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ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 01/30/2004

Water quality watchdogs
When the U.S. Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, the law's proponents wanted industries to decrease the flow of pollution into the nation's waterways. Thirty years later, new applications of the law are raising new questions. For instance, what happens if the pipe from which the pollution flows is up in the air, attached to a helicopter?
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12614.asp

Mexican sea turtles are massacred by armed poachers
Carcasses of hundreds of endangered sea turtles, bludgeoned and carved open by poachers, litter the virgin beach of San Valentin on Mexico's Pacific coast in Guerrero state.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12617.asp

Energy Department postpones picking site to make nuclear triggers
Bowing to Congress, the Energy Department is putting off further action on selection of a site for making plutonium triggers for the nation's nuclear arsenal.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12580.asp

Orangutans in rehab are only the start for Borneo apes
In great ape terms, 9-month-old orangutan orphan CT could consider herself lucky. After a plantation owner tipped off staff about her fate, the furry orange ball's was sent to Malaysia's main orangutan center last month, making her future prospects quite bright.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12575.asp

U.S. caviar producers hope for ban on Caspian Sea beluga
The small but growing American caviar industry is hoping for a boost from federal authorities, who are considering a halt to trade of the priciest caviar from the Caspian Sea.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12582.asp

Environmental concerns are muddying Bali's tourism prospects
Deadly nightclub bombings in 2002 nearly devastated Bali's vital tourism industry. Now, dirty beaches, stinking rivers, and "Bali belly" are putting off visitors and threatening the tropical island's chances of a full recovery, environmental activists warn.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12589.asp

Experts back culls over vaccines in bird flu fight
To cull or not to cull? Despite concerns over the economic and social fallout from mass slaughter campaigns, experts say mass culling is the only way to be sure of halting outbreaks of highly infectious animal diseases such as the bird flu rampaging across Asia.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12619.asp

Mad cow bans mean breeding curbs at Canadian zoos
Canadian zoos may have to curb breeding programs for some rare animals because a U.S. ban on imports of giraffe, deer, and other ruminants means there is no market south of the border for the babies.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12576.asp

Scientists cite progress in reducing air pollution
Despite progress in cleaning the air over the past three decades, the government could do more by cracking down on groups of pollutants and letting companies trade rights to foul the sky, scientific experts said Thursday. They also said air quality standards should take into account climate change whenever possible.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-30/s_12620.asp

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

Earth Policy Institute:
Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees

International Fund for Animal Welfare:
IFAW Responds To Oil Spill In Norway

Trout Unlimited - Western Conservation Office:
Hunters and Anglers Travel to Washington to Speak Out Against Energy Bill

American Society of Agronomy:
New Research Taps Companion Crops for Organic Weed Control

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
Budget Release Will Test Administration Response to CEOs' Call to Action on Natural Gas Crisis

Coast Alliance:
Coast Alliance Celebrates 25 Years of Work to Protect Nation's Coasts

WWF-US Communications:
New WWF Report Finds Wildlife and Humans at Risk from Commonly Used Chemicals