4/26/02
2:03:11 PM

ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE (ENS)

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U.S. MILITARY SEEKS BROAD EXEMPTIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

By Cat Lazaroff

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2002 (ENS) - In a hearing today before a House subcommittee, Defense department officials argued that the U.S. military needs blanket exemptions from environmental laws for almost all military activities in order to protect national security. Conservation groups lashed back in a press conference this afternoon, calling the proposal "unacceptable" and warning that the military is asking for carte blanche to pollute.

http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2002/2002L-04-25-07.html

CONGRESS HEARS "SHOCKING" EVIDENCE AGAINST YUCCA MOUNTAIN

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2002 (ENS) - Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn today testified at a Congressional hearing that a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada is "the product of extremely bad science, extremely bad law, and extremely bad public policy.

http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2002/2002L-04-25-04.html

POTATOES, GRAINS ON HIGH FRY CAN CAUSE CANCER

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 25, 2002 (ENS) - Potato chips, french fries, baked potatoes and bread may contain high levels of a probable human carcinogen known as acrylamide, Swedish researchers said yesterday. No acrylamide has been found in boiled foods.

http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2002/2002L-04-25-01.html

INVASIVE BUFFELGRASS THREATENS GIANT SAGUAROS

TUCSON, Arizona, April 25, 2002 (ENS) - The saguaro cactus, a symbol of the American West, may be losing a battle against invasive plants. Exotic grasses like buffelgrass, an African native, fuel frequent wildfires that kill the centuries old giant cacti and many other native desert plants and animals, and disrupt the fragile ecosystem of this arid region.

http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2002/2002L-04-25-06.html

NASA'S AQUA SPACECRAFT TO STUDY EARTH'S WATER CYCLE

PASADENA, California, April 25, 2002 (ENS) - Exactly what takes place as water circulates from the oceans through the atmosphere onto the land and back to the oceans again is the subject of a multi-million dollar, three country research project in space.

http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2002/2002L-04-25-02.html

ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: APRIL 25, 2002

Sierra Club Lawsuit Seeks Regulation of Air Pollutants

Senate Passes Renewable Energy Tax Incentives

Marshall Center Cleanup Attracts NATO Attention

Ecosystems Depend on Wide Diversity of Species

Energy Department Makes Record Renewables Purchase

Fire Altered Ecosystems in Prehistoric Times

Wood Chip Trenches Filter Nitrate Runoff

Wet Wastes Could Become Fuels

http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2002/2002L-04-25-09.html