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E-mail Edition 05/19/2004

Harnessing the power of stuff
Modern life is a communications paradox. We are in touch with each other like never before: cell phones, Internet, text messaging, email. In fact, we now have to make an effort not to be in touch with other people.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_23756.asp

Shanghai warns residents to avoid seafood due to massive red tide off coast
Shanghai residents should avoid seafood because of a massive concentration of toxic algae off China's eastern coast, state media said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_24028.asp

California lawmakers back ban on force-fed foie gras
Force-feeding of ducks and geese to make foie gras, a delicacy to some and an outrage to others, is a step closer to being outlawed in California after the state senate's passage of a bill Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_24031.asp

Environmentalists target Canada's boreal forest
Environmentalists launched an international campaign Tuesday to limit logging in Canada's boreal forest, a northern wilderness stretching from the Atlantic Ocean into Alaska.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_24030.asp

Medicine from the sea
About seven miles off the marshy Louisiana coast, oil-rig platforms rise like skyscrapers from the heaving waters of the Gulf of Mexico's "oil patch."
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_23672.asp

Oslo wants more whaling to boost fish stocks
Norway's parliament called on Tuesday for a three-fold increase in whale hunting quotas in a move it said would protect stocks of cod and other fish eaten by the giant mammals.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_24029.asp

Cameroon arrests woman carrying 266 dead parrots
Cameroon has arrested a Nigerian woman who was found carrying more than 260 dead parrots and rare Bannerman Turaco feathers, a customs official said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_24032.asp

Bush forms Cabinet-level task force to coordinate Great Lakes cleanup
President Bush on Tuesday named a 10-member Cabinet-level task force, chaired by Environmental Protection Agency chief Mike Leavitt, to coordinate Great Lakes cleanup efforts among states, federal agencies, and Canada.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_24027.asp

South Africans in a spin over shooting Himalayan goats
Animal welfare activists accused national parks chiefs Tuesday of slaughter over the culling of of Himalayan goats living on Cape Town's famous Table Mountain.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_24035.asp

New species of fish discovered in Seychelles
A new species of freshwater fish has been discovered in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles, underlining the need for better protection for marine species, environment officials said this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_23973.asp

Greenpeace conspired to illegally board ship, says U.S. government
Greenpeace conspired to break the law when it sent activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany, prosecutors said Tuesday, as they dusted off a law not used since 1890 to bring the first U.S. criminal prosecution of an advocacy group.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-19/s_24034.asp



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

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

WWF-US Communications:
Landmark Toxics Treaty Becomes International Law

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

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

International Fund for Animal Welfare:
Cull No Answer to Control Kruger Elephants

Arizona Wilderness Coalition:
Rep. Renzi Proposes $1.2 Million Giveaway to Grand Canyon Motor Outfitters

Mangrove Action Project:
Late Friday News #137

Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary:
IPLS Scientist Helps Reintroduce Golden Lion Tamarins in Brazil