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>CLINTON'S STATE OF THE UNION ENVISIONS GREENER FUTURE

>NEW TREND IN WILDLIFE CRIME: POACHERS TARGET INDIAN LEOPARDS

>TIMBERLANDS NZ EXECUTIVE RESIGNS IN DISGRACE OVER COVERT EMAIL CAMPAIGN

>CELL TOWERS SNEAK INTO NATIONAL PARK - WITH A SENATOR'S HELP

>AUSTRALIA SELLS TONS OF OZONE-DEPLETING HALON TO U.S. DEFENSE DEPT.

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>AMERISCAN: JANUARY 28, 2000

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>* Suncor Commits $100 Million to Alternative and Renewable Energy

>* Summit Ships First Convenience Store Orders to Grocery Supply Company

>* Forum On New Ideas for Public Lands Access and Management

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>CLINTON'S STATE OF THE UNION ENVISIONS GREENER FUTURE

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>WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2000 (ENS) - President Bill Clinton's last

State

>of the Union Address, delivered Thursday night to a Joint Session of

>Congress, contained no new proposals for environmental protection, but the

>President did propose a range of tax incentives for conservation and green

>energy.

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>NEW TREND IN WILDLIFE CRIME: POACHERS TARGET INDIAN LEOPARDS

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>By Devinder Sharma

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>NEW DELHI, India, January 28, 2000 (ENS) - Indian wildlife officials seized

>18,000 leopard claws last week in the largest wildlife parts seizure in

many

>years. They say the seizure points to a new trend in wildlife crime -

>leopards as targets.

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>TIMBERLANDS NZ EXECUTIVE RESIGNS IN DISGRACE OVER COVERT EMAIL CAMPAIGN

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>By Bob Burton

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>WELLINGTON, New Zealand, January 28, 2000 (ENS) - The second in command of

>the New Zealand government-owned logging company, Timberlands West Coast,

>Ltd. chose to resign today rather than be sacked for his role in advising a

>pro-logging e-mail list on how to undermine the government's position

>against rainforest logging.

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>CELL TOWERS SNEAK INTO NATIONAL PARK - WITH A SENATOR'S HELP

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>By Cat Lazaroff

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>WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2000 (ENS) - After taking an end run around the

>opposition, a telecommunications giant erected a 130 foot tall cellular

>telephone antenna in Rock Creek National Park in Washington, D.C. last

>Saturday. The tower stands as an example of how powerful lobbyists and

>lawmakers can push through projects that pose definite hazards to wildlife

>and wilderness - even on lands owned by the American public.

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>AUSTRALIA SELLS TONS OF OZONE-DEPLETING HALON TO U.S. DEFENSE DEPT.

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>By Darby

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>CANBERRA, Australia, January 28, 2000 - Despite calling on the rest of the

>world to stop using halon gas, Australia is selling 250 tons of what it

>describes as the most aggressive ozone depleting chemical to the U.S.

>Defense Department.

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>ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JANUARY 28, 2000

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>Supreme Court to Review EPA Smog and Soot Rules

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>Fisheries Agency Violating Federal Law, Judge Rules

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>Los Angeles Air Agency Targets Toxic Air

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>Nuclear Regulators to Review MOX Plant Proposal

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>New Wildlife Refuge Proposed in Virginia

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>Predator Protection Coalition Tackles Minnesota Rulemakers

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>El Paso Zoo Releases Sissy to Elephant Sanctuary

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>Critical Habitat Named for Endangered Southwestern Fish

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>Snowshoe Hares Making a Comeback in Ohio

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>Pedal Power for Alaska Wilderness

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>TO BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:

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> Suncor Commits $100 Million to Alternative and Renewable Energy

> 'A big step on our way to becoming a sustainable energy company.'

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> CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 28 -/E-Wire/-- Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU;

>TSE) announced today plans to invest $100 million in alternative and

>renewable energy projects over the next five years.

> /CONTACT: Ron Shewchuk, 403-269-8655; or Investor Enquiries:

>, 403-269-8670, both for Suncor Energy/ (SU. SU)

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>TO BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND RETAILING EDITORS:

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> Summit Ships First Convenience Store Orders to Grocery Supply Company,

>Inc

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> LONGVIEW, Texas, Jan. 28 -/E-Wire/-- Summit Environmental

Corporation,

>Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SEVT), announced that the first Convenience Store

>orders were shipped, January 26, to Grocery Supply Company, Inc.

>headquartered in Sulphur Springs, TX. GSC is a Fifty plus year old company

>that enjoys the distinction of being one of the top 10 retail

>Convenience/Grocery Stores distributors Nation Wide. They currently

service

>12,000 plus outlets, for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky.

> /CONTACT: , CEO of Summit Environmental Corporation,

>800-522-7841/ (SEVT)

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>-- NEWS ADVISORY --

>TO BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:

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> Center for the New West and Alliance for the West to Convene Forum

> On New Ideas for Public Lands Access and Management

> And Grassroots Community Coalitions

>

> What: ACCESS 2000, Public Lands and Self-Determination: Restoring

> Balance and Common Sense to Federal Land Management

> CONTACT: Bob Wurmstedt of Center for the New West, 303-572-5457,

email:

>bwurmstedt@...

> /Web site: http://www.newwest.org/

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