month ahead of schedule, leading
researchers to believe this could be a bad year for it. Source: The Toledo
Blade (8/6)

EPA sues Waukegan, companies over dump
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Illinois and the U.S.
attorney general's office is suing the city of Waukegan and several
companies to get them to clean up a hazardous site. Source: Chicago
Sun-Times (8/6)

Sewage link won't bolster sprawl
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Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday the controversial Big Pipe sewer
connection to King City is the price of progress and brushed aside
suggestions it will encourage urban sprawl and hurt the environment.
Source: The Toronto Star (8/6)

Aquatic pit bull threatens U.S. waterways
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It is the pit bull of the aquatic world, an air-breathing, predatory fish
from Asia that likes to eat its prey whole and threatens to become a
permanent pest in North American waters like the ubiquitous zebra mussel.
Source: The Globe and Mail (8/6)

EDITORIAL: Lake Huron alewife population crashes
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Anglers are catching fish, and sometimes limits, but overall the catch rate
and the size of the fish both are down across Lake Huron. Source: Michigan
Outdoor News (8/6)

FirstEnergy says a blown fuse caused Davis-Besse shutdown
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FirstEnergy is trying to determine whether there was an electrical short or
something else to cause the fuse to blow, Richard Wilkins, a company
spokesman, said. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/6)

Pollution, added tests boost beach closings 58%
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Environmental groups used the fouled water and the vast and empty Bradford
Beach as a backdrop for the release of the National Resources Defense
Council's annual beach report. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/5)

Mercury restrictions help local wildlife
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A recent study seems to indicate that wildlife recover from mercury
contamination pretty quickly once emissions restrictions are in place.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (8/2)

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ENN Daily News for 08/06/2004

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Green credit unions do well by doing good
While many of us may feel we don't have the extra money, let alone the spare time, to take the plunge into the vortex of socially responsible investing (SRI), just about everyone has a bank account.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_25226.asp

Environmental groups win biotech crops suit
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to identify where four companies are performing open-field testing of genetically modified crops in Hawaii.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26413.asp

Hiroshima mayor chastises U.S. for developing small nukes
The mayor of Hiroshima rebuked Washington on Friday, the 59th anniversary of his city's atomic bombing by the United States, for wanting to develop small nuclear weapons that he feared would be easier to use.
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Mauritania seeks aid to battle locust swarms
Swarms of locusts spread across Mauritania Thursday after invading the capital Nouakchott and eating everything green in their path including the city's main soccer pitch and the president's gardens.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26409.asp

Movement down under to drive cleaner cars
The Australian government is urging consumers to give up their love affair with hefty four-wheel drive vehicles and opt instead for more environmentally friendly models.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26407.asp

California EPA wants to spur solar-home development
California officials are proposing that half of all new homes in the state be running on solar energy in 10 years, an effort spurred by $100 million in annual incentives paid for by electricity consumers.
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South Asia monsoons inundate new areas, claim more lives
Heavy downpours inundated villages and claimed dozens of lives in northern and western India, where farmers had prayed for rain only a week ago amid a prolonged dry spell.
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Great Bustards back in Britain after 172 years
In a scheme run by the British Great Bustard Project with Stirling University, 30 chicks of the rare, wild bird were hatched in Russia and flown over to Britain this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26411.asp

Grandfather nears end of 35-mile swim from Cozumel to Cancun
A 61-year-old Texan needed about 16 hours to swim the rough Caribbean waters between Cozumel Island and Cancun on Thursday, completing a journey meant to promote the protection of coral reefs.
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Marine expedition finds life and mysteries in the deep
Norwegian scientists who explored the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean said Thursday their findings, including what appear to be new species of fish and squid, could be used to protect marine ecosystems worldwide.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26405.asp

First signs of El Nino arise in the Pacific Ocean
Warming water temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific last month may indicate the start of a new El Nino.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26404.asp

Ford unveils world's first hybrid SUV
The Ford Motor Co. kicked off formal production Thursday of a hybrid version of its Escape SUV, the world's first gas-electric hybrid sports utility vehicle and the first hybrid vehicle produced by an American automaker.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26401.asp

Pollution-related beach closures are increasing
The number of days that beaches closed or posted warnings because of pollution rose sharply in 2003 due to more rainfall, increased monitoring, and tougher standards, an environmental group said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26402.asp

Shark attacks along Texas coast are 'normal'
Three shark attacks off the Texas coast in the past two months are unusual but don't mean there are more sharks than normal along the beach or that they are getting bolder, marine biologists and other experts say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-06/s_26403.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)
We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

WWF-US Communications:
WWF Urges World Bank to Take Lead in Promoting Clean and Sustainable Energy Use

World Society for the Protection of Animals:
Animal groups call for amnesty on Greece's stray dogs

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution :
Dolphin Research Gets Boost from License Plate Sales

Global Response:
Ecuadorian Native Peoples Call for Halt to Burlington Resources Oil Exploration; Face Threat of Force

Fluoride Action Network:
Conference highlights fluoride health risks

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$300 million bridge to Canada gets kick-start
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The private owners of the Ambassador Bridge have fired the opening shot in
the race to build another span between Detroit and Windsor. Source: The
Detroit News (8/5)

Davis-Besse reactor shuts down
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The Davis-Besse nuclear power plant reactor unexpectedly shut down Wednesday
during testing, marking the first glitch for the plant since it resumed
generating electricity at full capacity in April after being shut down for
two years. Source: The Ohio News Network (8/5)

Ohio begins aggressive cleanup of Cleveland lakefront parks
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State park officials are promising an aggressive assault on the weeds,
overgrown grass, graffiti and other unsightly matters that mar the Cleveland
Lakefront State Park system. Source: The Plain Dealer (8/5)

'Dog-strangling' vine choking upstate
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Ground zero for New York's swallow-wort invasion is at the eastern end of
Lake Ontario. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (8/5)

Illinois, Indiana cooperate on Calumet Harbor
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The Illinois and Indiana Departments of Natural Resources have created a new
reciprocal sportfishing agreement for the Calumet Harbor area of Lake
Michigan. Source: The Daily Herald (8/5)

Signs of life
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The Cleveland Museum of Natural History's curator of botany is worried that
homeowners who live along Ohio's glacial lakes will unknowingly affect
aquatic plants with septic tank runoff, herbicides used to clear their
properties, and the planting or tolerance of invasive plant species.
Source: The Plain Dealer (8/5)

Tour of 1930s ship provides history lesson
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The ship that was once a lively host to up to 300 travelers and 46 crew
members, S.S. City of Milwaukee, is now a quiet floating museum that takes
visitors back five decades from the 1930s to the early 1980s. Source:
Lansing State Journal (8/5)

DeWine: Protect the Great Lakes
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Sen. Mike DeWine believes restoration and protection of the Great Lakes are
regional priorities that should be pursued by Ohio and its neighboring
states. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (8/4)

Researchers warn of declining American Eel population
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Over the past 30 years, eel populations along the Atlantic Seaboard and in
the Great Lakes have plummeted, which is seen as a shrill environmental
warning. Source: Voice of America (8/4)

Tall ships coming to Kenosha for Days of Discovery
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The maritime festival "Wind, Water & Song," will be held Aug. 4 to 8;
visitors will see four of the largest ships in the Great Lakes when they
sail into Kenosha harbor. Source: The Racine Journal Times (8/4)

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UW-Madison News Release--Forests change

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8/5/2004

CONTACT: Robert Scheller, (608) 265-6321, rmscheller@wisc.edu

WARMER WEATHER, HUMAN DISTURBANCES INTERACT TO CHANGE FORESTS

PORTLAND - While a rapidly changing climate may alter the composition of northern Wisconsin's forests, disturbances such as logging also will play a critical role in how these sylvan ecosystems change over time.

Details will be presented on Friday, Aug. 6, at the annual Ecological Society of America conference in Portland, Ore.

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers used a computer-modeling program to project 200 years of change in a forest in northwestern Wisconsin under three climate scenarios. In one scenario, they assumed no change from current temperature and precipitation conditions; in the other two scenarios, they used data from global forecasts that predict a hotter, wetter climate.
The model also took into account land development, along with processes like harvesting and changes in carbon storage due to climate change.

"If the climate were to warm, we project that many northern species would not be able to reproduce or compete well, and southern species that are adapted to warmer conditions, such as the oaks and hickories found in southern Wisconsin, would move in," says Robert Scheller, a UW-Madison postdoctoral forestry researcher with the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
In fact, Scheller and forestry professor David Mladenoff found that some species - including jack pine, red pine, white spruce, balsam fir and paper birch - would not be able to survive warmer conditions.

But human actions also contribute to this changing landscape, according to the results.
Says Scheller, "Human influence greatly modifies change in the forests, and logging and fragmentation would affect the northward migration of southern species during a period of climate warming."

Although scientists know that species migration occurs as the climate changes - there is evidence of this from the last ice age, Scheller says - for at least the next 100 years, disturbances such as harvesting or wind damage will continue to play a very important role in shaping forests.

"Harvesting helped create the forests we know today, and will continue to be a primary driver of change," he says. "If the climate changes, harvesting may provide opportunities for southern species to take hold in northern forests."

However, there is a natural lag between climate change and species migration, says Scheller, adding that this lag is especially evident in environments that are fragmented by human development, such as parts of northern Wisconsin.

The project was completed using a newly released forestry-modeling program called LANDIS II, which is an expansion of the previous LANDIS program. Forestry scientists at UW-Madison and the U.S. Forest Service North Central Research Station developed both programs.

Scheller and Mladenoff are now applying their new model to areas outside of Wisconsin. They are teaming with NASA to model insect defoliation using satellite images, and are working with the U.S. Forest Service to examine the effects of fire in the pine barrens of New Jersey.

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ENN Daily News for 08/04/2004

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Climate distress reaches the deep sea
Climate change could cause alarming changes to sea life far below the surface, report oceanographers in the journal Science. Also in California Wild: pidgeons, fiddler crabs, and news about the latest planetoid on the block.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26366.asp

Study finds high mercury levels in freshwater fish
Fish from lakes and reservoirs sampled by federal researchers were contaminated with mercury, and most exceeded federal exposure limits for young children and women of childbearing age, according to a study by an environmental advocacy coalition.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26373.asp

Annual 'dead zone' spreads across Gulf of Mexico
huge "dead zone" of water so devoid of oxygen that sea life cannot live in it has spread across 5,800 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico this summer in what has become an annual occurrence caused by pollution.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26379.asp

Bangladesh braces for post-flood trauma
South Asia's worst floods in 15 years are receding after killing around 1,370 people across the region and should be over soon, weather officials say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26370.asp

Australia-U.S. free trade deal under threat
Australia's free trade pact with the United States was under threat Tuesday with the government and opposition Labor at loggerheads over legislation backing the deal ahead of a cliff-hanger election tipped for October.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26368.asp

Maggots make medical comeback
Think of these wriggly little creatures not as, well, gross, but as miniature surgeons: Maggots are making a medical comeback, cleaning out wounds that just won't heal.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26377.asp

Could mosquitoes have a sweet tooth?
It turns out that what you long thought to be true is true: Mosquitoes prefer biting some people more than others. "Some people are just more attractive," said Ulrich Bernier, a research chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26378.asp

Hungry elk pay for meals with their lives
When times get lean in winter, starving bull elk literally have to choose between eating and being eaten.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26369.asp

Hospitals move toward paperless age
Hospitals are trading their once-scattered medical charts, file folders, X-rays, and other documents for a unified electronic records system accessible with a few keystrokes.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26376.asp

Remote Alaska island is home to petrified forest
In the Shumagins, an island chain that jabs into the north Pacific, the few live trees were planted by people. But along a stretch of beach on the northwest corner of Unga Island, there's a grove that hasn't grown for 25 million years.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26375.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)

We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

WWF-US Communications:
Forest Makes Coffee Farm $62,000 Richer, WWF Researcher Finds

United Nations Environment Programme:
Tips to Turn the Tide in Favour of Endangered Sea Turtles

Rainforest Action Network:
Ford Forced To Face Fuel Efficiency Fiasco

World Resources Institute:
Imagining the Unthinkable: Abrupt Climate Change

Mangrove Action Project:
Mangrove Action Project News #142

Global Response:
Indonesian Communities Demand Clean-up and Compensation from Newmont Mining Company

Probe urged over 'torture' memos

A group of judges and top lawyers urged an investigation of the Bush administration's memos examining laws on torture, and called for the release of all documents.

BY FRANK DAVIES fdavies@herald.com

WASHINGTON - Twelve former judges, seven past presidents of the American Bar Association, a former FBI director and more than 100 other legal experts called Wednesday for a thorough investigation of Bush administration memos that explored ways to skirt the laws against torture.

Full story: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/9322429.htm

ELECTIONS VOTING MACHINES

Touch-screens dealt a blow

BY GARY FINEOUT gfineout@herald.com

TALLAHASSEE - While state election officials publicly proclaim their faith in touch-screen voting machines in the midst of criticism, their own reports may have been the first to highlight potential shortcomings in the technology more than 18 months ago.

Full story: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/9321494.htm

ENN Daily News for 08/05/2004

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Building the 'world's most environmentally responsible high-rise office building'
Upon completion, Bank of America Tower will be the world's most environmentally responsible high-rise office building and the first to strive for the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum designation.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26372.asp

Swedish method may predict quakes weeks in advance
Swedish geologists may have found a way to predict earthquakes weeks before they happen by monitoring the amount of metals like zinc and copper in subsoil water near earthquake sites, scientists report.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26394.asp

State park preserves geological and industrial history
Just outside the center of a once-booming mill town, a towering slab of white stands as a quiet memorial to a part of the area's industrial history, sharing space with one of North America's most unique geological structures.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26392.asp

South Asia monsoon death toll spirals beyond 1,800
The toll across South Asia from six weeks of monsoon storms reached 1,823, according to official figures compiled by The Associated Press.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26391.asp

Drop cod for pollock say marine conservationists
People must drop traditional fish dishes like cod, hake, and haddock to save them from extinction and switch to more plentiful species like pollock, flounder, and mullet, British environmentalists say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26385.asp

Eastern U.S. may face more bad summer air
The number of summer days when air quality fails federal health standards could nearly double by mid-century for people living in 15 eastern U.S. cities, medical experts said in a study released Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26384.asp

Ford's hybrid SUV not green enough for environmentalists
Ford Motor Co.'s introduction of a gas-electric hybrid sport utility vehicle is a good start, but will have little immediate impact on its dismal fuel economy record, U.S. environmental groups say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26390.asp

Welcome to Svalbard, but don't feed the bears
While the polar bears are a major draw to the Norwegian archipelago, along with husky-drawn sleigh rides under the midnight sun and expeditions to the North Pole, nature lovers are advised not to go unarmed outside the capital, Longyearbyen.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26387.asp

Bush and Kerry at odds over 'sportsmen' program
Campaigning in sunny Minnesota on Wednesday, President Bush told several hundred farmers, ranchers, and sportsmen that he plans to expand a program that pays them to keep environmentally sensitive lands out of production.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26393.asp

Gloves come off for 'Thai' boxing orang-utans
The fur is flying in Thailand over claims from conservationists that a troupe of more than 100 kick-boxing orang-utans at a Bangkok amusement park are victims of a smuggling racket from nearby Indonesia.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26386.asp

Earth-like planets may be rare
Our solar system may be unique after all, despite the discovery of at least 120 other systems with planets, astronomers say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-05/s_26388.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)

We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


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

World Resources Institute:
Imagining the Unthinkable: Abrupt Climate Change

Global Response:
Indonesian Communities Demand Clean-up and Compensation from Newmont Mining Company

Mangrove Action Project:
Mangrove Action Project News #142

WWF-US Communications:
WWF Urges World Bank to Take Lead in Promoting Clean and Sustainable Energy Use

World Society for the Protection of Animals:
Animal groups call for amnesty on Greece's stray dogs

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EPA official meets zebra mussel
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On a visit to Buffalo, N.Y., this week, EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt went
away without fish but he did handle a zebra mussel and heard longtime
anglers say how the mussels have hurt fishing in the lakes. Source: The
Buffalo News (8/4)

Dangerous mercury levels reported in fish nationwide
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The majority of fish caught in lakes and reservoirs in Illinois and across
the nation contain mercury at levels high enough to be harmful to pregnant
women and children, according to a report from an ongoing U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency study. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (8/4)

COMMENTARY: Blessed with water
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Many feel it's due time to further develop the waterfront of Buffalo, the
"Queen City of the Great Lakes," with hopes to turn Buffalo's waterfront
into a major tourist destination, as happened in Cleveland and Toronto.
Source: The Buffalo News (8/4)

Swimmer Jim Dreyer quits Lake Superior crossing try
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Endurance swimmer Jim Dreyer has dropped out of his planned Lake Superior
crossing, 28 miles into the 73-mile attempt. Source: Detroit Free Press
(8/4)

Homeowners study lakes
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Lakes are a natural resource that needs to be managed, whether it's
examining water quality on the shoreline, identifying plants and algae or
understanding local laws for weed removal. Source: The Detroit News (8/3)

Port authority gave boost to Detroit, supporters say
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Saginaw County envisions a port authority modeled after the Detroit/Wayne
County Port Authority that would bring development to the banks of the
Saginaw River and combine public transportation agencies. Source: The
Saginaw News (8/3)

Ferry owners ponder next step, expansion
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Owners of Lake Express LLC, which started cross-lake ferry service between
Muskegon and Milwaukee this summer, are now thinking about when and where
they will add ships and routes to their new business. Source: Muskegon
Chronicle (8/1)

Swim at your own risk
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Well into the second year of the Lake Superior Beach Monitoring Program,
efforts have been proposed, but not supported, to definitively trace the
bacteria's source and stop it from getting into the water. Source: Duluth
News Tribune (8/1)

Bacterial levels lower at northwest Ohio beaches
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Overall, northwest Ohio has had fewer swim advisories this year than in
recent years. Port Clinton's beach, plagued by bacteria much of last summer,
hasn't had a single posting this summer. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/1)

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UW-Madison News Release--Invasive species

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8/4/2004

CONTACT: Todd Hawbaker (608) 265-9219, tjhawbaker@wisc.edu; Volker Radeloff (608) 263-4349, radeloff@wisc.edu

FOREST MANAGERS CAN FIGHT INVASIVE SPECIES THAT COME WITH ROADS

PORTLAND - Road density in northern Wisconsin has doubled during the last 60 years, but forest managers have a time window to fight the non-native plants that often come with construction and overwhelm native plant life, according to new research to be discussed on Thursday, Aug. 5, at the annual Ecological Society of America conference in Portland, Ore.
"Roads disturb the soil, open the forest canopy and allow more light to reach the ground," explains Todd Hawbaker, a University of Wisconsin-Madison forestry graduate student who presented the findings. "These conditions allow invasive weeds to take hold and displace native plant life."

For his master's thesis, Hawbaker used historic aerial photographs of 17 townships in northern Wisconsin to track road density during the past 60 years. He found that between 1937 and 1999 road density doubled, which was more change than he expected. "However, it's probably a safe estimate for wooded areas in other parts of the country as well," he says.

He points out that these roads stretch beyond the state and county highways to include a vast network of local access and logging roads. In fact, in northern Wisconsin, an area considered relatively undeveloped, a visitor is rarely more than a mile from the nearest road, says Hawbaker.

One of the potential effects of building a road is the spread of invasive species. The Wisconsin researcher adds that generally the only question is how long it will take for invasive species to colonize a new road.

To help answer that question, Hawbaker used a computer model to simulate plant invasions along roads using a variety of dispersal patterns. Usually, seeds of invasive species are spread by animals or wind over short distances, but on rare occasions can also be spread over long distances by animals, wind or vehicles. When successful, these long-distance dispersal events allow invasive species to rapidly colonize new roads.

"We found a lag time of up to 60 years between when a road is built and when a road is completely covered by invasive species," explains Hawbaker, referring to the results. "The actual time lag depends on the invasive species' dispersal capabilities and the density of roads. The time lag decreases substantially over time as new roads are added."

That window is both a problem and an opportunity, says Volker Radeloff, a forestry professor who supervised Hawbaker's work. "On one hand, people won't see invasives immediately, and they may assume it's not an issue and underestimate the ecological impact of roads. But on the other hand, there is a window of time to do something."

The best defense against invasive species is good monitoring by forest managers and quick action against new satellite populations, according to Radeloff and Hawbaker. "It actually pays to be proactive in this case," says Radeloff.

And, as the window period gets shorter when road density increases, another solution is to carefully consider whether or not to build new roads. "Areas without roads are quickly becoming treasures," adds Radeloff.

These findings, he says, lend support to a federal policy aimed at conserving roadless areas in national forests and grasslands; the rule has been the target of litigation in several states, and has recently been changed to allow state governors to build roads in formerly roadless areas for certain purposes.

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ELECTIONS

Dade leader wants voting overhaul
BY CHARLES RABINcrabin@herald.com

Miami-Dade Commission Chairwoman Barbara Carey-Shuler sent a strongly worded message to County Manager George Burgess this week, calling the county's election department ''the laughingstock of the nation,'' and telling him to address problems by Aug. 16 -- 15 days before the primary election.

Full story: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/9314238.htm

Senator wants to ban P2P networks (And freedom of speech -D.S.)
Last modified: July 22, 2004, 2:55 PM PDT

By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com


The chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary said Thursday that a ban on file-trading networks is urgently required but agreed to work with tech companies concerned that devices like Apple Computer's iPod would be imperiled.

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said he intended to move ahead with the highly controversial Induce Act despite objections from dozens of Internet providers and Silicon Valley manufacturers. The Induce Act says "whoever intentionally induces any violation" of copyright law would be legally liable for those violations.

Hatch added, however, that he welcomed comments from critics. "If you help us, we just might get it right," he said. "If you don't, we're going to do it. Something has to be done. There's no way to solve these problems so everyone's totally pleased."

The Induce Act, which enjoys broad support in the music industry and from a handful of software companies, is designed to overturn an April 2003 ruling from a California judge that said StreamCast Networks, which distributes Morpheus, and Grokster were not liable for copyright infringements that took place using their software. Critics of the bill warn that it could make hardware makers like Apple and Toshiba--and even journalists--liable for products and reviews that could "induce" the public to violate copyright law.

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UW-Madison News Release--Crayfish invasion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8/3/2004

CONTACT: Brian Roth, (608) 262-3087, bmroth@wisc.edu; Stephen Carpenter, (608) 262-8690, srcarpen@wisc.edu. From July 31-Aug. 5, Roth can be reached at the Holiday Inn in Portland, (503) 233-2401.

NOTE TO PHOTO EDITORS: A high-resolution image of a rusty crayfish is available at http://www.news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/crayfish.html

LAKE RESEARCH OFFERS CLUES TO MANAGING CRAYFISH INVASIONS

PORTLAND - Rusty crayfish, an invasive species now crawling across the rocky bottoms of lakes and streams throughout the United States and Canada, may not always have a stronghold once they enter these bodies of water.

The findings, part of an ongoing study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggest that the type of interaction among rusty crayfish, fish and aquatic plants may tip the scale, favoring either the invader or native species. This knowledge, the researchers note, may lead to new strategies for removing these trespassers.

Details of the research will be presented Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Ore.

Native to the streams of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, rusty crayfish - measuring up to five inches long - have slowly infiltrated lakes far and wide, including those in New Mexico and Ontario.

Once used for bait, rusty crayfish now are partly responsible for anglers' declining number of fish catches because they alter fish habitat, ultimately altering fish populations.

For example, these intruders eat fish eggs, displace animals native to the waters and "mow down" aquatic plants - a source of food and shelter for fish, says Brian Roth, a graduate student at UW-Madison's Center for Limnology and a presenter at the meeting. "They have really dramatic and traumatic effects on the ecosystem."

To date, the promise of successfully removing rusty crayfish and restoring the habitat has been bleak. For example, bait traps tend to catch only the largest rusty crayfish, and biocides, chemicals proven to wipe them out, obliterate everything else in the lake.

But one strategy for managing these invaders once they enter a lake might come from Roth's preliminary data showing that lakes - even ones similar in water chemistry and the amount of rocky substrate crayfish call home - can have either a low or high abundance of these invaders.
Donning his scuba gear, Roth went underwater to better understand why rusty crayfish are more abundant in certain lakes. During a three-year period, he surveyed six lakes and collected the rusty crayfish that crawled across the rocky bottom in each sampling area. The number of crayfish ranged from just five per square meter in one lake to around 200 in another, the majority of which were newborn crayfish.

Roth and his collaborators then compared the number of crayfish in each sampling area to data collected by another UW-Madison group studying the number of fish and aquatic plants in those same areas.

They found that two of the testing lakes, just five miles apart and similar in water chemistry, looked very different underwater in terms of rusty crayfish, fish and plant life. While Big Lake had a high abundance of the invasive species, but low abundance of bluegills and plants, Wild Rice Lake showed the opposite.

The preliminary findings, says Roth, suggest that alternate states of rusty crayfish abundance exist among lakes. In other words, they can either dominate or be a minor influence. This can happen, he adds, because of the interaction among fish, their habitat and rusty crayfish.
When the crayfish population is small, Roth explains, there tend to be more fish, which feed heavily on the baby crustaceans and, as a result, prevent them from reaching adulthood and reproducing. However, when the crayfish population is large, he says, they overwhelm their predators by producing more offspring and destroying the plant life that protects fish.
"That these alternate states exist gives us some hope that we might be able to take lakes infested by rusty crayfish and force the system from one state to another," says Roth.

To test this theory, he and other researchers are conducting an experiment in which they have set up 300 rusty crayfish traps at the bottom of a 150-acre lake in northern Wisconsin. The objective is to determine whether fish and aquatic populations, decimated by the invaders, will grow in number as crayfish are removed.

Stephen Carpenter, a UW-Madison zoology professor and researcher at the Center for Limnology who is involved in this research, says: "If there is a tipping point in rusty crayfish ecology - so we can drive the crayfish to low levels using natural predation, plus heavy harvest by people - then we may have a tool for restoring the lakes that have been damaged by crayfish invasions."

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UW-Madison News Release--Native birds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8/3/2004

CONTACT: Chris Lepczyk, (608) 261-1050, clepczyk@wisc.edu; Anna Pidgeon, (608) 262-5628, apidgeon@wisc.edu

A CHANGING LANDSCAPE MAY HAVE DIRE IMPLICATIONS FOR BIRDS

PORTLAND - In their desire to get close to nature by building lakeside cottages and homes in the woods, Americans may very well be hastening the decline of many native bird species that breed in forest habitats.

The development boom in the nation's rural areas is putting increasing pressure on forest ecosystems, and the resulting decline in native vegetation and the increase in human activity - ranging from all-terrain vehicle use to predatory pets roaming the woods - is putting more and more native birds at risk, according to research being presented Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Ore.

The research, conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the U.S. Forest Service, details broad patterns of birds' response to housing growth and land cover change in the lower 48 United States.

The bottom line, according to UW-Madison researchers Anna Pidgeon and Chris Lepczyk, is that as rural forested landscapes are developed and parsed by roads and openings for new houses, many native bird species are at risk as deep forest breeding habitat is perforated.
Using data from the Breeding Bird Survey, a broad-based effort to monitor bird populations across North America, the researchers looked at changes in the abundance of species.

Comparing that data to U.S. census data and the National Landcover Dataset, a satellite survey of land cover in the U.S., the Wisconsin and Forest Service team was able to sketch a broad picture of human pressures on native forest bird species.

"We have found in the Midwestern United States that as land cover becomes more human dominated, the number of species declines," says Lepczyk, who led a team that examined the roles of land cover and housing density on 137 species of birds, native and exotic. Of those, 37 species were affected negatively by humans, while 13 species had positive relationships and 23 species exhibited a mix of adverse effects and benefits from human shaping of the landscape.

"This mirrors nationwide results previously reported by Audubon," says Pidgeon.
Now, Pidgeon has expanded the study to begin to examine how the pressures of housing growth and land cover change have altered bird populations during the past 30 years across the 48 contiguous United States. "We are seeing geographic clusters within the U.S. where some species populations are increasing, which we suspect is due to increases in both generalist and exotic species," says Pidgeon.

While human population has grown significantly across the continental United States since the 1970s, Lepczyk says the number of houses sprouting up in previously undeveloped areas is likely having a greater impact than the raw number of humans inhabiting the landscape.
"Houses, we think, may represent a better indicator of impact (on native bird species) than human population," Lepczyk explains.

The study results portray an increase in exotic bird and generalist species, such as European starlings, pigeons, crows and jays, as a consequence of increased housing density on the rural landscape.

What clearly puts some native forest species at risk is the outright loss of wooded habitats as roads and lawns replace native vegetation, says Pidgeon. Not only does such development shrink available breeding habitat, but it also opens corridors for bird predators such as raccoons and skunks. Lawns also provide foraging areas for brown-headed cowbirds, parasitic birds that lay eggs in other birds' nests.

"Roads provide access and increased edges that nest predators including jays and crows use," Pidgeon says, "and we know from the work of others that an increase in predation accompanies an increase in housing density" as the domesticated animals that accompany humans, cats and dogs in particular, exact a heavy toll on native forest bird species.

What's more, human activities, such as the growing use of all-terrain vehicles and the replacement of native vegetation with exotic and ornamental plants, reduces cover and food resources for native birds.

Native species like house wrens, robins and catbirds can benefit from human changes to the landscape, but species like the scarlet tanager and some warblers depend on large, contiguous tracts of forest to successfully reproduce.

Humans, according to Pidgeon and Lepczyk, can benefit some birds by establishing feeding stations, sources of water and nesting boxes. But the increased density of housing, especially in northern deciduous forests, is having a net negative impact.

"Whole species, like the Cerulean Warbler, could be in jeopardy if we don't preserve enough large tracts of mature deciduous forest. The $64,000-question is how much is enough?" says Pidgeon.

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