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ENN Daily News for 09/14/2004

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EarthTalk: Is There a Connection Between Environmental Toxins and Breast Cancer?
More than 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the United States, and 20 percent are likely to die from it. Breast cancers among women have climbed steadily in the United States and other industrialized nations since the 1940s.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_26878.asp

Stronger Ivan Eyes Cuba After Slamming Caymans
Hurricane Ivan, leaving a trail of battered islands and at least 68 dead in a rampage across the Caribbean, churned closer to Cuba Monday with 160-mph winds, on a path that could take it to U.S. shores.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27155.asp

Green Meeting in Brazil to Propose Environmental Court
A meeting this week sponsored by major energy companies will propose creating an international court to assess and punish environmental crimes, organizers said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27171.asp

Captain and First Mate of Uruguayan Fishing Boat are Fined for Poaching Chilean Sea Bass
The captain and first mate of a Uruguayan fishing boat were fined 30,000 Australian dollars (US$20,700; euro 17,000) each recently, after pleading guilty to poaching prized Chilean sea bass from Australian waters.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27183.asp

The Truth About Garbage
Ashes to ashes: The cycle of life returns human bodies to the soil, where they decompose and eventually return to new life as a tulip or perhaps as an apple (unless they've been embalmed, but that's another story).
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27154.asp

Interior Secretary Orders Utah Rivers Protected from New Mining Claims
Interior Secretary Gail Norton approved an order recently that prohibits mining companies from making claims on nearly 200 miles of scenic rivers in southeastern Utah.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27179.asp

Brazil Scrambles to Save Its Disappearing Savanna
Brazil launched an emergency plan recently to save what remains of its vast tropical savanna, much of which has been cleared for farming in recent decades.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27158.asp

Blair to Press on Climate Change, Challenge Bush
Britain's Tony Blair will make an uncompromising speech on climate change on Tuesday, urging the world to act in concert and pressing Washington to change its stance.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27167.asp

NOAA Fisheries Files New Columbia Basin Salmon Plan with Court
By spending $6 billion on improvements over the next 10 years, the Columbia Basin's federal hydroelectric dams can be operated without jeopardizing the survival of threatened and endangered salmon, the government said in a report.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27182.asp

Public Outcry Blocks Marina Project that Threatens Coral on Idyllic Malaysian Island
A public outcry has temporarily blocked a multimillion dollar marina project that environmentalists say threatens to destroy a delicate coral reef at one of Southeast Asia's favorite diving spots.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27181.asp

Vietnam Detains 30 People in a Crackdown on Illegal Gold Mine
Thirty people have been detained for running an illegal gold mine in central Vietnam that employed hundreds of workers, officials said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27176.asp

North Korea Says Blast Was for Hydroelectric Project
A huge explosion in North Korea last week was a deliberate blast to pave the way for a hydroelectric dam, Pyongyang said on Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-09-14/s_27157.asp


Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)

NY/NJ Seminar: Green and Business Success - Building owners and operators interested in applying proven sustainable practices to help meet financial, social and environmental goals will find the contacts and tools they need at the New York and Northern New Jersey Sustainable Built Environments Seminar. The event will be held September 14, 2004.
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Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate) Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

California Safe Schools:
PESTICIDE FREE ZONE WINS 2ND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT GREEN FLAG AWARD

California Safe Schools:
California Safe Schools Salutes Millikan Middle School & Performing Arts Magnet - Pesticide Free Zone

WWF-US Communications:
More Scientific Evidence that Polar Bears are Affected by Toxic Chemicals

Sustainable Resources:
Boulder Launches New "Grass Roots" UN

Bigelow Laboratory:
Bigelow Laboratory and Ocean Planet Forge Educational Link

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation:
Volunteers From Coast to Coast to Lend a Hand to America's Lands