And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE (ENS) CLINTON TAKES AIM AT BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL ATTACKS $177 MILLION FOUND FOR DHAKA AIR CRISIS WAY CLEARED FOR BIOTECH CROPS IN EUROPE PHASING OUT THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS CHEMICALS AMERISCAN: JANUARY 22, 1999 E-WIRE * Builders Sue Corps, EPA Over Bird Test For Wetlands Regulation * Memorandum on Pipeline Inspection and Maintenance Signed in California * New Online Resource for Planning Earth Week Festivities For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com *************************************************************************** Send News Tips and Story Leads to [EMAIL PROTECTED] CLINTON TAKES AIM AT BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL ATTACKS WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 1999 (ENS) - President Bill Clinton said today that he intends to ask Congress for an additional $10 billion to address terrorism and terrorist-emerging tools. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jan99/1999L-01-22-03.html *************************************************************************** $177 MILLION FOUND FOR DHAKA AIR CRISIS By Ahmed Faruque Hassan DHAKA, Bangladesh, January 22, 1999 (ENS) - A Dhaka Urban Transport Project has been launched by the government of Bangladesh and the Dhaka city corporation to reduce the traffic problems that have reached crisis proportions in the nation's capital. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jan99/1999L-01-22-04.html *************************************************************************** WAY CLEARED FOR BIOTECH CROPS IN EUROPE BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 22, 1999 (ENS) - The environment committee of the European Parliament has given a boost to the biotechnology industry, by recommending that time-limited authorisations should not be introduced to the European Union (EU) approvals process for new varieties of genetically modified crops. For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jan99/1999L-01-22-02.html *************************************************************************** PHASING OUT THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS CHEMICALS NAIROBI, Kenya, January 22, 1999 (ENS) - For the first time, United Nations member countries are working towards banning an entire class of chemicals - persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jan99/1999L-01-22-01.html *************************************************************************** ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JANUARY 22, 1999 Oceans Hold Health Treasures High Clouds Signal Huge Ozone Hole Senators Object to Revised Clean Water Funding Formula Parks Service Petitioned to Ban Snowmobiles Eco-Friendly Leak Tracer Discovered Canadian Gillnetter Fined for Lake Erie Fishing Bill to Ban MTBE Filed in California Tampa Container Reseller Indicted for Hazardous Wastewater Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jan99/1999L-01-22-09.html *************************************************************************** E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE *************************************************************************** TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDITOR: Builders Sue Corps, EPA Over Migratory Bird Test For Isolated Wetlands Regulation WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -/E-Wire/-- Can a federal agency restrict land use in an isolated wetland not connected to any water body if a migrating bird lands in that wetland? That is the legal question the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Peninsula Housing and Building Association of Newport News, Virginia, posed today. /CONTACT: Neil Gaffney, 202-822-0495, or Lynn Rykowski, 202-822-0366 of the National Association of Home Builders/ /Web site: http://www.nahb.com/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/january/jan229903.html *************************************************************************** E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE *************************************************************************** TO BUSINESS EDITOR: Federal and State Agencies Sign Memorandum of Agreement on Inspection and Maintenance of Oil and Gas Pipelines Offshore California CAMARILLO, Calif., Jan. 22 -/E-Wire/-- The U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region joined federal and State agencies yesterday in signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that provides a framework to assess the present condition and inspection needs of offshore pipelines in California. /CONTACT: John D. Romero of The U.S. Minerals Management Service, 805-389-7520/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/january/jan229902.html *************************************************************************** E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE *************************************************************************** TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS: New Online Resource for Planning Earth Week Festivities CHICAGO, Jan. 22 -/E-Wire/-- Schools, families and PTAs can look ahead to spring and Earth Week, April 18-24, 1999, thanks to resources available on the National PTA web site at http://www.pta.org/ew. The planning site offers ideas from PTA's "Air, Land, and Water" booklet, artwork for magnets, stickers, banners, and posters that can be downloaded, a sample press release, and information from partnering organizations. /CONTACT: Patricia Yoxall, 312-670-6782, or Jennifer Brown, 202-289-6790, both of the National PTA/ /Web site: http://www.pta.org/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/january/jan229901.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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