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AmeriScan: May 12, 2004

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Congressional Investigator Urges Security Hike at Nuclear Sites

WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2004 (ENS) - Actions taken by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, while important, are not sufficient to ensure that all of DOE’s sites are adequately prepared to defend themselves against the higher terrorist threat present in the post September 11, 2001 world, Congressional representatives were warned on Tuesday.
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Energy Tax Credits Win Senate Approval

WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2004 (ENS) - The U.S. Senate Tuesday approved $13 billion in energy tax breaks and incentives as part of a corporate tax package, the first breakthrough since November for the Bush administration's energy policy.
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Wildfire Managers Gear Up for Severe Fire Season

BOISE, Idaho, May 12, 2004 (ENS) - Based on satellite data, wildfire management teams across the West are bracing for one of the worst fire seasons ever to hit the Rockies and Southwestern United States.
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Wildlife Service Sued Over California Spotted Owl Decision

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 12, 2004 (ENS) - Six conservation organizations have filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying protection for the California spotted owl under the federal Endangered Species Act. The owl inhabits old growth forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and its survival is threatened by logging on Forest Service and private lands.
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Acrylamide in Snacks Could Affect Child Development

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 12, 2004 (ENS) - An expert panel has been assembled to determine if exposure to acrylamide, a chemical present in potato chips and other starchy snacks, is a hazard for reproductive health or the development of children.
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Sacramento Safeway Picketed to Force Swordfish Warning

SACRAMENTO, California, May 12, 2004 (ENS) - At lunch hour today protesters are converging on the Safeway Store at 1025 Alhambra at J Street in Sacramento to protest Safeway's ongoing sales of swordfish and its inadequate placement of mercury health warning signs throughout the Sacramento region.
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Interim Rule for Grassland Reserve Program Proposed

WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2004 (ENS) - Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman Tuesday announced the release of an interim final rule to implement the Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), authorized in the 2002 Farm Bill.
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Florida Buys Easements on Green Swamp

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 12, 2004 (ENS) - Governor Jeb Bush and his cabinet Tuesday voted to approve the purchase of 3,500 acres of Green Swamp, an Area of Critical State Concern.
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