::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Monday, March 21, 2005 :::
 Tsunami Victims, Iraqis Get Taste of Recycled Water Targeted for Space
There are plenty of wells in Iraq, but the dead animals dumped there when Saddam Hussein was in power have contaminated them. There are plenty of streams in southeast Asia, but the recent tsunami polluted them with salt from the ocean. Nuclear Energy May Be Back in Vogue, UN Says
Expectations of a sharp rise in energy demand and the risk of climate change are pushing many countries to return to the idea of nuclear power, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Monday. Indian PM Orders Moves to Save Disappearing Tigers
Alarmed by reports of a rapid fall in tiger numbers, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ordered a police investigation and created a new taskforce to save the endangered species. Environmentalism Hasn’t Died -- An ENN Commentary
When I was 13 years old my father, a clergyman, got involved in the civil rights movement. In 1964 he went south to join in the voter registration drives with a delegation from Ohio. He was called a "dirty northern liberal" among other things. One in his delegation, a Cleveland rabbi, was beaten within an inch of his life by Ku Klux Klan thugs. Later, back in Cleveland, he joined in the campaign to get Carl Stokes elected as the first African-American mayor of a large city. He was arrested in sit-ins and our family routinely received hate mail, hate phone calls and various threats. I was only a teenager but I knew this was big READ ALL THE LATEST HEADLINES  State of Illinois to Invest in E-85 Fuel Stations
Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced today that $500,000 in Opportunity Returns funding is now available to establish new E-85 facilities at retail gasoline outlets in Illinois. EarthNews Radio: Roy G. Biv
Throughout history, schoolchildren and scholars alike have relied on clever and easy ways to remember science ideas, such as the periodic table of the elements and the colors of the rainbow. READ ALL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY NEWS  Monterey Bay Aquarium BAY Commits Another $500,000 to White Shark Conservation Research Projects
The Monterey Bay Aquarium recently authorized spending $500,000 for multi-year field conservation studies of white sharks in southern California and Baja California. This brings to $840,000 the amount the non-profit aquarium has committed since 2002 toward field research aimed at conserving white sharks in the wild. Winners of UNEP's Photo Competition Announced
Images of deer, scavenging on a rubbish tip, the housing of the rich set against the slums of the poor and Buddhist monks solemnly draping cloth round a tree trunk have scooped the top prizes in the latest UN Environment Programme (UNEP) International Photographic Competition on the Environment. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS
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