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E-mail Edition 01/29/2004

Messing up a planet is easy, fixing it takes time
Most Canadians are used to life moving at break-neck speed. We carry cell phones so we can be reached instantly. We use email so we can transmit text and photos in the blink of an eye. We eat at fast food chains so we can get our food immediately. We drive everywhere to get there faster. Once we've made a decision, we want results — now.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12569.asp

Japan to consider sharing international fusion project, says official
Japan would consider sharing with France the right to host the world's first large-scale nuclear fusion plant, if an international consortium can't decide between the two next month, a top government official said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12585.asp

Hitler's chemical weapons are a seeping menace
Six decades after the defeat of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler's chemical weapons are coming back to haunt Europe as they ooze from rusting and poorly mapped graves on the seabed.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12572.asp

Worst drought in more than a decade threatens millions in southern Africa
From miles around they come, pushing wheelbarrows in the relentless heat to collect sacks of maize meal, beans, and cooking oil from the U.N. food agency.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12587.asp

Judge orders Exxon Mobil to pay nearly $7 billion in spill damages
A federal judge ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay about $6.75 billion on Wednesday to thousands of Alaskans affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12579.asp

Government begins work on CO2 storage project at Teapot Dome
The government is trying to bury something at its Teapot Dome oil field again. Not secret oil leases, as it did during an infamous scandal of the 1920s, but carbon dioxide: lots of it.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12584.asp

E.U. head office proposes 1 billion euros for water for Africa, Caribbean, South Pacific
The E.U. head office asked European Union governments Wednesday to allocate euro1 billion (US$1.26 billion) in aid to improve access to safe drinking water and sanitation for the poor in Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12583.asp

Painkiller threatens survival of Asian birds, says study
A common painkiller used to relieve the aches of arthritis is threatening the extinction of three types of vulture in Asia, conservationists said in a report Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12574.asp

E.U. moves a step closer to ending GM food ban
The European Union took one more step toward removing a five-year unofficial ban on new biotech crops and products Wednesday when its executive backed a proposal to allow imports of gene-altered corn.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-29/s_12577.asp

Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
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WWF-US Communications:
Carter Roberts To Join World Wildlife Fund

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

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

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

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

Earth Policy Institute:
Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees