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New This Week on ENN TV Harrison Ford narrates a compelling Conservation International video that drives home the urgency of working today to save the planet's ecosystems. The reasons are compelling and undisputable. Rainforests the size of New York City disappear each day. Ninety percent of the world's predatory fish are gone. EPA Proposes Easing Reporting Requirements on Toxic Pollution Saying it wants to ease its regulatory burden on companies, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed adopting a "short form" that would excuse companies from disclosing spills and other releases of toxic substances under certain circumstances. New York Skyscrapers Dim Lights To Save Birds The city that never sleeps will darken the lights of the famed Manhattan skyline after midnight to help save migrating birds. New York civic leaders this week said the lights of buildings above the 40th floor will be turned off after midnight in the fall and spring migration seasons to save birds. Global Warming Could Cause up to 10,000 Deaths Per Year in Asia-Pacific, WHO Official Says Up to 10,000 people in the Asia-Pacific region could be dying each year as a result of factors associated with global warming such as severe weather and mosquito-borne disease, a World Health Organization expert said Thursday. House Panel Set To Approve Sweeping Endangered Species Act Rewrite Conservative lawmakers poised to eliminate key provisions of the landmark 32--year--old Endangered Species Act encountered unexpected support Wednesday: Some environmentalists and liberal Democrats said they agree with some of the changes. E.U. Proposes Ambitious Plans To Clean Up Air Pollution by 2020 The European Union head office proposed scaled-back plans Wednesday to reduce air pollution, which it claims kills 370,000 EU citizens every year. In Marshlands South of New Orleans, Katrina's Destruction Threatens already Tenuous Existence Hurricane Katrina ripped through this narrow toe of land at the easternmost edge of the Louisiana boot, where oystermen, shrimpers, river pilots and oil-rig workers cling to existence like snails to the marsh grass. It is a place that lives or dies by the water. Shark Attacks Spark 'Kill or Be Killed' Debate Two shark attacks in the past few weeks, both in waters off South Australia state, have sparked an emotional debate in Australia over whether the great white, the ocean's fiercest predator, should be culled. Scientists Send Message: 'Cut Air Travel for the Environment' Britain should drastically reduce the growth of air travel to bring greenhouse gas emissions within levels that will avoid dangerous climate change, a report by leading environmental scientists said Wednesday. Europe's 2003 Heatwave Altered Carbon Cycle, Study Says Europe's devastating heat wave, which claimed 35,000 lives in 2003, also reduced plant growth across the continent by 30 percent and may have contributed to global warming, French researchers said on Wednesday. Peru Mayor Says Camisea Gas Pipeline Leak Contaminated Jungle Rivers, Sickening Hundreds A district mayor threatened Wednesday to sue the operators of a pipeline that transports natural gas liquids from the Camisea gas fields in the country's southern Amazon after it sprang a leak in one of his villages. National Instruments Announces Plan for New RoHS- Compliant Products Beijing Officials to Use Remote Sensing Technology to help Clean Air for 2008 Olympics Katrina Crop Toll Rivals Drought, Expected To Reach $900 Million Nine States To Set Carbon Dioxide Pollution Limits from Power Plants
Drome River Restoration Project Wins International Riverprize; International Riversymposium First Global Review Sees Bleak Future for Sturgeon; Bold Measures Can Save Endangered Fish Penn State Entomology Professor Awarded Emerald Honor International Fund for Animal Welfare, Kenya Wildlife Service to Enhance Tsavo National Park Cutting-Edge Acid Rain Technology Makes Debut in North America; Just Across the Border - A Possible Solution for Acid Rain in New England’s Rivers Read all Non-Profit News
14 Elite International Jurors Judging Coffee Pacifica's ''Pride of PNG 2005'' Cupping Competition 14 Elite International Jurors Judging Coffee Pacifica's ''Pride of PNG 2005'' Cupping Competition Virgin, Ben & Jerry’s, O2, BP, Starbucks to Discuss How They Brand Their Values Now Playing: ENN TV North Texas Embraces EnviroGLAS®< Read all Company News |
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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Thursday, September 22, 2005
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