Fw: December 22, 1999 GNET Direct

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>Feds, Ontario Communities Join in Low-Level Radioactive Waste Cleanup

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>OTTAWA, December 22, 1999 - Low-level radioactive waste sites in Port Hope,

Hope Township and Clarington are now closer to being cleaned up as the

Government of Canada and municipal councils are ready to negotiate legal

agreements for the local long-term management of these wastes.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=9043

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>First images from Landsat 7 Include Volcanoes, Drought and Floods

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>GREENBELT, MD, December 22, 1999 - The images acquired by the new Landsat 7

spacecraft have exceeded scientists' expectations and with the satellite's

state-of-the-art instrument and new computer ground systems, researchers

have closely monitored such events as erupting volcanoes in Hawaii, Italy

and Latin America, the severe drought in the mid-Atlantic region and the

devastating floods in North Carolina.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=9042

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>JMU Students Helping Make 'Digital Earth' a Reality

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>HARRISONBURG, VA, December 22, 1999 - The ability to sit at a computer and

take a three-dimensional tour of any geographic locale on Earth is becoming

a reality thanks, in part, to nine students from Madison University's

College of Integrated Science and Technology.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=9041

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>Survey Gauges Candidates' Views on Budget and Tax Support for Energy

Efficiency, Renewable Energy

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>WASHINGTON, December 22, 1999 - The Sustainable Energy Coalition has

released a

>side-by-side comparison of the major US presidential candidates' views on

providing federal budget and tax support to develop and promote renewable

energy and energy efficiency technologies. The survey finds that most

Republicans, other than McCain, are silent about, or hostile to, sustainable

energy programs.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=9040

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>New Technology could Make Solar Energy More Viable

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>OAK RIDGE, TN, December 21, 1999 - Solar energy could get a huge shot in

the arm, effectively gaining a threefold improvement over conventional

technology, with a system now under development. What researchers are

calling a " full-spectrum solar energy system, " harnesses the clean and

abundant energy found in sunlight and uses that energy more efficiently than

is possible with traditional solar energy systems.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=9039

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>President Clinton Announces New Clean Air Initiative

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>December 22, 1999 - President Clinton has announced new standards that are

aimed at providing cleaner air, cars, and gasoline to the US. The new rules

are designed to reduce harmful air pollution, such as smog-causing nitrogen

oxides, in " flexible and cost-effective ways. "

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=9038

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>Purify Your Home's Air with Plants

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>CINCINATTI, December 22, 1999 - To help remove certain pollutants from the

air in your home the answer is as simple as growing a few plants.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=9036