And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE (ENS) G-8 LEADERS LINK ENVIRONMENT WITH TRADE TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE COULD CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR EUROPE WILDERNESS SOCIETY NAMES 15 MOST ENDANGERED WILD LANDS FINDING NEW OIL IN OLD GROUND AMERISCAN: JUNE 21, 1999 HEALING OUR WORLD: WEEKLY COMMENT Y6B - It's Really Coming E-WIRE * ISSI Consulting Teams with Map Publisher to Create Updated Colorado Recreational Atlas * Rio Grande Basin Water Resources Study Contract Awarded by COE & NM Stream Commission For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com *************************************************************************** Send News Tips and Story Leads to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************** G-8 LEADERS LINK ENVIRONMENT WITH TRADE TALKS COLOGNE, Germany, June 21, 1999 (ENS) - The major industrialized countries of the Group of Eight (G-8) ended their 25th annual summit Sunday by pledging to seek "a more effective way within the World Trade Organization (WTO) for addressing the trade and environment relationship and promoting sustainable development and social and economic welfare worldwide." Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jun99/1999L-06-21-01.html *************************************************************************** CLIMATE CHANGE COULD CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR EUROPE LONDON, UK, June 21, 1999 (ENS) - Global warming and changes in rainfall patterns may have wide-ranging impacts on health in Europe, says a team of researchers in this week's "British Medical Journal." The team is part of the International Working Group on the early human health effects of climate change, convened by the Rome division of the World Health Organisation European Centre for Environment and Health. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jun99/1999L-06-21-03.html *************************************************************************** WILDERNESS SOCIETY NAMES 15 MOST ENDANGERED WILD LANDS WASHINGTON, DC, June 21, 1999 (ENS) - The Wilderness Society released its 1999 report on America's "15 Most Endangered Wild Lands" today. This third annual listing of endangered national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges and Bureau of Land Management lands nationwide focuses heavily this year on the western half of the country and on Alaska. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jun99/1999L-06-21-02.html *************************************************************************** FINDING NEW OIL IN OLD GROUND SYDNEY, Australia, June 21, 1999 (ENS) - A new technology developed by Australian scientists is finding oil deposits in areas that had been given up as too poor to prospect. It could save oil companies millions of dollars by reducing the risk and cost of unnecessary exploration and could lead to exploratory activities in areas previously untouched. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jun99/1999L-06-21-04.html *************************************************************************** ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JUNE 21, 1999 TEXAS ELECTRICITY DEREGULATION ADDS RENEWABLES TO THE MIX Texas Electricity Deregulation Adds Renewables to the Mix Texas Governor George W. Bush, a Republican, signed an electricity deregulation bill on June 18 that commits the state to developing 2,000 megawatts of new renewable energy sources by 2009, enough to meet the entire needs of 1.2 million homes. The bill includes precedent setting commitments to clean up the state's existing power plants... Deadline Extended for Listing Lynx as Threatened The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended for six months the deadline on a proposal to list the Canada lynx as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. The deadline had been July 8..... Fuel Cell Brightens California Camp Ground The first commercially available fuel cell/photovoltaic hybrid power system will be dedicated Tuesday at Kirby Cove in California's Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The system will provide power for a camp ground open seven months of the year. Replacing an existing power line would have cost the Park Service approximately $160,000. The new power system combines a 2.5 kilowatt fuel cell, a 9.6 kilowatt photovoltaic system, and 9 kilowatt hours of battery storage. It costs only $47,000, a savings of $113,000. New Wildlife Refuge for California’s San Diego Bay A new 2,200 acre, coastal wildlife refuge has been created by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in South San Diego Bay. The South San Diego Bay Wildlife Refuge is an important wetlands stopover for migrating birds on the Pacific flyway. Environmentalists have been trying for years to have the area protected. The Bay was once a calving area for gray whales and home to native wildlife including osprey, halibut, mussels and lobster, but 90 percent of the original habitat was destroyed by filling and development. Numbers of waterfowl wintering on the Bay have dwindled by 90 percent. .... Pennsylvania Executives Charged for Falsifying Tests Two Pennsylvania executives and their company were charged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 9 with providing false environmental test results to hundreds of customers. Hydro-Analysis Associates Inc. (HAA) of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, its president, Randy Haring, and the former laboratory director, Robert Spare, were charged with making false statements to the EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, mail fraud and violating the Clean Water Act. Between 1994 and 1998, the defendants falsely told their customers that they were using proper instruments and equipment and that they were using EPA certified methods to perform tests on drinking water, wastewater, soils and underground storage tanks. The EPA says the defendants were not using the proper instruments and had no quality control procedures in place to ensure accurate test results......... BP Chemicals Cited for Clean Air Violations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 has cited BP Chemicals, Inc., for alleged violation of federally enforceable State clean air regulations at the company's plant on Ft. Amanda Rd., Lima, Ohio. The EPA said BP Chemicals began building a unit to make butanediol, a hazardous air pollutant, before its permit to prevent significant deterioration of air quality in the area became effective. Companies must get this kind of permit before they can build or modify air pollution sources in areas that already meet national health based air quality standards for all air pollutants. This is a preliminary finding of violation. To resolve it, EPA may issue a compliance order, assess an administrative penalty, or bring suit against the company. "Hazardous air pollutants are potentially serious threats to human health and the environment," said Margaret Guerriero, acting director of the regional Air and Radiation Division.......... New York Transforms Paper Mill Brownfield into Park New York Lieutenant Governor Mary Donohue Thursday announced $719,000 in state funding for development of a new park at Paper Mill Island in the Village of Baldwinsville, in Onondaga County another opportunity to enjoy outdoors New York. "Working with the Village of Baldwinsville, we will transform what is now an ugly brownfield into a beautiful and accessible park that residents and visitors will use for generations to come," Lt. Governor Donohue said. The State Department of Environmental Conservation will provide $369,000 to clean up the 1.4-acre island site that is now considered a brownfield.... Underwater Sparker Cuts Zebra Mussel Control Costs A new method has been found to combat invasive zebra mussels with tiny shell clusters that quickly clog freshwater intake pipes of utility companies. A pulsed power plasma sparker effectively controls zebra mussel infestation of water intake pipelines at much lower cost than conventional control systems, which depend on chemicals. Operating on standard 120/240 volt service, Sparktec's equipment works like an underwater spark plug, sending a pressure pulse down the inside of the pipeline. The pulsing environment is hostile to zebra mussels at every stage of their life cycle............. Last Chance for Animals Sues Coulston Foundation A Los Angeles based animal rights organization, Last Chance For Animals (LCA), filed suit Thursday in the Los Angeles Superior Court of California, seeking $4.3 million in damages from an animal experimentation laboratory, The Coulston Foundation. Coulston is a not-for-profit biomedical research facility based at White Sands Research Center in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Accredited by the College of American Pathologists, Coulston Foundation performs experiments on more than 600 chimpanzees, a group LCA calls "the world's largest captive colony." LCA alleges that Coulston has prevented the animal-rights group from exposing the facility's actions by improperly threatening third parties that entered into agreements with LCA. At the core of the suit is LCA's right to disseminate its message through the use of the Internet domain name, "www.CoulstonKillsChimps.com."............ Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jun99/1999L-06-21-09.html *************************************************************************** HEALING OUR WORLD: WEEKLY COMMENT By Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D. Y6B - It's Really Coming On October 12, 1999, an event never before experienced in all of human history will take place: the population of planet Earth will reach six billion people. 1999 is the year of six billion - Y6B. No one really knows whether we should celebrate or mourn the day. Are there really too many people on Earth or are there just too many greedy people? 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The professionals at ISSI provided support for the Pierson Graphics Corporation, a recognized leader in map publication for the Rocky Mountain Region, with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and graphic design services in the creation of this guide. /CONTACT: Gary Rust, ISSI Consulting Group-Denver, 303-292-4142, ext. 257, or [EMAIL PROTECTED]; or Gillian Dionne, ISSI Consulting Group- Corporate, 703-414-0932, or [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ /Web site: http://www.issiinc.com/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/June99/21june9902.html *************************************************************************** E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE *************************************************************************** TO STATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS: ISSI Consulting Group to Conduct Rio Grande River Basin Water Resources Study Multi-million dollar contract awarded by Army COE & NM Interstate Stream Commission DENVER, June 21 -/E-Wire/-- ISSI Consulting Group is part of a winning team in a multi-million dollar contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission to conduct a water resources study in the Rio Grande River Basin. 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