The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 06/02/2004

Cities intensify climate problems
Living in cities, it's easy to forget about our connection to the natural world. In human-created environments, surrounded by concrete and asphalt, we often feel isolated and insular, as though we are protected from the forces of nature.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24280.asp

Three-fourths of oil and gas leases on federal lands aren't producing
Nearly three-fourths of the 40 million acres of public land currently leased for oil and gas development in the continental United States outside Alaska isn't producing any oil or gas, federal records show, even as the Bush administration pushes to open more environmentally sensitive public lands for oil and gas development.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24439.asp

Soap and water cuts diarrhea in refugee slum, says study
Simple hand washing cut in half the rate of often deadly diarrhea among refugee children in Pakistan, researchers reported Tuesday in an experiment that showed small changes can make big health differences.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24432.asp

Court upholds snowmobile pollution rule
Federal appeals court judges upheld tougher pollution controls on snowmobiles Tuesday but asked why the Environmental Protection Agency rule would exempt almost one-third of newly built snowmobiles.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24437.asp

Jordan appeals for international help to save the Dead Sea
Jordan appealed on Tuesday for international assistance to help save the ecosystem of the Dead Sea, whose water level is dropping.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24438.asp

Latvian nuclear reactor to be decommissioned with U.S. funds
A nuclear reactor in this Baltic state will be decommissioned and its uranium sent to neighboring Russia under the auspices of a new U.S. program to stem the availability of material that could be used in dirty bombs, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24440.asp

Japan considers stricter car fuel efficiency rules in environment policy revision
Japan is considering stricter fuel efficiency standards for cars as part of sweeping revisions in environmental policy to curb pollution and climate change, an official said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24441.asp

Antifire chemical spurs toxic fears in Arctic
Chemicals widely used as flame retardants in homes have been found in polar bears and birds in the Arctic, raising fears that they could pose a health hazard, Norwegian scientists said on this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24433.asp

Iceland to catch fewer whales
Iceland has pulled back on plans to kill hundreds of whales over a two-year period Tuesday in a move hailed by conservation groups which want to see it promote the mammals as a tourist attraction.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24435.asp

Rival ethnic militants pledge peace in Nigeria's oil "hot zone"
Rival ethnic militants in Nigeria's troubled oil-rich southern delta pledged peace Tuesday after the killings of two American oil workers prompted a government crackdown on a yearlong spree of bloodletting.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-02/s_24436.asp