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Environment News Service AmeriScan Index December 2002
AmeriScan: December 24, 2002
- How to Cut Back on Christmas Waste
- Responsible Givers Find Many Opportunities
- Who Will Have a White Christmas?
- Christmas Bird Count Seeks West Nile Data
- Winter Is a Great Time for Feeding the Birds
- Pets Make Poor Gifts, Animal Group Says
- Christmas Tree Farms Offer Environmental Benefits
- Mistletoe Attracts Wildlife - Not Just Kisses
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AmeriScan: December 23, 2002
- Ruling Could Help Clean Up Washington DC Air
- EPA Plans to Discard Runoff Rule
- Oil Exploration At Arches National Park Blocked
- Post Election Impacts Continue
- Court: Sea Lion Protection Must be Increased
- Risk Estimate of World Trade Center Dust Reduced
- Oak Ridge Buffer Becomes Conservation Area
- Rhode Island Landfill Must Install Pollution Controls
- Cave Scientist to Head Research Institute
- Free Stones Concert Will Highlight Global Warming
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AmeriScan: December 20, 2002
- Mercury From China Rains Down on California
- White House Lists Regulations It May Revise
- Industrial Farming Causes Trouble for Bees
- Oakland Joins Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Projects
- Suit Says Timber Sales Harm Salmon
- Tennessee Lab Will Study Truck Exhaust
- Green Sturgeon Threatened By Human Activities
- DiCaprio Donates Large Sum For Animal Welfare
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AmeriScan: December 19, 2002
- Court Orders Release of Trade Talk Documents
- Two Massive Asbestos Settlements Reached
- Maryland Approves Protection for 27,000 Acres
- Lawsuit Filed to Protect Puget Sound Orcas
- Winter Storms Batter Pacific Coast
- PCB Violations Result in $85,750 Fine
- Earth Team Gets More Volunteers
- Cold Turtles Get Free Ride South
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AmeriScan: December 18, 2002
- Transuranic Waste Shipments Headed for Hanford
- Year Round Pollution Controls Called Cost Effective
- Crab Permits Could Be Bought Back
- Consorta Phases Out Mercury Products
- One Million Washington Children Breathe Unhealthy Air
- Citigroup Helps Fund Green Roofs
- Petition Seeks Protection For Dune Beetle, Habitat
- Energy Efficiency Ads Use Humor to Educate
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AmeriScan: December 17, 2002
- San Francisco Salt Marshes To Be Restored
- California, Nevada Facing Loss of Colorado River Water
- Republicans Denounce White House Forest Proposal
- Ongoing Protection Needed at Brownfields
- Ice Shields Unique Antarctic Lake Ecosystem
- Protection Sought for 12 Puget Sound Species
- Coalition Plans Suit Over Missouri River Transportation
- Stealing Irrigation Water Nets Repeated Fines
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AmeriScan: December 16, 2002
- EPA Approves Ohio Nitrogen Oxide Rule
- Corps Revokes Permit for Arkansas Dam
- Washington Bans Genetically Engineered Salmon
- Two Biotech Companies Fined for Violations
- Nuclear Plant Must Pay for Fish Kill
- Floridians Sue Over Sewage Sludge
- Groups Threaten Suit Over Aplomado Falcon Habitat
- Nature Magazines Challenged to Switch to Recycled Paper
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AmeriScan: December 12, 2002
- U.S.-Chile Reach Free Trade Agreement
- Carcinogens: Estrogens, Ultraviolet, Wood Dust
- $209 Million Pledged for Nebraska Program
- Sustainable Seafood Found to Be Cost Effective
- Less Than Three Dozen Pronghorn Left in Arizona
- Cruise Ship Regulations Help Cut Water Pollution
- Smart Windows, Ethanol Technique Among Grantees
- Bear Shooting Costs Mississippi Man Almost $10,000
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AmeriScan: December 11, 2002
- California Could Lose Access to Precious Water
- Landrieu Wins Louisiana Senate Seat
- Wild Areas Help Children Appreciate the Outdoors
- USFWS Has No Money to List Yosemite Toad
- New Restrictions Placed on Possession of Toxins
- Added Species Diversity Not Always a Benefit
- Nanotechnology Could Be Applied to Restoration
- Tribe Compares Genes of Wild, Hatchery Salmon
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AmeriScan: December 10, 2002
- Lawsuit Challenges Herbicide Use in Klamath Basin
- DuPont Publishes Wheat Genome Data
- Trained Technician Likely Launched Anthrax Attacks
- Atmospheric Waves Help Shrink Ozone Hole
- Sea Lions Face Not One, But Many Threats
- Mobile Lasers Help Test Bus Emissions
- Environmental Satellite Scientists Meet in Miami
- Pennsylvania Takes Stock of Biodiversity
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AmeriScan: December 9, 2002
- ProdiGene Fined for Biotechnology Blunders
- Wildfires Add Carbon to the Atmosphere
- Climate Change Could Come Fast and Furious
- Air Pollution Hotspots Found With Satellite Help
- Central Valley Farmers Get Extended Exemptions
- High Flow Releases Could Benefit Colorado River
- More Canada Lynx Headed for Colorado
- Motor Tour Guide, Braille Trails Win Awards
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AmeriScan: December 6, 2002
- Rising CO2 Could Cause Contradictory Effects
- Long Island Sound Targeted for Cleanup, Restoration
- EPA Sues New York Over Underground Tanks
- Transportation Reauthorization Offers Opportunities
- Herbicide Test Could Impact Adirondack Landowners
- Research Offers Insights Into Marine Reserve Design
- Keeping America Beautiful Launches Anniversary Campaign
- Tropical Sea Turtle Lands on California Beach
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AmeriScan: December 5, 2002
- State Department Defends Engineered Crops
- Conservation Groups Sue EPA Over Global Warming
- Yukon River Agreement Benefits Salmon, Fishers
- Atlantic Gillnets Restricted to Protect Sea Turtles
- Kodiak Lands Opened to Visitors
- Hawaii Community Challenges New Cruise Visits
- Fisher Fined For Illegal Amberjack Catch
- Scrap Tires Become Recycling Success Story
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AmeriScan: December 4, 2002
- UN Hosted Talks Link Energy, Climate Change
- Global Warming Could Hamper Ocean Sequestration
- 1.2 Million Acres Proposed as Owl Critical Habitat
- UV Radiation May Not Be Linked to Frog Declines
- Lawsuit Seeks Protection for Idaho Ground Squirrels
- Jeffords Finds Little to Be Thankful For This Year
- Soil Resistance Shows Chemical Contamination
- Loud Sounds May Help Chill Ice Cream
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AmeriScan: December 3, 2002
- Wetlands Conservation Act Reauthorized
- Scientists Decode Genome of Common Microbe
- Suit Challenges Delay of Snowmobile Ban
- Nevada Tells Court Yucca Mountain is Unsafe
- Proposed Changes at Dams Could Harm Salmon
- Whooping Cranes Building New Florida Flock
- Wood Cutting May Benefit Rhode Island Reserve
- Brown Recluses Get Undeserved Bad Rap
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AmeriScan: December 2, 2002
- U.S., Mexico Team Up On Environment
- Enriched Environments May Reverse Lead Damage
- New Corn Snake Discovered
- Coral Reef Research Targets Caribbean, Micronesia
- Pesticides Recalled After Killing Cats
- Grants Fund Research Into Nutrient Pollution
- Leopard Sales Send Florida Man to Jail
- Jailed Activist Strikes for Vegan Food
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