whole slew of news.....environmental and such...

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Alaska's politicians attach pro-industry riders to national budget - By

now, most Americans have learned that Alaska's representatives are once

again pushing for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but

other threats may be slipping by unnoticed. This recent drilling push as

well as several other pro-industry attempts are working their way through

the back doors of American government.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-14/s_2614.asp

 

Playing a numbers game: News media come up short in ANWR reporting - For

nearly a decade, proposals to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National

Wildlife Refuge have been at the heart of a national political debate that

touches on a wide range of potent issues: the moral and military

implications of America's dependence on foreign energy supplies, the proper

balance between stewardship and exploitation of natural resources, the

long-term ramifications of the nation's fossil-fuel appetite.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-14/s_2605.asp

 

Low rates, needed repairs lure 'Big Water' to Uncle Sam's plumbing - It

was as if someone tugged at a thread that long weekend in November, split

the nation's seam, and exposed a nasty wound in its guts.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-14/s_2665.asp

 

Republican Congress tilts environmental policy toward development -

Congress cleared the way Thursday for more logging on federal land and

blocked environmentalists from challenging the U.S. Forest Service on an

upcoming Alaskan wilderness decision.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-14/s_2668.asp

 

Automakers, state spar over California's vehicle emission rules - The Bush

administration and automakers urged an appeals court Thursday to toss out

rules requiring less emissions or more miles per gallon for new vehicles

sold in the state.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-14/s_2676.asp

 

Brazil extends moratorium on cutting mahogany - President Luiz Inacio Lula

da Silva extended a six-year-old moratorium on logging mahogany for

another 150 days on Thursday to allow a commission to examine options for

sustainable harvesting.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-14/s_2669.asp

 

 

 

Lake on Arizona-Utah border, a drinking water source, at lowest level in

three years, officials say - Lake Powell is at its lowest level in 30

years, the result of scant snow melt and heavy demand from three Western

states that look to it for drinking water.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-14/s_2675.asp