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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Thursday, March 31, 2005 ::: Tough Steps Urged to Cut CO2 Emissions in Japan A Japanese government task force approved a draft plan Tuesday for measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that significantly strengthens existing measures for fighting global warming, aiming at fulfilling the nation's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. Shell to Reroute Pipelines in Russian Far East Oil Project over Gray Whale Fears Royal Dutch/Shell said Wednesday it would reroute planned pipelines at its oil and gas project off the Russian Pacific island of Sakhalin, bowing to environmentalists' demands who said the pipelines passed too close to the feeding grounds of the endangered gray whale. Tiny Hong Kong Falling Foul of Electronic Waste, Greenpeace Claims Hong Kong has become a dumping ground for electronic waste from the United States, Europe and Japan and soil tests have uncovered excessive lead levels in the soil, according to Greenpeace. Latest Earthquakes Surprise Seismologists The latest deadly earthquake off the coast of Indonesia wasn't unexpected but may have arrived earlier than experts anticipated. READ ALL THE LATEST HEADLINES UPS to Implement Environmental Initiatives UPS, the world's largest private package-delivery company, is implementing two initiatives to protect the environment. EarthNews Radio: Organic Consumers Association Is the organic-label body-care product you're using really organic? READ ALL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY NEWS Biodiversity Project Encourages a “Great Lakes Response” to Millennium Ecosystem Report Warnings Release of the worldwide Millennium Ecosystem Report provides those of us living in the Great Lakes region an opportunity to reflect on the natural beauty, economic bounty, and life-giving resources the Great Lakes provide. However, Biodiversity Project, a Madison-based non-profit environmental education and communications group, hopes that the report will also encourage millions of Great Lakes residents to become concerned enough about the future of the planet to change things for the better. Commercial Fishing “Unsustainable” Says New UN Report The United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report released today calls capture fisheries “unsustainable” and calls for the expansion in Marine Protected Areas with flexible no-take zones that contribute to the economy. These conclusions echo the efforts of 3 nations, more than 800 scientists from 83 countries and 230 non-governmental organizations from 54 countries calling on the UN to implement a moratorium on industrial longline fishing in the Pacific and implement a network of high seas MPAs to protect both fish stocks and species endangered by longlines. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS