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Media could help build better connections
Most of us read the newspaper or watch the news to find out what is going on in the world. These media outlets are our windows to community, national and international events. We rely on them to help make decisions in our daily lives. So how are they doing?
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11595.asp
Green cat litter and chemical-free cotton
This week in EarthTalk: learn about the safest kind of litter for your cat and you and why green cotton is the color you want to wear.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11594.asp
U.S, says beef safe despite mad cow, but Japan keeps ban
U.S. officials insisted on Monday that there was no risk to consumers from meat recalled in the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, but Japan refused to soften its ban on imports of American beef.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11602.asp
Rare Peruvian bird could face extinction again
A quarter of a century ago, Peru's white-winged guan, a species native only to this Andean bird paradise, was considered as dead as a dodo.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11599.asp
Pollution, tourists, and traffic send Parisians packing
Many exasperated residents associate Paris with the noise, pollution and traffic jams which are driving them to desert the city by the thousands for a quieter life in the country.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11603.asp
Iran helps quake survivors as rescuers pull out
Iran, backed by a massive international aid effort, turned its full attention on Tuesday to the plight of tens of thousands left bereaved and homeless by Friday's devastating earthquake that killed up to 30,000 people.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11600.asp
Kerry calls for new environmental plan to curb asthma
Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry said Monday that he would combat growing asthma rates by applying clean air laws to farms and taking steps to improve indoor air quality.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11597.asp
In Hawaii, it's open season on tiny frogs
A grimacing Helen Geiger stands amid bikes and beach chairs in the garage of her Hawaiian home watching two men tramp through dense foliage in her backyard. Dragging a hose from a 100-gallon tank, they are seeking a tiny prey, invisible in the misty night but unmistakably present, its shrill, two-note ko-KEE mating call filling the air with earsplitting dissonance.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11598.asp
Storm shuts Calif. highway, more mudslides possible
A fierce Pacific storm shut down a 150-mile stretch of highway in northern California Monday and left the southern part of the state bracing for heavy rainfall that authorities warned could cause more deadly mudslides and flash floods.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11601.asp
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Shifting Baselines Releases Rotten Jellyfish Awards
A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
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