And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] courtesy of Martha..thanks..:) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> S P O N S O R <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Keep your pets healthy with products from the Green Marketplace's Healthy Pet Center: http://www.greenmarketplace.com/ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< September 13, 1999 All stories on the web at: http://www.envirolink.org/environews/ Today's Featured Stories: Oregon log harvest lowest in seven decades -- A slump in timber markets and a continuing decline in logging on federal land drove Oregon timber harvests down to their lowest level of the past seven decades in 1998. (Associated Press) Regulating Power Plants -- For years, Northeastern states have criticized their Midwestern neighbors for the high levels of nitrous-oxide and sulfur emissions from that region's power plants. The pollution is believed to drift northward, causing smog and acid rain. This winter, attorneys for the states and the Environmental Protection Agency will meet in Federal court, to decide whether the EPA has authority to regulate the power plants. (Great Lakes Radio Consortium) $120,000 robot investigates Hanford U plant, finds dust -- Officials at the Hanford nuclear reservation have enlisted a robot to help them assess what they must do to clean up some old chemical-processing plants. (Associated Press) Munroe Falls -- Vincent Duffy of member station WKSU in Ohio reports on the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency to remove a dam in the town of Munroe Falls. The EPA is targeting many small dams across the country in hopes of restoring the natural flow of rivers and to comply with the clean air act. (NPR) Breeding Animals For Food Called Threat To The Planet -- The Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health today announced a new project to study and evaluate the effects of breeding large numbers of food animals in concentrated facilities. (UniSci) Cleaner watercraft reach the market -- The world's leading boat maker has unveiled a new line of personal watercraft designed to be cleaner and quieter -- features aimed at quelling increasing environmental concerns. And it urged competitors to follow suit, "developing cleaner products that reduce emissions." (MSNBC) An All-Points Bulletin: Coast Must Be Cleared -- The recent closure of a portion of Huntington Beach highlights the importance of coastal water quality for Southern California's economy, quality of life, and self-image. As the plume of bacterial pollution waxes and wanes, and frustration over the complexity and intractability of the problem mounts, it is time to consider the causes of coastal pollution and how we can minimize its impact. (L.A. Times) All stories on the web at: http://www.envirolink.org/environews/ This edition of the EnviroLink News Service is sponosored by The Green Marketplace (http://www.greenmarketplace.com). If you would like information on how your company or organization can become a sponsor, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- The EnviroLink News Service | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project of the EnviroLink Network | Web: http://www.envirolink.org/environews -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&