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AmeriScan: May 13, 2004

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Stalled Energy Bill Equals No Growth Wind Industry

WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2004 (ENS) - After a boom year in 2003, the American wind power industry has stalled this year because its production tax credit has been stalled in Congress.
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Alcoa Dam License Deal Would Save 10,000 Acres

ALCOA, Tennessee, May 13, 2004 (ENS) - One of the greatest expanses of wilderness in the eastern United States was preserved Monday as 21 national and local environmental and regulatory groups and Alcoa Power Generating Inc. signed an agreement to protect lands around Calderwood Lake.
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Allegheny Forest Salvage Logging Called Illegal

LUDLOW, Pennsylvania, May 13, 2004 (ENS) - U.S. Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth toured logging projects in the Allegheny National Forest Monday that conservationists contend are illegal, but he did not resolve their concerns.
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Park Service Officials Must Stick to Bush Talking Points

WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2004 (ENS) - The National Park Service has directed its superintendents to apply for prior approval before they depart from “talking points” provided to them on controversial issues, according to internal emails made public Wednesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
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Adirondack Park Might Get Some Relief From Acid Rain

ALBANY, New York, May 13, 2004 (ENS) - The day that Adirondack Council Executive Director Brian Houseal has been waiting 10 years to see has arrived. Some electric power plants in upstate New York are installing pollution controls because it costs more to avoid cleanup of air emissions by purchasing pollution credits than it does to actually reduce the emissions.
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Leveraging Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability

MARINA DEL REY, California, May 13, 2004 (ENS) - Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) are big business today. Participants in a three day conference here say a $227 billion U.S. marketplace has emerged for goods and services that appeal to consumers who value health, the environment, social justice, personal development, and sustainable living.
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Chronic Wasting Disease Transmitted via Environment

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 13, 2004 (ENS) - Transmission of chronic wasting disease can take place not just through animal-to-animal direct contact but also by exposure to environments contaminated by whole carcasses or excrement of infected animals, a team of researchers from Colorado and Wyoming reports.
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Minnesota Tests Abandoned Fawns for Chronic Wasting Disease

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 13, 2004 (ENS) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking people to refrain from picking up fawns that appear to be abandoned this spring.
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