The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

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E-mail Edition 01/28/2004

Monkeys illuminate language advance and other stories
The talent that gave humans alone mastery over language may have been identified. In a new study, psychologists Marc Hauser of Harvard University and W. Tecumseh Fitch of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, compared the ability of monkeys and humans to recognize grammar rules.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12467.asp

Loss of human-eating animals is an ecological warning
They have been stalking and eating us for millions of years, and the evidence is embedded in South Africa's Sterkfontein Caves.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12515.asp

Bush administration to ease pesticide reviews for endangered species
Officials admit they pretty much ignore an Endangered Species Act requirement that they consult with one another before licensing new pesticides. Now they want regulations to say they don't always have to do what they're already not doing.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12524.asp

Flower power could help clear landmines
A Danish biotech company has developed a genetically modified flower that could help detect landmines and it hopes to have a prototype ready for use within a few years.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12516.asp

Mexico agrees to send Rio Grande water to Texas, angering farmers at home
Mexico's transfer of water from the Rio Grande to the United States has enraged farmers south of the border, escalating a long-simmering war over flows of the river in the arid region.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12526.asp

Deforestation of monarch butterfly habitat continues despite crackdown
A recent crackdown on illegal logging has not slowed deforestation threatening the winter refuge for monarch butterflies, according to a scientist who has been studying the insects for 50 years.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12477.asp

Wildlife police brace for impact of E.U. expansion
Police battling to end the vast illegal trade in endangered species fear the eastward expansion of the European Union this year could make their task even harder.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12514.asp

Chemicals crackdown will save thousands of lives, says E.U.
Thousands of lives could be saved in the European Union each year with better handling of dangerous chemicals, the European Commission said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12518.asp

British medical lab plans are scrapped over protests
Plans to build a major new medical laboratory in England were scrapped Tuesday in the face of protests by animal rights groups.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-28/s_12521.asp

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American Rivers:
One eve of White House official's visit to NW, mixed reaction from salmon advocates

WWF-US Communications:
Number of Endangered Mountain Gorillas Tops 700, New Census Finds

Earth Policy Institute:
Glaciers and Sea Ice Endangered by Rising Temperatures

WWF-US Communications:
Carter Roberts To Join World Wildlife Fund