And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:58:43 -0700 >From: Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: (ENS) NEWS DECEMBER 29, 1998 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE (ENS) > >KASHMIR FORESTS TORCHED BY INDO-PAKISTANI WAR >COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT KEY TO PROTECTION >CANCER CLUSTER APPEARS NEAR ILLEGAL NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP IN SICILY >EU ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL AGREES ON MOTOR POLLUTION, OZONE DEPLETERS >CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSESS Y2K PLANT SAFETY >NETHERLANDS PLEDGES $14.5 MILLION FOR ENVIRONMENT > >E-WIRE >* Industry Mounts New Attack on Wilderness, Warns Heritage Forests Campaign > >For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com >*************************************************************************** >Send News Tips and Story Leads to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >*************************************************************************** > >KASHMIR FORESTS TORCHED BY INDO-PAKISTANI WAR > >By Ahmar Mustikhan >KARACHI, Pakistan, December 29, 1998 (ENS) - A huge forest fire set off by >the fight between India and Pakistan over Kashmir is ravaging the >picturesque Neelam Valley, on the Pakistani side of the disputed >territories, according to reports from the Azad Jammu and Kashmir�s (AJK) >state capital of Muzzarabad. >Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1998 >For Full Text and Graphics Visit: >http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec98/1998L-12-29-02.html >*************************************************************************** > >COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT KEY TO PROTECTION > >By Diane Jukofsky >MORAVIA, Costa Rica, December 29, 1998 (ENS) - An ambitious conservation >project called AMISCONDE concluded in 1998, after five years of work >outside La Amistad Biosphere Reserve, a 4.4 million acre (1.8 million >hectare) park extending from southern Costa Rica into Panama. >Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1998 >For Full Text and Graphics Visit: >http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec98/1998L-12-29-01.html >*************************************************************************** > >CANCER CLUSTER APPEARS NEAR ILLEGAL NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP IN SICILY > >By Susanna Jacona Salafia >ROME, Italy, December 22, 1998 (ENS) - An old unused Sicilian potassium and >sulphur mine is now suspected of being an illegal depository for a large >amount of nuclear waste. >Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1998 >For Full Text and Graphics Visit: >http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec98/1998L-12-22-01.html >*************************************************************************** > >EU ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL AGREES ON MOTOR POLLUTION, OZONE DEPLETERS > >BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 23, 1998 (ENS) - European Union environment >ministers rounded off Austria's term as EU presidency Monday with key >political agreements aimed at cutting air pollution from road traffic and >phasing out further ozone-depleting substances. >For Full Text and Graphics Visit: >http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec98/1998L-12-23-02.html >*************************************************************************** > >CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSESS Y2K PLANT SAFETY > >By Claire W. Gilbert, Ph.D. >WASHINGTON, DC, December 23, 1998 (ENS) - Chemical industry executives >responsible for dealing with the Year 2000 computer problem are making >computer corrections. But they are also looking at contingency plans and >emergency response plans they told a gathering here Friday hosted by the >Chemical Safety Board, a government agency, to report on Y2K plant safety. >Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1998 >For Full Text and Graphics Visit: >http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec98/1998L-12-23-01.html >*************************************************************************** > >NETHERLANDS PLEDGES $14.5 MILLION FOR ENVIRONMENT > >WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 1998 (ENS) - The Netherlands government has >announced a US$14.5 million package of grants for environmental >initiatives. The resources, which will be channeled through the World Bank >for expenditure in 1999, will fund 20 initiatives. >Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1998 >For Full Text and Graphics Visit: >http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec98/1998L-12-29-03.html > >*************************************************************************** > E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE >*************************************************************************** > >TO NATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS: > >Industry Mounts New Attack on Wilderness, Warns Heritage Forests Campaign >Oil, Agricultural, and Chemical Interests Join Timber Lobbyists In Peddling >Misstatements to Journalists > > WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -/E-Wire/-- A fresh attack on wilderness has been >mounted by a so-called institute sponsored by Amoco, Occidental Chemical, >American Petroleum Institute, American Farm Bureau, Chlorine Chemical >Council, Philip Morris Cos. and others. > > /CONTACT: Peter Kelley for Heritage Forests Campaign, 202-887-8831, >ext. 210/ > >For Full Text and Graphics Visit: >http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/december/dec299801.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. 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