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E-mail Edition 05/25/2004

EarthTalk: What happens to drugs when they leave our systems?
Every time you swallow a pill, some of that medicine follows a circuitous path through your body, down the toilet, through the sewage treatment plant (where if is often resistant to traditional treatments) and into the nearest river or lake, where it is eventually tapped again for the public drinking water supply.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_23967.asp

Despite traditions and bloodlines, government says some tribes don't exist
The fog dips low into the snowcapped mountains as the emerald McCloud River meanders through the valley, a silent guardian over the graves and culture of the Winnemem Wintu tribe.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24218.asp

Climate change: Boom or bust for biodiversity?
Will climate change trigger mass extinctions or will new life bloom in its wake? Some of the scientific scenarios are apocalyptic and see a warmer world leading to the most profound changes since the demise of the dinosaurs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24213.asp

"Grandma Osprey" moves ospreys back from the brink
From her tiny log cabin on a bluff overlooking a lake, the old lady warbles a love song as she rocks in her chair and peers through binoculars at the object of her affection. High above, a lone bird soars, wings outstretched, in a blaze of brown and white.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24219.asp

Divers assess fuel leakage from sunken car carrier off Singapore
Salvage divers jumped into deep, murky waters off Singapore on Monday to assess whether a ship that sank with 4,000 cars on board after colliding with an oil tanker has spilled any of its 990 tons (1,090 U.S. tons) of fuel oil, officials said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24216.asp

Japan mulls market to let companies trade rights to pollute
Japan is considering setting up a market that would let companies trade the right to pollute, as Tokyo looks for ways to lower overall emissions and meet its targets for the Kyoto treaty on climate change.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24215.asp

U.S. agency calls for closer look at drugs in animals
Federal agencies looking at the issue of antibiotics in livestock need to focus their efforts, work faster, and back up any recommendations with better research, congressional investigators said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24214.asp

Fast Arctic thaw is a sign of global warming, says report
Global warming is hitting the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet in what may be a portent of wider, catastrophic changes, the chairman of an eight-nation study said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24212.asp

Maverick environmentalist's conference to list solutions to global ills
A maverick environmentalist brought together eight prominent economic experts recently for a conference aimed at finding cost-effective solutions to the world's most urgent woes, including climate change, conflict, disease, and malnutrition.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24217.asp

Humans, nature mix things up in Day After Tomorrow
To hear director Roland Emmerich tell it, there may be no May 29 or, for that matter, May 30. And this Monday's Memorial Day holiday in the United States: Kiss that one goodbye too.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24210.asp