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>U.S. SENATE REJECTS NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY

>GLOBAL FREE TRADE: ENVIRONMENTAL BANE OR BALM?

>UN PINPOINTS FOUR POLLUTED BALKAN HOT-SPOTS

>FUTURISTIC CLEAN CARS RUN ON SOLAR, BIODIESEL OR DME

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>AMERISCAN: OCTOBER 14, 1999

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>* 2000 Environmental & Safety Compliance Calendar on CD-ROM Now Available

>* AT & T Receives International Telework Excellence in Telework Award

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>U.S. SENATE REJECTS NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY

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>WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 1999 (ENS) - The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday

>night to reject the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, dealing a major blow to

>the international pact that has been the focus of efforts to control the

>global spread of nuclear weapons. The White House, environmental groups and

>the governments of other nations were quick to condemn the move, which may

>send a dangerous message to countries interested in developing nuclear

>weapons.

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>GLOBAL FREE TRADE: ENVIRONMENTAL BANE OR BALM?

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>GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 1999 (ENS) - Trade need not be an enemy of

>the environment says a new World Trade Organization report released today

>which maintains that " trade barriers generally make for poor environmental

>policy. "

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>UN PINPOINTS FOUR POLLUTED BALKAN HOT-SPOTS

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>STOCKHOLM, Sweden, October 14, 1999 - Pollution detected by United Nations

>scientific teams at four environmental hot spots in Serbia is serious and

>poses a threat to human health. The Balkans Task Force in its final report

>concludes that the Kosovo conflict did not cause an environmental

>catastrophe affecting the Balkans region as a whole, but Pancevo,

>Kragujevac, Novi Sad and Bor are all in need of immediate clean up action.

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>FUTURISTIC CLEAN CARS RUN ON SOLAR, BIODIESEL OR DME

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>WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 1999 (ENS) - Some of the newest fuel options to

>make road travel nearly pollution free seem almost like alchemy - turning

>lead into gold. Scientists are now taking materials that have traditionally

>been discarded, from grass clippings and chips to used vegetable oil, and

>creating clean, green fuels. Other researchers are looking at ways to turn

>energy from the sun into horsepower - giving a whole new meaning to the

>term sunroof.

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>ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: OCTOBER 14, 1999

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>White House: Ag Budget Shortchanges Farmers, Environment

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>Public Forums Address Agricultural Conservation

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>Captured Colorado Poachers Face High Fines

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>Fisheries Agency Sued Over Depleted Groundfish

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>Where There’s Smoke, There’s No Rain

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>Oregon Recycles More, But Wastes More Too

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>Public Comments Sought on Hanford Reactor Restart

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>Nuclear Plant Safety Reviews Now Online

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>Coastal and Ocean Stewards Honored

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>Bear Festival Promotes Peaceful Coexistence

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>2000 Environmental & Safety Compliance Calendar on CD-ROM Now Available

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> CARY, N.C., Oct. 14 -/E-Wire/-- Environmental Resource Center

>announced today that their 2000 Environmental & Safety Compliance Calendar

>is now available, and is available for the first time on CD-ROM as well as

>in print. Included in this calendar are essential compliance dates for each

>major environmental and safety law, as well as telephone numbers for state

>and federal regulatory agencies.

> /CONTACT: Tammy Silverthorne, Vice President of Environmental

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>Center, 919-469-1585, ext. 226, or fax, 919-469-4137, or e-mail,

>tsilverthorne@... /

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>TO BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:

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>AT & T Receives The International Telework Association & Council Fortune 1000

>Excellence in Telework Award

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> NEW YORK, Oct. 14 -/E-Wire/-- The International Telework Association

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>Council (ITAC) announced the recipients of its 1999 Stars of Telework

Awards

>during its Sixth Annual International Telework Conference that was held in

>Seattle, October 3-6. AT & T received the organization's Fortune 1000

>Excellence in Telework Award.

> /CONTACT: Neale of AT & T, 908-221-7249, cneale@.../

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