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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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