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>ELEPHANT POACHING RAMPANT ON 10th ANNIVERSARY OF IVORY TRADE BAN

>EPA RESTRICTS PLANTING OF BIOTECH CORN

>URGENT ACTION AFOOT TO SAVE VANISHING TIGERS

>DELHI ALLOWS POLLUTING INDUSTRIES TO REOPEN

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>AMERISCAN: JANUARY 17, 2000

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>ELEPHANT POACHING RAMPANT ON 10th ANNIVERSARY OF IVORY TRADE BAN

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>LONDON, UK, January 17, 2000 (ENS) - Today is the 10th anniversary of the

>international ban on trade in elephant ivory, the day chosen by the

>Environmental Investigation Agency to release new figures showing the

>incidence of elephant poaching is once again skyrocketing.

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>EPA RESTRICTS PLANTING OF BIOTECH CORN

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>WASHINGTON, DC, January 17, 2000 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection

>Agency (EPA) has announced unprecedented new restrictions on the planting

of

>genetically modified corn. The measures are intended to reduce the risk

that

>the modified crop could cause ecological disruptions, harm nontarget

species

>like monarch butterflies, and lead to increased pesticide resistance in

>insects.

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>URGENT ACTION AFOOT TO SAVE VANISHING TIGERS

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>NAIROBI, Kenya, January 17, 2000 (ENS) - A team of senior United Nations

>officials representing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered

>Species (CITES) will visit India and Japan this month in an effort to

>promote immediate action to reverse the alarming decline in wild tiger

>populations.

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>DELHI ALLOWS POLLUTING INDUSTRIES TO REOPEN

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>By Devinder Sharma

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>DELHI, India, January 17, 2000 (ENS) - India's capital district of Delhi,

>the fourth most polluted city in the world, allowed 372 of the 650

>industrial units served with a closure notice for pollution in December, to

>reopen this week.

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>ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JANUARY 17, 2000

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>U.S. Population May Double This Century

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>Rapid Evolution Makes Invasive Species More Dangerous

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>Two Hawaiian Cave Species Listed as Endangered

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>Permits Issued to Shoot Problem Wolf in Wyoming

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>Starter Kit Helps Governments Buy Green

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>Water Agency Seeks Protection from Environmental Prosecutions

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>Innovative Fume Hood Saves Energy, Protects Workers

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>New Microturbine Could Compete Against Fuel Cells

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>Philadelphia Launches Green City Initiative

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>Log On to Loggerhead Migration

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>HEALING OUR WORLD: WEEKLY COMMENT By Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D.

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>WHO'S HOGGING THE VALUES?

>Hear me, four quarters of the world - a relative I am!

>Give me the strength to walk the soft earth,

>a relative to all that is!

>-- Black Elk

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>The world’s third largest hog farm will be located on tribal land in a

>remote Indian reservation in South Dakota, further diminishing Native

>American values, the sovereignty of states, and providing another example

of

>the eroding confidence in some tribal leaders. Those concerned with the

>human treatment of farm animals will also be troubled to learn that 869,000

>hogs per year will be housed in 232 barns in this massive factory farm.

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