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Environment News Service AmeriScan Index April 2003
AmeriScan: April 30, 2003
- Fire at New York's Indian Point Nuclear Reactor
- Bush Administration Sued for Ignoring Citizens, Desert Plant
- EPA's Air Emissions Rule for Large Ships Headed to Court
- States React to Declining Horseshoe Crab Population
- Interior Department Lays Out Invasive Species Plan
- EPA Offers Temperature Guidance For Northwest Salmon and Trout
- Group Warns of Continued Asbestos Threat in the Workplace
- Catering Giant To Serve Eco-friendly Food
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AmeriScan: April 29, 2003
- EPA Announces $600 Million Clean Air Act Settlement
- Bush Commitment to EPA Enforcement Questioned
- California Fights Bush Changes to New Source Review
- New York Governor Calls for Regional Climate Change Plan
- Winter Lettuce May Come With Rocket Fuel
- Sea Otter Deaths Puzzling to Experts
- Confiscated Tiger and Leopard Cubs Recovering
- Florida Keen To Recycle Carpets
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AmeriScan: April 28, 2003
- U.S. Fosters International Hydrogen Partnership
- Driving Ms. Whitman Defended
- Goodall Receives Global Environmental Citizen Award
- West Virginia Hit By Invasive Species
- Water Quality Woes in Florida Keys Canals
- California's Orange County Reduces Groundwater Use
- Alaska Cruise Ship Head Tax Proposed for 2004 Ballot
- Court Blocks Mammoth Lakes Airport Expansion
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AmeriScan: April 25, 2003
- New Mexico Asks Bush to Restore Clean Water Protection
- Congressional Auditors Say Government Ignoring Pesticides on Tobacco
- Federal Agencies Release Missouri River Water Management Plan
- Experts Share Tips To Avoid West Nile Virus
- Cheap Coffee Is Bad for Wildlife
- Hurricane Winds Bring Ocean Salt, Plantkon to U.S. Midwest
- Nature Can Help Protect Rural Children From Stress
- Audubon Society To Nest in Audubon's Home
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AmeriScan: April 24, 2003
- Powell Says U.S. Ready to Lead Fight Against Deforestation
- U.S., Japan Agree on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
- Conservationists Headed for the Courts To Save Florida Panther
- San Joaquin Restoration Battle Flows Back to Court
- California Brokers $800,000 Sawmill Pollution Settlement
- Maryland To Reduce Mute Swan Population
- Minnesota Warns of Mercury in Fish
- College Students Fund Air Pollution Cut
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AmeriScan: April 23, 2003
- Shareholders Worried About Global Warming
- Conservationists Say Bush Not Defending Sierra Nevada Forests
- California Asks for Help to Alleviate Fire Risk
- Government Takes Second Stab at San Diego Shrimp Plan
- Washington State To Curb Mercury Emissions
- Bush Extends Task Force on Environmental Risks to Children
- New Solar Plant Unveiled in New Jersey
- Scientists Measuring Earth's Metabolism
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AmeriScan: April 22, 2003
- Utilities Back Near Zero-Emission Coal Production
- Bay Area 30 Year Earthquake Probability 62 Percent
- New York City Enters Federal Clean Cities Program
- AT&T Wireless Offers Wireless Phone Recycling
- Oakland Glass Maker Fined $200,000 for Air Violations
- Oregon Forestry Board Members Threatened with Legal Action
- California Donner Memorial State Park Triples in Size
- Black Bears Will Roam as Florida Fills Gap in Protected Lands
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AmeriScan: April 21, 2003
- Government Bans Lead Candlewicks
- Mixed Results From Health Study of Rocky Flats Workers
- Federal Officials Launch Urban River Restoration Effort
- Coastal Gulf States Are Sinking
- Conservationists Decry Oregon Black Bear Policy
- Quota Set to Protect Spiny Dogfish Shark
- Agencies to Assess Impact of Improving New York Port
- Pink Bollworms Could Adapt to Biotech Cotton
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AmeriScan: April 18, 2003
- North American Industrial Chemical Releases Decline
- Conservationists Say Oregon Forest Rule Violates Federal Law
- Court Halts Government Hemp Rule
- Animal Rights Group Urges Montana Not to Hunt Bison
- Groups Warn Kraft of Economic Risks of Biotech Foods
- New Hampshire Coalition Fired Up About Global Warming
- Roads Open Up Paths for Weed Invasions
- Continental Roots Form Underlying Boundary Similar to Oceans
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AmeriScan: April 17, 2003
- U.S. Understated Agent Orange Use
- Government Settles Cleanup of West Dallas Lead Site
- Court Keeps U.S. Roads Closed to Mexican Trucks
- Animal Rights Groups Sue To Protect Mountain Lions
- Teamsters, Republicans Launch New Environmental Group
- Poll Finds Environmental Concern on the Decline
- Bush Administration Asks Volunteers to Restore Public Lands
- New York Eyes Lifting 100 Year Berry Ban
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AmeriScan: April 16, 2003
- Interior Department Digs Up Geothermal Opportunities
- Government Seeks More Efficient Energy Permitting
- Union Workers and Ponca Indians To File Clean Air Lawsuit
- Study Finds Yellowstone Carnivores Still Need Protection
- Cloned Pigs Are Not the Same
- Helping Monarchs With Their 3,000 Mile Migration
- Researchers Aim to Upgrade Plastics Recycling
- Bush Administration Encourages Earth Day Celebration
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AmeriScan: April 15, 2003
- EPA Launches Expedited Investigation of Common Chemical
- California Asks That Federal Oil and Gas Leases Expire
- Map of the Human Genome Is Complete
- Connecticut Extends Protection for River Herring
- Sunlight Can Make Dioxin Toxic
- The Battle Between Natural Gas and Diesel
- Jaguar Keen To Protect Jaguars
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AmeriScan: April 14, 2003
- House Passes Fossil Fuel Heavy Energy Bill
- Research Group Alleges Dupont Withheld Toxic Finding
- Federal Judge Protects Dolphin Safe Tuna Label
- Speeding Boats Kill Four Sea Otters
- Missouri River Flowing Into Court
- Government Asks Parents to Make Homes Smoke Free
- Trees To Clean and Cool New Jersey Cities
- Environmental Learning at Lake Wallenpaupack
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AmeriScan: April 11, 2003
- House Refuels Arctic Refuge Debate
- Pentagon's Environmentalism Under Fire
- Conservationists Aim to Block Utah Wilderness Lawsuit
- Perdue Farms Strikes Deal on Water Pollution Claims
- Union Pacific Railroad Settles Wetlands Violations
- Farmington River Protection Brings Economic Benefits
- California Sues Restaurants for Not Warning of Mercury
- Automakers Roll Out Liquid Hydrogen Refueling Program
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AmeriScan: April 10, 2003
- U.S. Energy Department Sues Washington State
- EPA Encourages Hazardous Waste Site Reuse
- Court Orders Action on Pacific Fisher Petition
- Critical Habitat for Hawaiian Invertebrates Set Aside
- Washington Welcomes a Soggy Spring
- Wisconsin Warns of Viruses in Well Water
- Invasive Species Find Florida to Their Liking
- Iron Link to CO2 Reductions Weakened
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AmeriScan: April 9, 2003
- Water Utilities Lobby for Security Funding
- Nuclear Regulatory Chief Focused on Threat Reduction
- Government Lists Scotts Valley Polygonum as Endangered
- Conservationists Want California To Protect Burrowing Owl
- Marine Reserves in Effect Around the Channel Islands
- A New Tool for the Wild Fire Arsenal
- New Sponsors Join the Race to Stop Global Warming
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AmeriScan: April 8, 2003
- Lieberman Questions Ethics of Interior Deputy Secretary
- EPA Finishes $6 Million St. Clair Shores Cleanup
- Supreme Court Takes a Pass on Sea Turtles
- Conservationists Want Protection for Pygmy Rabbits
- Sudden Oak Death Impacting Other Species
- Climate Change Warning for the Great Lakes
- Ohio Deer Test Negative for Chronic Wasting Disease
- Rhode Island To Move 400,000 Pounds of Live Clams
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AmeriScan: April 7, 2003
- Energy Department Fails To Clean Up Radioactive Sludge
- EPA To Allow Emergency Dumping in Gulf of Mexico
- Government To Ban Sewage Discharge in Barnegat Bay
- Government Ordered To Protect Workers From Lung Carcinogen
- Study Suggests Cancer Link to Arsenic in Drinking Water
- Fish and Wildlife Releases Plan To Save California Scrub
- Scientists Dig Up 50 Million Years of Plant Diversity
- Fabric Group Makes Green Energy Pledge
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AmeriScan: April 4, 2003
- U.S. and Mexico Finalize Border Protection Plan
- U.S. Not Liable for Colorado River Delta Damage
- Northeast Senators Roll Out Clean Air Legislation
- Draft EPA Reports Finds Risks From Teflon Ingredient
- A Natural Approach To Clean Up Freeway Runoff
- Steller Sea Lion Earns Better Protection
- Fish and Wildlife Releases Plan to Save Sea Otters
- The American Coot Can Count
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AmeriScan: April 3, 2003
- House Bill Lifts Highly Enriched Uranium Ban
- Conservationists Sue EPA Over Arizona Water Quality
- Sawfish Granted Endangered Species Act Protection
- Conservationists Seek Legal Remedy for Gray Wolf
- Scientists Chase Theory of Running Elephants
- El Nino, Forest Fires Fuel Record Air Pollution
- Federal Cuts Impact State Wildlife Restoration
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AmeriScan: April 2, 2003
- Power Sector Could Cut CO2 Emissions 60 Percent
- Energy Agency Gets Serious about Biomass Generation
- World's Largest Solar Irrigation Pump Unveiled
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gets a New Chief
- Financial Managers Warn of Climate Change Risks
- Feds, Colorado Agree on Gunnison River Water Rights
- Pennsylvania Creates Rail-Trail Connections
- New Jersey Fish to Swim Through New York Subway Cars
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AmeriScan: April 1, 2003
- Chemical in Plastics Causes Birth Defects in Mice
- Communities Oppose Pentagon Exemptions
- Colonial Pipeline Fined $34 Million for Oil Spill
- Government Sued Over Scallop Management Efforts
- Conservationists Seek Input to Wild Steelhead Lawsuit
- Endangered California Frog In Regulatory Purgatory
- Wisconsin Frogs and Turtles Suffer Extreme Cold
- New Jersey to Tighten Water Use Regulation
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