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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Monday, April 11, 2005 ::: States Ask Court to Force EPA Action on Greenhouse Gases A coalition of 12 states and several cities asked a federal appeals court Friday to make the Environmental Protection Agency reconsider its decision not to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gases as air pollutants. The King is Commander, the Enemy Drought, as 'Cloud Attackers' Take to the Skies For the past month, aircraft stationed at airfields around Thailand have been flying sorties almost daily, carrying out a mission of national importance -- the war on drought, the country's worst in seven years. DuPont Shareholder Seeks Disclosure of Expenses on Chemical Being Studied by EPA A DuPont Co. shareholder wants the chemical maker to disclose legal fees and other expenses for a chemical that is used to make the nonstick substance Teflon and is being studied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a possible carcinogen. EPA Cancels Proposed Study that Would Have Exposed Children to Pesticides The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday canceled a controversial study using children to measure the effect of pesticides after Democrats said they would block Senate confirmation of the agency's new head. READ ALL THE LATEST HEADLINES EarthNews Radio: PBS's "Journey to Planet Earth" PBS is continuing to air a number of programs about science and the environment this month, including "Journey to Planet Earth." Methane Mining Churns up Murky Water Issue Coal deposits were the economic wellspring for the development of Las Animas County. READ ALL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY NEWS New Report Shows How to Save Ozone Layer While Combating Climate Change After 20 years of protecting the ozone layer with a new generation of chemicals, Governments are confronting the fact that these ozone-friendly substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) also happen to be greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Congress Fiddles as Gasoline Prices Climb Painfully high gasoline prices have failed thus far to spur federal legislative action to address what looks increasingly like a long-term problem. Though futures prices for both gasoline and crude oil fell on the N.Y. Mercantile Exchange yesterday, they remain at historically high levels (in nominal terms). Crude futures prices topping $50 through 2009 suggest gasoline prices twice those of the past decade and call for steps now to protect our economy by reducing demand. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS