![]() 4/26/02 ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE (ENS)
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 |