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EarthTalk: Scandinavia leads world in environmentalism
This week in EarthTalk: Find out where nations fall on the Environmental Sustainability Index, and learn how green your running shoes are.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12030.asp

U.N. health agency starts first mass cholera vaccination
Health workers in Mozambique are carrying out the world's first mass vaccination against cholera in an attempt to reduce cases in one of the worst-hit areas.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12066.asp

USDA tracing suspect cattle from Canada
When investigators went to the Alberta, Canada, farm of Wayne and Shirley Forsberg, the couple's remarkably simple records made it easy to prove they raised the Holstein that brought the first known case of mad cow disease into the United States. But investigators are having far more trouble finding the scores of other animals from the Forsberg ranch that came into the United States with the diseased cow.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12068.asp

Canada challenges EPA action against Teck
Canada objects to a demand by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its fight with Teck Cominco Ltd. over a study of smelter slag pollution in Lake Roosevelt on the Columbia River downriver from Trail in Washington state.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12063.asp

U.S. Supreme Court takes up air and water pollution cases
The U.S. Supreme Court heard from attorneys Wednesday that Southern California's smog problem calls for rules stricter than national standards for vehicles that pollute the region.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12064.asp

Yucca Mountain nuclear waste fight goes to court
In a last-ditch effort to stop a nuclear dump in Nevada, the state told a federal appeals court Wednesday the government has failed to ensure that thousands of years from now people will be protected from the waste's radiation.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12065.asp

Iowa spotlights farm issues, doesn't solve them
John Kerry toured hog lots, Howard Dean criticized subsidies to "corporate megafarms," and John Edwards talked agriculture policy at a Kanawha farmstead, all in the hunt for the farm vote in Iowa's kick-off presidential caucuses.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12072.asp

India begins massive tiger census
Donning fiberglass vests and steel helmets, scores of wildlife officials began scouring the Sunderbans forest in eastern India to count tigers Wednesday and find out why some become man-eaters.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12061.asp

Dinosaurs once roamed Brazil's Amazon
Scientists say they have found dinosaur fossils in Brazil's Amazon, proof that the ancient creatures once roamed the region.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-15/s_12062.asp

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

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
Court Rules for Better Air Conditioner Standards: Consumers, Utilities, and the Environment Win

The Heinz Center:
Heinz Center Issues First Annual Update to The State of the Nation's Ecosystems

Earthjustice:
EPA Sued For Illegally Taking Direction from Chemical Industry Group