Fw: GNET Direct For Monday, September 27, 1999

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>Washington Nuclear Waste Site Bubbling Over

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>RICHLAND, WA, September 27, 1999 - A huge radioactive mess is rising toward

the top of a million-gallon tank of nuclear waste like a poorly-poured glass

of beer.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8529

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>Gore Supporters Divided on Green Issue

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>WASHINGTON, September 27, 1999 - The presidential campaign of Vice

President Al Gore is experiencing a schism over how much to trumpet his

environmental credentials, and how much to downplay them for the ears of

business and industry.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8528

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>Toxic Landfill in Georgia Burning Out of Control

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>THOMSON, GA, September 27, 1999 - A landfill in Georgia where industrial

waste and toxic materials were dumped for nearly 50 years is burning out of

control.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8527

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>EPA Tries to Reduce Toxins in Great Lakes

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>CHICAGO, September 27, 1999 - The EPA announced stringent new regulations

on Friday that are aimed at sharply reducing levels of mercury, dioxin and

several other of the most toxic industrial chemicals discharged into the

Great Lakes.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8526

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>Vice President Calls for Protection of Great Lakes Basin

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>WASHINGTON, September 27, 1999 - US Vice President Al Gore has called for a

>moratorium on the export of Great Lakes water in order to enhance

protection of the Great Lakes basin and its economy

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8524

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>Asbestos-Digesting Foam Wins Award

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>UPTON, NY, September 27, 1999 - An asbestos-digesting foam, which

chemically digests the asbestos fibers in fireproofing and other materials

while maintaining the material's functional properties, has been named an

R & D 100 Award winner.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8523

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>Test of Energy Efficient Lighting Launched

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>BERKELEY, CA, September 27, 1999 - Lighting systems researchers have

announced that they will demonstrate the energy saving potential of compact

fluorescent lamp-based torchieres as a safer alternative to the halogen

torchiere.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8521

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>New Invention Improves Auto Engines

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>CAMBRIDGE, MA, September 27, 1999 - When Massachusetts Institute of

Technology professor Slocum gave a talk to engineers at the Ford Motor

Company two years ago, it set off a cascade of events that led to an

invention that could cut manufacturing costs for many automotive engines

while increasing their performance.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8520

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