And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE (ENS) ARABIAN GULF TURNING HOT, OILY, SALTY ENERGY & WATER FUNDING BILL CLEARS CONGRESS AAA SMOG DECLINE CLAIM CHALLENGED BY FACTS PANAMA STRUGGLES TO PROTECT SAN LORENZO FOREST AMERISCAN: SEPTEMBER 29, 1999 For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com *************************************************************************** Send News Tips and Story Leads to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************** ARABIAN GULF TURNING HOT, OILY, SALTY By Sudeshna Sarkar DOHA, Qatar, September 29, 1999 (ENS) - Shoals of fish are dying in the northern part of the Arabian Gulf as the salt level soars and the water temperature rises to a blistering 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit). A leading Arab environmental organisation warns that this is the result of the global warming compounded by indiscriminate dumping of waste water in the region by oil companies and unchecked oil seepage into this body of water, also known as the Persian Gulf. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-29-03.html *************************************************************************** ENERGY & WATER FUNDING BILL CLEARS CONGRESS WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 1999 (ENS) - The U.S. Senate has approved the final version of the Fiscal Year 2000 energy and water appropriations bill, clearing the measure for review by President Bill Clinton. The $21.3 billion budget bill is expected to avoid a presidential veto, despite White House threats to axe spending bills that include Republican sponsored anti-environmental riders. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-29-06.html *************************************************************************** AAA SMOG DECLINE CLAIM CHALLENGED BY FACTS WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 1999 (ENS) - Federal regulators should refocus efforts to cut air pollution away from automobiles, the motorists’ advocacy group AAA said today. Smog from motor vehicles has declined much faster than pollution from other sources, and AAA says its time to give drivers and automakers a break - and concentrate on power plants and factories instead. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-29-07.html *************************************************************************** PANAMA STRUGGLES TO PROTECT SAN LORENZO FOREST By Diane Jukofsky EL DORADO, Panama, September 29, 1999 (ENS) - It will all be over by noon on December 31, 1999. All Panama Canal lands and buildings once managed by the United States, some 265,000 acres, will have reverted to Panama in fulfillment of a 1977 treaty signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-29-04.html *************************************************************************** ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: SEPTEMBER 29, 1999 Baltimore Water Pollution Brings Multimillion Dollar Settlement Shark Finning Ban Sought by House Bill Stolen West Virginia Salamanders Returned Safely Superfund Bill Emphasizes Protection for Children Nuclear Activists Question Junk Science Grants High Climbing Activist Protests Oil Project Washington Court Upholds Voluntary Air Agreement Bill Proposes Controversial Arizona Conservation Area Real Goods + Whole Foods = Profits Home Depot Completes Hawaii Brownfields Cleanup Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-29-09.html *************************************************************************** E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE *************************************************************************** TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATIONAL EDITORS: IFAW Helps Purchase Southernmost Point in Canada; Acquisition Protects Critical Habitat for 35 Endangered Species TORONTO, Sept. 29 -/E-Wire/-- Representatives of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) took part in a ceremony today to celebrate the purchase of Middle Island, Canada's southernmost point. IFAW's significant contribution of $368,000 (Cdn) helped The Nature Conservancy of Canada purchase the island, home to 35 endangered species. /CONTACT: Patrick R. Ramage, Director of Public Affairs, 508-744-2071, or Laurie Kingston, Communications Coordinator, 613-852-0589, or Spencer Ferron-Tripp, Information Officer, 613-241-8996, ext. 25, all of the International Fund for Animal Welfare/ /Web site: http://www.ifaw.org/ For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/Sept99/29Sept9904.html Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1991-1999. All Rights Reserved. Send comments and newsworthy information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
