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ENN Daily News for 09/09/2004

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Businesses urged to curb thirst for water
The largest, least expensive, and most environmentally sound source of water to meet California's future needs is the water currently being wasted in every sector of our economy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_26720.asp

Long-running pollution study shows dirty air limits children's lung development
New research shows that teenagers who grow up in heavy air pollution have reduced lung capacity, putting them at risk for illness and premature death as adults.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27014.asp

Mayan Indians seize disputed Guatemalan dam
Hundreds of Maya Indians have seized control of Guatemala's largest dam and warned Wednesday they would cut power supplies if they are not compensated for land and lives lost in massacres when it was built.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27022.asp

Australians asked to provide water as koalas are dropping from trees because of thirst
Residents of Australia's drought-ravaged east coast were urged Wednesday to leave buckets of water underneath trees because koalas are dropping dead of thirst.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27018.asp

Fish mix it up at the Panama Canal and other stories
When the Panama Canal was christened in 1914, it turned out to be more than a shipping shortcut across Central America. It also opened the floodgates of a fish-swapping frenzy on either side of the new waterway. Now the once-distinct fish assemblages in the Rio Chagres and Rio Grande rivers have infiltrated watersheds on both sides of the canal.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_26821.asp

Appeals court halts logging in forest burned by 2002 fire
A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked logging of old-growth forest scorched in one of the nation's largest wildfires until a lawsuit brought by environmentalists is decided, making it unlikely the dead trees can be harvested before rotting.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27019.asp

Ford says gasoline prices are hurting big SUV sales
High U.S. gasoline prices are hurting the sales of one of Ford Motor Co.'s highly profitable sport utility vehicles, the automaker said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27024.asp

E.U. executive amends nuclear plan, greens cry foul
The European Union's executive amended its controversial proposals for nuclear safety and waste management legislation on Wednesday, but a leading environmental group slammed the package as misleading and helpful to industry.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27027.asp

Russia still unsure on Kyoto, postpones decision
Russia has not decided if it will support the Kyoto Protocol, the landmark environmental treaty it can sink or save, and the government has asked to delay making an official report to President Vladimir Putin until December.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27029.asp

Energy dependence on Mideast, Russia to grow, says study
Despite vaunted crude oil finds in Africa and Latin America, widespread pumping decreases will make global markets more dependent on the Middle East and Russia over the decade, a study released on Wednesday found.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27023.asp

Environment takes unusual prominence in Colorado Senate race
The campaign for Colorado's open Senate seat has quickly turned ugly since last month's primary, with TV attack ads focusing on an unusual issue for both Republican Peter Coors and Democrat Ken Salazar: the environment.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27016.asp

White House offers plan to improve sharing of Earth observation data
The White House on Wednesday told 15 federal agencies to better share scientific data about the Earth among themselves and with other nations.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27015.asp

Actress Pam Anderson lends image to help chickens
Actress Pamela Anderson, always game to ruffle a few feathers in the name of mistreated fowl, has lent her famous face to a billboard campaign calling for a boycott of the KFC chain of chicken restaurants.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-09/s_27026.asp


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

World Resources Institute:
Malawi Phases Out Ozone-Damaging Insecticide

WWF-US Communications:
Environmental Organizations Support Reauthorization of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act

United Nations Environment Programme:
New UNEP report warns of threats to unique Arctic ecosystem of Barents Sea

United Nations Environment Programme:
UNEP Launches First Report on State of Environment in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Center for Biological Diversity:
International Conservation Groups Call on Bush & Koizumi to Save Okinawa Dugong

United Nations Environment Programme:
CITES Authorizes Sturgeon Export Quotas for Black Sea

Great Ape Trust of Iowa:
Countdown to Great Apes

United Nations Environment Programme:
International Experts Meet to Consider Legal Options for Managing the World's Forests

Save Our Wild Salmon:
Fishing Jobs at Stake in New Salmon Plan

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation:
Public Lands Day Volunteers To Get Fee Free Day

United Nations Environment Programme:
CITES Conference on Wildlife Trade to Consider New Rules for High-Value Species

Earth Island Institute:
Pollock Certification Greenwashes Unsound Fishing Practices