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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Tuesday, March 15, 2005 ::: ENN Radio | ENN Video Whaling Moratorium Likely to Be Dumped, New Zealand Official Warns The 1986 international moratorium on commercial whaling is likely to be rescinded in the next few years, New Zealand's commissioner to the International Whaling Commission has warned. Smog-Busting Inventors Get Nation's Highest Technology Award Three scientists who helped this car-crazy world breathe a whole lot easier have been given the nation's highest technology award. Ministers from 20 Countries Meet in London to Discuss Climate Change The United States repeated its objection to the Kyoto climate change treaty Tuesday, as ministers from 20 countries gathered in London for a conference on global warming. Female Owl Goes on 150-Mile Trek for Mate A female ferruginous pygmy owl took a 150-mile crisscross trek across the Sonoran Desert to search for a mate, a journey about seven times longer than any previously recorded by state researchers monitoring the endangered birds. READ ALL THE LATEST HEADLINES PNC Bank Takes Green Approach PNC Bank has made integrating its business practices with environmental responsibility a top priority. Forest Service Arrests 22 Protesters and Closes Salvage Logging Area in Oregon to Public Twenty-two women were arrested Monday trying to block loggers from cutting down dead trees burned in a 2002 fire, and the U.S. Forest Service closed the area to the public to prevent further disturbances. READ ALL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY NEWS Help the Cats Behind the Mascots College students love their mascots. They paint images of mascots on their faces and bodies, wear them on their clothes, and stick them on their car windows. Now students are helping the wild animals that have inspired dozens of college mascots around the country: big cats. Across the United States, campus groups are getting involved in WWF's Pennies for the Planet campaign - which is raising money for and awareness about big cats - and WWF is inviting more groups to join in. Emissions Trading and Norwegian Climate Policy In January, Norway initiated its emissions trading system for the period up to December 2007. Emissions trading is meant to be one of Norway's most important climate policy instruments in meeting its Kyoto target. But the system will cover only 10 percent of Norway's emissions, and no clear signals have been given about what instruments can be expected after 2007. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS