Wednesday, February 09, 2005

::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Friday, February 4, 2005 :::

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Bush Urges Congress to Pass Energy Bill

WASHINGTON — President Bush urged Congress Wednesday to pass legislation that would boost U.S. energy production and keep the country's economy growing and less reliant on foreign energy imports.

The 51 Percent Solution -- An ENN Commentary

For the past four years, the Sierra Club focused on stopping the Bush administration's destructive environmental policies. We fought as we have never fought before, pouring heart and soul and every resource at our disposal into that endeavor. We fought in Washington and in communities across the country, and we won thousands of new supporters, but a nation at war and deeply divided on social issues was distracted and ultimately unwilling to change course. We did our best, but our best wasn't enough.

Climate Warming Spells Species Wipeout, Experts Say

EXETER, England — Whole species of animals from frogs to leopards, living in vulnerable areas and with nowhere else to go, face extinction due to global warming, scientists said on Wednesday.

Catastrophe Left Lasting Impact, and a Hope that People Don't 'Rebuild the Next One'

Weeks after the seas retreated, after the minutes of terror along hundreds of miles of coast, people on the rim of the Indian Ocean are emerging from their December morning's nightmare to a long, hard future of trying to recreate an obliterated past.

US Senate Panel May Deadlock on Utility Emissions

WASHINGTON — A Senate panel fight over whether carbon dioxide should be included in a plan to limit pollutants emitted by U.S. utilities threatened on Wednesday to derail a Bush administration push for a bill this year.

Group Claims Biotechs Don't Deliver on Promises

SAN FRANCISCO — The biotechnology industry has failed to deliver on promises to revolutionize agriculture with plants genetically engineered to be healthier, drought resistant and tastier, a consumer interest group said Wednesday.

Lawmakers Float Plan for Underwater Logging

OLYMPIA, Wash. — There's buried treasure in Seattle, and lawmakers want a say in who gets their hands on it.

READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS

New Commitments and Bold Measures Needed to Save the Congo Basin's Forests
— By World Wildlife Fund

Pairing Beauty and Health: Green Guide's Valentine Gift Ideas
— By The Green Guide

The Mangrove Action Project News, AFRICA
— By Mangrove Action Project

Global Response Action #1/05: Support Indigenous Opposition to Gold Mine / Guatemala
— By Global Response

New Greenhouse IPM Manual Focuses on Biocontrol
— By Pennsylvania IPM Program



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