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E-mail Edition 05/18/2004

EarthTalk: Are hybrid buses really helping to reduce air pollution?
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 20 percent of U.S. air pollution comes from diesel buses — and many of them are concentrated in cities.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23658.asp

Set for ban, DDT lingers in battle against malaria
Few poisons have ridden such a roller coaster through environmental history as DDT.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23972.asp

Japan says it won't meet Kyoto targets reducing greenhouse gases without policy changes
Japan, a staunch advocate of the Kyoto protocol on global warming, may not meet its targets for cutting pollution unless it takes drastic action.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23982.asp

Russia wants faster aid for "rotting" nuclear subs
Russia faces grave environmental and terrorist threats unless donors accelerate a slow trickle of international aid for dismantling its rusting nuclear submarines, a senior official said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23977.asp

Suriname Indians urgently need land rights
Indians and tribal peoples in Suriname could face a social and environmental disaster in the near future if the country does not grant them proper land rights, a Surinamese Indian group said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23969.asp

U.S. cattle brains may be turned into biofuels, says USDA
Cattle brains and other remains that may carry the deadly mad cow disease would be turned into biofuels under a plan announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23974.asp

Bhopal survivors press U.S. company for disclosure
On the night of Dec. 3, 1984, Bhopal housewife Champa Devi Shukla woke to a frantic pounding at the door. When she opened it, her lungs seemed to catch on fire. Foul fumes swept into her home.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23971.asp

Bald eagle will be off threatened list this year, says Bush official
The American bald eagle — the national symbol whose decline helped spur the Endangered Species Act and a ban on the pesticide DDT — will be off the threatened species list this year, said a top Bush administration official.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23981.asp

Russia's top scientists tell Putin to kill Kyoto
The Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gases has no scientific basis and puts the Russian economy at risk, Russia's leading scientists said in official advice to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23975.asp

Arctic temperatures are warming rapidly, says polar explorer
Summer temperatures in the Arctic have risen at an incredible rate over the past three years, and large patches of what should be ice are now open water, a British polar explorer said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23970.asp

U.N. food agency supports genetically modified crops despite lingering public opposition
Genetically modified crops are helping poor farmers and have posed no adverse health or environmental effects so far, the U.N. food agency said Monday in a report on how biotechnology can help feed the world's hungry.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23978.asp



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

WWF-US Communications:
Landmark Toxics Treaty Becomes International Law

Blue Goose Alliance:
Blue Goose Alliance Joins Fight Against Development Affecting National Wildlife Refuge

Rainforest Action Network:
RAN Moves Bank of America To Set New Industry Best Practices for Climate Change and Forest Policies

Center for Biological Diversity:
Legal Accord To Speed Endangered Species Act Listing For 73 Of The World's Rarest Bird Species

Earthwatch Institute:
Why Wolves Hunt in Packs: Satiety in Numbers