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May 2004 Press Releases
BIOLOGISTS MOVE TO PROTECT MOJAVE RARE PLANT HABITAT ST. GEORGE, UT, May 28, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Center for Biological Diversity (Center), Utah Native Plant Society (UNPS) and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) today noticed the Bush administration Interior Dept. -- Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) of an intent to sue over their failure to designate critical habitat and to implement a recovery plan for two endangered Mojave Desert plants, the Holmgren milkvetch and the Shivwits milkvetch, as required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA). COMBAT SUMMER HEAT AND HIGH ELECTRICITY BILLS WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Up-To-Date Lists of Top-Rated High-Efficiency Air Conditioners Available WASHINGTON D.C., May 27, 2004, --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Don't doubt it: summer is almost here! For most Americans, climbing mercury means increasing dependence on air conditioners and climbing electric bills. Consumers can mop their brows in concern or take action now. Whether choosing a new air conditioner or trying to get the best service from an existing unit, keep an eye on energy efficiency -- it's a commonsense strategy that will pay off by keeping dollars in your wallet. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) can help consumers in the market for a new air conditioner as well as those seeking the best performance from their existing systems. ACORE TO PUBLISH NORTH AMERICAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE DIRECTORY WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) announced that it will publish a North American Renewable Energy Finance Directory, with a draft to be released at its finance conference in New York on June 23-24, 2004. The directory is designed to assist project developers and entrepreneurs seeking capital as well as investors looking for financing vehicles, and will contain information on sources of finance for renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States. NSF LAUNCHES DISCOVERY CORPS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Pilot project helps scientists give their research expertise broader impact ARLINGTON, VA, May 28, 2004, --/WORLD-WIRE/---The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named the first six fellows of its new Discovery Corps: a pilot program that is exploring innovative ways for scientists to combine their research expertise with service to society as a whole. BallardR Fuel Cell Product Receives Two Frost & Sullivan Awards NexaR RM Series Named 2004 Energy Product of the Year and 2004 Alternative Technology of the Year VANCOUVER, CANADA, May 27, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) received two Frost & Sullivan Awards at the Annual Excellence in Industrial Technology Awards Ceremony in Miami, Florida on May 19. TOYOTA MOTOR SALES U.S.A. SOLAR ELECTRIC SYSTEM COMPLETES FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION - PERFORMANCE EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS 536 kW Solar Electric System, Furnished by PowerLight, is Helping the Largest 'Green' Building Complex in the U.S. Reduce Energy Use and Lower Emissions TORRANCE, CA, May 27, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The solar electric system atop the nation's largest green office complex-at the headquarters of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.-is greatly exceeding energy performance expectations. THICK MARINE BEDS OF SIDERITE SUGGEST EARLY HIGH CARBON DIOXIDE IN ATMOSPHERE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 27, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Carbon dioxide and oxygen, not methane, were prevalent in the Earth's atmosphere more than 1.8 billion years ago as shown by the absence of siderite in ancient soils but the abundance of the mineral in ocean sediments from that time, according to a Penn State geochemist. CARE2 CONNECT SOCIAL NETWORK LAUNCHES WITH DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE ACTION FUND, 21ST CENTURY DEMOCRATS AND OCEANA Organizations Join Forces with Care2 on Million Member Online Social Network During Key Election Year REDWOOD CITY, CA, May 26, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Care2, Inc. today launched Care2 Connect (http://www.care2.com/c2c), the first online social network for progressive organizations to collectively grow and engage their member and activist communities. With over 3 million members, Care2 is the largest online network of socially responsible, health conscious and environmentally concerned citizens. Care2 Connect is unique in that it links supporters of leading nonprofit organizations together with Care2's own member network, enabling them to communicate and mobilize on virtually any progressive issue. CAN WE RESTORE WETLANDS AND LEAVE THE MOSQUITOES OUT? TUCSON, AZ, May 26, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- When it comes to restoring nature, some members of the natural world are shunned for good reason. Restoring wetlands has a foreseeable and inevitable downside: the creation of mosquito habitat. STATEMENT BY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SECRETARY COLLEEN M. CASTILLE REGARDING THE RESTORATION OF AMERICA'A EVERGLADES MIAMI, FL, May 26, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- “Restoring America’s Everglades is the largest environmental restoration project this nation has ever undertaken. Returning the natural flow of water to more than 55,000 acres of wetlands in Southern Golden Gate Estates will replenish flows to the panhandle of Everglades National Park, the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve and the Picayune State Forest. Already, more than 98 percent of the land needed to complete the project is in public ownership. DENVER WASTEWATER USES DIGITALGLOBE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE MAP PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY FOR STORM WATER BILLING PURPOSES > LONGMONT, CO, May 25, 2004 –-/WORLD-WIRE/-- DigitalGlobe®, provider of the world’s highest resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, announced that Denver’s Wastewater Management Division (WMD) has evaluated QuickBird imagery and DigitalGlobe’s impervious surface map products in order to streamline WMD’s storm water billing operation. In a study conducted by WMD and DigitalGlobe, the use of two-foot resolution multispectral QuickBird satellite imagery processed using superior classification techniques to produce an impervious surface map resulted in a rate of revenue generation nearly four times greater than that produced using traditional mapping methods. MISGUIDED FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FUELING WESTERN WILDFIRES, DUKE ECOLOGIST SAYS DURHAM, NC, May 25, 2004, --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Wildfires that burn hotter, spread faster and occur more frequently than they might naturally may be the unintended legacy of decades of misguided forest management practices, says a Duke University fire ecologist. GREEN POWER PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM NETS COFFEE COMPANY UNEXPECTED PAYOFFS Good Deed Giveaway Turns Out to be a Very Good Business Decision PORTLAND, OR, May 24, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announced today that its long-standing customer, Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters (B&B) of Olympia, Washington -- well known for its commitment to environmental sustainability as well as for its premium coffees -- turned a good deed into a very powerful advertising campaign for the company. B&B donated approximately $59,000 worth of coffee and mugs to encourage utility customers into purchasing green power, as part of a regional multi-utility campaign. Expecting only modest exposure via the campaign's promotional activities, B&B has instead been given mass exposure to more than a million electric utility customers via customized monthly bill inserts, and even broader exposure to the general public through a television commercial featuring B&B, which Belo Marketing Solutions (BMS) produced and KING 5 and KONG 6/16 are airing this month throughout Washington state's Puget Sound region. The B&B contribution is also featured on all of the utility companies' websites, the home page of King 5 as well as on the BEF website. STRONG SUPPORT FOR LAND PROTECTION FUND IN HAWAI'I COUNTY HAWAI'I COUNTY, HI, May 24, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Hawai'i County voters are concerned about the loss and deterioration of local lands and want to dedicate a portion of their existing tax dollars to pay for protection, according to a new poll. The telephone survey, released Friday by the Hawai'i office of the non-profit land conservation organization Trust for Public Land (TPL), revealed that an overwhelming 70 percent of Big Island voters want to see mandated County spending on land and water protection. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND STUDY OF CAPE COD SEASHORE FINDS OFF-ROAD VEHICLES HARMFUL TO BEACH FAUNA URI graduate student reports 50 percent reduction in populations of invertebrates on beaches where driving is permitted KINGSTON, R.I., May 21, 2004M --/WORLD-WIRE/-- When off-road vehicles drive on beaches, they can reduce the number of creatures living on the beach by as much as 50 percent, according to a recently completed three-year study by a University of Rhode Island graduate student. IOWA FIRE DEPARTMENTS ASKED TO HELP GREAT APES DES MOINES, IOWA, May 21, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The call is out to Iowa's 860 fire departments: the great apes need your help. Actually it's old fire hoses they need. The discarded hoses will be used as vines, swings and hammocks for the future residents of the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary, a world-class great ape research center under construction in Des Moines. INDIANA DNR BANDS THREE FORT WAYNE FALCONS FORT WAYNE, IND, May 21, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- American Electric Power (AEP) was joined by 4th Grade students from Holland Elementary School, Fort Wayne, as hosts Thursday for the banding of three peregrine falcon chicks that hatched last month in the nesting box on the roof of One Summit Square, the city’s tallest building. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) placed metal identification bands on the legs of the falcon chicks during the 11:00 a.m. event. The bands will help the DNR keep track of the young birds as they migrate either late this summer or in the fall. GROUPS HEAD TO COURT TO PROTECT RED LAKE DUNES FROM OIL & GAS PROJECT Conservation Groups Seek Lower-Impact Oil and Gas Exploration Techniques for Fragile Red Desert Landscape LARAMIE, WY, May 20, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Conservation groups have been forced to resort to the courts to protect unique public wildlands in the heart of Wyoming’s Red Desert from oil and gas exploration. Today, the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, joined by the Wyoming Wilderness Association and the Wyoming Chapter of the Sierra Club, filed a legal challenge in federal court in Washington, D.C. challenging the Hay Reservoir Geophysical Project. The Federal project is poised to allow massive 62,000 pound “thumper trucks” to drive cross-country across 279 square miles of the Red Desert, including a 10,500 acre portion proposed for wilderness protection. KEY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY IN SANTA ANA RIVER Bill will help fund local desalination project serving Chino, Chino Hills and Ontario and improve water quality and reliability for Orange County FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA, May 20, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) are pleased with the House Resources Committee's recent approval of H.R. 142, an amendment to the Water Recycling and Desalination Act. ArcIMS 9 Now Shipping New Release Expands ArcIMS Geopublishing Capabilities REDLANDS CA, May 19, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- ESRI, the leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, today announced that ArcIMS 9 is now shipping. In addition to expanded support for the ArcIMS core capabilities of serving maps, data, and metadata, ArcIMS 9 also introduces the new Data Delivery extension. The ArcIMS Data Delivery extension makes distribution and sharing of data easy and open. This extension enables users to select, export, and deliver data in multiple formats and projections from a centralized Internet map server. It gives users and administrators the ability to publish data in 20 industry-standard spatial formats. WINSLOW GREEN GROWTH FUND RANKS IN TOP 10% OF CATEGORY First Quarter 2004 Marks Sixth Consecutive Positive Quarter BOSTON, Mass., April 19, 2004 –-/WORLD-WIRE/-- Winslow Management Company announced today that the Winslow Green Growth Fund (WGGFX) finished the most recent quarter ranked in the top 10% of all small-cap growth funds for both the one- and three-year periods, based on total returns, according to Lipper, Inc. Based on total returns for the one- and three-year periods ended March 31,2004, Lipper Inc. ranked the fund 19 out of 489 and 41 out of 407 small-cap growth funds, respectively. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF BIOECONOMY EXAMINED IN THE JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY NEW HAVEN, CONN, May 18, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- As the U.S. Congress debates the wisdom of tax subsidies for ethanol made from corn, a shift toward the use of agricultural materials in industrial products is already underway. "Bio-based products are heralded in many parts of the farming, chemical and environmental communities, but the environmental impacts are likely to be complex," says Reid Lifset, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. WILD ALASKA SEAFOOD MESSAGE TO REACH 1,400,000 CONSUMERS ON UNITED AIR FLIGHTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, May 18, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Celebrity Chef Allen Susser applauds wild Alaska Seafood in a new in-flight video appearing on United Airlines flights during the month of May, encouraging consumers to enjoy it for its flavor, health benefits, and good quality. More than 1,400,000 travelers will be encouraged to "Ask for Alaska" when it comes to seafood, because it is healthy, pure, abundant and wild. NEW DOCUMENTS SHOW HOW BUSH ADMINISTRATION GAVE MEAT INDUSTRY CONTROL OVER FACTORY FARM AIR POLLUTION POLICY WASHINGTON D.C., May 18, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- New documents revealed the extent of meat industry control over the Bush administration's proposed amnesty deal for animal factory polluters. The evidence, exposed by the Chicago Tribune on Sunday , shows that the deal borrowed heavily from industry proposals and that polluters had extraordinary access to the Bush administration officials writing the agreement. HOW HEALTHY ARE OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS? USGS Report Shows Complex Picture WASHINGTON D.C. May 17, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- America's rivers and streams are generally suitable for irrigation, supplying drinking water, and home and recreational uses. However, in areas with significant agricultural and urban development, the quality of our nation's water resources has been degraded by contaminants such as pesticides, nutrients, and gasoline-related compounds. IMPROVING BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE USE IS COMMON GOAL GOLDEN, COLO., MAY 14, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will collaborate with the Korea Automotive Research Institute (KATECH) on a project to test advanced battery systems that could be used in future generations of electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. NON-ROAD ENGINE CLEANUP GOOD NEWS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WASHINGTON, May 14, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- New federal standards for cleaning up non-road diesel engines and fuel will save lives and improve public health, REP America, the national grassroots organization of Republicans for environmental protection, said today. PROPOSED AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS ARE ALREADY CAUSING RISE IN PRICE OF AVOIDING CLEANUP Companies Installing Smokestack Controls Because They're Cheaper Than Polluting WASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The mere idea that the US Environmental Protection Agency plans to impose new air pollution controls on electric power plants has already caused some companies to begin cleaning up their emissions, the Adirondack Council reported today. APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD MAY 25 AND 26, 2004 KANSAS CITY, KA, May 13, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Time is running out to register for a national two-day conference focusing on environmental management systems (EMS) and how they relate to production agriculture, grazing lands, and food production and processing. The conference will be held May 25 and 26, 2004 in Kansas City at the Hilton Garden Inn Kansas City/Kansas. DELL TARGETS 50 PERCENT INCREASE IN RECOVERY RATE OF USED COMPUTER PRODUCTS Aggressive Goal, Environmental Efforts Detailed in 2004 Sustainability Report ROUND ROCK, TX, May 13, 2004 –/WORLD-WIRE/-- Dell has set the aggressive goal to increase recovery of used computer products by 50 percent over the amount collected in Dell’s fiscal year 2004, which ended on Jan. 30. NEW CAST REPORT EXAMINES AGRICULTURE'S CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. May 13, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are of increasing concern because of their potential role in promoting rapid and undesirable change in climate. Agriculture ironically serves as both a source and a sink for this increase in GHGs. The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is releasing a comprehensive new report that analyzes agriculture's complex, pivotal role in this vitally important issue. Written by a task force of 15 authors, Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities for Agriculture (CAST Report No. 141) highlights the complexities of policy options, implementation, and future monitoring and verification of GHG mitigation. INTO THE DEAD ZONE: GALVESTON RESEARCHER EXAMINES LOSS OF MARINE LIFE GALVESTON, TX, May 11, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- A "dead zone," like the Stephen King novel of the same name, is a place where life can end. The horror meister probably wasn't thinking about fish. PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS TO SHOWCASE HOGEN H SERIES HYDROGEN GENERATOR AT POWER-GEN EUROPE MAY 25-27 IN BARCELONA WALLINGFORD, CT, May 11, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Energy professionals who attend POWER-GEN Europe May 25-27 will get a closer look at a new hydrogen production system that power plants in Michigan and Arizona have installed to reliably, safely and efficiently cool their plant's electric generators, lower their operating costs and reduce or eliminate hydrogen inventory. MEMCOR® MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY INSTALLED IN ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT GROUND WATER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM PROJECT TOWSON, MD, May 10, 2004 –-/WORLD-WIRE/-- USFilter completed installation of the temporary 6 million gallon per day (mgd) MEMCOR® Continuous Microfiltration Submerged (CMF-S) membrane filtration system at Orange County Water District’s (OCWD) Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) project. THE GREAT FLAMINGO ROUND-UP Scientists corral, band and release over 300 threatened flamingoes for research NEW YORK, NY MAY 7, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- With South America's Mars-like Altiplano region serving as a surreal back-drop, a group of scientists from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently braved frigid temperatures, high winds, and altitudes of over 11,000 feet to fit bands on 300 threatened James' flamingoes chicks. Working in Eduardo Avaroa Faunal Reserve in southern Bolivia, the banding effort is part of a multi-nation study on flamingo movements and population dynamics. MONSANTO DROPS GM WHEAT “Worldwide victory for consumers” says Friends of the Earth WASHINGTON, D.C. May 10, 2004 -/WORLD-WIRE/-- Brussels (Belgium), May 10, 2004 – The world’s biggest seller of genetically modified (GM) seeds, Monsanto Co (NYSE: MON), quietly and unexpectedly stated today that it is stopping all further efforts to commercialise its controversial GM wheat. [1] SURVEY SHOWS AMERICANS OPPOSE YELLOWSTONE BUFFALO SLAUGHTER: CITIZENS TAKE MESSAGE TO MONTANA STATE CAPITOL SATURDAY HELENA, MT May 10, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- A nationwide survey finds that 75 percent of Americans disapprove of slaughtering buffalo wandering outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service (NPS) and the Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) have killed 278 buffalo this year and hazed and harassed wild buffalo nearly every day this spring. The Yellowstone herd is the last remaining continuously wild, genetically pure herd of buffalo in the United States. NATURE CONSERVANCY CONTRIBUTES TO FOOTHILLS ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER BOISE, ID, May 10, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Nature Conservancy has committed to funding interpretive signs and landscaping for the Foothills Environmental Learning Center, to be located in the Hulls Gulch area of the Boise Foothills. THERMAL FEEDBACK CONTROL UNIT, EXCLUSIVELY AT ACME MANKATO, MN, May 10, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Technocarb's Thermal Feedback Control Unit, available exclusively through ACME Alternate Fuel Systems, is one of the newest additions to ACME's product line. DESIGN:GREEN MINNEAPOLIS WORKSHOP ATTRACTS 99 PARTICIPANTS MINNEAPOLIS, MN, May 7, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Concepts like ³eco-design², ³extended product life² and ³design for disassembly² were on the agenda on Saturday April 24 when 99 practicing product designers, students, educators gathered to attend the second of three workshops slated for this Spring as part of the Design:Green initiative. As described in more detail below, Design:Green is an educational initiative being conducted in partnership with U.S. EPA, the Design Foundation of IDSA and J. Ottman Consulting, Inc. with the goal of jumpstarting green education for industrial and product designers in the U.S. THE GREAT FLAMINGO ROUND-UP Scientists corral, band and release over 300 threatened flamingoes for research NEW YORK, NY MAY 7, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- With South America's Mars-like Altiplano region serving as a surreal back-drop, a group of scientists from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently braved frigid temperatures, high winds, and altitudes of over 11,000 feet to fit bands on 300 threatened James' flamingoes chicks. Working in Eduardo Avaroa Faunal Reserve in southern Bolivia, the banding effort is part of a multi-nation study on flamingo movements and population dynamics. AUDUBON RECOGNIZES TEN NEW 'IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS' IN UTAH Announcement Comes on Eve of International Migratory Bird Day SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH May 7, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Utah Important Bird Areas (IBA) program, which operates under the auspices of the National Audubon Society, has added ten new IBA sites in Utah: The five major bays on Great Salt Lake - Farmington, Ogden, Bear River, Gilbert (or South Arm), and Gunnison (or North Arm); Provo and Goshen Bay on Utah Lake; Cutler Marsh-Amalga Barrens in Cache County; the Upper Strawberry Watershed in Wasatch County; and, Lytle Preserve in Washington County. USFilter RO SYSTEM TO DESALINATE RIVERSIDE COUNTY WATER SUN CITY, CA, May 7, 2004 –-/WORLD-WIRE/-- USFilter has been awarded a $2 million contract to supply the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) with equipment for a 4.5-mgd reverse-osmosis (RO) treatment plant at EMWD’s new Perris Basin Desalination Facility in Sun City, Calif. The $13.5 million facility, designed by CH2M HILL, will provide drinking water for 5,500 families in EMWD’s service area. NEW WEBSITE PROMOTES LOCAL FOODS, CONNECTS CUSTOMERS AND FARMERS UNITY, ME May 6, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Eat Local Foods Coalition (ELFC) announced today the launch of www.eatlocalfoods.org. The goal of the website is to help people in Maine to "eat local" by connecting them with their local farmer, farmer's market, and CSA (community supported agriculture) project. WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE LAUNCH NEW EDITION OF CORPORATE GREEN HOUSE GAS REPORTING STANDARD SANDIEGO, CA, May 6, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and World Resources Institute (WRI) today released a new edition of the international standard used worldwide by businesses to report and set targets for their greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). WORLD FOOD SECURITY DETERIORATING Food Crunch in 2005 Now Likely WASHINGTON D.C. May 6, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Closing the gap in the world grain harvest this year following four consecutive grain harvest shortfalls, each larger than the one before, will not be easy. The grain shortfall of 105 million tons in 2003 is easily the largest on record, amounting to 5 percent of annual world consumption of 1,930 million tons. BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISGUIDED MERCURY PLAN AND MOTHER'S DAY STATEMENT OF DEBBIE BOGER, SIERRA CLUB'S DEPUTY LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR WASHINGTON D.C., May 6, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- "As an expectant mom, I want to do what's best for my health and my baby's health. I used to eat a fair amount of tuna because I like it and it's a good source of protein and other important nutrients for me and my baby. That's why I was concerned when I learned about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) warning for pregnant women, nursing moms, and women of childbearing age to limit their intake of mercury-laden fish like tuna and other fish species. The last thing I want to do is put my baby at risk from neurological and learning disorders that have been linked to mercury pollution. REACHING FOR CONTROL OF CARCINOGENIC CHEMICALS PARIS, France, May 5, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- At UNESCO Headquarters on Friday, May 7, The French Association for Research on Treatments Against Cancer is convening a trans-Atlantic group of leading cancer specialists to present scientific evidence on the role of environmental pollutants as major causes of cancer and other diseases. Foremost on the agenda is the proposed new chemicals policy for the European Union, known as REACH - Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals - an unprecedented complex of regulations for industrial chemicals. OCEANA: ROYAL CARIBBEAN TO INSTALL ADVANCED WASTEWATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY FLEET-WIDE WASHINGTON D.C., May 5, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Calling it a good step toward cleaning up the world’s oceans, the international ocean advocacy group Oceana today announced that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has committed to installing Advanced Wastewater Purification technology (AWP) on all its ships, meaning each vessel will meet strict water quality standards. In a letter sent to Oceana on May 4, Royal Caribbean Chairman and CEO Richard Fain said the company was committed to installing Advanced Wastewater Purification facilities on each of its ships during normal drydocking operations, as well as on all newly constructed ships. CATALYSTS INDUSTRY BOOMS AS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES DRIVE DEMAND LONDON, May 5, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Evolving technologies that enable more environmentally-friendly processes, higher selectivity, and cost efficiencies are helping to further expand the $12.09 billion global market for catalysts. NEW ESTIMATES SHOW 19,000 OHIO CHILDREN ARE LEAD-POISONED State Health Officials Found Just One in Three Lead-Poisoned Kids WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4, 2004 —-/WORLD-WIRE/-- As a state law goes into effect requiring lead testing for all children in high-risk areas, a new investigation from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) estimates that 19,000 Ohio children are lead poisoned. Maps are available at http://www.ewg.org pinpointing neighborhoods where children in Ohio are most likely to be lead-poisoned, along with county-by-county estimates of lead-poisoned children and the number of kids poisoned but not yet tested for lead by health care providers. YALE BOOK: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS NEED URGENT ACTION NEW HAVEN, CONN, May 4, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The international community must take urgent action to address global-scale threats to the environment or face an era of unprecedented environmental decline, argues "Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment," a new book by Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Dean James Gustave Speth. "Time is running out," said Speth, who is also a former chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in the Carter Administration. "We are on the verge of reaping an appalling deterioration of our natural assets. Only unprecedented action taken with a profound sense of urgency can forestall these consequences." USFCC AND ITS MEMBERS TO DISPLAY PORTABLE FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY AT SMALL FUEL CELLS 2004 CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, D.C. May 4, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) and its member companies will participate at the Small Fuel Cells 2004 Conference, May 5-7, 2004, in Arlington, Virginia. MEDIA ADVISORY TELE-PRESS CONFERENCE DOW CHEMICALC SHAREHOLDERS TO VOTE ON BHOPAL LIABILITY RESOLUTION AT MAY 13TH ANNUAL MEETING During 20th Anniversary of World's Worst Industrial Disaster Shareholders Seek To Hold Dow Accountable for Health, Environmental and Social Impacts on Survivors TIME: 11:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time), Thursday, May 6, 2004 CALL IN NUMBER: Toll-Free (U.S.) - 1-888-422-7101 International (Non-U.S.) - 1-608-250-9281 Pass code: 828626 PRESIDENT BUSH NAMES 20 PROMISING YOUNG, SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS ARLINGTON, VA, May 4, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/---President Bush today honored 57 of the nation's most promising young scientists and engineers with 2002 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). HRH THE PRINCESS ROYAL SALUTES WINNERS OF "GREEN" OSCARS LONDON, England, May 3, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- HRH The Princess Royal announced the six winners of the UK's top conservation prize - the Whitley Awards - to a packed audience at the Royal Geographical Society in London on April 29. KEYSPAN CHAIRMAN TO PRESENT IN THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL FORUM 2004 WEBCAST HICKSVILLE, NY, BROOKLYN, NY and BOSTON, MA, May 3, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Robert B. Catell, chairman and CEO of KeySpan, and his executive team will provide an overview of KeySpan's strategy and growth initiatives at the American Gas Association's Financial Forum in Bonita Springs, Florida May 4th at 9:15 am. |
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