The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Friday, January 7, 2005 ::: READ ALL TODAY'S NEWS 21 EU Nations Ready to Make Kyoto Emissions Cuts BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union head office said it approved a further five national emissions trading plans Thursday, as the EU began participating in the Kyoto climate change pact this month. New York to Get Easements on 104,000 Acres of Adirondack Forest ALBANY, N.Y. — The state will acquire easements on more than 104,000 acres of Adirondack forest lands in what is described as the third largest land acquisition in New York history. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets New Director in Golden, Colo. Dan E. Arvizu was named director Tuesday of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden by U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham. Potential Tsunami Flood Zones Mapped PORTLAND, Ore. — A computer model that can predict the impact of a tsunami from the San Francisco Bay area to Alaska is helping scientists plot danger zones in coastal cities to guide emergency planning. Arizona Rivers Flowing After Storms TUCSON, Ariz. — For the first time in seven years, virtually every river in Arizona is doing what rivers usually do in most other places: flow with water. War Zones Yield Cheap Shelter for Tsunami Homeless LONDON — Sandbags and barbed wire, staples of war zones, could become the stuff of cheap emergency housing for survivors of the Asian tsunami if relief agencies adopt a new building concept developed in quake-prone California. UK Company Defends Land Rights in Venezuela Reform CARACAS, Venezuela — Representatives of Britain's Vestey Group, whose large Venezuelan cattle ranch is targeted in a government land reform drive, Wednesday rejected charges that it left land idle and illegally held public property. First Oil Removed from Broken Freighter off Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Salvagers have begun removing oil from tanks on a freighter that broke apart last month off Alaska, spilling most of the vessel's estimated 442,000 gallons of fuel into the Bering Sea and onto shore. India, Pakistan Hold Crucial Talks over River Row NEW DELHI — India and Pakistan began talks on Tuesday to resolve a long-running dispute over a dam in Kashmir which threatens to cause another setback to an already fragile peace process. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and Computer TakeBack Campaign Participate with eBay to Launch Rethink — By Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Sea Turtle Organizations Announce Tsunami Recovery Fund — By SEATURTLE.ORG Industrial Longline Fishing: A War on Fish — By Todd Steiner, Director STRP Seacology Establishes a Different Kind of Tsunami Relief Fund — By Seacology