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August 2005 Press Releases EPA UNIONS CALL FOR NATIONWIDE MORATORIUM ON FLUORIDATION, CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON ADVERSE EFFECTS, YOUTH CANCER COVER UP WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Eleven EPA employee unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals of the Civil Service have called for a moratorium on drinking water fluoridation programs across the country, and have asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people. REPORT: CARS, POWER PLANTS CAUSE NO GLOBAL WARMING FOR HALF A CENTURY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY FOCUSING ON WRONG ACTIVITIES IN FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE NEW YORK, NY, August 29, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- According to a report issued today by environmental group EarthSave International, cars and power plants - the traditional targets of environmentalists - will not be a major cause of global warming in our lifetime. Rather, the most significant source of climate change over the next half-century is likely animal agriculture. "GREENING THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY" CONFERENCE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED PORTLAND, OR, August 25, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The "Greening the Hospitality Industry Conference" scheduled for October 5-7, 2005, at The Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland University College, in Metro Washington DC has announced this year's program. The conference will offer educational tracks for meeting planners and industry venues and vendors. CASCADES TISSUE GROUP IMPROVES SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE BY 18% ALGONQUIN, IL, August 24, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Chlorine Free Products Association today announced results of a four year review of five Cascades Tissue Group Mills. The results show a decrease in carbon gas releases, a reduction in fresh water and energy use per ton of product and continued investments to improved environmental performance. AVOID COSTLY FINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL NON-COMPLIANCE ATLANTA, GA, August 24, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was formed to protect public health, safety and the environment from chemical hazards. ITRONICS ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF "InsideMetals.com," AN INTERNET PORTAL THAT PROVIDES STOCK BROKERS, FINANCIAL ADVISORS, AND THE INVESTING PUBLIC WITH KEY INFORMATION ON U.S. LISTED GOLD MINING COMPANIES RENO, NV, August 23, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Itronics Inc. (OTC BB: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges: ITG) reported today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Whitney & Whitney, Inc., has launched "InsideMetals.com," its new information portal at http://www.insidemetals.com. The web site offers detailed financial, production, and ore reserve information and numerous other features on U.S. listed gold, silver, platinum and palladium producing companies. STOP OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING OPTIMISTIC ON THE IMPACT OF RECENT FEDERAL JUDGE'S RULING ON EFFORTS TO STOP VENOCO OXNARD, CA, August 17, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Environmental and progressive energy policy advocates nationwide applaud the recent ruling from U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken that stopped the government from extending 36 undeveloped oil and gas leases off California's coast, declaring that the government's environmental analysis was incomplete and did not include a full examination of the effects of future oil exploration and production to the ocean and marine life. FLOWERS NOT LANDMINES: ORGANIC BOUQUET USES FLOWERS TO HELP FUNDRAISE FOR ADOPT-A-MINEFIELD® EFFORTS TO CLEAR MINEFIELDS, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO LANDMINE SURVIVORS, AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE GLOBAL LANDMINE CRISIS SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 15, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Organic Bouquet (www.OrganicBouquet.com), the world's first online organic florist, announced a newly formed cause marketing partnership with Adopt-A-Minefield, a campaign of the United Nations Association of the USA. SENATOR BOXER JOINS LOCAL GROUP IN OPPOSING OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA OXNARD, CA, August 15, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Senator Barbara Boxer, a long-time crusader against offshore oil-drilling in California, has lent her voice in support of Stop Offshore Oil Drilling's efforts. NEW GROUP FORMS TO STOP VENOCO FROM RENEWING OIL DRILLING OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA OXNARD, CA, August 11, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- In response to statements by Venoco, Inc. that it is reviewing plans to renew oil production at its idled platform off the coast of Oxnard, Stop Offshore Oil Drilling, together with a growing group of environmental organizations and elected officials, has committed to fight these efforts and to protect and preserve California's beautiful coastline. WORLD'S LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS PROGRAM TORONTO, ON, August 11, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Inventor & CEO of Hooked On Recycling & The Original Bottle Cap Lure Company is on fire. He is starting the world's largest bottle cap recycling program. He'll be recycling metal beer and soda caps that have been thrown away for 116 yrs. ENERGY BILL SPEEDS UP NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, STIFLES COMPETITION FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND THREATENS NATIONAL SECURITY LOS ANGELES, CA, August 9, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- "Dangers from nuclear proliferation extend far beyond missiles and warheads. Cheap dirty bombs can be made with little more than a private aircraft or a helium filled balloon and radioactive wastes from nuclear power plants. Radioactive dirty bombs can disable entire cities transforming them into Chernobyl-like ghost towns for centuries and rendering their suburbs into toxic wastelands," said author, engineer and scientist, Roy McAlister, Co-President of Cleanpeace.org and a world authority on energy. ITRONICS FINALIST FOR ONE OF WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS RENO, NV, August 9, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Itronics Inc. (OTC BB: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges: ITG) reported today that it is on the brink of success in an international competition to find the greenest companies in the world. Itronics is on the short list for Final Judging for the Green Apple Environmental Awards, prestigious environmental awards presented each year at a ceremony at the House of Commons in Parliament in England. SNAKES! A MONTH-LONG EVENT TO UNTANGLE THE BAD WRAP OF THESE MISUNDERSTOOD REPTILES CULVER CITY, CA, August 5, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Do snakes have ears? Can they strike underwater? Do they travel in pairs? Do they attack cows for milk? Slide into the STAR ECO Station for a month of molting, striking, slithering and constricting to learn everything you ever wanted to know about snakes but were afraid to Asp* (*an Asp is a venomous snake found in the Middle East, North African and Europe). SNAKES! Every weekend in August at the STAR ECO Station, 10am-4pm. SPECIAL REPORT: TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATION SCIENTISTS ISSUED BY THE CANON NATIONAL PARKS SCIENCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM Collaboration of Canon U.S.A., American Association for the Advancement of Science, U.S. National Park Service LAKE SUCCESS, NY, August 3, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Across the Americas, select graduate students are conducting cutting-edge research in national parks as Canon Scholars. Their work, along with the program in which they learn, discover, invent and create important solutions that have an impact on the world, is featured in a new special report, Training the Next Generation of Conservation Scientists, that can be viewed at www.usa.canon.com/environment (click on the Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program). ITRONICS REPORTS SECOND QUARTER AND SIX-MONTH GOLD'n GRO SALES RENO, NV, August 3, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Itronics Inc. (OTC BB: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges: ITG) reported today that second quarter GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizer sales by its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., totaled approximately $485,000, a 2 percent increase compared to the same quarter in 2004. EXPERTS FROM 100 COUNTRIES TO PRESENT INNOVATIVE "SOFT" AND "HARD" WATER, SANITATION AND DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS AT WORLD WATER WEEK IN STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 3, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Timed just weeks in advance of the United Nations' five-year review of progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals, the annual World Water Week in Stockholm, held from 21-27 August, will present concrete examples of how problems of poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and gender inequality can in large measure be solved with water and sanitation as the key entry points. A NEW ONLINE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM BRINGS TODAY'S ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO YESTERYEAR'S HOMES BETHESDA, MD, August 2, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The latest energy efficiency program for homeowners, Home Energy Tune-uP®, brings energy efficiency within the reach and pocketbook of every home. |
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