The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 06/17/2004

Genetically modified salmon outeat wild fish and other stories
Scientists attempting to gauge how wild salmon might fare when pitted against their genetically modified brethren have uncovered some sobering findings. The natives could go hungry if forced to compete directly with GM escapees.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24789.asp

Two red tides bloom off China's east coast, says paper
Two giant toxic red tides engulfed parts of the sea off northeastern China over the weekend, and officials were monitoring seafood for contamination, the China Daily reported on Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24970.asp

Alaska fishery, world's largest, awarded label signifying environmental friendliness
The $750 million Alaska pollock fishery, the world's largest fishery, has been approved for a label to identify its products as environmentally friendly, an industry group said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24979.asp

Turkey's Bosporus bottleneck complicates exports of Caspian oil
Giant tankers carrying Russian and Caspian oil to Western markets weave through the narrow curves of the busy Bosporus Strait bisecting Istanbul, a scene Turkey says could be an environmental disaster just waiting to happen.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24978.asp

Alaska men admit poaching bear organs
Three Anchorage men implicated in a plot to illegally sell black bear organs to buyers in South Korea have pleaded guilty to poaching and other federal charges, officials said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24968.asp

Canadian Indians use canoes to thwart scientists' efforts to capture lonely killer whale
Indians in dugout canoes led a killer whale out to sea off western Canada on Wednesday, trying to thwart scientists' attempts to capture the orca considered by the tribe to be a reincarnated chief.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24973.asp

House passes bill to promote refinery expansion, opponents say it would hurt environment
House Republicans pushed through legislation Wednesday that supporters said would speed construction of new refineries to ease tight gasoline supplies. Opponents said the bill would reduce environmental protection and do little to stem high fuel costs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24974.asp

Venezuela struggles to remove aquatic plant faster than it spreads over nation's largest lake
Efforts to remove an aquatic weed from Venezuela's largest lake are barely keeping up with its growth, the environment minister said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24975.asp

World Bank approves US$8.9 million grant to rehabilitate radioactive waste sites in Kyrgyzstan
The World Bank said Wednesday it has approved a US$8.9 million grant to rehabilitate radioactive waste sites that threaten Central Asia's densely populated Fergana Valley.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24977.asp

Japan is shipping home a half-century's worth of garbage from Antarctica
Japanese researchers in Antarctica are getting serious about cleaning up the half-century's worth of garbage piled up at their base on the southernmost continent, an official said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24972.asp

U.S. energy official in charge of nuclear waste cleanup resigns
Assistant Energy Secretary Jessie Roberson, who headed the environmental cleanup program at the department's nuclear weapons sites, has resigned, citing a desire to spend more time with her family.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-17/s_24981.asp