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AmeriScan: May 24, 2004

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U.S. and Brazil Will Cooperate on Climate Change

WASHINGTON, DC, May 24, 2004 (ENS) - The United States and Brazil have announced their intention to improve scientific and technological cooperation in order to address global climate change. A joint statement by the two countries released Friday by the State Department says a U.S.-Brazil Workshop on Cooperation in Climate Science and Technology, was "the initial step in identifying joint projects of mutual interest."
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Freon Smuggler Jailed for 17 Years

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, May 24, 2004 (ENS) - A Florida man who smuggled the ozone depleting chemical freon from Panama into the United States and failed to pay taxes on sales of the chemical was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison.
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Washington Spends $109 Million to Improve Water Quality

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 24, 2004 (ENS) - Cities with aging wastewater treatment plants, cash strapped volunteer organizations, counties, tribes and other groups working to solve water pollution problems will be offered $109 million this year by the Washington State Department of Ecology to improve and protect water quality.
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Friends of the Earth Asks Court for Cleaner Anacostia

WASHINGTON, DC, May 24, 2004 (ENS) - Limits on pollutants flowing into the Anacostia River approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are inadequate to clean up the river, environmental advocates argue in court documents filed Thursday.
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Phoenix Foam Firm Must Stop VOC Emissions

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 24, 2004 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a Maricopa County expanded-polystyrene foam manufacturer to comply with air quality permits that limit the amount of volatile organic compounds released into the air from its operations.
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General Sherman Tops National Register of Big Trees

WASHINGTON, DC, May 24, 2004 (ENS) - The giant sequoia nicknamed General Sherman, in California's Sequoia National Park, remains the nation's largest tree and the world's largest living thing, according to American Forests' 2004-2005 National Register of Big Trees.
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Missouri River Has a Day in Court

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 24, 2004 (ENS) - More than 24 lawyers turned up at the federal courthouse in St. Paul on Friday to argue the merits of keeping the Missouri River at a steady depth or allowing a spring rise and a summer drop in water levels.
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Michigan Students Convert Fryer Oil to Fuel

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 24, 2004 (ENS) - University of Michigan engineering students have discovered that waste grease produced in campus cafeterias that can be used to make biodiesel fuel for campus buses.
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