Fw: GNET Direct for Monday, November 29, 1999

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>This month's expert in GNET's Ask an Expert section is Joe Cascio, chairman

of the US Technical Advisory Group on the ISO 14000 series of standards.

Joe co-authored " ISO 14000 Guide, " and edited " The ISO 14000 Handbook. " He

is recognized worldwide as an expert on environmental management and as the

key architect and strategist in formulating the US posture on ISO 14000.

Please feel free to ask him your ISO 14000 and environmental management

questions at:

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>Disease-Resistant Trees Coming to Saskatchewan

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>REGINA, November 29, 1999 - Saskatchewan communities losing many of their

elm trees to Dutch elm disease will soon have help, says Natural Resources

Canada.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8872

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>Feds Set Sights on Higher Standards for Air Conditioners, Heat Pumps

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>WASHINGTON, November 29, 1999 - Citing the fact that increased efficiency

of air conditioners and heat pumps will help alleviate the summer strain on

US power grids, the Department of Energy said it is on track to speed up the

implementation of new standards for these devices.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8871

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>Communities, Stock Markets and Governments Combine to Cut Pollution

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>WASHINGTON, November 29, 1999 - A growing number of developing countries

are significantly cutting industrial pollution by using the combined power

of local communities, stock markets, and the news media to police air and

water discharges from private companies.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8870

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>Lake Tahoe Engine Ban Dramatically Reduces MTBE Output

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>DAVIS, CA, November 29, 1999 - After rules banning two-stroke engines from

Lake Tahoe were introduced, the amount of MTBE and other fuel pollution in

the lake was cut drastically say two University of California,

scientists.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8869

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>Laser Light Pulses Make New Ultrasensitive Chemical Detector

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>GAITHERSBURG, MD, November 29, 1999 - The plain truth is that simpler is

sometimes better. This may have been the thinking behind the development of

a powerful new way to detect chemicals that uses just five components: a

tiny translucent cube, two adjacent prisms, a laser and a detector.

>http://www.gnet.org/Coldfusion/News_Page2.cfm?NewsID=8867

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