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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Thursday, April 14, 2005 ::: Fuel Made from Plutonium Arrives in U.S., Despite Protests A French shipment of nuclear power plant fuel made from weapons-grade plutonium arrived in the United States despite protests it poses environmental and terrorist risks. Singapore Exhumes the Dead to Make Room for the Living Singapore is exhuming tens of thousands of graves at the only cemetery open for burial in the city-state, part of a decades-old plan to recycle space for the dead and create more room for the living in the crowded territory. Coalition Presses Electric Companies over Global Warming Risks A coalition of environmentally oriented shareholders on Wednesday called on dozens of the nation's biggest electric utilities to report within a year on the financial risks they face from complying with regulations to address global warming. Lawmakers and Environmentalists Push New Marine Pollution Law on Cruise Ship Waste The cruise industry has gotten so big that all its ships together could hold each of Miami's 360,000 residents with room to spare. And just like cities, cruise lines have to deal with a nasty problem: the millions of gallons of sewage those people produce. READ ALL THE LATEST HEADLINES Symposium on Smoke-Free Apartment Buildings Held in Los Angeles The "Smoke Free Choice" symposium will be held today in Los Angeles to address the increasing demand for non-smoking sections in apartment buildings and completely smoke-free complexes. Bill Would Bar Obesity Lawsuits As your attorney, I advise you to lay off those french fries. READ ALL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY NEWS Community Checkpoints Halt Weyerhaeuser Logging For 3rd Week The communities of Haida Gwaii are preparing for a third week of community checkpoints blocking Weyerhaeuser logging and asserting native land rights on their island. The checkpoints began on March 23 in response to Weyerhaeuser's proposed sell-off of long-term logging licenses on the island. Island resident say that failed negotiations; un-enforced laws and decades of destructive forestry have left them with no option but to block further industrial logging by Weyerhaeuser. Locals have named the actions "Island Spirit Rising" and reclaimed four barge-loads of raw logs from Weyerhaeuser to help fund schools, hospitals, language and cultural programs and other community services neglected by the BC government. United Nations Environment Programme Names Seven 'Champions Of The Earth' The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named seven leaders in the field of the environment as "Champions of the Earth" for "setting an example for the world to follow". READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS