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>WORST FLOODING IN MEMORY KILLS THOUSANDS IN VENEZUELA

>JULIA BUTTERFLY DESCENDS

>ICY WATERS OF ANTARCTICA BATTLEGROUND OVER MINKE WHALES

>EPA SLASHES MIDWEST AIR POLLUTANTS BLOWING INTO ATLANTIC STATES

>MACEDONIA CREATES NATIONAL PARK ON MT. SARA

>EUROPEAN COD, ANCHOVY CATCH QUOTAS CHOPPED

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>AMERISCAN: DECEMBER 20, 1999

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>* ENN.com Debates Focus on Salmon Survival

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>WORST FLOODING IN MEMORY KILLS THOUSANDS IN VENEZUELA

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>CARACAS, Venezuela, December 20, 1999 (ENS) - Up to 25,000 people are

feared

>dead in the floods brought on by torrential rains over the past four days

>that have devastated Caracas and surrounding areas. The state of Vargas,

>which borders the Caribbean Sea, has taken the brunt of the floods and

>landslides.

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>JULIA BUTTERFLY DESCENDS

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>STAFFORD, California, December 19, 1999 (ENS) - After two years and eight

>days living on a tiny platform under a tarp 180 feet on top of a California

>redwood tree, Butterfly Hill finally descended to earth on Saturday.

>Her descent ended the longest tree occupation in American history.

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>ICY WATERS OF ANTARCTICA BATTLEGROUND OVER MINKE WHALES

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>SOUTHERN OCEAN, December 20, 1999 (ENS) - Greenpeace activists today used

>inflatable boats and their own bodies to interfere with a Japanese whaling

>fleet hunting for Minke whales inside the internationally recognized whale

>sanctuary that surrounds Antarctica.

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>EPA SLASHES MIDWEST AIR POLLUTANTS BLOWING INTO ATLANTIC STATES

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>WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 1999 (ENS) - In an unprecedented action to

>protect public health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered

>392 power and industrial plants to cut emissions of smog causing pollutants

>by nearly half. The order, which covers plants from Michigan to North

>Carolina, is intended to reduce smog in four Eastern Seaboard states.

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>MACEDONIA CREATES NATIONAL PARK ON MT. SARA

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>SKOPJE, Macedonia, December 20, 1999 (ENS) - The Macedonian Assembly has

>voted to create a new National Park to safeguard the delicate ecosystems

and

>rich biodiversity on the Macedonian side of Mount Sara. After months of

>argument about the need for protection in the Sara Mountain area, the bill

>was passed last week over the objections of citizens who live in the

>mountain villages.

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>EUROPEAN COD, ANCHOVY CATCH QUOTAS CHOPPED

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>BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 20, 1999 (ENS) - European fisheries ministers

>have approved the deepest and widest cuts in maximum commercial fishing

>levels in the European Union's recent history.

>Published in cooperation with ENDS Environment Daily

>Website: http://www.ends.co.uk/envdaily }

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>ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: DECEMBER 20, 1999

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>No Fine for Worker Contamination at National Lab

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>Suspect Charged in Murder of Hawai'i Park Ranger

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>Sulfur Emissions Lead to $430,000 Fine

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>Tyson Foods Cited by EPA Over Ammonia Releases

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>Court Ruling Could Weaken Washington Cleanup Law

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>Timber Company Has Plan to Conserve Fish Habitat

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>Energy Efficiency Grants Target Chemical Industry

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>Former Weapons Maker Cleans Up in Connecticut

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>Grants Help Communities Provide Environmental Information

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>Here Comes Santa Claus

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> ST. PAUL, MN, Dec 20, -/E-Wire/-- EnviroSource.com Inc. (formerly

>NetSources International, Inc.) announced today the launch of its new

> " eStore " - an Internet store for environmental professionals, at

>http://www.envirosource.com.

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>TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDITOR:

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> ENN.com Debates Focus on Salmon Survival

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> SUN VALLEY, Idaho, Dec. 20 -/E-Wire/-- The Environmental News Network

>(http://www.enn.com) is hosting live chats every Wednesday to identify key

>problems and obstacles to salmon survival in the Northwest United States.

>ENN has invited a number of key organizations to join in the debates,

>including American Rivers, Idaho Rivers United, Save our Wild Salmon

>Coalition, The Columbia and Snake Rivers Campaign, The Nez Perce Tribe and

>Save the Dams. Topics have ranged from the shape of a possible mitigation

>package to how to ease the resultant shipping problems if the dams are

>breached.

> /CONTACT: Danelle Hall, Director of Public Relations, 208-726-3649,

>ext. 37, dhall@..., or Skillman, Interactive Director,

>888-311-3661, ext. 20, dskillman@..., both of Environmental News

>Network/

> /Web site: http://www.enn.com/

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