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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Friday, April 08, 2005 ::: Week in Review: April 4th - 8th The long-controversial plan to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain has taken an interesting turn, with newly-discovered email evidence suggesting that scientists working on the project had planned to fabricate supporting data. Brazil's Soldiers Learn to Love the Jungle A sign saying "The tears begin here" greets the young Brazilian soldiers as they clamber down from trucks and begin a march along a track in the Amazon jungle. Weighed down by two heavy packs, two rifles and tramping along in sweltering heat, several stumble and fall on the way. Two U.S. Senators Block EPA Chief Nomination Two Democratic senators Thursday said they would block the nomination of Stephen Johnson to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency until the EPA cancels a program to test pesticide exposure of children in a Florida county. On the U.S. Chesapeake, Asian Oyster Stirs Debate The oysters piled high in Rich Harding's boat are the best he's seen in years -- plump and healthy, with no signs of the diseases that have ravaged shellfish beds on the Chesapeake Bay. READ ALL THE LATEST HEADLINES Farm Shares: Community Supported Agriculture Despite all of the information and resources for gardeners we'll be bringing you this month, there are people who may want the personal benefits as well as the earth-friendliness of food self-sufficiency, but who just don't have the time or the expertise required to run a successful garden or small farm. EarthNews Radio Highlights PBS's "Journey to Planet Earth" PBS will be airing a number of programs about science and the environment in the month of April; among them is "Journey to Planet Earth." READ ALL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY NEWS Senator Alexander Takes Significant Step Forward But House Goes Backward and Forward on Energy Efficiency Two significant congressional actions occurred today on federal energy legislation. First, Senator Lamar Alexander (R -TN) introduced a new energy bill focused on natural gas designed to reduce energy prices by cutting energy demand and increasing supplies. This bill includes energy efficiency provisions that greatly improve upon energy legislation passed by the Senate in recent years. New Conservation Security Program Payments Can Be Used for IPM A new conservation program will offer payments to farmers in exchange for enhancing watersheds and protecting the environment. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS