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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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    • Malaysian Diplomat Compares Penan to Zoo Animals US Composting Council's Annual Conference Inspires and Educates while Producing "Zero Waste" Malaysia's Human Rights and Environment Record Criticized Ahead of European Trade Talks Kinship Foundation Announces Jim Tolisano's Resignation as Director of Kinship Conservation Fellows MEDIA ALERT: EUEC 2012 Press Conference - Monday, January 30, 2012 Conference to serve as Biopolymers Forum for the Global Ingeo™ Community Clean Air Action Corporation's TIST Program in Kenya Receives the World's First "Gold Level" Approval from Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards for a VCS Afforestation/Reforestation Project Bruno Manser Fund condemns Malaysia over Anwar appeal EPA Administrator to Address EUEC 2012 on Mercury Standards Affecting 1,400 Power Plants EXCLUSIVE: Shocking new evidence of Taib corruption - Malaysian politician's family was given oil palm plantations three times the size of Singapore EPA Administrator to Address New Emission Standards at EUEC 2012 on January 30 Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species to be Brought Back from Extinction Newmont Outlines Community Investment Programs for Conga Project in Peru
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