And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [Editor's Note: Please continue to send in your feedback: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]<<<<<<<<<<<< January 25, 1999 On the web at: http://www.envirolink.org/environews/ Environmental Headlines from Around the Internet: Energy Dept. to review plutonium -- The Energy Department plans to review a private study that claims using a plutonium-based fuel in civilian reactors poses greater safety risks than previously acknowledged, officials said. Read the story: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558150290-671 New microbes posing health risks -- Previously unknown bacteria and viruses blooming in the Earth's warming oceans are killing some marine life and threatening human health, researchers say. Read the story: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558150281-0eb 500 snakes seized in Malaysia -- Customs officers detained two men after stumbling across their boat's slithering cargo of more than 500 snakes, a news report said Saturday. Authorities boarded the boat Friday near Kangar and found the snakes stuffed inside 37 sacks. Read the story: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558156992-0b4 Germany stands firm in nuclear spat -- Germany's plan to abandon nuclear power will be achieved without the government paying damages to companies for broken contracts, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Friday. Read the story: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558151196-c23 Urban Sprawl Foes Speak Out in California -- Co-founders of movement to fight off urban sprawl talk about ensuring that winning initiative is implemented. Read the story: http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/ENVIRON/t000007538.html Chinese Cities' Bad Air Imperils Children -- Millions of children risk disease and death because they live in badly polluted cities, a report finds. The report, issued Sunday by the Washington-based World Resources Institute, lists the 10 cities in the world with the worst air pollution and finds nine out of 10 of them in China. The fifth-worst city is in India. Read the story: http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/ENVIRON/tCB00a0316.html Proposal would employ inmates in salmon restoration -- In a new twist on a decades-old strategy for putting people to work, an Oregon lawmaker wants to bring convicts into the salmon restoration business. Read he story: http://www.djc.com/data/news/19990125/10049338.htm Logging considered as way to prevent fires in Grand Canyon forests -- An experimental plan to log parts of Grand Canyon National Park is being considered by park officials seeking to prevent catastrophic forest fires. Read the story: http://www.djc.com/data/news/19990125/10049312.htm Humpback Whales -- NPR's Alex Chadwick reports on efforts to learn more about humpback whales at the Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary. This is a Radio Expeditions co-production with National Geographic. Hear the story: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/19990125.me.06.ram EnviroLink is a member supported non-profit organization, for membership information, visit: http://www.envirolink.org/membership or call 412-420-6400 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
