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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 ::: Wal-Mart to Fund Wildlife Habitat Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, pledged Tuesday to spend $35 million compensating for wildlife habitat lost nationwide beneath its corporate "footprint." MTBE Gas Additive Protection, DeLay at Center of Energy Debate Embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is being challenged by Democrats on one of his top priorities -- protecting makers of the gasoline additive MTBE from liability lawsuits, an issue that blocked energy legislation two years ago. Conservationists to Convert Pesky Prairie Dogs into Valuable Farm Tools in Northern Mexico Conservationists have bought 46,000 acres of desert grasslands in northern Mexico in an effort to show the black- tailed prairie dog -- seen as a pest in much of the western United States -- can help grazing lands thrive. U.N. Presses India to Save Tigers Even in their own reserves, they are rampantly poached for their "lucky" collar bones, fashionable skins and decorative claws. When they flee onto human territory, they are poisoned, electrocuted, shot or trapped. There is nowhere left for India's dwindling tiger population to turn. READ ALL THE LATEST HEADLINES Norway's Statoil Shuts Down Oil Drilling Rig After Arctic Oil Spill Oil exploration drilling from the offshore rig Eirik Raude has been shut down after its third spill into ecologically fragile Arctic waters in just over two months, Statoil ASA announced Wednesday. EarthNews Radio: PBS's "Deep Jungle" The new PBS series "Deep Jungle" brings you up close to some of the most fascinating creatures in nature. READ ALL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY NEWS Energy Department Grants Petition for New Refrigerator Energy Efficiency Standards The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) granted a petition for a new standard for home refrigerators in a letter released yesterday. The petition, submitted by a diverse coalition including state governments, utility companies, consumer and low-income advocacy groups, and environmental and energy efficiency organizations, requested that DOE commence a rulemaking to strengthen an existing national standard. NATURE’S “Deep Jungle” Premieres Sundays April 17, 24 and May 1 on PBS "Deep Jungle," the new three-hour miniseries premiering on NATURE, brings viewers a world that Tarzan never could have imagined. Airing Sundays April 17,24 and May 1, 2005, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET on PBS, the miniseries reveals how technology is changing the nature of jungle exploration, and illustrates the ingenious, and often dangerous, methods by which scientists are expanding our understanding of rainforests and the role they play in planetary ecology. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS