And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE (ENS) INDIA'S HIGH COURT STOPS FIELD TRIALS OF BIOTECH COTTON STRONG LA NI�A EQUALS GLOBAL WEATHER EXTREMES LAST MINUTE LIFE BREATHED INTO BIOSAFETY MEETING UK GROUPS CLAIM GM CROP BAN COULD BE LEGAL AMERISCAN: FEBRUARY 23, 1999 E-WIRE * Gore Calls Natural Gas 'Vital' To Climate Change, Economic Growth * DMG Acquires Remaining Interest in e data resources, inc. For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com *************************************************************************** Send News Tips and Story Leads to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************** INDIA'S HIGH COURT STOPS FIELD TRIALS OF BIOTECH COTTON By Frederick Noronha NEW DELHI, India, February 23, 1999 (ENS) - India's highest court, the Supreme Court, today intervened on the issue of allowing trials of genetically-engineered Bt cotton by companies linked to biotechnology giant Monsanto. The cotton has been altered by biotechnology to incorporate the bacterium bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a naturally occurring insecticide. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/feb99/1999L-02-23-03.html *************************************************************************** STRONG LA NI�A EQUALS GLOBAL WEATHER EXTREMES CAMP SPRINGS, Maryland, February 23, 1999 (ENS) - This year's La Ni�a is one of the strongest in the past 50 years, say scientists at the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/feb99/1999L-02-23-04.html *************************************************************************** LAST MINUTE LIFE BREATHED INTO BIOSAFETY MEETING CARTAGENA, Colombia, February 23, 1999 (ENS) - Talks on a Biosafety Protocol continue here although no agreement was reached in time for the start of the special high-level session Monday morning. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/feb99/1999L-02-23-02.html *************************************************************************** UK GROUPS CLAIM GM CROP BAN COULD BE LEGAL LONDON, UK, February 23, 1999 (ENS) - Two UK environmental groups have put further pressure on the Blair government to introduce a moratorium on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) crops by citing a legal opinion which concludes that European Union and World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules should not preclude such a move. For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/feb99/1999L-02-23-01.html *************************************************************************** ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: FEBRUARY 23, 1999 Smog-Reducing Gas Additive MTBE Blamed for Foul Drinking Water Oregon Shipwreck's Bow Could Be Towed Out Wednesday Seattle Fur Auction Target of Electronic Civil Disobedience Warming Climate Provokes Spread of Oyster Diseases Swift Fox Re-Established in Montana Guidelines Set for Oil Tanker Travel in Alaska's Cook Inlet Tampa Bay Water Desalination Breaking Price Barriers Seals to be Cleared From San Diego Children's Pool Tiny Tinian Flycatcher Recovers Since WWII Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/feb99/1999L-02-23-09.html *************************************************************************** E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE *************************************************************************** TO NATIONAL, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS: Vice President Gore Calls Natural Gas 'Vital' To Tempering Climate Change and Promoting Economic Growth WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -/E-Wire/-- Vice President Albert Gore Jr. says that the use of natural gas is vital to meet America's increasing energy needs and environmental goals, in an interview to appear in the March issue of American Gas magazine, published by the American Gas Association (A.G.A.) /CONTACT: Daphne Magnuson of the American Gas Association, 703-841-8661/ /Web site: http://www.aga.org/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/february/feb239902.html *************************************************************************** E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE *************************************************************************** TO BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS: DMG Information Agrees Terms to Acquire the Remaining Interest in e data resources, inc. 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