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8-31	WTO slaps U.S. with sanctions
8-31	Trade Panel Says Europe Can Impose Penalties on U.S.
8-31	Fundraiser-in-Chief II
8-31	FTC Gives Approval To Giant Oil Merger
8-31	U.S. Approves Water Plan in California, but Environmental Opposition Remains
8-31	Goals Clash at the Summit Meeting on Global Warming
8-31	The Highway Lobby
8-31	Plan to Store Water Below Desert Gains
8-31	Breathing uneasier: 'Smog days' on the rise nationally, new study reports
8-31	O'Brien offers plan on clean air
8-31	SEC Asks Energy Company for Records
8-31	From drought and fire to hail and downpours
8-31	World Summit Generates Tons of Trash
8-30	Tapping the Market: Privatizing the World's Water Supply (Making Contact Radio Program)
8-30	Got Sun?
8-30	Give Solar Energy $50-Billion Boost, Gorbachev Group Says
8-30	Hydrogen Powered BMW Turns Heads at World Summit
8-30	Wabash River Plant in Indiana to Host 1st Clean Coal-Powered Fuel Cell  (As long as there is MTR there is no such thing as "clean" coal!)
8-30	EPA says 'water drilling' for coalbed gas not a threat
8-30	A Heaping Helping of Hypocrisy
8-30	Study members hike in mountains to gaze at haze's impact on nature
8-30	Report says Ohios pollution high; State ranked fifth in the nation for air problems, just behind Calif. and Texas
8-30	Tuvalu seeks help in US global warming lawsuit
8-30	Prague flooded with climate questions
8-30	U.S. Environmental Justice Initiative Calls Upon President Bush to Stop Stonewalling on Global Climate Change
8-30	Three Hundred Citizen Groups Call on Secret World Bank Trade Court to Open Up Bechtel Case Against Bolivia: 'Preview of FTAA'
8-30	We live on great river, but we must be good neighbor
8-30	Another Day, Another $1.1 Million; Bush Fundraising Swings in Okla., Ark. Help Shatter Record
8-30	As Bush Campaigns, Cheney Talks of Iraq
8-30	At Earth Summit, U.S. Backs Private Sector; Officials Call for Partnerships to Aid Poor
8-30	US Blocks Move to Give Powers to Those Threatened by Multinationals
8-30	Facing Criticism, U.S. Pushes Environmental Plans Collaborative Efforts With Corporations Defended at Earth Summit
8-30	Putin Says Privatize Coal Industry
8-29	Conserving nature is like money in the bank
8-29	U.S. Faces Legal Battles as Climate Bogeyman
8-29	Development and a Drought Cut Carolinas' Water Supply
8-29	World Summit Focuses on Fresh Water
8-29	Water security key issue at UN summit
8-29	At Development Talks, U.S. and Its Allies Clash Over Issues of Energy and Pollution
8-29	Earth Summit Unveils Controversial Partnerships
8-29	Democrats Say Bush Blocking Earth Summit Goal
8-29	Arsenic Lingers in Treated Wood ; Group's Study Disputes Government's View of Exposure Risk
8-29	Eco-Friendly Cars Join Fleet
8-29	Industry joins Greenpeace to demand climate action
8-29	Big business needs Kyoto, says industry chief
8-29	Turkish water chief warns supplies low
8-29	City Sprawl Worsens Water Shortages
8-29	Summit: Restoration of Fisheries by 2015 Agreed
8-29	Fishing agreement disappoints conservation groups
8-29	Spoonful of sugar could be right medicine for cars
8-29	Environmental Groups File Petition to Halt to all Tower Construction along Gulf Coast - Say Threat to Birds Must be Addressed
8-28	Highway foes push alternate plan; Environmentalists' plan includes roads and light rail service
8-28	Earth Summit Confronts Global Water Crisis
8-28	Forecast for Future: Deluge and Drought
8-28	Global Warming Victims Sue U.S. for Illegally Funding Fossil Fuel Projects; FoE, Greenpeace, City of Boulder Team Up to Bring Suit
8-28	Saving Water, U.S. Farmers Are Worried They'll Go Dry
8-28	How Dry We Are -- or Are We? Despite Record Drought, Water Supply Adequate for Most
8-28	Who pulled the plug? Drought-related sinkhole may have made Trout Pond go dry
8-28	Trout Thrives in Pa. Treatment Plant
8-28	West Nile virus death toll rises
8-28	Judge: Coalbed Methane Wastewater Not a Pollutant
8-28	West Nile Cut Short the Love of a Lifetime
8-28	Few listen as tiny island of Tuvalu fears destruction from global warming
8-28	Global Warming Threatens Tuvalu
8-28	Solar Cookers Impress Summit Crowd
8-28	Jane Goodall worries anti-terrorism fight distracts from environment
8-28	Primate Expert Speaks at U.N. Summit
8-28	Floods a wake-up call on climate change, scientist says
8-28	U.S., Saudis Oppose Summit Plan on Energy; Move Angers Environmental Groups
8-28	Shredded by FEC; Congress must rescue campaign reform law
8-28	US studies to look at chemicals, Parkinson's
8-27	Bush on Fire George W. Bush's new "Healthy Forests" plan reads like a parody of his administration's standard operating procedure. You see, environmentalists cause forest fires, and those nice corporations will solve the problem if we get out of their way...
8-27	National Lab Runs Truck Hydraulic System on Vegetable Oil
8-27	Acid rain high in Pa., research says; Environmentalists say acid rain not a priority in state
8-27	Global climate change threatens the insurance industry
8-27	Tokyo swelters as all those people produce climate-changing heat
8-27	Governors: Power plan will raise rates; Patton, others say changes to distort markets in South
8-27	Czech chemical plant 'threatens lives'
8-27	Global Greenwashers
8-27	City Offers Farmers Money for Water
8-27	White House asked to reject drilling in Utah canyons
8-27	U.S. farmers seek relief from drought devastation
8-27	Summit: OECD Energy Agency Urges Radical Changes
8-27	Drought Is Seen Pushing Up Power Prices
8-27	Depleted fisheries sound alarm for Earth Summit
8-27	Chinese Will Move Waters to Quench Thirst of Cities
8-26	As Multinationals Run the Taps, Anger Rises Over Water for Profit
8-26	Linking Poverty Aid to the Environment
8-26	Plea for End to World's Rich-Poor Rift as U.N. Forum Opens
8-26	Under the Influence of Ethanol : Pressure to Help Corn Farmers Is Key Part of Energy Deal
8-26	Sitting in a Redwood Tree, Making a Statement
8-26	Gas leak threatens central Europe
8-26	China readying to adopt climate change treaty
8-26	On Farms, a No-Till Tactic on Global Warming
8-25	Forest Service Mislaid $215 Million
8-25	Drowning Freedom in Oil
8-25	"We Are Not The Enemy!" - The Battle of Portland
8-25	Rising temperatures & falling water tables raising food prices; Record world grain harvest shortfall of 83 million tons in prospect
8-25	Delegates meet at global forum
8-25	Earth Summit Urged to Regulate and Clip Wings of Powerful Corporates
8-25	In Race to Tap the Euphrates, the Upper Hand Is Upstream
8-24	US Seems to Value Nigeria's Oil More Than Its Women
8-24	How the West Was Burned: Wildfires in Western Forests
8-24	Bush Fire Plan Draws Critics, Protests
8-24	Ecology of Wildfires
8-24	Sparks fly over forest fire plan; Environmentalists rebuke Bush -- but logging firms delighted
8-23	Catching fire
8-23	U.S. fire policy isn't cutting it
8-23	Logging cuts fire risk, president says
8-23	Fire Ecologist Warns That Bush's Fire Management Protocols Not Be a License for Indiscriminate Logging
8-23	Bush's Forest Safety Plan Kindles a Debate
8-23	Logging plan draws reactions
8-23	Wildfire prevention efforts come up short
8-23	Thin Forests to Prevent Fire, Bush Says ; Controversial Plan Would Boost Logging, Require Rewriting Environmental Law
8-23	Bush Promotes Logging for Fire Management
8-23	Bush vows to halt forest fires by cutting trees; Environmentalists say new plan is aimed at favouring Republicans' friends in logging industry
8-23	Bush eases US logging restrictions
8-23	West Nile Reaches New Mexico, Montana; U.S. Cases Near 300
8-23	Arrests, Teargassing Mar World Summit Preparations
8-23	European Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerating
8-23	Higher food prices forecast as drought bites
8-23	Better Living Through French Fries; Is biodiesel the fuel of the future?
8-23	Norway scraps experiment to dump CO2 at sea
8-22	NY gives $17 mln to develop five wind farms
8-22	Bush scorned for skipping Earth summit
8-22	Transgenic Animals Could Pose Environmental Threat
8-22	WWF and Coalition of Environmental Groups Offer Plan for Protecting Communities and Wildlands from Catastrophic Fires
8-22	Bush to Urge Logging Plan to Help Curb Fires
8-22	Bush, Citing Fires, Will Seek to Ease Laws on Logging
8-21	Bush Seen Easing Forest Thinning Rules
8-21	Bush, Citing Fire Hazards, Wants Logging Rules Eased
8-21	Bush to Propose Easing Logging Rule
8-21	Bush expected to promote new forest policy
8-21	DOH not only source of silt in trout stream, official says
8-21	On an Altered Planet, New Diseases Emerge as Old Ones Re-emerge
8-21	Deaths From West Nile Virus May Be Tied to a Gene Variation
8-21	Windmills on the Water Create Storm on Cape Cod : Concerns About Environment, Tourism Fuel Mass. Debate
8-21	A Pipeline to the Future, Clogged by China's Past? Politics, Economics Complicate Natural Gas Push
8-21	U.S. Ignored Appraisers In Land Deal With Utah; BLM Experts Called Swap A $100 Million Giveaway
8-21	Rain garden a simple answer to polluted runoff
8-21	WWF says Africa under threat from carbon pollution
8-21	Slowing Population Growth Saves Water, Forests
8-21	Dirty Water, Dwindling Resources Threaten Asia-Pacific
8-20	As Alien Invaders Proliferate, Conservationists Change Their Focus
8-20	Bush Not Going to Use Oil Reserves
8-20	Climate Change, Radiation Concern Pacific Leaders
8-20	Zambia Finally Rejects Transgenic Food Aid
8-20	Water disease could kill 76 mln by 2020 - report
8-19	A Nuclear Power Fissure: USEC's Plans for Advanced Plant, Pacts With Russia Cause a Split in Energy Industry
8-19	Protecting sealife protects us
8-19	Senator Presses Justice for Enron Indictments
8-19	ChevronTexaco v. the Women Round II
8-18	Restoring Life To a Dead Zone
8-18	With Earth in the Balance, We're Stuck in Meetings
8-18	Firm to prepare power plant plan
8-18	Utility's PR push doesn't hold water
8-18	Oil firm angry at Nigerian protest
8-17	Water-Borne Diseases May Kill Millions
8-17	On this rangeland, all is not wells; In some parts of the West, new gas-drilling method stirs water-quality concerns
8-17	Bad air days
8-17	Wind flows tear at ozone layer
8-17	Ozone making air as unhealthy as it feels
8-16	'Asian Brown Cloud' poses global threat
8-16	Cleaner Water vs. West Nile Risk ; Retention Ponds Filter Toxins, Harbor Mosquitoes Near Homes
8-16	Sinking Pacific states slam U.S. over sea levels
8-16	Climate Change Threatens the Future of Marine Ecosystems
8-16	'Heat Island' Tokyo Is in Global Warming's Vanguard
8-16	US wind power demand forecast cut for 2002
8-16	Unique new wind turbine puts wind energy on the roof
8-16	Greens don't need the US
8-15	China's Workers
8-15	West Nile feared as horses fall ill in Indiana; 20 dead, 100 ailing in Daviess; owners cautioned on care
8-15	Devastating summer rains plague the Continent's wettest season
8-15	Extreme weather boosts calls for action on climate
8-15	Earth Summit must address the food and water shortages, U.N. report says
8-15	Western wildfires stoke political tensions over forest policy
8-14	Congress to get update on government Enron investigation
8-14	Fishing industry reeling from drought as falling water levels kill fish
8-14	Energy Department nearing decision on relocating at-risk nuclear material
8-14	Drug smugglers jump into endangered species trade (also toxic waste trade)
8-14	Asian smog impact needs 5 years study, says U.N. body chief
8-14	Report: Enron Manipulated Market
8-14	Report Voices Suspicions on Energy Crisis
8-14	Agency To Probe Energy Firms
8-14	New head of U.N. climate body vows independence
8-13	Explosion: Pipeline safety important
8-12	Fearing Theft, U.S. Plans to Relocate Nuclear Fuel
8-12	Congress to Get Update on Govt Enron Investigation
8-12	Nuclear Material at Los Alamos May Be Moved
8-12	Water's Flow From Private Hands : Thirsty, Growing States Turn to New Sources to Meet Demand
8-12	Proposal may push energy prices up
8-10	U.S. Seeks to Limit Conservation Law
8-10	Retreat of world's glaciers a stark sign of global warming
8-9	One Survives, 18 Die in China Coal Mine Disaster
8-8	Enron NPR, All Things Considered
8-8	Ex-Executives Say Sham Deal Helped Enron
8-7	Earth Summit Experts Available For Comment
8-7	Officials confirm West Nile virus in Putnam bird
8-6	Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies; Ultimatum Urged To Pentagon Board
8-6	For Big Oil, Open Door in Far East of Russia
8-6	Abraham: Bush's Call Use of SPR Oil
8-6	Oil companies agree to $28 million settlement in Tahoe MTBE case
8-5	World heading for warmest year yet - UK Met Office
8-5	Researchers create model to help track West Nile virus; Virus has killed 22 in U.S. since it showed up
8-4	Feel the heat: A realistic scenario of global warming for the not-too-distant future
8-4	Choking on climate change
8-4	Can we develop an urge to preserve?
8-4	IMF pushing South America into default
8-4	Powder River Showdown
8-4	Hoping for a City Full of Farms on Rooftops
8-4	When Energy Comes From Russia, It's Also Power
8-4	Poisoned Back Into Poverty: As China Embraces Capitalism, Hazards to Workers Rise
8-4	Cattle Farmers Feeling The Heat ; Weather Takes Toll On Animals, Profits
8-4	Air Pollution Linked to Heart Damage From Exercise
8-4	Anxiety Felt in Louisiana After 4 West Nile Deaths
8-3	Senator Byrd rails against Trade Authority for White House   WV Public Radio
8-3	World Atlas of Biodiversity: A Global Picture of Death, Damage and Destruction
8-3	UN Atlas of Biodiversity Maps Human Impact
8-3	Alternative currency promotes fresh thinking about sustainable economics
8-3	World heading for warmest year yet - UK Met Office
8-3	Four Are Killed in Big Outbreak of West Nile Virus on Gulf Coast
8-3	West Nile Virus Claims Four Lives in Louisiana
8-3	Administration Approves Stiff Penalties for Diesel Engine Emissions, Angering Industry
8-3	EPA Refuses to Delay Diesel Rule
8-3	White House Told to Turn Over More Data on Energy Panel
8-3	Volcano scenario rises at Yucca site; New studies ordered; model sees nuclear disaster potential
8-2	Energy regulators propose new rules for electricity markets
8-2	A World Awash In Hormones
8-2	Surge in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Cited; Report Blames Automakers for Catering to Demand for Fuel-Inefficient Vehicles
8-2	The Future of Cleaner Cars
8-2	Keeping foreign critters at bay; As trade increases so do invasions that can cripple local flora and fauna
8-2	Federal Judge Threatens To Hold Norton In Contempt For Failure To Comply With Manatee Protection Deal
8-2	New Study Reveals Voters of Color View Campaign Finance as an Equality Issue, Support Full Public Funding of Elections
8-2	Iran Nuclear Issue Sours U.S.-Russian Talks on Energy
8-2	Senators Press Bush on Clean Air ; Letter Urges Delay In Changing Rules
8-2	Senate Grants Bush Authority on Trade Deals
8-2	Senate passes trade bill; Byrd warns that fast track hurts US workers
8-1	Hemp NAFTA Suit Begins Arbitration Phase; Canadian Hemp Grower and U.S. to Select Arbitrators for Chapter 11 Claim
8-1	Delays Seen in Superfund Cleanup Projects
8-1	Bush Faces Questions on Offshore Affiliates
8-1	Lack of Terrorism Insurance Puts Utilities at Risk