02/13/2008 Enviro-news from Truthout

UN Security Council Urged to Punish CO2 Offenders
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021308EA.shtml
Haider Rizvi, Inter Press News, writes: "The world's small island nations are calling for the UN Security Council to help protect their lands and resources by using its authority to demand reductions of carbon dioxide emissions, and to penalize those nations that fail to comply."

True Scale of Shipping Pollution Revealed
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According to John Vidal of The Guardian UK, "The true scale of climate change emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously believed, according to a leaked UN study seen by the Guardian."

Lake Mead May Go Dry in a Few Years
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Felicity Barringer, The New York Times, reports: "Lake Mead, the vast reservoir for the Colorado River water that sustains the fast-growing cities of Phoenix and Las Vegas, could lose water faster than previously thought and run dry within 13 years, according to a new study by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography."

Government Suppresses Major Public Health Report
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Maggie Mahar, AlterNet, reports: "The Center for Public Integrity, a public interest investigative journalism organization, has obtained copies of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of environmental and health data in eight Great Lakes states that was scheduled for publication in July 2007. The report, which pointed to elevated rates of lung, colon and breast cancer; low birth weight, and infant mortality in several of the geographical areas of concern has not yet been made public."