Kimberly & Brett wrote:
> 'Dolphin-safe' label disputed
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Environmental groups sued Wednesday to block a
> federal
> decision allowing tuna to be sold as "dolphin-safe" even when it is
> caught
> with the huge, encircling nets once blamed for killing hundreds of
> thousands of dolphins. "It's a death warrant for dolphins," said Sam
> LaBudde, a marine biologist who led the "dolphin-safe" campaign in the
>
> 1980s after posing as a cook on a Mexican tuna boat for six months and
>
> videotaping the slaughter. The decade-old "dolphin-safe" standard,
> which
> bans such nets and requires observers on the tuna boats to certify
> that no
> dolphins are harmed, has dramatically decreased dolphin deaths. But
> the
> Latin American fleet has generally not complied and therefore is
> barred
> from selling its tuna in lucrative U.S. markets. See full story
> <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560769749-5c9>
>
> Amazon replanting effort underway
>
> PORTO TROMBETAS, Brazil (AP) - As a 12-mile conveyor belt carries
> freshly
> mined bauxite through the Amazon jungle, the rust-colored earth
> suddenly
> turns green with thousands of tiny saplings planted in 1998. When it
> reaches an area replanted in 1982, the forest is so tall and thick
> it's
> hard to distinguish it from the original. The reforestation project,
> initiated by the Rio do Norte mining company, is changing the notion
> that
> the jungle must be destroyed to tap its riches - and offers an
> opportunity
> to learn how to repair degraded forests. See full story
> <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560768029-5d6>
Dear K&B,
for some reason all of your "chat" and "E-Mail" ends up in our "Inbox"
and what a lot of mail you and your friends generate! Without meaning to
offend I was wondering if there was a way that your mail could by pass
our school as it clutters up our system. I'm not even sure how you found
a primary school in the south west of Victoria, Australia in the first
place!!!! Maybe it's our service provider.
Hope you can do something from your end
Cheers, Michael (Grade 5/6 teacher)
