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AmeriScan: May 17, 2004

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Low on Funds, Forest Service Neglects Biodiversity

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - The U.S. Forest Service is failing to effectively manage forests for nontimber products, such as mushrooms, ginseng and other medicinal plants, floral greens and thousands of other wild forest species harvested from the nation's forests, scientists say.
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Bush Officials Torched for Fire Tanker Decision

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Federal lawmakers have vowed to battle the Bush administration's decision to ground the federal government's privately contracted fleet of 33 fixed-wing firefighting air tankers.
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Greenpeace in Court for Sailor Mongering

MIAMI, Florida, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - The bizarre case involving Greenpeace and alleged violations of an 1872 law enacted to prevent "sailor mongering" begins today in U.S. District Court in Miami.
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Public Opposes Biscuit Fire Logging Project

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Some 95 percent of public comments received by the U.S. Forest Service oppose the Bush administration's preferred alternative for logging in the Siskiyou National Forest, according to a report released by conservation groups.
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Marine Fisheries Service Faces Pacific Right Whale Suit

TUCSON, Arizona, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for its alleged failure to protect the North Pacific right whale under the Endangered Species Act.
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Greens Sue to Obtain Otero Mesa Drilling Plans

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Conservationists filed a law suit in federal court in New Mexico Thursday to acquire documents relating to the government's plan to open unroaded wild areas of the Otero Mesa to oil and gas drilling.
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Conservationists Want Protection for Foreign Butterflies

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Two conservation groups filed suit last week in federal district court in Portland to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect seven swallowtail butterfly species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Asteroid May Have Caused Massive Extinction Wave

ROCHESTER, New York, May 17, 2004 (ENS) - Scientists believe they have found the crater made when a massive asteroid slammed into the planet some 251 million years ago. They contend the impact caused the greatest extinction in Earth's history.
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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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