-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:41:48 -0700 Send reply to: "Environment News Service (ENS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: (ENS) NEWS SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE (ENS) KFOR HELICOPTERS DUMP WASTE IN MACEDONIAN LAKES MICROBES MUNCH ON TOXIC WASTE BENEATH IDAHO LAB MACMILLAN BLOEDEL GETS CASH, NOT LAND, FOR PARKS INCOMING EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER APPLAUDED AMERISCAN SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 HEALING OUR WORLD: WEEKLY COMMENT SORRY RACHEL: DDT IS STILL HERE E-WIRE * First Commercial Solar Plant Constructed As a Result of Customer Choice * New Technology Converts Atmospheric Heat to Electricity; Produces Zero Emissions * AT&T Announces 1999 Champions of the Environment * 'Win Your Weight in Sapphires' Contest For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com ************************************************************************** * Send News Tips and Story Leads to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************** * KFOR HELICOPTERS DUMP WASTE IN MACEDONIAN LAKES By Natasa Dokovska SKOPJE, Macedonia, September 7, 1999 (ENS) - Helicopters from the Kosovo International Peace Implementation Force (KFOR) have ejected unknown waste during the past week into two Macedonian lakes. KFOR has produced no answers to the urgent questions of the Macedonian government about the two incidents. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-07-02.html ************************************************************************** * MICROBES MUNCH ON TOXIC WASTE BENEATH IDAHO LAB By Catherine Lazaroff BERKELEY, California, September 7, 1999 (ENS) - Microorganisms in the rock seventy five meters between the Earth's surface in Idaho are eating away at radioactive wastes - and they do so faster if fed a steady diet of pollutants from leaky fuel tanks. A study by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory may lead to new, environmentally friendly techniques for cleaning up toxic wastes. For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-07-06.html ************************************************************************** * MACMILLAN BLOEDEL GETS CASH, NOT LAND, FOR PARKS By Drew Snider VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada, September 7, 1999 (ENS) - The province of British Columbia will not trade one set of publicly owned lands for creating parkland out of another set of publicly owned lands. Forests Minister Dave Zirnhelt announced Friday the government will pay giant forest company MacMillan Bloedel in cash for tree farm licenced lands it turned over to the province for parks. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-07-01.html ************************************************************************** * INCOMING EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER APPLAUDED BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 7, 1999 (ENS) - The European Union will get a 6th environmental action programme (EAP) when the current one expires next year. The European Parliament will have equal powers with the Council of Ministers over its shape, incoming environment commissioner Margot Wallström said yesterday. Published in cooperation with ENDS Environment Daily Website: http://www.ends.co.uk/envdaily } For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-07-03.html ************************************************************************** * ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 WILDFIRES RAGE ON; NEVADA DECLARES DISASTER AREA TROPICAL STORM, TORNADO HIT WEEKEND VACATIONERS TEN PLANTS ADDED TO HAWAII'S ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST JULY SEWAGE SPILLS POLLUTE COLORADO RIVER LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT AFFECTS WATERY ECOSYSTEMS $8.2 MILLION DEDICATED TO ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS NEW JERSEY FUEL TESTERS FALSIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL DATA NEW TECHNOLOGY REDUCES SULFUR IN GASOLINE ENVIRONMENTAL SCORECARD RANKS AUTO ASSEMBLY PLANTS COASTAL CLEANUP DAY TARGETS SHORELINE POLLUTION For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-07-09.html ************************************************************************** * HEALING OUR WORLD: WEEKLY COMMENT SORRY RACHEL: DDT IS STILL HERE By Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D. The efforts of Rachel Carson and the publication of her groundbreaking book, "Silent Spring" in 1962, were responsible for the eventual banning of the deadly pesticide DDT in the U.S. on June 14, 1972. Carson proved that the chemical was responsible for the deaths of thousands of birds, bringing many species to the brink of extinction. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-07g.html ************************************************************************** * E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE ************************************************************************** * TO TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS AND ENERGY EDITORS: GreenMountain.com Announces First Commercial Solar Plant to Be Constructed As a Result of Customer Choice 132 kW Solar Plant to be Located at Real Goods Solar Living Center SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7 -/E-Wire/-- GreenMountain.com, through its Green Mountain Energy(SM) brand, the nation's leading brand of cleaner electricity, announced that it has entered into an agreement with GPU Solar and Real Goods (Nasdaq: RGTC) to build the first commercial solar plant in California directly resulting from customer choice. The Real Goods Solar Living Center in Hopland, California will host the 132 kW solar plant. GPU Solar, a joint venture between AstroPower, Inc. (Nasdaq: APWR) and GPU International (NYSE: GPU), will build, own and operate the solar plant which will provide clean power to the California electric grid. /CONTACT: Karen Woodbury of GreenMountain.com, 415-439-5310, [EMAIL PROTECTED]; or Pat Dool of GPU Solar, 973-263-6951 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]; or Tanya Queen of Real Goods Trading Corporation, 707-521-4462, or [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ (RGTC APWR GPU) /Web site: http://www.powerlight.com/ /Web site: http://www.realgoods.com/ /Web site: http://www.greenmountain.com/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/07sept9903.html ************************************************************************** * E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE ************************************************************************** * TO BUSINESS, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS: Entropy System's New Technology Converts Atmospheric Heat to Electricity; Produces Zero Emissions and Uses No Fossil or Nuclear Fuels YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. 7 -/E-Wire/-- Production and consumption of energy is the largest business in the world. After seven years and $3.4 million, Entropy Systems Inc., (ESI) has developed engine technology that produces power, by absorbing heat from atmospheric air, that can be at any temperature (even sub-zero). No fossil fuels or any nuclear materials are required to operate these engines and therefore they do not produce any pollution. In other words ESI engines are Room Temperature Superconductors of heat. ESI engines require no cryogenic liquids or any fuel storage systems and can be used to run Automobiles, Boats, Lawnmowers and Generators. /CONTACT: Allison Haake of Entropy Systems Inc., 330-726-2051, or fax, 330-726-2052/ /Web site: http://www.entropysystems.com/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/07sept9901.html ************************************************************************** * E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE ************************************************************************** * TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDITOR: AT&T Announces 1999 Champions of the Environment BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 7 -/E-Wire/-- Today, AT&T announced its 1999 Champions of the Environment winners. Started in 1995 on the 25th anniversary of Earth Day, Champions of the Environment underscores AT&T's commitment to helping the environment while recognizing employees who demonstrate their care for the future of our planet. /CONTACT: John Heath of AT&T, 908-221-6659, [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ (T) /Web site: http://www.att.com/ehs/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/07sept9902.html ************************************************************************** * E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE ************************************************************************** * TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS: Weighing in at 25 Carats ... AmericanSapphire.com Marks Sapphire Month With 'Win Your Weight in Sapphires' Contest TORONTO, Sept. 7 -/E-Wire/-- From Web site to mine site at the click of a mouse. American Gem Corporation (Toronto: GEM) celebrates Sapphire Month this September with its Win Your Weight in Sapphires contest, a chance to win a trip to Montana to spend the weekend mining for raw sapphires simply by visiting the company's new Web site: www.AmericanSapphire.com . /CONTACT: Allison Seminara of Environics, 203-325-8772, ext. 26, or [EMAIL PROTECTED], for American Gem Corporation/ (GEM) /Web site: http://www.AmericanSapphire.com/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/07sept9904.html ************************************************************************** * To Find Out How To Transmit Your News On E-Wire Call 1-888-764-NEWS E-Wire Is Broadcast To Millions Of Readers Worldwide. ************************************************************************** * Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1991-1998. All Rights Reserved. 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