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ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 03/17/2004

EPA to judge energy-efficient courthouses
The National Association of Counties, representing more than 1,500 county officials, has joined with the U.S. EPA in challenging counties to protect the environment, save energy, and cut operating costs by improving the energy efficiency of county courthouse and office buildings.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-17/s_13805.asp

E.U. moves to protect dolphins, porpoises ensnared in fishers' nets
European Union nations are close to agreeing on measures designed save the lives of thousands of dolphins and porpoises caught accidentally in fishing nets, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-17/s_14093.asp

Singapore is tightening air pollutant regulations
Singapore will tighten environmental regulations in 2006 to meet a European air pollution standard that would sharply reduce dangerous fuel emissions, a government official said on Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-17/s_14089.asp

Captive China pandas to get more space
Some of China's captive pandas are about to move up market.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-17/s_14088.asp

New York may join growing number of states banning backyard trash burns
New York may join a growing number of states that ban the burning of household and farm trash in backyard barrels, as physicians and environmentalists argue the practice releases harmful toxins into the air.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-17/s_14094.asp

Ethics office says U.S. Interior official didn't act improperly
The Office of Government Ethics said the Interior Department's No. 2 official, Steven Griles, did not appear to violate ethics rules by arranging meetings between Interior officials and his former lobbying clients and partners.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-17/s_14092.asp

Paraguay protesters march on farm, justice issues
About 5,000 farmers and leftists marched in Paraguay Tuesday to press such demands as the regulation of pesticide use and limiting the migration of Brazilian farmers to Paraguay.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-17/s_14091.asp

U.S. oil tanker law could raise gasoline prices
U.S. gasoline supplies could be in short supply this summer, and pump prices may skyrocket even more because of a new law that would ban oil tankers from entering U.S. ports if the ships fail to meet security standards.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-17/s_14090.asp



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

The Trust for Public Land:
Key Cascade Foothills Parcel Protected (WA)

World Resources Institute:
Business Leaders to Outline Corporate Responses to Global Crises at WRI's Sustainable Enterprise Summit

Sustainable Forestry and Certification Watch:
Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, FSC-US President to Join Prominent Speakers at 5th Certification Watch Conference

WWF-US Communications:
Sumatran Tiger on Brink of Extinction

International City/County Management Association:
ICMA to Host Consensus Building for Watershed Protection Webcast

Aldo Leopold Leadership Program:
20 Scientists Named Leopold Leadership Fellows for 2004

United Nations Environment Programme:
Arctic faces drastic change without EU policy action