::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Tuesday, January 18, 2005 :::
READ ALL TODAY'S NEWS Environmental Organizations Speak Out Online on Critical Environmental Issues
World Environmental Organizations will speak out online in a new series starting January 31st, 2005 on The Environmental News Network (ENN.com) as part of The ENN Commentary Series announced today by Jerry Kay, the Publisher of ENN.com. Leaders of a diverse group of environmental organizations large and small are writing the ENN Commentaries. The objective is to promote a dialogue regarding important environmental issues.
“While citizens of the United States may be polarized on issues in terms of left and right or red and blue states, we believe that the public wants dialogue and perspective so we launched the ENN Commentary Series. Ravens' Interaction With Oil Rigs Studied
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — They're a marvel of nature, birds that survive in a climate as hot as the Mojave Desert yet adapt quite comfortably in the coldest region of America's coldest state. Ravens survive the brutal cold of Alaska's North Slope by caching food, scavenging scrap from oil fields, and apparently by telling time, showing up when humans are mostly likely to leave food unguarded. Scientists Watch for Antarctic Iceberg Collision
CANBERRA, Australia — Scientists were watching on Monday for a collision between a giant iceberg and an Antarctic glacier, which could free up sea lanes to America's McMurdo Station and help penguins reach crucial feeding areas. Notes from Anna: Brazil -- Migration, Nature, and the Documenting Lens
Brazil's ecological challenges have everything to do with this economic strife, and the people's attempts to reach prosperity, against the odds. Congo's Rare Rhinos to Be Flown to Safety
KINSHASA — Five of the few northern white rhinos left in the wild will be flown from Democratic Republic of Congo to prevent poachers wiping them out, conservationists said on Saturday. Environmentalists Win Bid to Regulate Taconite Industry Mercury Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to develop proposed regulations for mercury and asbestos emissions from taconite plants. 
READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS Agreement on a Global Early-Warning System Should be Key Outcome of Disaster Reduction Conference
— By UN Environment Programme Forbes Woods Project Reaches Milestones (MA)
— By The Trust for Public Land (TPL) Scientists Chart Course to Save Lake Naivasha
— By Earthwatch Institute UN disaster reduction strategy an unmitigated failure
— By INTERNATIONAL POLICY NETWORK, LONDON, UK Environmental Education Foundation Backs U.S. Surgeon Generals
— By Environmental Education Foundation A Different Pattern in the Arctic than the Rest of the World
— By Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO)
::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Wednesday, January 19, 2005 :::
READ ALL TODAY'S NEWS Disaster Looms for Megacities, UN Official Says
KOBE, Japan — Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters could kill millions in the world's teeming megacities and time is running out to prevent such a catastrophe, the United Nations point man on emergency relief said on Tuesday. Homemade Biofuels are Best, Say UK Green Groups
LONDON — Countries need to be producing their own biofuels such as ethanol because importing green energy can damage the environment, UK lobby groups say. Indonesia to Replant Mangroves in Tsunami Defense
JAKARTA — Indonesia will replant huge swathes of mangrove forest along its vulnerable coastline to help provide a buffer against possible future tsunamis, the forestry minister said. EarthTalk: Are There Environmentally-Friendlier Ways to De-Ice Pavement?
Although salt and various salt derivatives melt ice effectively and make both walkways and roads safer, they can be damaging to the environment. After salt is applied, it washes off paved surfaces into storm drains or onto adjacent ground, and can then be carried into nearby bodies of water. Geologist has Vision for Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming is a geologist's paradise: it's got gemstones and metals, coal seams and earthquakes, mountains and mesas, and a little place called Yellowstone. Fishermen Barred from Spawning Grounds of Rare Species in U.S. Virgin Islands
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — U.S. authorities have barred fishing in areas of the U.S. Virgin Islands where rare species spawn, officials said Monday. U.S. Officials Accuse DuPont of Concealing Teflon Ingredient's Health Risk
PARKERSBURG, W. Va. — More than 50 years after DuPont started producing Teflon near this Ohio River town, federal officials are accusing the company of hiding information suggesting that a chemical used to make the popular stick- and stain-resistant coating might cause cancer, birth defects and other ailments. Record Warm Winter Stirs Sleepy Estonian Bears
TALLINN — Estonia's warmest winter for two centuries has woken some of its 600 bears several months early from hibernation, wildlife experts say. Mexican Authorities Order Gas Well Closed after Explosion, Spill
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's environmental protection agency ordered the closure of a gas well operated by the state-owned oil company Pemex on Monday, after it found the company had not gotten environmental impact and safety approval for the well, which exploded Jan. 11.
READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS Environmental Organizations Speak Out Online on Critical Environmental Issues
— By Jerry Kay, Environmental News Network Marine Experts Lay Course of Action for Saving Rare Sea Turtle
— By Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC) Addressing Today's Challenges: Nonprofits Find Solutions on the Web
— By Throwplace.com
::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Friday, January 21, 2005 :::
READ ALL TODAY'S NEWS US Forests Cost-Effective against Global Warming, Study Concludes
WASHINGTON — The cost of using forests to remove greenhouse gases from the air could be about the same as cutting pollution with fuel switching or energy efficiency improvements, according to a new report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Silt Deposits Threaten Coral Life in Tsunami-Hit Southern Indian Islands
PORT BLAIR, India — The tsunami split coral reefs in India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands chain, burying them under sand deposits and threatening the entire marine habitat in the area, researchers said. Congo Police, Army Accused of Elephant Poaching
KINSHASA — Congo's police and fractious army have been accused of involvement in rampant elephant poaching that threatens to wipe them out from a world heritage site in the east of the former Zaire, a new study has warned. Notes from Anna: The Mailroom as Landscape
I am immensely grateful to those of you who took the time to respond to "Notes" and enlarge the discussion of environmentalism and culture that has begun to take shape on this page. I see the goal of this column as facilitating the discourse that already goes on in the environmental community, as it became clear to me from the last week's e-mail. Nuclear Power Makes a Comeback
Decades after it was written off as a costly failure, the nuclear power industry is being revived with plans for new reactors in Illinois and other states. Canada Can Learn from California
To mandate or not to mandate, that is the question. At least, that is the question Canada's environment minister, Stéphan Dion, is asking in regards to fuel efficiency standards for new cars sold in Canada. The Final (Probably) Word on Plastics from Umbra
Readers remain atwitter over kitchen plastics, about which eco-advice guru Umbra Fisk admits to having been less than perfectly clear in the past. To find out which plastics are OK, which aren't, and why avoiding them all might be the simplest answer, pop the top off of Ask Umbra , on the Grist Magazine website. Puget Sound Environmental Report Yields Mixed Results
Many of Puget Sound's declining herring populations have rebounded, the acres covered by the invasive grass spartina are half what they were a few years ago and sites once contaminated with heavy metals are slowly being cleaned up, according to a biennial report by the state on Puget Sound's health.
READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS New Tool Opens The Door For $9.6 Billion Ecological Restoration Industry It's been said before that the Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stone, but because we found a better way of doing things. A small Montana company, calling for “an end to the Stone Age,” has developed a tool to enable better, faster, and less costly stream restoration. RiverWorks Rapid Assessment System™ (RRAS™) is breakthrough technology that combines a waterproof, rugged, handheld computer, digital camera and GPS receiver with innovative software that enables the user to rapidly and efficiently collect, analyze, and report stream data. Applications include stream assessment, streambank stabilization planning and design, restoration or mitigation planning, conservation activities, permitting, and post-treatment monitoring.
— By RiverWorks
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