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E-mail Edition 02/17/2004

ACEEE rates model year 2004's 'greenest' and 'meanest'
Amid continued public interest in fuel efficiency and growing concern about gas-guzzling SUVs, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has announced this year's "Greenest" and "Meanest" vehicles, along with environmental scorings of all model year 2004 cars and passenger trucks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_12985.asp

Ecuador is sacked by illegal wildlife trade
Ecuador's exotic species of orchids, parrots, and monkeys have won the small, mountainous country on the west coast of South America fame among conservationists and nature-loving tourists. But its exuberant environment is also a target for the illegal wildlife trade.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_13209.asp

Green groups sue to block drilling in Alaska reserve
Environmental groups on Tuesday sued to block the Bush administration's current plan to open million of acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling because they want more protection for the area's wildlife.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_13206.asp

Scottish skiers face grim reality of global warming
This school holiday week, thousands of Britons will be bracing themselves against the wind and sliding downhill through a mixture of mud, ice, and boulders. Scottish skiing has met global warming.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_13214.asp

Bald eagles wait to be taken off threatened list, but their very prevalence is causing delays
So many bald eagles swoop down from the treetops to pluck their breakfast from the Skagit River that you wouldn't think they were a threatened species.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_13218.asp

Brazilian Indians fear millennial way of life is threatened by development
Naked children are leaping from mango trees and tumbling into the mild water of the Xingu River without a care. But up by the grass-roofed long houses, the village elders fret that their way of life may come to an end soon.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_13216.asp

World is slipping in goal of fresh water to poor
The world is slipping behind a U.N. goal of supplying fresh water by 2015 to more than a half-billion people in developing nations who currently lack it, the head of a U.N. Commission said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_13207.asp

U.S. petroleum engineers become rare commodity
Striking oil isn't easy, but companies searching for black gold are finding it even tougher to recruit new petroleum engineers. Layoffs, the technology boom, and a bad public image have all contributed to a sharp decline in students pursuing energy careers at U.S. universities. And as a large number of engineers approach retirement age, a staffing crunch looms.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_13212.asp

Australia toasts new transcontinental railway
Like a silver snake slithering through a rust-colored desert, Australia's longest passenger train winds its way through the heart of the nation from the far south to the tropical north.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-02-18/s_13208.asp

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Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

WWF-US Communications:
Indonesia to Protect Top Nesting Site for Critically Endangered Turtles

United Nations Environment Programme:
UNEP-WCMC Mapping Tool To Shed Light on World's Marine Turtles

The Heinz Center:
HEINZ CENTER ELECTS R. PHILIP HANES, JR., TO BOARD

World Society for the Protection of Animals:
First of infamous Japanese bear parks to close in victory for animal groups

California Certified Organic Farmers:
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Foundation Helps Farmers "Going Organic"

World Society for the Protection of Animals:
Bear rehabilitation proves effective

World Society for the Protection of Animals:
Concerns grow over animals buried alive in mass graves