Generation Vexed
Can hip-hop attitude be harnessed as a political force?
BY ERIC K. ARNOLD
eric.arnold@eastbayexpress.com
Backstage at Berkeley's Ashkenaz nightclub one evening in February, a circle of rapt hip-hop artists stood crowded around a man speaking his mind. The scene resembled an MC battle, except that the man in the center was a middle-aged white guy in a suit, who looked more like TV comedian Ray Romano than underground battle-rapper C-Rayz Walz. He didn't possess any discernible freestyle rhyming skills, though his mere presence in "the cipher" impressed many of the onlookers. After all, what other 2004 presidential candidate had bothered to show any interest in hip-hop political activism, much less put himself in the thick of an MC circle?
The man in the suit was Dennis Kucinich, and the setting was a local stump speech/performance entitled "Bands Against Bush," in which the Ohio congressman and progressive Democratic presidential hopeful shared a bill with some of the Bay's most talented underground DJs and MCs -- including turntablist crew DJs of Mass Destruction, which provided equal time for the opposition with an "Emcee Dubya" collage of George Bush quotes, laced with big beats and DJ cuts.
Despite looking awkwardly out of place, the candidate tried to relate. Hip-hop, he told the MCs, "is about the heart and spirit. It's the truth. That I get." But if anyone was expecting him to drop any hip-hop knowledge, they were sadly misled. "I can't tell you that I listen to hip-hop all the time," the politician conceded. "I don't."
When someone asked Kucinich for his favorite hip-hop song, the candidate hesitated a moment. "Anything by Tupac," he replied. The vague response still earned him an appreciative "Ooohhh!" from every non-journalist in the room, the same reaction a freestyle MC gets for a particularly devastating couplet. Pressed for specifics, Kucinich couldn't actually name one of Tupac's songs, but he did explain why he's feeling 'Pac's vibe: "He has an elegant dissatisfaction with the situation."
Again, that evasive-politician thing, but it was enough to impress one dreadlocked rapper: "We appreciate that you understand that," he said.
"Why are you still in the race?" a more cynical voice demanded. "Well, I gotta stay in it to win it," Kucinich responded, earning another "Ooohh!" despite his blatant jacking of the Lotto slogan. He then quoted Khalil Gibran, whose concept of "spirit rebellious," the candidate explained, "is what hip-hop's about."
And just how did he plan to bring the more apolitical members of the hip-hop generation into the fold? "What I'm doing is reaching out," Kucinich said. "You gotta keep reaching out."
Kucinich might just go down in history as the first big-time politician to actively reach out to the "hip-hop generation," a term that can refer to African Americans born between 1965 and 1984, or to a far broader cross section of hip-hop consumers of all races, depending on whom you ask. But that a mainstream candidate even made the effort demonstrates just how far hip-hop culture has progressed since rappers first began laying their tales of harsh ghetto realities on wax.
While major labels, under political pressure from DC heavyweights, have steered clear of controversial rappers since the early 1990s -- Paris, for instance, was dropped by Time-Warner subsidiary Tommy Boy before his song "Bush Killa" could be released -- the hip-hop underground has always maintained some level of political awareness.
Now, however, something unprecedented is happening. In recent years a fresh surge of indignation among underground hip-hoppers here and elsewhere -- spurred by what some call the War on Youth, as well as an erosion of civil liberties related to the War on Terror, and the ever-deteriorating situation in Iraq -- has manifested itself in an unforeseen level of political activity. Up-and-coming artists have increasingly turned toward lyrical activism, lent their skills to political rallies and benefits, and become personally involved in social issues. Indie rap labels are pumping out themed compilations attacking the criminal justice system and the government's warmongering. And grassroots activists are amping up outreach efforts at the street level, in an attempt to channel the hip-hop generation's angst into something more meaningful.
Some in the rap community, from grassroots proletarians to millionaire moguls, are even starting to fathom the unfathomable: (Read the rest of this stump-pulling article on Raptivism at: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2004-06-09/feature.html)
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*
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Opinion on various energy carriers and their utility in a renewable energy future:
Mr. Beyer,
I must agree with you in regards to a hydrogen economy as currently proposed, fueled by centralized production plants running on the same old fossil fuels. This approach does nothing but move the point where carbon and other pollutants are dumped into the atmosphere.
Certainly many biomass fuels are very useful and these include both the methane and methanol you mention, ethanol, vegetable oils and biodiesel, as well as waste wood, fall leaves, and other plant "waste".
Looking at transportation energy carriers, biodiesel (www.biodiesel.org) is the most likely to make fast inroads into the existing transportation infrastructure because it can be used in existing diesel engines as-is provided that the seals used in the engines are the more modern types that biodiesel does not act as a solvent upon.
Hydrogen has it's own attractions because of the lack of emissions in the exhaust stream. While biomass fuels as energy carriers do not release carbon that has been buried underground for eons, simply recycling carbon pulled out of the atmosphere by the plants they rely on, these fuels also have other combustion byproducts that are not very desirable such as fomeldahyde, particulates, and nitrous oxide. Of these, hydrogen only produces nitrous oxide. Granted, many biomass fuels produce far less of such pollutants than current petroleum use does. Any displacement of petroleum by these fuels is desirable.
Moving beyond transportation, hydrogen is desirable for several reasons. It can be piped through a similar infrastructure to the existing natural gas pipelines, and once delivered, is able to produce either heat or electricity or both plus basically distilled water, and a byproduct of it's production would be oxygen for use in hospitals, industrial welding applications, etc.
My personal belief based on years of reading on these subjects is that the end result will be some mixture of all of the above, as well as wind, hydro, and both ocean thermal energy conversion and wave power systems will lead us out of the age of petroleum and coal. I very sincerely doubt our energy future will ever be limited to one specific mode or source.
In the end, hydrogen will find it's natural place where it is the best tool for the job at hand, as will the forms of energy transport you mention and others I have brought into the discussion. Diversification in our energy infrastructure is something I perceive to be a positive goal in many respects, but in the end, it is economics and technical capability that will determine to what extent any specific technology or fuel is used in a given application or region. Politics may distort the picture for a time, but in the long term even that will bow to economic forces.
I would like to thank you sir, for the interesting discussion and the frank viewpoint. It is my intention to promote all renewable energy technologies, even though I have the strongest fascinations with wind and hydrogen.
Sincerely,
Dan Stafford
Jim Beyer wrote:
Great Lakes Zephyr,
I was interested in hydrogen power and researched it fairly carefully. After some work, I found that a hydrogen economy would not make sense, and will not give us better access to alternative energy sources, nor will it help with global warming issues. Others (The National Academy of Sciences, Former Under Secretary of DOE Joseph Romm, and 1994 Nobel Prize Chemist George Olah, to name a few) have also come out being critical of hydrogen, but do not clarify what an alternative strategy might be.
I can clarify such an alternative strategy.
The alternative is methane, also a gas, or methanol, a liquid. Both can be created from alternative/renewable sources, and both have already been integrated into our energy system, at least much more than hydrogen. Both also have much greater energy densities than hydrogen, an important feature of any proposed fuel. I personally prefer methane over methanol, but can understand the arguments for a liquid fuel.
A hydrogen infrastructure would be very costly to develop, with no added benefit compared with methane/methanol. Even worse, the hydrogen economy, as proposed, favors FOSSIL FUELS over alternative energy sources (wind, solar, biomass) for hydrogen production. A system of CH4/CO2 would favor the alternative sources over fossil fuels. The system is explained more fully in our press release:
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2003/10/prweb84970.htm
Sincerely,
Jim Beyer
Mr. Beyer,
I must agree with you in regards to a hydrogen economy as currently proposed, fueled by centralized production plants running on the same old fossil fuels. This approach does nothing but move the point where carbon and other pollutants are dumped into the atmosphere.
Certainly many biomass fuels are very useful and these include both the methane and methanol you mention, ethanol, vegetable oils and biodiesel, as well as waste wood, fall leaves, and other plant "waste".
Looking at transportation energy carriers, biodiesel (www.biodiesel.org) is the most likely to make fast inroads into the existing transportation infrastructure because it can be used in existing diesel engines as-is provided that the seals used in the engines are the more modern types that biodiesel does not act as a solvent upon.
Hydrogen has it's own attractions because of the lack of emissions in the exhaust stream. While biomass fuels as energy carriers do not release carbon that has been buried underground for eons, simply recycling carbon pulled out of the atmosphere by the plants they rely on, these fuels also have other combustion byproducts that are not very desirable such as fomeldahyde, particulates, and nitrous oxide. Of these, hydrogen only produces nitrous oxide. Granted, many biomass fuels produce far less of such pollutants than current petroleum use does. Any displacement of petroleum by these fuels is desirable.
Moving beyond transportation, hydrogen is desirable for several reasons. It can be piped through a similar infrastructure to the existing natural gas pipelines, and once delivered, is able to produce either heat or electricity or both plus basically distilled water, and a byproduct of it's production would be oxygen for use in hospitals, industrial welding applications, etc.
My personal belief based on years of reading on these subjects is that the end result will be some mixture of all of the above, as well as wind, hydro, and both ocean thermal energy conversion and wave power systems will lead us out of the age of petroleum and coal. I very sincerely doubt our energy future will ever be limited to one specific mode or source.
In the end, hydrogen will find it's natural place where it is the best tool for the job at hand, as will the forms of energy transport you mention and others I have brought into the discussion. Diversification in our energy infrastructure is something I perceive to be a positive goal in many respects, but in the end, it is economics and technical capability that will determine to what extent any specific technology or fuel is used in a given application or region. Politics may distort the picture for a time, but in the long term even that will bow to economic forces.
I would like to thank you sir, for the interesting discussion and the frank viewpoint. It is my intention to promote all renewable energy technologies, even though I have the strongest fascinations with wind and hydrogen.
Sincerely,
Dan Stafford
Jim Beyer wrote:
Great Lakes Zephyr,
I was interested in hydrogen power and researched it fairly carefully. After some work, I found that a hydrogen economy would not make sense, and will not give us better access to alternative energy sources, nor will it help with global warming issues. Others (The National Academy of Sciences, Former Under Secretary of DOE Joseph Romm, and 1994 Nobel Prize Chemist George Olah, to name a few) have also come out being critical of hydrogen, but do not clarify what an alternative strategy might be.
I can clarify such an alternative strategy.
The alternative is methane, also a gas, or methanol, a liquid. Both can be created from alternative/renewable sources, and both have already been integrated into our energy system, at least much more than hydrogen. Both also have much greater energy densities than hydrogen, an important feature of any proposed fuel. I personally prefer methane over methanol, but can understand the arguments for a liquid fuel.
A hydrogen infrastructure would be very costly to develop, with no added benefit compared with methane/methanol. Even worse, the hydrogen economy, as proposed, favors FOSSIL FUELS over alternative energy sources (wind, solar, biomass) for hydrogen production. A system of CH4/CO2 would favor the alternative sources over fossil fuels. The system is explained more fully in our press release:
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2003/10/prweb84970.htm
Sincerely,
Jim Beyer
UW-Madison News Release--Clean air
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6/8/2004
CONTACT: Rob Kennedy, (608) 263-3027, rkennedy@fpm.wisc.edu
UW-MADISON JOINS DANE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP IN CLEAN AIR EFFORT
MADISON - A campuswide drive to prevent air pollution - involving steps ranging from buying more alternative fuel vehicles to hand trimming shrubbery on days when ozone could reach high levels -- was outlined Tuesday by UW-Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley.
The university is part of the Dane County Clean Air Coalition, which announced Tuesday that Clean Air Action Days will be used for the first time this summer when air quality and weather conditions show ozone levels could be elevated.
During the alerts, government agencies, businesses and citizens are asked to voluntarily take action to reduce ground-level ozone and keep Dane County's air healthy.
"The university is committed to working on every front to prevent air quality from deteriorating," Wiley says. "From changing our heating plant operations to alternative fuels for fleet use to free bus passes for students, faculty and staff, we will continue to be active in the coalition."
Wiley says the university will give employees advance notice of Clean Air Action Days, with specific recommendations, such as avoiding fueling and travel if possible.
In addition, the schedules of grounds crews will be changed to ensure that mowing will be done using equipment with better emissions ratings and incinerators will not be operated on Clean Air Action Days.
Employees will be instructed to postpone travel, keep tight seals on solvents, turn off delivery vehicles at every stop, and avoid "jack-rabbit" starts. Signs will be posted on fuel pumps urging postponement of fill-ups, if possible.
Grounds crews will refrain from chipping mulch and using chain saws, delay hedge-trimming or use hand tools, and limit mowing and using power equipment with two-stroke gasoline-powered engines.
Additionally, floor-stripping, waxing and painting with solvent-based paints will be delayed.
When the natural gas-powered West Campus Cogeneration Facility comes online in summer 2005, university officials will have the chance to change how existing heating plants on Charter Street and Walnut Street are operated to balance fuel costs and lower air emissions.
Wiley says that traditional gasoline-powered powered fleet vehicles used in Madison and around campus need to be phased out. Decisions on what fuels to use will be made along with coalition partners to gain economies of scale and enable sharing of alternative fueling stations.
Clean Air Action Days will also provide an opportunity to promote awareness of a number of existing campus programs which encourage use of more environmentally friendly means of transportation.
For example, all UW-Madison faculty, staff and students are eligible for Madison Metro bus passes that allow them unlimited bus rides. The university also provides a park and ride program, car and van pools, a free on-campus bus, flex parking, a bicycle program and a partnership with Community Car for a car-sharing option.
For more information on Clean Air Action Days and the coalition, visit www.cleanairdane.org.
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--Dennis Chaptman, (608) 262-9406
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University Communications
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-3571
Fax: (608) 262-2331
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6/8/2004
CONTACT: Rob Kennedy, (608) 263-3027, rkennedy@fpm.wisc.edu
UW-MADISON JOINS DANE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP IN CLEAN AIR EFFORT
MADISON - A campuswide drive to prevent air pollution - involving steps ranging from buying more alternative fuel vehicles to hand trimming shrubbery on days when ozone could reach high levels -- was outlined Tuesday by UW-Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley.
The university is part of the Dane County Clean Air Coalition, which announced Tuesday that Clean Air Action Days will be used for the first time this summer when air quality and weather conditions show ozone levels could be elevated.
During the alerts, government agencies, businesses and citizens are asked to voluntarily take action to reduce ground-level ozone and keep Dane County's air healthy.
"The university is committed to working on every front to prevent air quality from deteriorating," Wiley says. "From changing our heating plant operations to alternative fuels for fleet use to free bus passes for students, faculty and staff, we will continue to be active in the coalition."
Wiley says the university will give employees advance notice of Clean Air Action Days, with specific recommendations, such as avoiding fueling and travel if possible.
In addition, the schedules of grounds crews will be changed to ensure that mowing will be done using equipment with better emissions ratings and incinerators will not be operated on Clean Air Action Days.
Employees will be instructed to postpone travel, keep tight seals on solvents, turn off delivery vehicles at every stop, and avoid "jack-rabbit" starts. Signs will be posted on fuel pumps urging postponement of fill-ups, if possible.
Grounds crews will refrain from chipping mulch and using chain saws, delay hedge-trimming or use hand tools, and limit mowing and using power equipment with two-stroke gasoline-powered engines.
Additionally, floor-stripping, waxing and painting with solvent-based paints will be delayed.
When the natural gas-powered West Campus Cogeneration Facility comes online in summer 2005, university officials will have the chance to change how existing heating plants on Charter Street and Walnut Street are operated to balance fuel costs and lower air emissions.
Wiley says that traditional gasoline-powered powered fleet vehicles used in Madison and around campus need to be phased out. Decisions on what fuels to use will be made along with coalition partners to gain economies of scale and enable sharing of alternative fueling stations.
Clean Air Action Days will also provide an opportunity to promote awareness of a number of existing campus programs which encourage use of more environmentally friendly means of transportation.
For example, all UW-Madison faculty, staff and students are eligible for Madison Metro bus passes that allow them unlimited bus rides. The university also provides a park and ride program, car and van pools, a free on-campus bus, flex parking, a bicycle program and a partnership with Community Car for a car-sharing option.
For more information on Clean Air Action Days and the coalition, visit www.cleanairdane.org.
###
--Dennis Chaptman, (608) 262-9406
****************************************************
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news release system, please send an email to:
releases@news.wisc.edu
For more UW-Madison news, please visit:
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University Communications
University of Wisconsin-Madison
27 Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-3571
Fax: (608) 262-2331
Monday, June 07, 2004
Green Buzz from www.greenbiz.com:
Taking Care of Business
This week, the nonprofit Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance welcomes your two cents on a first-of-its-kind endeavor -- a set of certification standards governing land use projects that reduce global warming while conserving the environment and alleviating poverty. The standards, available online, were opened up for peer review and comment just this morning.
Also: If you're planning to take a break from the office sometime this summer, research your options with the EcoTour Directory, an online listing of ecotour operators throughout the world.
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First-Ever Standards Set for Land Use Projects Targeting Climate Change
The first-ever set of standards certifying land use projects that reduce global warming will be opened up for global peer review and comment next week by the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance.
World Bank Pledges Hikes in Renewable-Energy Investments
The World Bank Group has committed to an average growth rate of 20% per year over the next five years in its annual financial commitments for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
Sony and Matsushita Help Expand Web Tool to Manage High-Tech Product Compliance
The electronics industry is being confronted with strict environmental requirements that impact the way that products are designed and sold in global markets.
Twenty Honored as Innovative California Energy-Savers
The California nonprofit Flex Your Power has announced the winners of its 2003 Flex Your Power Energy Efficiency Awards.
New Partnership Brings Sustainable Forest and Farm Products to Market
The Rainforest Alliance has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development to establish the Certified Sustainable Products Alliance, a three-year effort to significantly promote and increase the sale of sustainably produced certified timber, banana, and coffee from Central America and Mexico.
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Aveda Find Sustainability from Within
For those who believe that beauty is only skin deep, meet Dominique Conseil, a native Frenchman who now heads the Minnesota-based Aveda Corp, a manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of personal care and lifestyle products and services. By Penny Bonda and Katie Sosnowchik
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Taking Care of Business
This week, the nonprofit Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance welcomes your two cents on a first-of-its-kind endeavor -- a set of certification standards governing land use projects that reduce global warming while conserving the environment and alleviating poverty. The standards, available online, were opened up for peer review and comment just this morning.
Also: If you're planning to take a break from the office sometime this summer, research your options with the EcoTour Directory, an online listing of ecotour operators throughout the world.
--------------------
Headlines
The Latest News on Business and the Environment
First-Ever Standards Set for Land Use Projects Targeting Climate Change
The first-ever set of standards certifying land use projects that reduce global warming will be opened up for global peer review and comment next week by the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance.
World Bank Pledges Hikes in Renewable-Energy Investments
The World Bank Group has committed to an average growth rate of 20% per year over the next five years in its annual financial commitments for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
Sony and Matsushita Help Expand Web Tool to Manage High-Tech Product Compliance
The electronics industry is being confronted with strict environmental requirements that impact the way that products are designed and sold in global markets.
Twenty Honored as Innovative California Energy-Savers
The California nonprofit Flex Your Power has announced the winners of its 2003 Flex Your Power Energy Efficiency Awards.
New Partnership Brings Sustainable Forest and Farm Products to Market
The Rainforest Alliance has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development to establish the Certified Sustainable Products Alliance, a three-year effort to significantly promote and increase the sale of sustainably produced certified timber, banana, and coffee from Central America and Mexico.
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Resources and Tools
A Wealth of Hands-On Help
Tectonic Studio
An online resource library for commercial interior finishes.
Travel Matters
Site features an emissions calculator that shows how an individual's travel patterns translate to greenhouse gas emissions.
EcoTour Directory
An independent listing of ecotour operators large and small.
More Tools... | More Web Sites...
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Columns and Features
Insight and Inspiration from the Experts
Aveda Find Sustainability from Within
For those who believe that beauty is only skin deep, meet Dominique Conseil, a native Frenchman who now heads the Minnesota-based Aveda Corp, a manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of personal care and lifestyle products and services. By Penny Bonda and Katie Sosnowchik
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Granholm paddles to peddle the state
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To promote Michigan tourism, the state''s governor will spend the week
kayaking, bike riding, rafting, camping and even taking a high-speed ride
around Michigan International Speedway with racer Jeff Gordon. Source: Booth
Newspapers (6/7)
Anglers competing with cormorants
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The cormorant population is booming in the Great Lakes region, but some
anglers say there's too many of the birds eating too many fish. Source:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium (6/7)
Ferry follows in venerable wake
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Rochester's new high-speed ferry recalls an era when the port bustled with
passenger service. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (6/7)
Budget cuts hurt the preservation of history and the pursuit of science in
national parks
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Tight budgets are putting pressure on Isle Royale National Park and
everything else under the federal government's natural resources and history
divisions, such as the Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the
Smithsonian. Source: The Racine Journal Times (6/7)
Ruling allows beach property owners to draw a line in the sand
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The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that public access to private
beaches is confined to the water itself. Source: The Holland Sentinel (6/7)
Port Authority recommends Cleveland-to-Canada ferry
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A Cleveland-to-Canada ferry could be commercially viable and in two years
could be carrying more than 800 passengers and 400 cars per trip, according
to a new study. Source: Ohio News Network (6/7)
Comments sought on navigation study
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Canadian Department of
Transportation are seeking pubic input on what's needed to maintain the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence navigation system. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (6/7)
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Mayor Heartwell advocates Great Lakes cleanup
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Grand Rapids, Mich., has become the first inland city to join the Great
Lakes Cities Initiative, a coalition of mayors in 45 U.S. and Canadian
cities along the shores of the Great Lakes. Source: The Grand Rapids Press
(6/7)
Michigan stops printing fish alerts
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Budget cuts have forced the Michigan Department of Community Health to stop
printing warnings about the toxic chemicals that may be found in fish.
Source: The Bay City Times (6/7)
Local agencies receive erosion-prevention grants
----------------------------------------
Projects along the North Shore in Minnesota, include construction site
erosion and sediment control courses for contractors, real estate broker
education, and a sediment collection demonstration project. Source: Duluth
News Tribune (6/5)
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Granholm paddles to peddle the state
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To promote Michigan tourism, the state''s governor will spend the week
kayaking, bike riding, rafting, camping and even taking a high-speed ride
around Michigan International Speedway with racer Jeff Gordon. Source: Booth
Newspapers (6/7)
Anglers competing with cormorants
----------------------------------------
The cormorant population is booming in the Great Lakes region, but some
anglers say there's too many of the birds eating too many fish. Source:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium (6/7)
Ferry follows in venerable wake
----------------------------------------
Rochester's new high-speed ferry recalls an era when the port bustled with
passenger service. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (6/7)
Budget cuts hurt the preservation of history and the pursuit of science in
national parks
----------------------------------------
Tight budgets are putting pressure on Isle Royale National Park and
everything else under the federal government's natural resources and history
divisions, such as the Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the
Smithsonian. Source: The Racine Journal Times (6/7)
Ruling allows beach property owners to draw a line in the sand
----------------------------------------
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that public access to private
beaches is confined to the water itself. Source: The Holland Sentinel (6/7)
Port Authority recommends Cleveland-to-Canada ferry
----------------------------------------
A Cleveland-to-Canada ferry could be commercially viable and in two years
could be carrying more than 800 passengers and 400 cars per trip, according
to a new study. Source: Ohio News Network (6/7)
Comments sought on navigation study
----------------------------------------
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Canadian Department of
Transportation are seeking pubic input on what's needed to maintain the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence navigation system. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (6/7)
----------------------------------------
Mayor Heartwell advocates Great Lakes cleanup
----------------------------------------
Grand Rapids, Mich., has become the first inland city to join the Great
Lakes Cities Initiative, a coalition of mayors in 45 U.S. and Canadian
cities along the shores of the Great Lakes. Source: The Grand Rapids Press
(6/7)
Michigan stops printing fish alerts
----------------------------------------
Budget cuts have forced the Michigan Department of Community Health to stop
printing warnings about the toxic chemicals that may be found in fish.
Source: The Bay City Times (6/7)
Local agencies receive erosion-prevention grants
----------------------------------------
Projects along the North Shore in Minnesota, include construction site
erosion and sediment control courses for contractors, real estate broker
education, and a sediment collection demonstration project. Source: Duluth
News Tribune (6/5)
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 02:06:07 -0000
From: "k_mcd2004"
Subject: Wind, sea and sun to fuel revolution
So why doesn't the US get going on some similar plan?
BRITAIN is on the cusp of an energy revolution in the race to replace
oil. Within a generation, according to some, power for our homes and
vehicles will be harnessed from the wind, sea, sun and the land.
"It will be unrecognisable from today," said Chris Ballance, a Green
MSP and member of the Parliament’s energy enterprise committee.
Oil, coal and nuclear power will play a role, but with diminished
importance.
There are five main alternatives: hydro, wind, sun, biomass and
hydrogen. Hydro is a proven renewable and provides 11 per cent of our
energy. Wind, meanwhile, supplies 2 per cent, but that will increase
to 8 per cent in six years.
full article text can be found here:
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=605&id=633972004
Message: 5
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 02:06:07 -0000
From: "k_mcd2004"
Subject: Wind, sea and sun to fuel revolution
So why doesn't the US get going on some similar plan?
BRITAIN is on the cusp of an energy revolution in the race to replace
oil. Within a generation, according to some, power for our homes and
vehicles will be harnessed from the wind, sea, sun and the land.
"It will be unrecognisable from today," said Chris Ballance, a Green
MSP and member of the Parliament’s energy enterprise committee.
Oil, coal and nuclear power will play a role, but with diminished
importance.
There are five main alternatives: hydro, wind, sun, biomass and
hydrogen. Hydro is a proven renewable and provides 11 per cent of our
energy. Wind, meanwhile, supplies 2 per cent, but that will increase
to 8 per cent in six years.
full article text can be found here:
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=605&id=633972004
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 08:47:48 -0500
From: "P. Neuman self only"
Subject: Fw: Gas May Have Spurred Ancient Global Warming-Nature
June 2, 2004
...
In an article in the science journal Nature, Norwegian researchers said
they had found traces of thousands of hydrothermal vents in lava off
Norway that could have been the source of a rise in greenhouse gases 55
million years ago. Until now, scientists have been at a loss to explain
the trigger for a 5-10 Celsius (10-20 F) global warming over about 10,000
years in the Eocene -- a blink in geological time.
...
The scientists said the annual rate of modern human emissions of
greenhouse
gases to the atmosphere in the 1990s -- from fossil fuels burnt in cars,
factories and power plants -- was 35 to 360 times as fast as the pace of
the Eocene gas buildup.
Faster now
"We can cause the same amount of global warming ourselves in a few
hundred years at current rates," Svensen said. Scientists say that gases
linked to human activity could bring disaster with more storms, floods
and higher sea levels. The Eocene global warming theory outlined in
Nature bolsters the idea that a buildup of gases can disrupt the climate,
as forecast by U.N. models. A U.N. panel of scientists has predicted a
1.4 to 5.8 Celsius rise in temperatures by 2100.
...
OSLO, Norway
By Alister Doyle (Reuters) --
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/06/03/environment.warming.reut/index.html
Pat N
Message: 2
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 08:47:48 -0500
From: "P. Neuman self only"
Subject: Fw: Gas May Have Spurred Ancient Global Warming-Nature
June 2, 2004
...
In an article in the science journal Nature, Norwegian researchers said
they had found traces of thousands of hydrothermal vents in lava off
Norway that could have been the source of a rise in greenhouse gases 55
million years ago. Until now, scientists have been at a loss to explain
the trigger for a 5-10 Celsius (10-20 F) global warming over about 10,000
years in the Eocene -- a blink in geological time.
...
The scientists said the annual rate of modern human emissions of
greenhouse
gases to the atmosphere in the 1990s -- from fossil fuels burnt in cars,
factories and power plants -- was 35 to 360 times as fast as the pace of
the Eocene gas buildup.
Faster now
"We can cause the same amount of global warming ourselves in a few
hundred years at current rates," Svensen said. Scientists say that gases
linked to human activity could bring disaster with more storms, floods
and higher sea levels. The Eocene global warming theory outlined in
Nature bolsters the idea that a buildup of gases can disrupt the climate,
as forecast by U.N. models. A U.N. panel of scientists has predicted a
1.4 to 5.8 Celsius rise in temperatures by 2100.
...
OSLO, Norway
By Alister Doyle (Reuters) --
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/06/03/environment.warming.reut/index.html
Pat N
Kucinich taps Corvallis High grad
Jess DeGroot will serve as a delegate at Democratic National Convention
By BENNETT HALL
Gazette-Times business editor
Jess DeGroot plans to major in politics when he enrolls at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., this fall. Over the summer, he'll be doing a little independent study.
DeGroot will travel to Boston next month to attend the Democratic National Convention — not as an observer, but as a delegate for presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
The 18-year-old Kucinich supporter, who helped organize the candidate's appearance at Corvallis High School in April, graduates today. On Saturday, he was elected to serve as a Kucinich delegate from Oregon's 4th Congressional District during a convention of district Democrats in Cottage Grove.
(Full Story)
Jess DeGroot will serve as a delegate at Democratic National Convention
By BENNETT HALL
Gazette-Times business editor
Jess DeGroot plans to major in politics when he enrolls at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., this fall. Over the summer, he'll be doing a little independent study.
DeGroot will travel to Boston next month to attend the Democratic National Convention — not as an observer, but as a delegate for presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
The 18-year-old Kucinich supporter, who helped organize the candidate's appearance at Corvallis High School in April, graduates today. On Saturday, he was elected to serve as a Kucinich delegate from Oregon's 4th Congressional District during a convention of district Democrats in Cottage Grove.
(Full Story)
Wars Put Strain On National Guard
Fire, Flood Relief Efforts Threatened
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 6, 2004; Page A01
With almost 40,000 troops serving in the unexpectedly violent and difficult occupation of Iraq, the National Guard is beginning to show the strain of duty there, according to interviews and e-mail exchanges with 23 state Guard commanders from California to Maine.
The Iraq mission is placing new stress on the active-duty Army as it leans more heavily than it has in decades on the Guard -- which, with 350,000 troops, rivals the active force in size. That new reliance, in turn, is raising concerns about the Guard's long-term ability to recruit and retain troops, and it is provoking more immediate worries in states that rely on the Guard to deal with fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.
(Full Story)
Fire, Flood Relief Efforts Threatened
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 6, 2004; Page A01
With almost 40,000 troops serving in the unexpectedly violent and difficult occupation of Iraq, the National Guard is beginning to show the strain of duty there, according to interviews and e-mail exchanges with 23 state Guard commanders from California to Maine.
The Iraq mission is placing new stress on the active-duty Army as it leans more heavily than it has in decades on the Guard -- which, with 350,000 troops, rivals the active force in size. That new reliance, in turn, is raising concerns about the Guard's long-term ability to recruit and retain troops, and it is provoking more immediate worries in states that rely on the Guard to deal with fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.
(Full Story)
Saturday, June 05, 2004
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Alert (US): Use your Citizen Power to Stop Factory Farms
As you know, our nation's corporate farm system has been producing unwholesome food and driving family farmers out of business. To change the system, we need to elect government leaders who will do the right thing.
Given the importance of citizen participation in elections, GRACE would like to encourage you and your family members to register to vote.
If you are not yet registered to vote, or need to update your address or party affiliation, please take a moment to complete an online voter registration form at the Working Assets Your Vote Matters website which was featured in the action section of The Meatrix.
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Already registered? Great! Forward this email to your family and friends and encourage them to register to vote as well.
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==============================================
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webmaster@gracelinks.org
Alert (US): Use your Citizen Power to Stop Factory Farms
As you know, our nation's corporate farm system has been producing unwholesome food and driving family farmers out of business. To change the system, we need to elect government leaders who will do the right thing.
Given the importance of citizen participation in elections, GRACE would like to encourage you and your family members to register to vote.
If you are not yet registered to vote, or need to update your address or party affiliation, please take a moment to complete an online voter registration form at the Working Assets Your Vote Matters website which was featured in the action section of The Meatrix.
Just go to:
https://www.workingforchange.com/vote/index.cfm?ms=GRC001
Already registered? Great! Forward this email to your family and friends and encourage them to register to vote as well.
Progressive change will not occur on its own- register to vote and help make it happen!
==============================================
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Posted on Sat, Jun. 05, 2004
Kucinich's populist message fires up Moorestown students
By Elisa Ung
Inquirer Staff Writer
So it turns out Dennis Kucinich is still running for president.
The U.S. congressman from Ohio is talking to half-empty auditoriums of senior citizens and tossing off one-liners: "I wouldn't buy a used car from this administration, let alone a used war." He autographs high-schoolers' casts and sounds vaguely insulted when asked whether he's going to run again in 2008.
After all, Kucinich will remind you he is still one of three other Democrats challenging front-runner John Kerry on the June 8 New Jersey primary ballot.
(Full Story)
Kucinich's populist message fires up Moorestown students
By Elisa Ung
Inquirer Staff Writer
So it turns out Dennis Kucinich is still running for president.
The U.S. congressman from Ohio is talking to half-empty auditoriums of senior citizens and tossing off one-liners: "I wouldn't buy a used car from this administration, let alone a used war." He autographs high-schoolers' casts and sounds vaguely insulted when asked whether he's going to run again in 2008.
After all, Kucinich will remind you he is still one of three other Democrats challenging front-runner John Kerry on the June 8 New Jersey primary ballot.
(Full Story)
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 06/04/2004
Hippos beat the Sun's blistering rays and other stories
Though as bare-skinned as humans, hippos avoid burning up in the hot equatorial sun. Now researchers have demonstrated that hippos beat the heat by sweating out their own brand of sunscreen.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24373.asp
U.S. Senate approves change in defense nuclear cleanup requirements
The U.S. Senate on Thursday agreed to ease cleanup requirements for tanks holding millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste from Cold War-era bomb making.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24527.asp
Car owners are turning to vegetable oil as cleaner, cheaper fuel alternative
As car owners across the country grapple with pumped-up gas prices, some are turning to their favorite restaurants for a solution: recycled vegetable oil.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24528.asp
Twenty-seven dead from contaminated water in southern Pakistan
Contaminated water from a public reservoir is believed to have killed as many as 27 people and sickened more than 3,000 over the past two weeks in the southern city of Hyderabad, health authorities said in a statement Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24531.asp
"Toxic dust" on computers has chemicals linked to diseases, says study
"Toxic dust" found on computer processors and monitors contains chemicals linked to reproductive and neurological disorders, according to a new study by several environmental groups.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24526.asp
Biologists alarmed at disease outbreak in Klamath River salmon
California fisheries officials are worried that a parasite killing young salmon and steelhead migrating down the Klamath River to the ocean could kill hundreds of thousands of the fish in coming weeks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24534.asp
Ailing Alaska killer whales to get protection
U.S. officials said Thursday they are granting special protection to a small group of Alaska killer whales that has dwindled in number since some members were seen swimming through oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24536.asp
Regulators reject government plan for removing highly radioactive waste from Ohio facility
Federal environmental regulators have rejected a government plan to begin removing highly radioactive waste from a former uranium-processing plant in Ohio.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24524.asp
New Zealand to ask tiny Palau to support South Pacific whale sanctuary
New Zealand wants the tiny Pacific state of Palau to end its opposition to the creation of a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific Ocean.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24533.asp
Nuclear reprocessing plant resumes storage of radioactive nuclear waste from Japan's reactors
A closely watched nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern Japan received a shipment of high-level radioactive waste Thursday, triggering protests a year-and-a-half after it was closed for safety failures.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24532.asp
Brazil defends Amazon protection efforts
Brazil on Thursday defended its efforts to fight destruction of the Amazon rain forest despite delays in creating reserves to protect the world's largest jungle.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24535.asp
E-mail Edition 06/04/2004
Hippos beat the Sun's blistering rays and other stories
Though as bare-skinned as humans, hippos avoid burning up in the hot equatorial sun. Now researchers have demonstrated that hippos beat the heat by sweating out their own brand of sunscreen.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24373.asp
U.S. Senate approves change in defense nuclear cleanup requirements
The U.S. Senate on Thursday agreed to ease cleanup requirements for tanks holding millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste from Cold War-era bomb making.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24527.asp
Car owners are turning to vegetable oil as cleaner, cheaper fuel alternative
As car owners across the country grapple with pumped-up gas prices, some are turning to their favorite restaurants for a solution: recycled vegetable oil.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24528.asp
Twenty-seven dead from contaminated water in southern Pakistan
Contaminated water from a public reservoir is believed to have killed as many as 27 people and sickened more than 3,000 over the past two weeks in the southern city of Hyderabad, health authorities said in a statement Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24531.asp
"Toxic dust" on computers has chemicals linked to diseases, says study
"Toxic dust" found on computer processors and monitors contains chemicals linked to reproductive and neurological disorders, according to a new study by several environmental groups.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24526.asp
Biologists alarmed at disease outbreak in Klamath River salmon
California fisheries officials are worried that a parasite killing young salmon and steelhead migrating down the Klamath River to the ocean could kill hundreds of thousands of the fish in coming weeks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24534.asp
Ailing Alaska killer whales to get protection
U.S. officials said Thursday they are granting special protection to a small group of Alaska killer whales that has dwindled in number since some members were seen swimming through oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24536.asp
Regulators reject government plan for removing highly radioactive waste from Ohio facility
Federal environmental regulators have rejected a government plan to begin removing highly radioactive waste from a former uranium-processing plant in Ohio.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24524.asp
New Zealand to ask tiny Palau to support South Pacific whale sanctuary
New Zealand wants the tiny Pacific state of Palau to end its opposition to the creation of a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific Ocean.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24533.asp
Nuclear reprocessing plant resumes storage of radioactive nuclear waste from Japan's reactors
A closely watched nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern Japan received a shipment of high-level radioactive waste Thursday, triggering protests a year-and-a-half after it was closed for safety failures.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24532.asp
Brazil defends Amazon protection efforts
Brazil on Thursday defended its efforts to fight destruction of the Amazon rain forest despite delays in creating reserves to protect the world's largest jungle.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24535.asp
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 06/03/2004
"Low-carb" diet can trim U.S. fuel costs, says study
Just as low-carbohydrate diets are trimming the American waistline, more judicious use of hydrocarbon-based fossil fuels would reduce U.S. energy consumption by 33 percent and save consumers $438 billion a year by 2014, according to an analysis by Cornell University ecologists.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24279.asp
Deadly floods force tough talk about Haiti's deforestation
Named after a sacred tree in the Voodoo religion, this Haitian village has few remaining mapou trees and a scant number of others on its surrounding mountains. When floods tore through town last week, many survived by clinging to roots, branches, and trunks ? but it was the overall absence of trees that made the onslaught so deadly.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24484.asp
Bad air causes heart disease, says U.S. heart group
Air pollution causes heart disease, the American Heart Association said this week. While pollution does not cause as many heart attacks as high blood pressure, for example, it is a serious risk factor, the group said in a statement.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24490.asp
Australian PM says Schwarzenegger response "positive" on gas plan
On his first leg of a U.S. visit, Australian Prime Minister John Howard made a personal appeal to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to back an Australian company's plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal off the Southern California coast.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24483.asp
Gas may have spurred ancient global warming, says Nature
A vast belch of gas from beneath the North Atlantic 55 million years ago may have warmed the planet and holds clues to threats from an even faster modern surge in greenhouse gases, scientists said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24489.asp
RWE Thames Water pulls out of Shanghai treatment plant project
RWE Thames Water, the world's third-biggest water supply company, has withdrawn from a water treatment project in Shanghai after the government changed rules on the rate of return for such investments.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24487.asp
Power plants top North American air polluters, says watchdog
Coal and oil-fired power plants are the top air polluters in the United States and Canada according to most recent data, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24492.asp
Open USDA biopharm permit process to the public, says study
The U.S. Agriculture Department's process for approving permits to grow biopharmaceutical crops is "shrouded in secrecy," making it difficult to know if the crops pose a risk to humans or the environment, a study said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24488.asp
E.U. Commission sees U.S. return to Kyoto fold
The United States will eventually join other industrial nations in signing up to the Kyoto global warming pact, despite its current opposition to the agreement, Europe's environment chief said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24491.asp
E-mail Edition 06/03/2004
"Low-carb" diet can trim U.S. fuel costs, says study
Just as low-carbohydrate diets are trimming the American waistline, more judicious use of hydrocarbon-based fossil fuels would reduce U.S. energy consumption by 33 percent and save consumers $438 billion a year by 2014, according to an analysis by Cornell University ecologists.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24279.asp
Deadly floods force tough talk about Haiti's deforestation
Named after a sacred tree in the Voodoo religion, this Haitian village has few remaining mapou trees and a scant number of others on its surrounding mountains. When floods tore through town last week, many survived by clinging to roots, branches, and trunks ? but it was the overall absence of trees that made the onslaught so deadly.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24484.asp
Bad air causes heart disease, says U.S. heart group
Air pollution causes heart disease, the American Heart Association said this week. While pollution does not cause as many heart attacks as high blood pressure, for example, it is a serious risk factor, the group said in a statement.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24490.asp
Australian PM says Schwarzenegger response "positive" on gas plan
On his first leg of a U.S. visit, Australian Prime Minister John Howard made a personal appeal to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to back an Australian company's plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal off the Southern California coast.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24483.asp
Gas may have spurred ancient global warming, says Nature
A vast belch of gas from beneath the North Atlantic 55 million years ago may have warmed the planet and holds clues to threats from an even faster modern surge in greenhouse gases, scientists said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24489.asp
RWE Thames Water pulls out of Shanghai treatment plant project
RWE Thames Water, the world's third-biggest water supply company, has withdrawn from a water treatment project in Shanghai after the government changed rules on the rate of return for such investments.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24487.asp
Power plants top North American air polluters, says watchdog
Coal and oil-fired power plants are the top air polluters in the United States and Canada according to most recent data, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24492.asp
Open USDA biopharm permit process to the public, says study
The U.S. Agriculture Department's process for approving permits to grow biopharmaceutical crops is "shrouded in secrecy," making it difficult to know if the crops pose a risk to humans or the environment, a study said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24488.asp
E.U. Commission sees U.S. return to Kyoto fold
The United States will eventually join other industrial nations in signing up to the Kyoto global warming pact, despite its current opposition to the agreement, Europe's environment chief said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-03/s_24491.asp
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 06/02/2004
Cities intensify climate problems
Living in cities, it's easy to forget about our connection to the natural world. In human-created environments, surrounded by concrete and asphalt, we often feel isolated and insular, as though we are protected from the forces of nature.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24280.asp
Three-fourths of oil and gas leases on federal lands aren't producing
Nearly three-fourths of the 40 million acres of public land currently leased for oil and gas development in the continental United States outside Alaska isn't producing any oil or gas, federal records show, even as the Bush administration pushes to open more environmentally sensitive public lands for oil and gas development.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24439.asp
Soap and water cuts diarrhea in refugee slum, says study
Simple hand washing cut in half the rate of often deadly diarrhea among refugee children in Pakistan, researchers reported Tuesday in an experiment that showed small changes can make big health differences.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24432.asp
Court upholds snowmobile pollution rule
Federal appeals court judges upheld tougher pollution controls on snowmobiles Tuesday but asked why the Environmental Protection Agency rule would exempt almost one-third of newly built snowmobiles.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24437.asp
Jordan appeals for international help to save the Dead Sea
Jordan appealed on Tuesday for international assistance to help save the ecosystem of the Dead Sea, whose water level is dropping.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24438.asp
Latvian nuclear reactor to be decommissioned with U.S. funds
A nuclear reactor in this Baltic state will be decommissioned and its uranium sent to neighboring Russia under the auspices of a new U.S. program to stem the availability of material that could be used in dirty bombs, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24440.asp
Japan considers stricter car fuel efficiency rules in environment policy revision
Japan is considering stricter fuel efficiency standards for cars as part of sweeping revisions in environmental policy to curb pollution and climate change, an official said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24441.asp
Antifire chemical spurs toxic fears in Arctic
Chemicals widely used as flame retardants in homes have been found in polar bears and birds in the Arctic, raising fears that they could pose a health hazard, Norwegian scientists said on this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24433.asp
Iceland to catch fewer whales
Iceland has pulled back on plans to kill hundreds of whales over a two-year period Tuesday in a move hailed by conservation groups which want to see it promote the mammals as a tourist attraction.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24435.asp
Rival ethnic militants pledge peace in Nigeria's oil "hot zone"
Rival ethnic militants in Nigeria's troubled oil-rich southern delta pledged peace Tuesday after the killings of two American oil workers prompted a government crackdown on a yearlong spree of bloodletting.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24436.asp
E-mail Edition 06/02/2004
Cities intensify climate problems
Living in cities, it's easy to forget about our connection to the natural world. In human-created environments, surrounded by concrete and asphalt, we often feel isolated and insular, as though we are protected from the forces of nature.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24280.asp
Three-fourths of oil and gas leases on federal lands aren't producing
Nearly three-fourths of the 40 million acres of public land currently leased for oil and gas development in the continental United States outside Alaska isn't producing any oil or gas, federal records show, even as the Bush administration pushes to open more environmentally sensitive public lands for oil and gas development.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24439.asp
Soap and water cuts diarrhea in refugee slum, says study
Simple hand washing cut in half the rate of often deadly diarrhea among refugee children in Pakistan, researchers reported Tuesday in an experiment that showed small changes can make big health differences.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24432.asp
Court upholds snowmobile pollution rule
Federal appeals court judges upheld tougher pollution controls on snowmobiles Tuesday but asked why the Environmental Protection Agency rule would exempt almost one-third of newly built snowmobiles.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24437.asp
Jordan appeals for international help to save the Dead Sea
Jordan appealed on Tuesday for international assistance to help save the ecosystem of the Dead Sea, whose water level is dropping.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24438.asp
Latvian nuclear reactor to be decommissioned with U.S. funds
A nuclear reactor in this Baltic state will be decommissioned and its uranium sent to neighboring Russia under the auspices of a new U.S. program to stem the availability of material that could be used in dirty bombs, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24440.asp
Japan considers stricter car fuel efficiency rules in environment policy revision
Japan is considering stricter fuel efficiency standards for cars as part of sweeping revisions in environmental policy to curb pollution and climate change, an official said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24441.asp
Antifire chemical spurs toxic fears in Arctic
Chemicals widely used as flame retardants in homes have been found in polar bears and birds in the Arctic, raising fears that they could pose a health hazard, Norwegian scientists said on this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24433.asp
Iceland to catch fewer whales
Iceland has pulled back on plans to kill hundreds of whales over a two-year period Tuesday in a move hailed by conservation groups which want to see it promote the mammals as a tourist attraction.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24435.asp
Rival ethnic militants pledge peace in Nigeria's oil "hot zone"
Rival ethnic militants in Nigeria's troubled oil-rich southern delta pledged peace Tuesday after the killings of two American oil workers prompted a government crackdown on a yearlong spree of bloodletting.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24436.asp
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 05/25/2004
EarthTalk: What happens to drugs when they leave our systems?
Every time you swallow a pill, some of that medicine follows a circuitous path through your body, down the toilet, through the sewage treatment plant (where if is often resistant to traditional treatments) and into the nearest river or lake, where it is eventually tapped again for the public drinking water supply.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_23967.asp
Despite traditions and bloodlines, government says some tribes don't exist
The fog dips low into the snowcapped mountains as the emerald McCloud River meanders through the valley, a silent guardian over the graves and culture of the Winnemem Wintu tribe.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24218.asp
Climate change: Boom or bust for biodiversity?
Will climate change trigger mass extinctions or will new life bloom in its wake? Some of the scientific scenarios are apocalyptic and see a warmer world leading to the most profound changes since the demise of the dinosaurs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24213.asp
"Grandma Osprey" moves ospreys back from the brink
From her tiny log cabin on a bluff overlooking a lake, the old lady warbles a love song as she rocks in her chair and peers through binoculars at the object of her affection. High above, a lone bird soars, wings outstretched, in a blaze of brown and white.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24219.asp
Divers assess fuel leakage from sunken car carrier off Singapore
Salvage divers jumped into deep, murky waters off Singapore on Monday to assess whether a ship that sank with 4,000 cars on board after colliding with an oil tanker has spilled any of its 990 tons (1,090 U.S. tons) of fuel oil, officials said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24216.asp
Japan mulls market to let companies trade rights to pollute
Japan is considering setting up a market that would let companies trade the right to pollute, as Tokyo looks for ways to lower overall emissions and meet its targets for the Kyoto treaty on climate change.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24215.asp
U.S. agency calls for closer look at drugs in animals
Federal agencies looking at the issue of antibiotics in livestock need to focus their efforts, work faster, and back up any recommendations with better research, congressional investigators said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24214.asp
Fast Arctic thaw is a sign of global warming, says report
Global warming is hitting the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet in what may be a portent of wider, catastrophic changes, the chairman of an eight-nation study said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24212.asp
Maverick environmentalist's conference to list solutions to global ills
A maverick environmentalist brought together eight prominent economic experts recently for a conference aimed at finding cost-effective solutions to the world's most urgent woes, including climate change, conflict, disease, and malnutrition.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24217.asp
Humans, nature mix things up in Day After Tomorrow
To hear director Roland Emmerich tell it, there may be no May 29 or, for that matter, May 30. And this Monday's Memorial Day holiday in the United States: Kiss that one goodbye too.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24210.asp
E-mail Edition 05/25/2004
EarthTalk: What happens to drugs when they leave our systems?
Every time you swallow a pill, some of that medicine follows a circuitous path through your body, down the toilet, through the sewage treatment plant (where if is often resistant to traditional treatments) and into the nearest river or lake, where it is eventually tapped again for the public drinking water supply.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_23967.asp
Despite traditions and bloodlines, government says some tribes don't exist
The fog dips low into the snowcapped mountains as the emerald McCloud River meanders through the valley, a silent guardian over the graves and culture of the Winnemem Wintu tribe.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24218.asp
Climate change: Boom or bust for biodiversity?
Will climate change trigger mass extinctions or will new life bloom in its wake? Some of the scientific scenarios are apocalyptic and see a warmer world leading to the most profound changes since the demise of the dinosaurs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24213.asp
"Grandma Osprey" moves ospreys back from the brink
From her tiny log cabin on a bluff overlooking a lake, the old lady warbles a love song as she rocks in her chair and peers through binoculars at the object of her affection. High above, a lone bird soars, wings outstretched, in a blaze of brown and white.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24219.asp
Divers assess fuel leakage from sunken car carrier off Singapore
Salvage divers jumped into deep, murky waters off Singapore on Monday to assess whether a ship that sank with 4,000 cars on board after colliding with an oil tanker has spilled any of its 990 tons (1,090 U.S. tons) of fuel oil, officials said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24216.asp
Japan mulls market to let companies trade rights to pollute
Japan is considering setting up a market that would let companies trade the right to pollute, as Tokyo looks for ways to lower overall emissions and meet its targets for the Kyoto treaty on climate change.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24215.asp
U.S. agency calls for closer look at drugs in animals
Federal agencies looking at the issue of antibiotics in livestock need to focus their efforts, work faster, and back up any recommendations with better research, congressional investigators said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24214.asp
Fast Arctic thaw is a sign of global warming, says report
Global warming is hitting the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet in what may be a portent of wider, catastrophic changes, the chairman of an eight-nation study said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24212.asp
Maverick environmentalist's conference to list solutions to global ills
A maverick environmentalist brought together eight prominent economic experts recently for a conference aimed at finding cost-effective solutions to the world's most urgent woes, including climate change, conflict, disease, and malnutrition.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24217.asp
Humans, nature mix things up in Day After Tomorrow
To hear director Roland Emmerich tell it, there may be no May 29 or, for that matter, May 30. And this Monday's Memorial Day holiday in the United States: Kiss that one goodbye too.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-25/s_24210.asp
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 05/20/2004
Forest Plan Spells Extinction For Marbled Murrelet and other stories
The marbled murrelet, a threatened Pacific seabird, has proven a mighty force in forest conservation. Because it nests in old-growth trees, the murrelet has helped turn back chainsaws and logging trucks from Northern California to Washington state.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_23659.asp
Conservationists ask Koizumi to stop U.S. military base relocation to save endangered dugongs
Conservationists have asked Japan to halt plans to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps air base, saying the facility might threaten endangered dugongs, or sea cows, that live in nearby waters.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24070.asp
JP Morgan Chase deflects criticism with new environmental policies
In the latest in a series of 2004 shareholder proxy successes, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to take steps to increase its emphasis on environmental risk management. As a result of this positive response from JPMorgan Chase, Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc. (CBIS) and other concerned shareholders are withdrawing a related shareholder proposal.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_23660.asp
Greenpeace cleared in U.S. ship-boarding case
A U.S. judge acquitted environmental protection group Greenpeace Wednesday on charges it conspired to break the law by sending activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany two years ago.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24063.asp
International protection given to New Zealand marine reserve area
Large ships will be banned from approaching the Poor Knights Islands off New Zealand's east coast following an unprecedented ruling aimed at protecting ecologically sensitive areas, maritime authorities said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24072.asp
Washington hopes chemical will end lead woes
Authorities in Washington said Wednesday they will add an anticorrosion agent to the city's water supply starting next month, which they say should reduce unprecedented levels of lead in the city's water.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24068.asp
Bush invokes war on terror in U.S. energy debate
President Bush said Wednesday he would not release strategic oil stocks to curb record gasoline prices while he was waging war on terror and accused Democrats of playing politics on energy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24067.asp
Uranium mining company may face criminal charges for water contamination, Australian minister says
A mining company may face criminal charges after the water supply at its mine was contaminated with uranium, a senior official said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24071.asp
A shocker for Americans: $2-a-gallon gasoline
Rising fuel prices gave Americans a shock as more than a few drivers spent $60 Wednesday just filling their gasoline tank.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24065.asp
Thaw of icy gas may worsen global warming, says report
A thawing of vast, icelike deposits of gas under oceans and in permafrost could sharply accelerate global warming in the 21st century, British-based scientists said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24062.asp
Activists and MPs renew call for British hunt ban
Animal welfare activists and backbench members of parliament called on Britain's government Wednesday to reopen the long-running debate on banning hunting with dogs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24066.asp
E-mail Edition 05/20/2004
Forest Plan Spells Extinction For Marbled Murrelet and other stories
The marbled murrelet, a threatened Pacific seabird, has proven a mighty force in forest conservation. Because it nests in old-growth trees, the murrelet has helped turn back chainsaws and logging trucks from Northern California to Washington state.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_23659.asp
Conservationists ask Koizumi to stop U.S. military base relocation to save endangered dugongs
Conservationists have asked Japan to halt plans to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps air base, saying the facility might threaten endangered dugongs, or sea cows, that live in nearby waters.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24070.asp
JP Morgan Chase deflects criticism with new environmental policies
In the latest in a series of 2004 shareholder proxy successes, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to take steps to increase its emphasis on environmental risk management. As a result of this positive response from JPMorgan Chase, Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc. (CBIS) and other concerned shareholders are withdrawing a related shareholder proposal.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_23660.asp
Greenpeace cleared in U.S. ship-boarding case
A U.S. judge acquitted environmental protection group Greenpeace Wednesday on charges it conspired to break the law by sending activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany two years ago.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24063.asp
International protection given to New Zealand marine reserve area
Large ships will be banned from approaching the Poor Knights Islands off New Zealand's east coast following an unprecedented ruling aimed at protecting ecologically sensitive areas, maritime authorities said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24072.asp
Washington hopes chemical will end lead woes
Authorities in Washington said Wednesday they will add an anticorrosion agent to the city's water supply starting next month, which they say should reduce unprecedented levels of lead in the city's water.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24068.asp
Bush invokes war on terror in U.S. energy debate
President Bush said Wednesday he would not release strategic oil stocks to curb record gasoline prices while he was waging war on terror and accused Democrats of playing politics on energy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24067.asp
Uranium mining company may face criminal charges for water contamination, Australian minister says
A mining company may face criminal charges after the water supply at its mine was contaminated with uranium, a senior official said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24071.asp
A shocker for Americans: $2-a-gallon gasoline
Rising fuel prices gave Americans a shock as more than a few drivers spent $60 Wednesday just filling their gasoline tank.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24065.asp
Thaw of icy gas may worsen global warming, says report
A thawing of vast, icelike deposits of gas under oceans and in permafrost could sharply accelerate global warming in the 21st century, British-based scientists said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24062.asp
Activists and MPs renew call for British hunt ban
Animal welfare activists and backbench members of parliament called on Britain's government Wednesday to reopen the long-running debate on banning hunting with dogs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-20/s_24066.asp
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Pilots on the lookout for raise
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Great Lakes pilots of foreign ships say they're overdue for a pay increase,
and that the delay, caused by the U.S. Coast Guard, threatens security.
Source: Duluth News Tribune (6/4)
Sewer inspectors head east
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Under orders in January from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Duluth must stop sewage overflows, which accompany heavy rainfall and stream
into Lake Superior, because the problem causes environmental and public
health concerns. Source: Duluth News Tribune (6/4)
Trash burning is left off renewable energy list
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Burning garbage should not be considered a resource on par with wind and
waves as New York increases its reliance on renewable energy, a state
official recommended Thursday. Source: Times Union (6/4)
Boehlert, Quinn, Walsh, McHugh announce $178,000 for Seaway Trail
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U.S. Reps. Sherwood Boehlert, Jack Quinn, James Walsh, and John M. McHugh
announced that the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway Trail running
through much of Upstate New York has received $178,508 in a federal
transportation discretionary grant. Source: Oswego Daily News (6/4)
Rosy Mound Natural Area ready for dedication
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On June 15, after years of complicated land acquisitions and property
transfers, officials will dedicate the Rosy Mound Natural Area as the
county's newest park and name its main trail to Lake Michigan. Source: The
Muskegon Chronicle (6/3)
Big perch take lots of bites on Ontario side of Lake Erie
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Spring is one of the best times for perch fishing on Lake Erie since the
fish concentrate along reefs and ledges after spawning, forming large
schools that roam along the Canadian coastline in search of food. Source:
Detroit Free Press (6/3)
New Michigan walleye rules hurt, businesses say
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A shortened walleye fishing season in Michigan waters of Lake Erie has
reduced the net incomes of charter boat operators, bait vendors and others
who depend on spending by anglers. Source: The Akron Beacon Journal (6/3)
Ferry makes maiden voyage
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The first high-speed ferry on the Great Lakes sailed off Tuesday in clear,
sunny skies on its maiden voyage. Source: The Detroit News (6/3)
Despite record rain, Michigan county urges conserving water
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Officials say that despite the showers, there isn't nearly enough capacity
in pumping stations, reservoirs or transmission lines to handle summer
demand for water from Lake Huron. Source: The Flint Journal (6/3)
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Pilots on the lookout for raise
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Great Lakes pilots of foreign ships say they're overdue for a pay increase,
and that the delay, caused by the U.S. Coast Guard, threatens security.
Source: Duluth News Tribune (6/4)
Sewer inspectors head east
----------------------------------------
Under orders in January from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Duluth must stop sewage overflows, which accompany heavy rainfall and stream
into Lake Superior, because the problem causes environmental and public
health concerns. Source: Duluth News Tribune (6/4)
Trash burning is left off renewable energy list
----------------------------------------
Burning garbage should not be considered a resource on par with wind and
waves as New York increases its reliance on renewable energy, a state
official recommended Thursday. Source: Times Union (6/4)
Boehlert, Quinn, Walsh, McHugh announce $178,000 for Seaway Trail
----------------------------------------
U.S. Reps. Sherwood Boehlert, Jack Quinn, James Walsh, and John M. McHugh
announced that the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway Trail running
through much of Upstate New York has received $178,508 in a federal
transportation discretionary grant. Source: Oswego Daily News (6/4)
Rosy Mound Natural Area ready for dedication
----------------------------------------
On June 15, after years of complicated land acquisitions and property
transfers, officials will dedicate the Rosy Mound Natural Area as the
county's newest park and name its main trail to Lake Michigan. Source: The
Muskegon Chronicle (6/3)
Big perch take lots of bites on Ontario side of Lake Erie
----------------------------------------
Spring is one of the best times for perch fishing on Lake Erie since the
fish concentrate along reefs and ledges after spawning, forming large
schools that roam along the Canadian coastline in search of food. Source:
Detroit Free Press (6/3)
New Michigan walleye rules hurt, businesses say
----------------------------------------
A shortened walleye fishing season in Michigan waters of Lake Erie has
reduced the net incomes of charter boat operators, bait vendors and others
who depend on spending by anglers. Source: The Akron Beacon Journal (6/3)
Ferry makes maiden voyage
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The first high-speed ferry on the Great Lakes sailed off Tuesday in clear,
sunny skies on its maiden voyage. Source: The Detroit News (6/3)
Despite record rain, Michigan county urges conserving water
----------------------------------------
Officials say that despite the showers, there isn't nearly enough capacity
in pumping stations, reservoirs or transmission lines to handle summer
demand for water from Lake Huron. Source: The Flint Journal (6/3)
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IJC launches on-line bulletin board to discuss review of the GL Water
Quality Agreement
http://www.ijc.org/rel/news/040426_e.htm
Source: International Joint Commission (2004-06-02)
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Kucinich picks Soloflex founder for platform panel
From Bend.com news sources
Posted: Friday, June 4, 2004 10:58 AM
Reference Code: PR-15957
June 4 - Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich announced Friday the appointment of Oregon entrepreneur Jerry Wilson as his representative to the Platform Drafting Committee of the Democratic National Committee.
Wilson will join 16 other members of the committee Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a hearing on national security. He will also participate on Kucinich's behalf in platform drafting meetings in Columbus, Ohio; Sante Fe, New Mexico; and Miami, Florida.
"Jerry Wilson brings an unusual combination of abilities to the Platform Drafting Committee. He is a genius from whom powerful ideas cascade rapidly. His business acumen and his practical political sense will add great strength to the Platform Drafting Committee," Kucinich said. "I am grateful for his willingness to...(Full Story)
From Bend.com news sources
Posted: Friday, June 4, 2004 10:58 AM
Reference Code: PR-15957
June 4 - Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich announced Friday the appointment of Oregon entrepreneur Jerry Wilson as his representative to the Platform Drafting Committee of the Democratic National Committee.
Wilson will join 16 other members of the committee Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a hearing on national security. He will also participate on Kucinich's behalf in platform drafting meetings in Columbus, Ohio; Sante Fe, New Mexico; and Miami, Florida.
"Jerry Wilson brings an unusual combination of abilities to the Platform Drafting Committee. He is a genius from whom powerful ideas cascade rapidly. His business acumen and his practical political sense will add great strength to the Platform Drafting Committee," Kucinich said. "I am grateful for his willingness to...(Full Story)
Bush more than Kerry is unifying state Democrats
By David Postman and Ralph Thomas
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
TACOMA — It appears the man doing the most to unify Democrats this election year is President Bush, not U.S. Sen. John Kerry.
As Democratic Party activists from across the state gathered yesterday for their three-day state convention, their collective disdain for Bush was obvious. And it was fueled further last night when former Vice President Al Gore delivered a scathing indictment of Bush's record as president.
Some Democrats remain lukewarm about Kerry, the party's presumptive nominee...(Full Story)
By David Postman and Ralph Thomas
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
TACOMA — It appears the man doing the most to unify Democrats this election year is President Bush, not U.S. Sen. John Kerry.
As Democratic Party activists from across the state gathered yesterday for their three-day state convention, their collective disdain for Bush was obvious. And it was fueled further last night when former Vice President Al Gore delivered a scathing indictment of Bush's record as president.
Some Democrats remain lukewarm about Kerry, the party's presumptive nominee...(Full Story)
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Wanted: Drugs to Fight Bioterror (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,63655,00.html/wn_ascii
Armed with $5.6 billion, the U.S. government wants to woo
pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs and vaccines to combat
bioterrorism. But the money may be just a drop in the bucket. By Randy
Dotinga.
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Big Bucks for Biometric Screening (Security Blanket Tuesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,63683,00.html/wn_ascii
The Department of Homeland Security awards a $10 billion contract to a
group of companies, led by Accenture, to build a system to screen and
track foreign visitors to the United States.
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You, Too, Can Be a Comics Whiz (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,63691,00.html/wn_ascii
Like video games? Can't draw? Want to start a Web comic anyway? Join
the throngs creating new comics from classic video-game graphics. Just
don't expect the game companies to approve. By Lore Sjöberg.
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How Tough Are the Crop Cops? (Med-Tech Center Wednesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,63689,00.html/wn_ascii
The USDA says it's stepping up efforts to regulate drugs grown in
crops, and let the public in on those regulations. But environmental
groups are unconvinced. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Robots to Hubble's Rescue? (Technology Wednesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63686,00.html/wn_ascii
NASA's chief administrator earns wild applause after telling the
American Astronomical Society that the space agency is actively seeking
a robot able to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Preaching to the Anti-Corp Choir (DAT's Entertainment 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63704,00.html/wn_ascii
A documentary called The Corporation says big business is about to
collapse under the weight of its costs to humans and the environment.
Make no mistake, the film is pure agitprop. But does it have a point? A
review by Jason Silverman.
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Renewable Energy Gathers Steam (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63701,00.html/wn_ascii
More countries are getting serious about using alternative energy
sources, even going so far as setting concrete goals. Also: Hollywood
eco-disaster drama plays out in real life.... Americans want more done
to preserve the environment. By Stephen Leahy.
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Wanted: Drugs to Fight Bioterror (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,63655,00.html/wn_ascii
Armed with $5.6 billion, the U.S. government wants to woo
pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs and vaccines to combat
bioterrorism. But the money may be just a drop in the bucket. By Randy
Dotinga.
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Big Bucks for Biometric Screening (Security Blanket Tuesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,63683,00.html/wn_ascii
The Department of Homeland Security awards a $10 billion contract to a
group of companies, led by Accenture, to build a system to screen and
track foreign visitors to the United States.
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You, Too, Can Be a Comics Whiz (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,63691,00.html/wn_ascii
Like video games? Can't draw? Want to start a Web comic anyway? Join
the throngs creating new comics from classic video-game graphics. Just
don't expect the game companies to approve. By Lore Sjöberg.
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How Tough Are the Crop Cops? (Med-Tech Center Wednesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,63689,00.html/wn_ascii
The USDA says it's stepping up efforts to regulate drugs grown in
crops, and let the public in on those regulations. But environmental
groups are unconvinced. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Robots to Hubble's Rescue? (Technology Wednesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63686,00.html/wn_ascii
NASA's chief administrator earns wild applause after telling the
American Astronomical Society that the space agency is actively seeking
a robot able to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Preaching to the Anti-Corp Choir (DAT's Entertainment 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63704,00.html/wn_ascii
A documentary called The Corporation says big business is about to
collapse under the weight of its costs to humans and the environment.
Make no mistake, the film is pure agitprop. But does it have a point? A
review by Jason Silverman.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Renewable Energy Gathers Steam (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63701,00.html/wn_ascii
More countries are getting serious about using alternative energy
sources, even going so far as setting concrete goals. Also: Hollywood
eco-disaster drama plays out in real life.... Americans want more done
to preserve the environment. By Stephen Leahy.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thursday, June 03, 2004
For also-ran Kucinich, the campaign goes on in last primaries
By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Associated Press Writer
June 4, 2004, 4:44 PM EDT
MOORESTOWN, N.J. -- The last-in-the-nation primaries next week in New Jersey and Montanta are academic for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, but they're getting the full attention of also-ran candidate Dennis Kucinich.
Kucinich, an Ohio congressman and the former mayor of Cleveland, on Friday started two days of stumping in the Garden State. From here, he'll head to a rally in Pittsburgh, then off to Montana for two days of campaigning there.
Kucinich stood out among the members of Congress who were in the presidential race last year and earlier this year because he was the only one of them to vote against invading Iraq...(Full Story)
By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Associated Press Writer
June 4, 2004, 4:44 PM EDT
MOORESTOWN, N.J. -- The last-in-the-nation primaries next week in New Jersey and Montanta are academic for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, but they're getting the full attention of also-ran candidate Dennis Kucinich.
Kucinich, an Ohio congressman and the former mayor of Cleveland, on Friday started two days of stumping in the Garden State. From here, he'll head to a rally in Pittsburgh, then off to Montana for two days of campaigning there.
Kucinich stood out among the members of Congress who were in the presidential race last year and earlier this year because he was the only one of them to vote against invading Iraq...(Full Story)
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Research grants will help stem threat from mercury, other toxics
http://www.glc.org/announce/04/06glad.html
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Keeping an eye on Lake St. Clair
http://www.glc.org/announce/04/06stclair.html
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Research grants will help stem threat from mercury, other toxics
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EDITORIAL: Write for lakes: Panel needs all ideas for protecting waterways
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At hearings starting this week, a binational panel will begin gathering
comments on its Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Study. Source: Detroit Free
Press (6/2)
Levels rise, but boaters slow to return
----------------------------------------
Memorial Day weekend, considered the official start of the boating season,
was uneventful and extremely quiet on many inland lakes and along Lake
Michigan. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/2)
Probe says plane that crashed off Pelee Island was overloaded
----------------------------------------
The single-engine Cessna that crashed off of Pelee Island into ice-covered
Lake Erie on Jan. 17 killing all 10 people aboard was carrying too much
weight, officials said Tuesday at a press briefing in Kingsville, Ontario.
Source: The Plain Dealer (6/2)
North Shore resorts struggle to survive
----------------------------------------
Rising property values, high taxes and environmental restrictions have
forced some resorts along Lake Superior to shut down. Source: KDLH-TV -
Duluth, MN (6/1)
Michigan lighthouses could be national draw
----------------------------------------
Michigan's members of Congress want to direct federal officials to inventory
the state's lighthouses and maritime resources and develop a plan to
preserve and promote them. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/31)
It's key season at the Soo Locks
----------------------------------------
There are legions of boat watchers on the Great Lakes, and they're in their
element at the Soo Locks, the bottleneck through which every Lake
Superior-bound boat must pass. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/30)
Report re-affirms road salt's impact on environment
----------------------------------------
Road salt from highways has been identified as the culprit in the deaths of
blueberry bushes in Michigan's Ottawa County, but the salt saturation
problem reaches beyond the farm fields. Source: The Holland Sentinel (5/30)
Michigan cuts fish-advisory program
----------------------------------------
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is going out of the
fish-advisory business. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (5/29)
City changing beach guidelines for summer
----------------------------------------
Swimmers may find Racine, Wis., beaches open more often this summer and the
city of Racine is likely to save some money, because of a new method for
monitoring water quality in Lake Michigan. Source: The Journal Times (5/29)
Officials expect tourism boost from Milwaukee-Muskegon ferry
----------------------------------------
Government and travel officials in Michigan say they believe the Lake
Express ferry will boost tourism and economic development in Muskegon and
the state's southwestern region. Source: The Detroit News (5/29)
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EDITORIAL: Write for lakes: Panel needs all ideas for protecting waterways
----------------------------------------
At hearings starting this week, a binational panel will begin gathering
comments on its Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Study. Source: Detroit Free
Press (6/2)
Levels rise, but boaters slow to return
----------------------------------------
Memorial Day weekend, considered the official start of the boating season,
was uneventful and extremely quiet on many inland lakes and along Lake
Michigan. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/2)
Probe says plane that crashed off Pelee Island was overloaded
----------------------------------------
The single-engine Cessna that crashed off of Pelee Island into ice-covered
Lake Erie on Jan. 17 killing all 10 people aboard was carrying too much
weight, officials said Tuesday at a press briefing in Kingsville, Ontario.
Source: The Plain Dealer (6/2)
North Shore resorts struggle to survive
----------------------------------------
Rising property values, high taxes and environmental restrictions have
forced some resorts along Lake Superior to shut down. Source: KDLH-TV -
Duluth, MN (6/1)
Michigan lighthouses could be national draw
----------------------------------------
Michigan's members of Congress want to direct federal officials to inventory
the state's lighthouses and maritime resources and develop a plan to
preserve and promote them. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/31)
It's key season at the Soo Locks
----------------------------------------
There are legions of boat watchers on the Great Lakes, and they're in their
element at the Soo Locks, the bottleneck through which every Lake
Superior-bound boat must pass. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/30)
Report re-affirms road salt's impact on environment
----------------------------------------
Road salt from highways has been identified as the culprit in the deaths of
blueberry bushes in Michigan's Ottawa County, but the salt saturation
problem reaches beyond the farm fields. Source: The Holland Sentinel (5/30)
Michigan cuts fish-advisory program
----------------------------------------
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is going out of the
fish-advisory business. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (5/29)
City changing beach guidelines for summer
----------------------------------------
Swimmers may find Racine, Wis., beaches open more often this summer and the
city of Racine is likely to save some money, because of a new method for
monitoring water quality in Lake Michigan. Source: The Journal Times (5/29)
Officials expect tourism boost from Milwaukee-Muskegon ferry
----------------------------------------
Government and travel officials in Michigan say they believe the Lake
Express ferry will boost tourism and economic development in Muskegon and
the state's southwestern region. Source: The Detroit News (5/29)
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Great Lakes Commission awards $1.9 million to benefit water quality through
soil erosion, sediment control
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EPA faces lawsuit over emissions
----------------------------------------
Environmental and health groups said Wednesday they will sue the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency over emissions from four coal-fired power
plants in the Chicago area. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (6/3)
Indian Act is racist: Fontaine
----------------------------------------
The federal Indian Act is an "archaic, discriminatory and racist" piece of
legislation, Phil Fontaine said yesterday in a lengthy, unscripted address
before the Anishinabek Grand Council Assembly. Source: The Globe and Mail
(6/3)
Oregon coke plant debate simmers
----------------------------------------
Fifteen environmental groups from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
and Ontario have urged the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to deny U.S.
Coking Group LLC its permit to construct the facility. Source: The Toledo
Blade (6/3)
A growing thirst for groundwater
----------------------------------------
Where water demand outpaces supply, times warrant a fresh look at a resource
considered unfathomable and unending. Source: Wisconsin Natural Resources
Magazine (6/3)
Exotic species threatening native Lake Erie fish
----------------------------------------
Fisheries biologists call them exotics, invasive species and non-native
species, but by any name, they're big trouble for America's freshwater
rivers and lakes. Source: The Plain Dealer (6/3)
Wisconsin seeks volunteers' hair for mercury study
----------------------------------------
A state agency is seeking 2,000 volunteers for a study that will examine the
levels of mercury in people, particularly those who often eat fish. Source:
Duluth News Tribune (6/3)
Experts say flooding leaves perfect conditions for mosquitoes
----------------------------------------
Many rains that flooded rivers, basements and shallow areas across northern
Illinois contain generations of floodwater mosquito larvae that only need a
spell of warm weather to mature and begin buzzing around, experts say.
Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (6/3)
Invasive plant is in Burt Lake
----------------------------------------
An invasive exotic plant species is threatening more than one regional lake,
and area preservationists are taking note. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune
(6/3)
DNR set to take action against MMSD
----------------------------------------
State regulators today are expected to set into motion punishment against
the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for its enormous dumping of raw
sewage in May. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/2)
Nuclear plant bans draw anglers' ire
----------------------------------------
Ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the water and shore
around the Kewaunee and Point Beach nuclear power plants have been off
limits to anglers and boaters. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (6/2)
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EPA faces lawsuit over emissions
----------------------------------------
Environmental and health groups said Wednesday they will sue the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency over emissions from four coal-fired power
plants in the Chicago area. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (6/3)
Indian Act is racist: Fontaine
----------------------------------------
The federal Indian Act is an "archaic, discriminatory and racist" piece of
legislation, Phil Fontaine said yesterday in a lengthy, unscripted address
before the Anishinabek Grand Council Assembly. Source: The Globe and Mail
(6/3)
Oregon coke plant debate simmers
----------------------------------------
Fifteen environmental groups from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
and Ontario have urged the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to deny U.S.
Coking Group LLC its permit to construct the facility. Source: The Toledo
Blade (6/3)
A growing thirst for groundwater
----------------------------------------
Where water demand outpaces supply, times warrant a fresh look at a resource
considered unfathomable and unending. Source: Wisconsin Natural Resources
Magazine (6/3)
Exotic species threatening native Lake Erie fish
----------------------------------------
Fisheries biologists call them exotics, invasive species and non-native
species, but by any name, they're big trouble for America's freshwater
rivers and lakes. Source: The Plain Dealer (6/3)
Wisconsin seeks volunteers' hair for mercury study
----------------------------------------
A state agency is seeking 2,000 volunteers for a study that will examine the
levels of mercury in people, particularly those who often eat fish. Source:
Duluth News Tribune (6/3)
Experts say flooding leaves perfect conditions for mosquitoes
----------------------------------------
Many rains that flooded rivers, basements and shallow areas across northern
Illinois contain generations of floodwater mosquito larvae that only need a
spell of warm weather to mature and begin buzzing around, experts say.
Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (6/3)
Invasive plant is in Burt Lake
----------------------------------------
An invasive exotic plant species is threatening more than one regional lake,
and area preservationists are taking note. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune
(6/3)
DNR set to take action against MMSD
----------------------------------------
State regulators today are expected to set into motion punishment against
the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for its enormous dumping of raw
sewage in May. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/2)
Nuclear plant bans draw anglers' ire
----------------------------------------
Ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the water and shore
around the Kewaunee and Point Beach nuclear power plants have been off
limits to anglers and boaters. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (6/2)
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Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Illinois PIRG asks you to help reduce global warming
Dear Illinois PIRG supporter,
You've probably seen or heard about the movie "The Day After Tomorrow." The movie is a dramatization of the worst-case, scariest scenario in the event of rapid climate change.
Although the movie is fiction, global warming is very real. Burning dirty fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas) to power cars and homes releases heat-trapping global warming gases into the atmosphere, which alters the climate of the planet and throws weather systems out of balance.
The good news is that this is a disaster we can prevent. We already have technologies available to start addressing this problem, we just need the will to start acting now.
Please take a moment to ask the presidential candidates to explain their plans to protect the environment and consumers by reducing global warming pollution. Then, ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click on the link below or paste it into your web browser:
http://www.wecanstopglobalwarming.org
Background
During Memorial Day weekend, Fox Studios released the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" nationwide. The movie is a dramatization of the worst-case, scariest scenario in the event of rapid climate change, complete with grapefruit-sized hail pummeling Tokyo and Manhattan drowning in the ocean before freezing. To see the latest trailer of the film, go to: www.thedayaftertomorrowmovie.com
Although the movie is fiction, global warming is very real. Burning dirty fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas) to power cars, homes and industry releases heat-trapping global warming gases into the atmosphere, which alters the climate of the planet and throws weather systems out of balance. Scientists warn that doing nothing to reduce global warming pollution will increase the frequency and severity of costly extreme weather events such as drought, floods, and hurricanes. Although it is unlikely to happen overnight the way it does in the movie, we will still experience huge personal and economic losses, in addition to severe degradation of our environment. Extreme weather events cost Americans nearly $20 billion in 2002, a cost that could increase if the U.S. does nothing to curb global warming.
The good news is that this is a disaster we can prevent. We already have technologies available to start addressing this problem. We just need the will to start acting now. We should start at the top and request that our presidential candidates outline their plans of action to tackle global warming, and that they discuss their plans in the upcoming presidential debates.
Please take a moment to ask the presidential candidates to explain their plans to protect the environment and consumers by reducing global warming pollution. Then ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click on the link below or paste it into your web browser:
http://www.wecanstopglobalwarming.org
Sincerely,
Diane E. Brown
Illinois PIRG Executive Director
DianeB@illinoispirg.org
http://www.IllinoisPIRG.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.
Dear Illinois PIRG supporter,
You've probably seen or heard about the movie "The Day After Tomorrow." The movie is a dramatization of the worst-case, scariest scenario in the event of rapid climate change.
Although the movie is fiction, global warming is very real. Burning dirty fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas) to power cars and homes releases heat-trapping global warming gases into the atmosphere, which alters the climate of the planet and throws weather systems out of balance.
The good news is that this is a disaster we can prevent. We already have technologies available to start addressing this problem, we just need the will to start acting now.
Please take a moment to ask the presidential candidates to explain their plans to protect the environment and consumers by reducing global warming pollution. Then, ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click on the link below or paste it into your web browser:
http://www.wecanstopglobalwarming.org
Background
During Memorial Day weekend, Fox Studios released the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" nationwide. The movie is a dramatization of the worst-case, scariest scenario in the event of rapid climate change, complete with grapefruit-sized hail pummeling Tokyo and Manhattan drowning in the ocean before freezing. To see the latest trailer of the film, go to: www.thedayaftertomorrowmovie.com
Although the movie is fiction, global warming is very real. Burning dirty fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas) to power cars, homes and industry releases heat-trapping global warming gases into the atmosphere, which alters the climate of the planet and throws weather systems out of balance. Scientists warn that doing nothing to reduce global warming pollution will increase the frequency and severity of costly extreme weather events such as drought, floods, and hurricanes. Although it is unlikely to happen overnight the way it does in the movie, we will still experience huge personal and economic losses, in addition to severe degradation of our environment. Extreme weather events cost Americans nearly $20 billion in 2002, a cost that could increase if the U.S. does nothing to curb global warming.
The good news is that this is a disaster we can prevent. We already have technologies available to start addressing this problem. We just need the will to start acting now. We should start at the top and request that our presidential candidates outline their plans of action to tackle global warming, and that they discuss their plans in the upcoming presidential debates.
Please take a moment to ask the presidential candidates to explain their plans to protect the environment and consumers by reducing global warming pollution. Then ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click on the link below or paste it into your web browser:
http://www.wecanstopglobalwarming.org
Sincerely,
Diane E. Brown
Illinois PIRG Executive Director
DianeB@illinoispirg.org
http://www.IllinoisPIRG.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.
W I R E D N E W S Top Stories - 09:15AM 1.Jun.04.PDT
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Biodiesel Boom Well-Timed (Autopia 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63635,00.html/wn_ascii
As the price of gas continues to climb, the appeal of an alternative
domestic fuel is growing. Biodiesel fueling stations, new EPA emissions
standards and a pending tax credit may help tip the balance toward
renewable fuel. By John Gartner.
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Energy Gets Jolt of Venture Cash (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,63639,00.html/wn_ascii
Motorists are feeling plenty of pain at the pump, but venture
capitalists who follow the energy business find rising fuel costs
attractive. Investments in power conservation and alternative fuels are
increasingly attractive. By Joanna Glasner.
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Drivers Want Code to Their Cars (Autopia 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63615,00.html/wn_ascii
Today's cars have 1,000 times more computing horsepower than the moon
rocket. But automakers resist letting car owners access diagnostic
tools. Why? Because dealers can charge $100 just to turn off the Check
Engine light. By Julia Scheeres.
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Smarter Than the CEO (Wired magazine 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/view.html?pg=2
Success, most corporations assume, depends on the efforts of a few
superlative individuals. As a result, they treat their CEOs as
superheroes. In doing so, firms are neglecting their most valuable
resource: the collective intelligence of the organization as a whole.
By James Surowiecki from Wired magazine.
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Arctic Getting Warmer Faster (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63626,00.html/wn_ascii
Melting icecaps trigger a vicious cycle, making the Arctic heat up
quicker than the rest of the planet. Also: Fresh water supplies shrink
... male fertility drops ... and formaldehyde is unleashed. By Stephen
Leahy.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earth Shines Its Bright Light (Technology Thursday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63632,00.html/wn_ascii
Scientists say the planet reflected more light into space from 2001 to
2003 after a dim period between 1984 and 2001. The shift could be proof
of climate change, although more research is needed.
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Biodiesel Boom Well-Timed (Autopia 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63635,00.html/wn_ascii
As the price of gas continues to climb, the appeal of an alternative
domestic fuel is growing. Biodiesel fueling stations, new EPA emissions
standards and a pending tax credit may help tip the balance toward
renewable fuel. By John Gartner.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Energy Gets Jolt of Venture Cash (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,63639,00.html/wn_ascii
Motorists are feeling plenty of pain at the pump, but venture
capitalists who follow the energy business find rising fuel costs
attractive. Investments in power conservation and alternative fuels are
increasingly attractive. By Joanna Glasner.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drivers Want Code to Their Cars (Autopia 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63615,00.html/wn_ascii
Today's cars have 1,000 times more computing horsepower than the moon
rocket. But automakers resist letting car owners access diagnostic
tools. Why? Because dealers can charge $100 just to turn off the Check
Engine light. By Julia Scheeres.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Smarter Than the CEO (Wired magazine 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/view.html?pg=2
Success, most corporations assume, depends on the efforts of a few
superlative individuals. As a result, they treat their CEOs as
superheroes. In doing so, firms are neglecting their most valuable
resource: the collective intelligence of the organization as a whole.
By James Surowiecki from Wired magazine.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arctic Getting Warmer Faster (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63626,00.html/wn_ascii
Melting icecaps trigger a vicious cycle, making the Arctic heat up
quicker than the rest of the planet. Also: Fresh water supplies shrink
... male fertility drops ... and formaldehyde is unleashed. By Stephen
Leahy.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earth Shines Its Bright Light (Technology Thursday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63632,00.html/wn_ascii
Scientists say the planet reflected more light into space from 2001 to
2003 after a dim period between 1984 and 2001. The shift could be proof
of climate change, although more research is needed.
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 06/01/2004
EarthTalk: Is the world running out of oil?
Many experts say that evidence points to a declining world oil supply. According to renowned petroleum geologist Colin Campbell, who has worked for Texaco, BP, Shell, and other major oil companies, world oil discovery peaked in the 1960s, while world production is set to peak about six years from now. Campbell predicts "the onset of a chronic long-term shortage" by 2010.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24208.asp
Soaring U.S. gas prices spur interest in hybrids
Hybrid vehicles made headlines in March after movie stars like Will Ferrell, Robin Williams, and Tim Robbins used the Toyota Prius to get to the Academy Awards show.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24379.asp
Salmon protection dodges bullet with revised plan
Federal officials scaled back plans recently to reduce protections for endangered Northwest U.S. salmon but proposed boosting wild salmon populations with salmon raised in hatchery tanks, a move that environmentalists said could harm wild stocks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24377.asp
African experts meet to negotiate new agreement to replace 75-year old Nile River colonial treaty
Experts from African countries that share the Nile River's waters began another round of talks on Monday intended to help draw up a new agreement on how the vast resource is utilized.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24387.asp
Feeling the heat
The disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow has been dismissed by some scientists and environmentalists as too extreme and spectacular to be credible.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24375.asp
Drought is changing the way farmers do business
A nearly decade-long drought is changing the way Frank Martin does business at Crooked Sky Farms.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24386.asp
Iraqi water sector undermined by crippled infrastructure, absence of security, minister says
Iraq has sufficient water resources from lakes and rivers, but the vital sector is undermined by impotent infrastructure and lack of security in post-war Iraq, Iraqi Water Resources Minister Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid said this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24388.asp
Hunt for Haiti flooding victims widens
Relief workers already feeding and sheltering thousands of Haitians Monday widened searches to outlying areas for more survivors of flooding and mudslides that killed about 2,000 people.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24376.asp
Waning earthshine on Moon signals pollution, says study
The light the Earth casts on the dark side of the Moon is waning, perhaps a signal of climate change or worsening pollution, scientists reported recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24381.asp
Oil giants outside Middle East struggle to offset rising global crude prices
Leading oil exporters outside the Middle East have pledged to boost production to offset soaring world prices, but it could be months or years before Russia, Nigeria, and Mexico really manage to open their taps.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24385.asp
Germany sees conference strengthening industrialized world's commitment to renewable energy
An international conference this week will send a signal that industrialized countries are committed to developing renewable energies as "a serious pillar of our energy supplies," Germany's environment minister said in an interview broadcast this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24389.asp
West's spies missed Libya nuke shipment from Turkey
As U.S., British, and U.N. experts were busy disarming Libya, a shipment of nuclear-bomb-related machinery from Turkey slipped past Western intelligence agencies into Libya in March, an atomic expert said recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24380.asp
E-mail Edition 06/01/2004
EarthTalk: Is the world running out of oil?
Many experts say that evidence points to a declining world oil supply. According to renowned petroleum geologist Colin Campbell, who has worked for Texaco, BP, Shell, and other major oil companies, world oil discovery peaked in the 1960s, while world production is set to peak about six years from now. Campbell predicts "the onset of a chronic long-term shortage" by 2010.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24208.asp
Soaring U.S. gas prices spur interest in hybrids
Hybrid vehicles made headlines in March after movie stars like Will Ferrell, Robin Williams, and Tim Robbins used the Toyota Prius to get to the Academy Awards show.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24379.asp
Salmon protection dodges bullet with revised plan
Federal officials scaled back plans recently to reduce protections for endangered Northwest U.S. salmon but proposed boosting wild salmon populations with salmon raised in hatchery tanks, a move that environmentalists said could harm wild stocks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24377.asp
African experts meet to negotiate new agreement to replace 75-year old Nile River colonial treaty
Experts from African countries that share the Nile River's waters began another round of talks on Monday intended to help draw up a new agreement on how the vast resource is utilized.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24387.asp
Feeling the heat
The disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow has been dismissed by some scientists and environmentalists as too extreme and spectacular to be credible.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24375.asp
Drought is changing the way farmers do business
A nearly decade-long drought is changing the way Frank Martin does business at Crooked Sky Farms.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24386.asp
Iraqi water sector undermined by crippled infrastructure, absence of security, minister says
Iraq has sufficient water resources from lakes and rivers, but the vital sector is undermined by impotent infrastructure and lack of security in post-war Iraq, Iraqi Water Resources Minister Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid said this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24388.asp
Hunt for Haiti flooding victims widens
Relief workers already feeding and sheltering thousands of Haitians Monday widened searches to outlying areas for more survivors of flooding and mudslides that killed about 2,000 people.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24376.asp
Waning earthshine on Moon signals pollution, says study
The light the Earth casts on the dark side of the Moon is waning, perhaps a signal of climate change or worsening pollution, scientists reported recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24381.asp
Oil giants outside Middle East struggle to offset rising global crude prices
Leading oil exporters outside the Middle East have pledged to boost production to offset soaring world prices, but it could be months or years before Russia, Nigeria, and Mexico really manage to open their taps.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24385.asp
Germany sees conference strengthening industrialized world's commitment to renewable energy
An international conference this week will send a signal that industrialized countries are committed to developing renewable energies as "a serious pillar of our energy supplies," Germany's environment minister said in an interview broadcast this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24389.asp
West's spies missed Libya nuke shipment from Turkey
As U.S., British, and U.N. experts were busy disarming Libya, a shipment of nuclear-bomb-related machinery from Turkey slipped past Western intelligence agencies into Libya in March, an atomic expert said recently.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-01/s_24380.asp
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Great Lakes News: 01 June 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Plenty of riders set for ferry's debut
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The high-speed ferry Lake Express is carrying paying passengers for the
first time today, making the 2 1/2-hour trip from Milwaukee, Wis., to
Muskegon, Mich. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/1)
Asian carp: Lakes' delegation campaigns for ban
----------------------------------------
Nearly everyone in the Great Lakes region's congressional delegation has
rejuvenated a 2002 effort to ban at least three of four Asian carp species.
Source: The Toledo Blade (6/1)
Power line debate is moving south
----------------------------------------
A high-voltage debate is underway regarding two two major power line
projects intended to improve electric reliability in Wisconsin, which
currently has relatively few connections to the nation's power grid. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/1)
Small municipalities brace for costly water upgrades
----------------------------------------
More than three-quarters of small and mid-sized Ontario municipalities must
make costly upgrades to their water systems in the next year in order to
meet new provincial requirements spurred by the Walkerton tragedy. Source:
The London Free Press (6/1)
Group trying to stage comeback for fish extinct in Michigan
----------------------------------------
The grayling, a once-abundant fish that gave its name to a northern Michigan
city, vanished from state waters more than 70 years ago, but it will be back
if a private group has its way. Source: Detroit Free Press (6/1)
Gardeners have hand in invasive species control
----------------------------------------
Gardeners have been ordering new plants and digging in the dirt this spring.
But if they're not careful, they could be introducing invasive plants that
can cause havoc with the native ecosystem. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (5/31)
Finding sea lampreys a shocking experience
----------------------------------------
Every year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service surveys dozens of streams
that flow into the Great Lakes for juvenile sea lampreys burrowed in the
silt. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/31)
Record beach closings on Lake Michigan
----------------------------------------
Communities in the Lake Michigan basin reported more than 1,400 beach
closings last year, the most in seven years of record-keeping by the Lake
Michigan Federation. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/31)
Beach walkers lose ground to homeowners
----------------------------------------
These days, the public's right to walk on the beach and a landowner's right
to claim trespassing is not a line in the sand. It's the edge of the water,
no matter how much the lakes rise or recede. Source: The Detroit News (5/28)
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Plenty of riders set for ferry's debut
----------------------------------------
The high-speed ferry Lake Express is carrying paying passengers for the
first time today, making the 2 1/2-hour trip from Milwaukee, Wis., to
Muskegon, Mich. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/1)
Asian carp: Lakes' delegation campaigns for ban
----------------------------------------
Nearly everyone in the Great Lakes region's congressional delegation has
rejuvenated a 2002 effort to ban at least three of four Asian carp species.
Source: The Toledo Blade (6/1)
Power line debate is moving south
----------------------------------------
A high-voltage debate is underway regarding two two major power line
projects intended to improve electric reliability in Wisconsin, which
currently has relatively few connections to the nation's power grid. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/1)
Small municipalities brace for costly water upgrades
----------------------------------------
More than three-quarters of small and mid-sized Ontario municipalities must
make costly upgrades to their water systems in the next year in order to
meet new provincial requirements spurred by the Walkerton tragedy. Source:
The London Free Press (6/1)
Group trying to stage comeback for fish extinct in Michigan
----------------------------------------
The grayling, a once-abundant fish that gave its name to a northern Michigan
city, vanished from state waters more than 70 years ago, but it will be back
if a private group has its way. Source: Detroit Free Press (6/1)
Gardeners have hand in invasive species control
----------------------------------------
Gardeners have been ordering new plants and digging in the dirt this spring.
But if they're not careful, they could be introducing invasive plants that
can cause havoc with the native ecosystem. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (5/31)
Finding sea lampreys a shocking experience
----------------------------------------
Every year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service surveys dozens of streams
that flow into the Great Lakes for juvenile sea lampreys burrowed in the
silt. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/31)
Record beach closings on Lake Michigan
----------------------------------------
Communities in the Lake Michigan basin reported more than 1,400 beach
closings last year, the most in seven years of record-keeping by the Lake
Michigan Federation. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/31)
Beach walkers lose ground to homeowners
----------------------------------------
These days, the public's right to walk on the beach and a landowner's right
to claim trespassing is not a line in the sand. It's the edge of the water,
no matter how much the lakes rise or recede. Source: The Detroit News (5/28)
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story
archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
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Students walk for peace
Monday, May 31, 2004
SANTA CLARA -- Nearly two dozen students spent their Memorial Day weekend walking nearly 50 miles from Santa Clara to San Francisco to promote peace.
The students from the University of California, Santa Cruz began the march Saturday and planned to arrive at House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's office by Tuesday morning.
They hope to encourage the San Francisco legislator to support a bill introduced by long-shot Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, that would create a Department of Peace.
The agency would shape policy and promote peace in America and abroad. Among other things, the legislation would create a Peace Academy to train students to resolve disputes in nonviolent ways...(Full Story)
Monday, May 31, 2004
SANTA CLARA -- Nearly two dozen students spent their Memorial Day weekend walking nearly 50 miles from Santa Clara to San Francisco to promote peace.
The students from the University of California, Santa Cruz began the march Saturday and planned to arrive at House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's office by Tuesday morning.
They hope to encourage the San Francisco legislator to support a bill introduced by long-shot Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, that would create a Department of Peace.
The agency would shape policy and promote peace in America and abroad. Among other things, the legislation would create a Peace Academy to train students to resolve disputes in nonviolent ways...(Full Story)
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