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AmeriScan: May 18, 2004

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Governors Blame President for Rising Gas Prices

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 18, 2004 (ENS) - Washington Governor Gary Locke, a Democrat, said Monday he was “very disappointed” by the Bush administration’s response to a letter by him and nine other governors seeking an inquiry into the causes of the current high gasoline prices.
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Bush Administration Opposes Ukraine Danube Delta Canal

WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2004 (ENS) - The Bush administration has added its voice to the many organizations opposing the construction of a shipping canal across the Danube Delta to the Black Sea because of its impact on the fragile and internationally protected wetland.
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Bank of America Maps New Climate Change, Forest Policies

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 18, 2004 (ENS) – Bank of America and Rainforest Action Network have collaborated to introduce environmental ethics to the bank's corporate bottom line, and on Monday they jointly announced the fruit of that collaboration.
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Clean Air Trust Joins New Source Review Case

WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2004 (ENS) - The Clean Air Trust is joining 10 U.S. senators in a legal brief protesting the Bush administration's changes to the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act, which the brief claims are illegal.
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Ears Open to Human Noise as Marine Mammals Hear It

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 18, 2004 (ENS) - Biologists, acousticians, maritime engineers, vessel owners and operators, and representatives of government agencies today opened the first International Symposium on Shipping Noise and Marine Mammals at the Sheraton National Hotel.
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Carbon Fiber Pipe Permits Horizontal Oil and Gas Drilling

WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2004 (ENS) - The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday the development of a new composite drill pipe that is lighter, stronger and more flexible than traditional steel drill pipe. The new carbon fiber resin drill pipe can drill horizonally, allowing it to drain more oil and gas from rock than the standard vertical wells.
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New Jersey Rehabilitates Brownfields Along Delaware River

PALMYRA, New Jersey, May 18, 2004 (ENS) - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell Friday presented a $684,767 grant to the Borough of Palmyra to spur brownfield redevelopment at 40 land parcels along Route 73 to assist the borough in its plans to reuse the contaminated land.
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Conservationists Propose 400 Jobs on Biscuit Fire Restoration

CAVE JUNCTION, Oregon, May 18, 2004 (ENS) - A plan to create 400 new jobs in the Siskiyou Wild Rivers Area through a combination of watershed restoration efforts and commercial logging activities was unveiled by conservation groups Monday. Radio ads promoting the plan will air across western Oregon for the next two weeks.
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U.S. Cattle Brains to Be Burned as Fuel

WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2004 (ENS) - The brains and spinal cords of cattle that must be removed from the food chain for fear of mad cow disease will be turned into fuel under a new $50 million loan guarantee pilot program announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday.
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