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E-mail Edition 03/09/2004

EarthTalk: How do I properly dispose of asbestos?
In some cases, the safest thing to do about asbestos siding may well be nothing at all. Before the 1970s, asbestos mineral fiber was frequently used in schools, homes, factories, and public buildings as insulation, shingling, and other components. Asbestos was popular because of its resistance to corrosion and fire.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_12936.asp

In Bush's world, human desires trump environmental protections
On his Texas ranch, President Bush gets back to nature by cutting down cedar trees with a chain saw to give the native oaks more water and light. Visiting the Santa Monica Mountains, he shovels dirt to fix a trail, an image the White House keeps alive on one of its Web sites.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_13820.asp

Mars critics wonder if billions aren't better spent elsewhere
NASA's celebration last week of gritty evidence that Mars once had enough water to support life has spawned more questions: Where's the water now? When did it disappear? Are there any fossils of living creatures, or even microbes?
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_13817.asp

Duck hunters win one for isolated wetlands — or do they?
When conservationists decided to fight for the wetlands, they called in their big gun. Perched at President Bush's elbow for an hour-long White House meeting was John Tomke, president of Ducks Unlimited, the nation's largest waterfowl hunting group with 1 million members.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_13818.asp

Bush helps lift Appalachia's mountaintop mines from doldrums
With a boost from President Bush, central Appalachia's mountaintop coal miners are finally embracing the future again, flagging more of this state's ancient summits for blasting and more of its hollows for burying than in many years.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_13819.asp

EPA proposes 11 new sites for the Superfund program
Old lead and copper mines, drinking water wells, and swampland threatened by contamination are among 11 sites the Environmental Protection Agency proposed adding to the Superfund program for removing the nation's worst toxic waste on Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_13815.asp

Experts from 10 African nations meet to discuss plan on sharing waters of the Nile
Experts from 10 African countries that use the waters of the Nile River began a weeklong meeting Monday in Uganda to work out how nations can share the benefits of the huge natural resource.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_13816.asp

"Stop whaling," animal welfare groups urge world
Saying that harpoons mean unacceptable cruelty in slaughtering whales, animal welfare groups launched a global campaign on Tuesday to outlaw hunts of the biggest creatures on the planet.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_13809.asp

White House race pits oil drilling against conservation
U.S. voters hit with soaring gasoline prices can choose between two presidential candidates with contrary ways to escape the energy morass: a Democrat pushing conservation and a Republican who wants to drill his way out.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-09/s_13811.asp



Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)

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

International Fund for Animal Welfare:
IFAW And 7 African States Opposed to Ivory Trade

Wildlife Conservation Society:
Rwanda's Primate-Rich Forests Now A National Park

Ducks Unlimited:
Ducks Unlimited and Partners Awarded Five Federal North American Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA)* Grants to Conserve and Restore Key Wetlands

World Society for the Protection of Animals:
Global anti-whaling campaign launched