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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Friday, February 18, 2005 ::: READ ALL TODAY'S NEWS Ice Kangaroos, Koalas Melt in Kyoto Protest SYDNEY — Ice sculptures of kangaroos and koalas melted in front of Sydney's state parliament house on Wednesday as green groups protested at Australia's refusal, along with the United States, to ratify the Kyoto climate pact. Dream or Nightmare? -- An ENN Commentary Let's imagine a modern day Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving's fabled character who fell asleep for twenty years. To what kind of a world would he awaken in 2025, two decades from now? Mexico Reports 75-Percent Drop in the Number of Monarch Butterflies MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government said on Tuesday that 75 percent fewer Monarch butterflies have appeared at wintering grounds here, largely blaming conditions in the United States and Canada for the decline. New Global Network Aims for Tsunami Warning System WASHINGTON — A global tsunami warning system to get critical information to people in the path of the potentially deadly waves was approved Wednesday as a top priority for the world's climate experts. In a New Mexico Desert Town, Residents Stake Their Future on Uranium EUNICE, New Mexico — Like many others in this former boomtown, Mayor James Brown knows more about isotopes, centrifuges and uranium-235 than your average college student. Defecating Pandas Expand Their Horizons BEIJING — A study of giant panda poo in China has proved the endangered animals are expanding their horizons, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. Seizing Their Chance, Conservationists Join Forces to Push Bills SALEM — Senate Democrats and conservationists gathered on the Willamette River's frigid banks Tuesday to announce the "most important" water quality proposal in 30 years, another in a long line of environmental protections they have championed. Russia's UES Close to Large Kyoto-Linked Deals MOSCOW — Russian electricity giant Unified Energy System, which accounts for 2 percent of global greenhouse gases, is close to signing 30 Kyoto-linked deals to slash emissions by 20 million tonnes a year, it said on Wednesday. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS International Sustainable Agriculture Student Exchange Program — By Pennsylvania IPM Program How Good are Things between California Fishermen and Environmentalists? On a Scale of 1 to 10, It's about a 2.1 — By University of North Carolina Wilmington Trouble Finding Food: Global Warming Displaces Arctic Food Web — By UM Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science EPA Making Illegal, Secret Agreements with Pesticide Makers, Threatening Public Health, Lawsuit Charges — By Natural Resources Defense Council The Arctic is the Chemical Sink of the Globe, Says WWF — By WWF-US UNEP Head on Kyoto Protocol Entry into Force — By UN Environment Programme