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E-mail Edition 06/29/2004

EarthTalk: Why are coastlines eroding and what can be done?
Beach erosion has both human and natural causes. The process of erosion carries beaches out to sea, but it also created them over millions of years from the rock-strewn shores that originally covered our planet.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25095.asp

Ninjas battle for gold in Mongolia's "Wild West"
Heaven meets hell where blue hills lining Mongolia's vast grasslands, untouched for millions of years, have been turned into giant slag heaps.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25348.asp

Biotechs mine hardy bacteria for industrial use
The creatures are known as "extremophiles," and they earn the name. They live in toxic Superfund cleanup sites, boiling deep-sea rift vents, volcanic craters, and polar glaciers: some of the planet's harshest environments.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25360.asp

Asia is turning to nuclear power, says international nuclear agency
Asian countries are increasingly turning to nuclear power to meet their energy needs, even as Western countries move away from nuclear energy sources, the U.N. nuclear agency said recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25359.asp

The true cost of sprawl
On this week's radio program Beyond Organic, join host Jerry Kay — publisher of the Environmental News Network (ENN.com) — as we explore the true costs of sprawl.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25339.asp

Pollution rules targeting manure could force dairies to relocate
Regulators trying to clean Southern California's infamously unhealthy air have long targeted factories and old buses. Now they're setting their sights on a different breed of offender: dairy cows.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25352.asp

Nokia to take part in European environmental project
Nokia said Monday it will take part in a European Commission pilot project to study the environmental impact of cellular phones, along with ways to minimize the negative effects.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25355.asp

Who's to blame for West Virginia's repeated floods?
When a heavy rain rolls in, Lois Lester gets out. She knows Pigeon Creek will rise. Always has, always will.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25358.asp

U.N. agency to push ahead with Russian nuke dump
The U.N. atomic agency will press ahead with plans to build the world's first global atomic waste dump in Russia to keep the dangerous material away from extremists, the agency's head said on Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25343.asp

E.U. tells ship owners to cut down on SO-2 pollution
The European Union nations agreed on Monday to require owners of sea-going ships to make deep cuts in sulphur dioxide emissions starting in 2006.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25354.asp

Colombia coca growers protest U.S. drug spraying
Thousands of poor farmers and Indians gathered in a northern Colombian village Monday to protest government plans to spray herbicides on coca fields. Protesters said the drug spraying, which is funded by the United States as part of Washington's war on drugs, will destroy legal crops and pollute rivers and mountains in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25345.asp

Endangered wildlife research tool becomes high-tech way to educate
Conservationist Stephen Kress sees the big picture when it comes to putting live video of remote seabird colonies on the Internet. He hopes to build support for seabird restoration efforts from Maine to California by giving the birds a worldwide stage.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-29/s_25361.asp