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Should Oil Crisis Reopen Calif. Wells?
With so much disruption to the flow of oil along America's Gulf Coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, there are calls to re-open drilling in California and the Eastern U.S. Calls to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling have also been renewed.
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Bush to push Americans to cut energy use
The Bush administration planned to unveil a national campaign Monday to show households, businesses and the federal government how to save energy and reduce their heating expenses.
Loggerhead Turtle
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WWF raps Greece over tourist turtle threat
The WWF conservation group says that the Zakynthos National Marine Park, a protected nesting ground for the endangered loggerhead turtle on Zakynthos Island, is being so overrun by tourists that the turtles are being driven to extinction. It says Greece has done little to stop the damage since it was declared in violation of European Union law by the European Court of Justice for failing to protect the Zakynthos turtles in 2002.
Human Genome to get U.S. govt anthrax drug deal
Human Genome Sciences Inc. hopes to supply the U.S. government with up to 100,000 doses of an experimental anthrax drug.
Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
Photo courtesy of USGS UMESC
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Great Lakes States Battle Fish Farms
Officials of Great Lakes states fear that Asian carp such as the Black carp, an invasive species, will wreak havoc on the lakes' ecosystems. The carp have been imported by fish farmers further south to control parasites, and they escaped and are moving north along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed banning the carp but has not actually done so.
US finds fever bacteria during war protest weekend
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, traces of bacteria that cause "rabbit fever" or tularemia were found by several government environmental air monitors on Washington's National Mall at hte weekend when thousands of protesters marched against the Iraq War. No suspected cases of the disease have been reported. Symptoms of the disease, which would not have been experienced earlier than Monday, include: sudden fever, chills, headaches, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, muscle aches, joint pain, dry cough and progressive weakness.
Japanese Encephalitis Claims 1,243 Lives
The death toll from Japanese encephalitis in South Asia is now 1,243 in six months. New infections are falling s the monsoon season comes to an end. India, where most cases are, says it cannot afford to vaccinate 7 million children under 15 years of age, so doctors have suggested that pigs be inoculated instead.
Calif. Farmers Monitor Agriculture Bills
No relief from busy hurricane season: forecaster
Water Receding From Flash Floods in Kansas
The flash floods in Kansas have begun to recede. One freight train was stranded. One woman clung to a corn stalk after she was washed from her car.
Hurricane Otis Weakens Into Tropical Storm
Hurricane Otis weakened to a tropical storm Sunday on its way to an unpopulated stretch of the Baja California Peninsula. Tropical Storm Stan crossed the Yucatan peninsula. There were no reports of major injury or damage.
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