The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 06/22/2004

EarthTalk: What incentives are there for homeowners and businesses to install renewable energy systems?
Several state and municipal governments are trying to stimulate demand for alternative energy by offering cash incentives to companies and homeowners that install solar electric (photovoltaic) systems, fuel cells, small wind turbines, solar thermal systems for heat and hot water, and other renewable energy technologies.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_24874.asp

Debate surrounds potential methane work in Canadian province
Coal mining created this town in 1904. A century later, talk of tapping southeastern British Columbia coal fields for natural gas is raising alarm here and next door in the U.S. state of Montana.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25111.asp

Australia's koalas face extinction, foundation says
Koalas, an iconic symbol of Australia, face extinction as rapid urbanization along the eastern seaboard destroys their fragile habitat, environmental activists have warned.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25101.asp

Death toll from burst dam in Brazil rises to five, thousands flee their homes
The death toll from a dam break in northeastern Brazil rose to five as authorities found another drowning victim close to a flooded town, police said recently. More than 3,500 people fled their homes and dozens of people were missing.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25118.asp

Scientists urge shift to nonfood crops
Farmers of the world must shift quickly to growing plants for industrial uses such as oils and plastics to replace petrochemicals as the climate warms and crude supplies run out, British scientists said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25103.asp

Fake sharks could save turtles from fish hooks, says U.N.
Fiberglass sharks might help to scare endangered sea turtles away from long-line fish hooks as part of a drive to protect the world's migratory species, the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25099.asp

Hybrid owl species complicates future of threatened bird
It hoots kind of like a northern spotted owl and looks kind of like a northern spotted owl.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25116.asp

Australia nets illegal tiger and rhino parts in raids
Australian officials netted a huge haul of bear bile, tiger bone, rhinoceros horn, and other endangered wildlife products recently in a crackdown on illegal imports used in traditional Chinese-style medicine.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25100.asp

Monsanto withdraws GMO wheat from all but U.S. FDA
Monsanto Co. has formally withdrawn submissions for its genetically modified wheat from all regulatory agencies except the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a company spokeswoman said recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25102.asp

California sues three tuna makers on product warning law
California sued three big canned tuna companies Monday for not warning customers that they are exposed to mercury, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25107.asp

Indian and Pakistani officials are meeting in New Delhi for talks on hydro-dam
Indian and Pakistani officials gathered Tuesday for talks to resolve a dispute over a dam under construction in Indian-controlled Kashmir that Pakistan says will deprive its agricultural heartland of water.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25108.asp

Yucca nuclear dump funding plan draws industry ire
A plan by Sen. Pete Domenici to tack a $446 million surcharge on utility customers to pay for a Nevada nuclear waste site drew the ire of nuclear power plant owners Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25097.asp

Port of Los Angeles opens green shipping terminal
The Port of Los Angeles opened the world's first green container terminal Monday as part of a $50-million settlement of a lawsuit over air pollution that has plagued communities near the port.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25104.asp

Bush flirts with nuclear disaster, Kennedy says
President George W. Bush has turned back years of U.S. efforts to stem the spread of nuclear weapons and has made the world a more dangerous place, one of the Senate's leading liberals said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25105.asp