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Why California must burn
California's ecology is not simply subject to fire, but predicated on it. Virtually all of the state's terrestrial ecosystems evolved with wildfire.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_11974.asp

U.N. aims to study link between environment, wars
The United Nations wants to study links between the environment and human conflict to see how future wars might be sparked by factors like global warming.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_12024.asp

British government reconsiders stance on GM crops
The British government said Tuesday it was considering whether to recommend that European Union rules on growing genetically modified corn be changed, after receiving scientific advice on its latest crop trials.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_12026.asp

Finland stages nuclear drill, readies to build new reactor
This sparsely populated land of 5.2 million on Europe's northern fringe has long, cold winters, and officials say it could not survive without the contentious energy form that has been on a decline in much of Europe.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_12027.asp

Court overturns Bush air conditioner standards
A federal appeals court overturned a Bush administration decision to weaken energy-efficiency standards for new air conditioners, a move which could save American consumers $20 billion and avoid the need for up to 200 new electricity plants by 2030.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_12022.asp

Group names 10 most endangered parks
A conservation group's annual list of the 10 most endangered national parks has six holdovers from last year, still considered victims of dirty air, inadequate funding, and bad policy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_12029.asp

Kazakhs may face another Aral Sea disaster
Kazakhstan may face an ecological disaster on the scale of the drying out of the Aral Sea if it does not adopt better water management practices and win Chinese cooperation, the United Nations warns.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_12025.asp

California budget woes stall marine plan
California's budget woes have stalled plans to create an 1,100-mile necklace of coastal marine reserves to protect and renew the environment along the length of the state.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_12028.asp

Judge allows use of controversial whale-seeking sonar
A federal judge rejected environmentalists' pleas to immediately halt testing of an experimental sonar system to detect whales, instead setting a hearing to study the issue further.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-14/s_11983.asp

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