Fw: GNET Direct For Thursday, August 12,1999

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>Report: Climate Change Action Could Boost U.S. Economy

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>WASHINGTON, August 12, 1999 - A study commissioned by the World Wildlife

Fund says early, aggressive policies by the United States to combat global

climate change could spur substantial job and economic growth.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8102

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>U.S. Army Corp Of Engineers Says it Protects Wetlands

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>WASHINGTON, August 12, 1999 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' is

refuting a report issued this week by a Washington-based environmental group

that says the Corps has failed to adequately protect the nation's wetlands.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8101

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>EPA Plans to Advertise Energy Star Product Label

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>WASHINGTON, August 12, 1999 - The U.S. EPA is creating a new public service

television campaign to promote the government's Energy Star label for

efficient, low pollution consumer products.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8100

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>Japanese Government to Eliminate Dioxin Emissions

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>TOKYO, August 12, 1999 -- The government of Japan said in a draft ecology

initiative that it plans to completely eliminate dioxin emissions by 2005.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8099

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>Chemical Companies Explore Recycling and Reselling Waste Materials

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>NEW YORK, August 12, 1999 - For New Jersey chemical companies, recycling

means more than tossing office waste paper or soda cans in the right plastic

bins, it also means taking a look at other ways to cut waste. Now, a

voluntary program initiated by the US EPA has identified several ways that

chemical materials can be safely recycled or marketed, providing benefits

for the environment and cost savings for businesses.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8097

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>Russian Honey Bees Heading for American Hives

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>BATON ROUGE, LA, August 12, 1999 - Although mites decimating honey bee

hives at first glance might not seem like big news to the average reader, it

takes on greater importance when one considers honey bees pollinate dozens

of crops, from apples to zucchini, worth $8 to $10 billion.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8095

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