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ENN Weekly: September 19th - 23rd ENN's editors summarize the most compelling environmental and sustainable economy stories of the week. In the news September 19th - 23rd: The perils of glacial retreat, ESA revisions in the offing, tackling overfishing, ferrets on the upswing, and much more. Pollution Turns China Village into Cancer Cluster The residents of Huangmenying village are poor, even by Chinese standards, but more and more are opting to splash out for bottled water rather than drink from local wells. Well water, they say, gives you cancer. Getting Apollo off the Ground -- A Guest Commentary Energy and labor are intimately related. After all, energy is by and large a replacement for labor – most energy-using devices save time. Washing machines replaced stone-slapping methods of clothes cleaning; cars substitute for slower modes of manual transport. Report Says Global Warming Could Spark Conflict Rising world temperatures could cause a significant increase in disease across Asia and Pacific Island nations, leading to conflict and leaving hundreds of millions of people displaced, a new report said on Thursday. Scientists Say Trying To Modify Hurricane Behavior Is Futile Because Storms Are Too Strong Atmospheric scientists say it's wishful thinking that we could destroy or even influence something as huge and powerful as a hurricane. They abandoned such a quest years ago after more than two decades of inconclusive government-sponsored research. Beijing Officials to Use Remote Sensing Technology to help Clean Air for 2008 Olympics Officials with the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BEPB) will be using advanced Remote Sensing technology to target polluting vehicles and help clean the air as Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2008. St. Petersburg Effluent Plant Opened by Russian, Swedish, Finnish Leaders Russian, Swedish and Finnish leaders inaugurated a wastewater treatment plant in St. Petersburg on Thursday in the latest effort to cut back on pollutants flowing into the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. EU Sees No Major Post-Kyoto Climate Deal at Talks The European Union does not expect a binding agreement to emerge from major talks designed to find a way of replacing the Kyoto climate change accord, the EU's environment commissioner said Thursday. Rita Brings Houston's Big Refining Industry To Standstill Drivers, homeowners, airlines and businesses will end up paying higher fuel bills if Hurricane Rita magnifies the damage last month's Hurricane Katrina inflicted on the oil-refining industry. Indonesia To Ban Poultry Farms in Capital Indonesia will re-arrange zoning for the poultry industry, banning farms and slaughterhouses in the teeming capital in a bid to stop the spread of the bird flu virus that has killed four people, an official said on Thursday. North Korea Raises Stakes in Nuclear Standoff, Demands Reactors for Dismantling Nuclear Program North Korea's deputy foreign minister insisted that his country be given light-water nuclear reactors at the same time that it dismantles its nuclear program to demonstrate "good faith," raising the stakes in the nuclear standoff with the United States.
Former President Clinton Endorses Biodiesel; Clinton Encourages Biodiesel Education and Use of Fuel in Hurricane Katrina Clean-Up International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Moves Katrina Animals From Rita’s Path Don't Poison Kids-- Who Couldn't Sign On To That?; AB 405 - Stops Experiments on K-12 Kids Congo River Cargo Boat Brings Promise to Endangered Great Apes; African Wildlife Foundation Promotes Alternatives to Illegal “Bushmeat” Hunting of Bonobos, Pygmy Chimpanzees Facing Extinction from Impoverished, War-Ravaged Local Communities Drome River Restoration Project Wins International Riverprize; International Riversymposium Read all Non-Profit News
14 Elite International Jurors Judging Coffee Pacifica's ''Pride of PNG 2005'' Cupping Competition 14 Elite International Jurors Judging Coffee Pacifica's ''Pride of PNG 2005'' Cupping Competition Virgin, Ben & Jerry’s, O2, BP, Starbucks to Discuss How They Brand Their Values Now Playing: ENN TV North Texas Embraces EnviroGLAS®< Read all Company News |
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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Friday, September 23, 2005
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