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AmeriScan: May 25, 2004

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Judi Bari Day Marked By $4 Million From FBI, Oakland Police

OAKLAND, California, May 25, 2004 (ENS) - Supporters of Earth First! and the late redwoods forest activist Judi Bari gathered Monday at Oakland City Hall to commemorate the 2nd Annual Judi Bari Day as proclaimed by the City of Oakland.
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EPA Rules on Boilers, Plywood Favor Industry

WASHINGTON, DC, May 25, 2004 (ENS) - Two new rules issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reflect the Bush administration's cozy relationship with industry groups and its willingness to favor industry interests over public health, environmentalists say.
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U.S., Brazil Crack Down on Illegal Wildlife Trade

WASHINGTON, DC, May 25, 2004 (ENS) - A wildlife investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Brazilian Federal Police has broken up a criminal network illegally trafficking in tribal handicrafts made from protected species.
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Conservationists Sue to Protect Habitat for Pacific Forest Bird

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 25, 2004 (ENS) - Conservationists have filed suit against the Bush administration for violating the federal Endangered Species Act by refusing to establish protected "critical habitat" areas for the endangered Rota bridled white-eye, a forest bird found only on the western Pacific island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Wyoming's Red Desert At Risk from Geophysical Project

LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 25, 2004 (ENS) - Wyoming conservation groups filed suit last week to protect unique public wildlands in the heart of Wyoming's Red Desert from oil and gas exploration.
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Forest Mismanagement Contributes to Severity of Wildfires

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 25, 2004 (ENS) - The more severe wildfires that have plagued the Western United States in recent years are in part the unintended legacy of decades of misguided forest management practices, according to a Duke University fire ecologist.
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Energy Department Funds Nuclear Power Research

WASHINGTON, DC, May 25, 2004 (ENS) - The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that it will cooperate with an industry team led by the Tennessee Valley Authority to conduct a detailed study of the potential construction of a two-unit Advanced Boiling Water Reactor nuclear plant on Bellefonte site near Hollywood, Alabama.
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Scientists Unearth New Antarctic Volcano

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 25, 2004 (ENS) - Scientists have discovered an active and previously unknown volcano deep in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula.
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