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EPA Gets More Time to Address Park Haze

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to get up to 2 more months to come up with plans to enforce the 1977 [sic] Clean Air Act amendments aimed at reducing the amount of haze in parks and remote areas.

Environmental Battle Looms in Puerto Rico

Developers plan 2 new resorts in an untouched part of Puerto Rico's coastline. Environmentalists are opposing the plans.

California Beef Cattle Certified TB-Free

California cattle shipment restrictions, which were imposed after a mystery outbreak of the lung disease, have been lifted.

Scientists Say They've Cloned a Horse

Scientists in Italy have cloned an endurance champion racehorse. The technique could be used to save the bloodlines of castrated champion horses.

Fla. Caviar Importer to Pay Smuggling Fine

A large caviar importer has been fined $1 million for illegally smuggling about 5.9 tons of caviar into the United States. Sturgeon, which can live up to 100 years, are killed to obtain the roe that is used in caviar, so there need to be strict controls to prevent overfishing.

UVM Researcher Helps Create Healthier Cow

A genetically engineered Jersey cow that is resistant to mastitis has been created in the USA, where mastitis costs dairy farmers nearly $2 billion a year.

Idaho Zoo Surprised by New Baby Camel

Zookeepers had not expected the bactrian camel to be pregnant, as they normally conceive only every other year, and this camel had a calf last year. The mother has rejected the calf, which is being hand-reared.

Mercury in Fish Prompt Broader N.Y. Ban

The New York state Health Department has broadened its advisories warning women of childbearing age and children younger than 15 not to eat most species of fish caught anywhere in the Adirondacks and Catskills, because of the levels of mercury found in the fish. Previously the advisories were issued only for those sample stretches of water which had been tested and found to be contaminated, but virtually all stretches tested have been found to be contaminated.

Last Leg of Canadian Seal Hunt Begins

Canada's seal hunt has resumed after a spell of bad weather. Quotas are set for the hunt, which nets Canada $16.5 million from sales of pelts. The main customers are Norway, Denmark and China; the USA bans importation of seal products. Protesters condemn the practice as barbaric.

Gorbachev Calls for Global Water Treaty

Mikhail Gorbachev wants all leaders to sign a treat that would ensure clean water and sanitation for their people. He will be addressing the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development on April 21.

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