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ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 01/19/2004

Clean energy and efficiency investments would create 3.3 million jobs, says study
An alliance of labor, environmental, civil rights, business, and political leaders in the United States have laid out a vision for a "New Apollo Project" to create 3.3 million new jobs and achieve energy independence in 10 years.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12200.asp

Brazilian city to mail the pill to needy women
The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, notorious for its teeming slums, will mail contraceptive pills free of charge to women, including teenagers, in poor neighborhoods.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12210.asp

U.K. plans ambitious CO2 cuts, industry protests
Britain said Monday it would cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in excess of its international treaty obligations, prompting howls of protest from industry bodies but muted approval from generators.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12207.asp

World's mountain gorilla population is up in census
The number of mountain gorillas roaming forests shared by Rwanda, Uganda, and Congo has risen in recent years in a sign of hope for one of the world's most endangered species, a census showed Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12203.asp

Battle over GMOs heads to Canada's high court
A narrow legal case over whether a Canadian farmer infringed on biotech patents held by Monsanto Co. has mushroomed into a broader battle over genetically modified organisms that will be heard before the Supreme Court of Canada Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12205.asp

U.S. is accused of risking lives with campaign against drugs in Latin America
The United States is putting civilians at risk by backing the fumigation of vast areas of Ecuador and Colombia with deadly chemicals in its fight against drug traffickers and guerrillas, Ecuador's former environment minister said Monday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12213.asp

Big blast at Algeria's key refinery, 13 killed
A powerful explosion Monday at Algeria's largest refinery and key exporter of gas and oil in the Mediterranean port city of Skikda killed 13 workers and caused extensive damage.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12209.asp

If humans get to Mars, what might they do?
If humans ever get to Mars, what might they do there? Would they use spare weapons-grade plutonium to heat up the red planet to a more Earth-like temperature, as one fanciful-sounding plan suggested?
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12211.asp

New York state puts a tail on the Adirondack's big bird
Government and environmental groups are putting a tail on Adirondack loons to answer the long-standing question of where the aquatic birds go in winter.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-20/s_12214.asp

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African Wildlife Foundation:
Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla Population Grows by 17 Percent

Mangrove Action Project:
Late Friday News #131