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E-mail Edition 05/13/2004

Efficiency can help meet EPA smog rules while saving companies money, says report
Energy-efficient manufacturing practices that protect the bottom line can take the sting out of complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new smog rules, according to the Alliance to Save Energy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23283.asp

Outdoor gear makers urge Bush administration to protect roadless forests
Arguing that protecting forests is good for business, major manufacturers of outdoor gear, including footwear giant Nike, are urging the Bush administration not to open roadless areas of national forests to logging.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23856.asp

Garbage hits beach at "Bloody Tarawa" in new, trashed Pacific
On the beach at "Bloody Tarawa," where U.S. Marines died by the hundreds, the broken bottles, crushed boxes, and plastic bags are now piling up by the millions.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23852.asp

Inuit "poisoned from afar" due to climate change
The Inuit living in the Arctic region are being "poisoned from afar" as climate change takes its toll on the area and threatens their existence, the head of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23841.asp

Hairs help spider feet stick and other stories
The spider in your window keeps its grip on glass thanks to foot Velcro. A new study of the jumping spider Evarcha arcuata demonstrates that thousands of tiny hairs give spider feet extraordinary cling.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23284.asp

Wal-Mart to pay $3.1 million to settle water pollution charges
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay a $3.1 million fine to settle charges of violations of the federal Clean Water Act at store construction sites across the country, the U.S. government said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23832.asp

Wetter world counters greenhouse gases, says scientists
Australian scientists have found the Earth may be more resilient to global warming than first thought, and they say a warmer world means a wetter planet, encouraging more plants to grow and soak up greenhouse gases.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23835.asp

Cod could be wiped out within 15 years, says WWF
The world's cod stocks could be wiped out by 2020 because of overfishing, illegal catches, and oil exploration, the environment group WWF said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23853.asp

Asia's "last frontier" poised for irrevocable change
Camera-wielding Western tourists ambush a dawn procession of monks in this once tranquil royal capital. Chinese engineers erect huge dams and blow up rapids on one of the world's last great untamed rivers.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23673.asp

California water district approves plan to pay farmers for irrigation water
A Southern California water agency approved a new plan thie week that will pay farmers to rotate their crops so irrigation water can be diverted to residents in coastal communities.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23857.asp

Thousands to meet for talks on tackling Earth's environmental problems
The extinction of species and diseases like bird flu are among environmental problems to be tackled by thousands of delegates at a global conference later this year, organizers said on Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-13/s_23855.asp



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

Atlantic Salmon Federation:
Atlantic Salmon Federation Welcomes Senator Meighen

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:
Federal government moving toward nomination for World Heritage Site status

United Nations Environment Programme:
Forest Loss Catastrophic for Wild Bamboo Warns UNEP Report

The Trust for Public Land:
TPL Receives "Four Cs" Award for NM Work

The Trust for Public Land:
600 Acres in NJ Highlands Protected

The Trust for Public Land:
Agreement Signed on Bolton Apple Farm (MA)

Earthjustice:
Conservation Groups Sue to Protect California Spotted Owl

The Trust for Public Land:
Meserve Farm Protection Completed (ME)

Wild Salmon Center:
Salmon Refuge Established on Kamchatka

Rainforest Action Network:
New Ads Depict Ford As "America's Oil Addict"

World Resources Institute:
Fighting Poverty with Profit

United Nations Environment Programme:
Governments Propose New CITES Trade Rules For Dozens of Wildlife Species

Earthwatch Institute:
Manatees Take to Reefs in Belize

Alliance to Save Energy:
Energy-Efficiency Tax Incentives Benefit Consumers, Nat'l Security, Says Alliance to Save Energy

Center for Biological Diversity:
Groups File Suit to Protect Seven Imperiled Butterflies on Three Continents

IUCN - The World Conservation Union:
The World's Largest Democratic Environmental Forum to Assemble in Thailand in November 2004