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E-mail Edition 04/02/2004

Fish protection may have a price tag
Anyone familiar with the operation of state and federal water projects in California recognizes that the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is the heart of the state's elaborate plumbing system.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22292.asp

Ex-official says U.S. government covered up spill cause
A whistle-blower has accused the Bush administration of trying to protect the company responsible for a 2000 coal slurry spill for political reasons, according to CBS Television's 60 Minutes.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22430.asp

Senators, states call on EPA to toughen mercury pollution proposal
The Bush administration's plan for reducing mercury emissions from power plants came under criticism on two fronts Thursday as nearly half of the Senate and 10 states urged the Environmental Protection Agency to propose stronger requirements.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22436.asp

Alaska governor invites drilling in state waters off ANWR
Gov. Frank Murkowski said he will open lease sales in state waters offshore of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22439.asp

Country living may be hazardous to men's fertility
When epidemiologist Shanna Swan began comparing fertility in urban versus rural men, she thought she knew what she would find. Just as corn, sorghum, and soybeans grow better in central Missouri's hills and hollers than in a polluted parking lot in urban New York, Los Angeles, or Minneapolis, so too would fertility be higher among men living in the clean, bucolic countryside.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_12994.asp

Crew convicted, awaiting deportation from Australia for illegal fishing
Thirty-two crewmen from Uruguay, Spain, Chile, and the Caribbean were convicted and fined after pleading guilty to fishing illegally in Australian waters, and will be deported, a court said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22440.asp

U.S. mulls clean gasoline waivers to ease supplies
The Bush administration is "seriously considering" requests from three states for temporary exemptions to rules that require cleaner-burning gasoline, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22432.asp

Judge orders release of documents related to Cheney case
A federal judge ordered several government agencies to release documents related to an energy policy task force led by Vice President Dick Cheney.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22433.asp

South Africa investigates illegal shark fin haul
South African environmental authorities sent DNA samples from thousands of shark fins confiscated at Cape Town harbor this week for testing on Thursday as part of an illegal hauling probe.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22434.asp

Raw sewage flows into river, closes park
A faulty gate at a wastewater treatment plant backed up millions of gallons of raw sewage, causing a smelly mess that flowed into a river, shot manholes into the air, and closed a park this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-02/s_22437.asp



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

Pennsylvania IPM Program :
Penn State Studies Transition to Organic Agriculture

World Land Trust:
URGENT: Travellers needed to help conservation worldwide

Save Our Wild Salmon:
Eliminating Spill at Dams Would Be Major Step Backward

Natural Resources Defense Council:
EPA to Announce Toothless Regulation for Pollution from Commercial and Residential Development

Union of Concerned Scientists:
Record Gas Prices Spark Call for SUV Solutions

United Nations Environment Programme:
North-East Asian Dust and Sand Storms Growing in Scale and Intensity; UNEP Warns of 'the Globalization of Environmental Problems'

WWF-US Communications:
Reopening of Hawaiian Fishery Lays Groundwork for Far-reaching Sea Turtle Protection

Clean Air-Cool Planet:
Regional climate group praises House Stewardship bill

Wildlife Conservation Society:
World's Largest Tiger Reserve Declared in Myanmar

The Trust for Public Land:
155 Acres Added to Lake Erie Preserve (OH)

European Anglers? Alliance:
European Anglers Alliance, EAA calling on EU for funding of urgently needed Europe-wide socio-economic study

The Trust for Public Land:
324 Acres Added to San Diego NWR (CA)

Ocean Conservancy:
Legislators Promote Better Ocean Stewardship with Introduction of Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2004

Pennsylvania IPM Program :
School IPM Manual Now Included in Training Packets