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Environment News Service AmeriScan Index November 2002
AmeriScan: November 27, 2002
- Bush Pardons Turkeys in 55 Year Tradition
- Green Group Offers Tips for Eco-Thanksgiving
- Turkey Dinners Can Carry Hidden Costs
- Eating Organic Offers a Variety of Benefits
- Trader Joe's Phases Out Engineered Foods
- Whole Foods in Los Angeles Goes Solar
- Start The Season With Pennies for the Planet
- Fur Free Friday Will Follow Thanksgiving
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AmeriScan: November 26, 2002
- Senators Question Yucca Mountain Science
- BP Exits Arctic Lobbying Group
- Costa Rica Seeks U.S. Help to Protect Turtles
- Whistleblower Wins Settlement Against Bechtel
- Jetski Bans May Boost Park Visitor Numbers
- Engineered Rice Avoids Some Controversial Pitfalls
- 22 Pennsylvania Hotels Certified as Green
- Eight Students Win Canon Parks Scholarships
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AmeriScan: November 25, 2002
- Companies Will Pay for Polluting New Jersey Water
- 4,000 Acre Ranch Becomes California Park
- Alabama Pitcher Plant Gains Protected Habitat
- Groups Begin Plans to Clean Up Vieques
- Utility Sites Recognized for Wildlife Protection
- Ammonia Release Costly for Sausage Plant
- California Coastal Dunes Added to State Park
- Giant Sphere Offers Unique Look at Science
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AmeriScan: November 22, 2002
- Waterborne Disease Outbreaks On the Rise
- Warmer Weather Threatens Western Water Supplies
- California Partners Aim to Restore Wetlands
- Hatchery Salmon May Endanger Wild Cousins
- Lawsuit Challenges Grazing in Nevada Desert
- Massachusetts Team Explores Acid Mine Runoff
- Grants Will Help Assemble the Tree of Life
- Exotic Earthworms Devouring Forest Floor
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AmeriScan: November 21, 2002
- Dam Case Tests Clean Water Act Authority
- Administration's Fuel Efficiency Proposal Panned
- Carbon Sequestration Experiments Approved
- Thinning May Benefit Certain Young Forests
- Restoration Begins at Hanford Fire Site
- Old Growth Hunger Strike in Sixth Week
- Alaska Offers Help After Spain's Oil Spill
- Profiling Could Help Target Dangerous Invasives
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AmeriScan: November 20, 2002
- Stanford Forms Climate & Energy Research Center
- Suit Challenges Weapons Incineration at Anniston
- Dairy Cattle Disease Genes Decoded
- EPA Touts Success of Acid Rain Program
- Great Lakes States Seek Help With Invasives
- Rescued Polar Bear Dies in Transit
- Greenpeace Targets Genetically Engineered Corn
- New Atlas Details Hawaii's Coastal Hazards
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AmeriScan: November 19, 2002
- Bayer Urged to Drop Poultry Antibiotic
- Medical Supply Buyers Make Environmental Choices
- EPA Launches New Compliance Database
- Smart Growth Winners Show Innovative Solutions
- New Marine Institute Studies Upwelling Ecosystems
- Cargill Fined for Hog Waste Spill
- Ranch Earns Wildlife Habitat Certification
- Polar Bears FedExed to New Homes
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AmeriScan: November 18, 2002
- Paper Partnership Benefits Tennessee Forests
- Wild Cat Sales Send Man to Jail
- Hydrogen Station Opens in Las Vegas
- Bocaccio Will Not Be Listed as Endangered
- Maui Bans Whale, Dolphin Exhibits
- Fuel Cell Provides Cheap, Clean Energy
- Hazwaste Company Fined for Polluting River
- Video Tracks Water from Mountains to Sea
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AmeriScan: November 15, 2002
- America Recycles Day Celebrated Nationwide
- Symposium Examines Toxic Side of Electronics
- Congress Passes Pipeline Safety Bill
- Allied Waste Fined for Refrigerant Violations
- Recovery Plan Drafted for Bull Trout
- International Peace Park Faces Multiple Threats
- Telerobots Aid in Hazwaste Cleanup
- Clean Air Campaign Targets Minnesota School Buses
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AmeriScan: November 14, 2002
- Defense Bill Includes Exemption for Military
- EPA Sued Over Washington DC Air Quality
- Forest Activists Shut Down Citibank
- Biotech Contamination Riles Activists
- Las Vegas Land Sales Fund Environmental Projects
- Wakulla Springs Gains New Protections
- Microbes Help Clean Contaminated Harbor Mud
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AmeriScan: November 13, 2002
- Air Pollution Trading Program Gets Poor Review
- Engineered Corn Contaminates Tons of Soybeans
- Increasing Power Needs May Boost Pollution
- Energy Department Focuses on Hydrogen
- Feds Collaborate on Brownfields Reclamation
- Great Lakes Bill Funds Sediment Cleanup
- Chemical Exposure May Reduce Sperm Quality
- California Town Launches Diaper Recycling
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AmeriScan: November 12, 2002
- Air Pollution Raises Health Costs for Elderly
- West Nile Confirmed in Montana Man
- Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers Find Haven in Florida
- Tennessee Landowners Aid Barrens Topminnow
- Solar Power Generated Atop Navy Carport
- Toxic Areas, Poor Neighborhoods Coincide in Phoenix
- University of Florida Building Biodiversity Institute
- Trees Save San Antonio Millions Each Year
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AmeriScan: November 11, 2002
- Red Legged Frog Habitat Protections Overturned
- Caviar Smuggler Headed for Prison
- Anacapa Island Blanketed With Rat Poison
- Researchers Look at Contaminants in Human Milk
- Oil Contaminates Marsh 30 Years After Spill
- Universities Fined for Hazwaste Violations
- NIEHS Director Wins Public Health Award
- Grant Funds New York City Environmental Education
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AmeriScan: November 8, 2002
- Groups Challenge Missouri River Operations
- Army Corps Approves Raising California Dam
- Alaska Earthquake Ruptured Miles of Landscape
- Cornell Ordered to Release Biotech Documents
- Researchers Question Risks of Nuclear Fuel
- Two Oregon Plants Listed as Endangered
- Trails Symposium Offers Talks, Walks
- Satellite Images Show Artistic Side of Earth
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AmeriScan: November 7, 2002
- Dangerous Pathogen Found in Arizona Town's Water
- Two Plague Patients in New York Hospital
- Asbestos Shuts Down Interior Headquarters
- Global Warming Affects Coastal Marine Species
- Environmental Expert Raymond Dasmann Dies
- Harassment of Fisheries Observer Nets Fine
- Zero Energy Home Being Built In Tucson
- Tidewater Goby to Stay on Endangered List
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AmeriScan: November 6, 2002
- U.S. Signs Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
- United States Joins Move to Block Conflict Diamonds
- Alaska Earthquake Damage Estimated at $20 Million
- Feds, State Address Ordnance, Explosives at Idaho Lab
- Six Polar Bears Rescued from Circus in Puerto Rico
- USFWS: Coastal Barriers Protected by Lack of Subsidies
- West Virginia Clears Illegal Dumps
- Georgia Landfill Operator Faces 35 Years in Prison
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AmeriScan: November 5, 2002
- Quake Damaged Trans-Alaska Pipeline Still Shut Down
- Chronic Wasting Studies Explore Cross-Species Jump
- Yellowstone Rangers' Health at Risk from Snowmobiles
- Teaching Bacteria to Find PCBs Delicious
- Riverbed Microbe Consumes Industrial Solvent
- California Protects Coasts, Wetlands, Farms
- Suquamish Tribe, Washington State Swap Tidelands
- Cruise Ships Agree to Keep Hawaiian Waters Clean
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AmeriScan: November 1, 2002
- Half World's Plants Threatened with Extinction
- No Significant Rise in Three Mile Island Cancer Deaths
- Massive Solar Development Underway in Arizona
- Veterans Sue Over Secret Biological, Chemical Tests
- Petition Asks Return of Wolves to Washington
- Florida Manatee Fatalities Hit All Time High
- Pacific Salmon Benefit from New Organic Eco-Label
- Community Farm Preserved in Rhode Island
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