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ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 03/26/2004

Yellowstone becomes prize in legal tug of war
Compared to the flood of visitors that washes over Yellowstone National Park during the summer, the number of people making their way during winter into that fabled realm of geysers, hot springs, bison, elk, and wolves is but a trickle.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_13918.asp

Illegal uranium mining in Congo, U.N. wants answers
A mine in Congo that provided uranium for the first atomic bombs is being illegally quarried and the potentially dangerous raw material exported without control, industry experts say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_22204.asp

Environmental havoc, AIDS threaten China's progress in living standards, says U.N. report
Environmental damage from China's breakneck economic growth, the spread of AIDS, and growing poverty threaten the future of China's drive to better living standards, the United Nations said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_22210.asp

Three Hanford nuclear workers taken to hospital after noting odor near radioactive tanks
Three workers at the Hanford nuclear site were taken to a hospital Thursday after noticing a mysterious "sweet smell" near underground tanks holding radioactive waste.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_22211.asp

Preventing "toadal" loss
Armed with good humor and lots of insect repellant, a group of Cornell University students, staff, faculty, and assorted herpetologists spent last summer building a toad tunnel to allow amphibians safe passage across a preserve near campus.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_12689.asp

Nuclear waste transportation casks would survive Sept. 11 style attack, regulator says
The containers for carrying radioactive waste to the planned Yucca Mountain dump in Nevada would survive a Sept. 11 style airliner attack, the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_22212.asp

Military allowed to expand training base, but tortoise must be guarded
Federal officials approved the Army's plan to expand Fort Irwin to accommodate faster tanks and longer-range weapons — as long as the base also works to protect a threatened tortoise and an endangered plant.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_22213.asp

U.S. FDA finds cancer-risk acrylamides in more food
Acrylamide, a cancer-causing substance that caused scares when it was found in fried potatoes and other popular foods, is also found in olives, prune juice, and teething biscuits, U.S. regulators said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_22207.asp

U.S. EPA may revise vehicle fuel economy tests
With U.S. gasoline prices hovering at all-time highs, the Environmental Protection Agency opened the door this week to a possible revision of its fuel economy testing procedures for new cars and light trucks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_22208.asp

U.S. House passes $2.41 trillion budget
The U.S. House narrowly passed a $2.41 trillion 2005 budget Thursday that roughly sticks to President Bush's election-year spending requests and acts slightly faster to rein in the record federal deficit.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-03-26/s_22206.asp



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

American Society of Agronomy:
Antibiotics in the Environment

International Fund for Animal Welfare:
Canadian Seal Hunt Begins Today

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:
Progress on new national park in Manitoba Lowlands applauded

Natural Resources Defense Council:
Bush Administration Withholding Evidence that White House and Industry Are Blocking Rocket Fuel Pollution Cleanup, NRDC Lawsuit Charges

Rainforest Alliance:
First-Ever Sustainable Coffee Cupping Signals Growing Demand

United Nations Environment Programme:
Montreal Protocol Talks to Consider Exemptions From Methyl Bromide Ban

Monterey Bay Aquarium:
Researchers applaud Monterey Bay Aquarium efforts to reveal diversity, threats facing world's sharks

International Policy Network:
Jimmy Carter, George McGovern, and Scientists Celebrate 'Father of the Green Revolution'

The Trust for Public Land:
1,200 NJ Highland Acres Protected

The Trust for Public Land:
Eagle Habitat on Illinois River Protected (IL)

World Resources Institute:
A New Kind of Business as Usual

Clean Air-Cool Planet:
Regional Global Warming Adaptation Conference Results in Recommendations for Agricultural Sector

Save Our Wild Salmon:
Reps. McDermott and Petri Win 2004 Sockeye Leadership Award