Fw: February 28, 2000 GNET Direct

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> UN Experts Begin Scientific Assessment of Cyanide Spill Damage

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> BUCHAREST/NAIROBI, February 28, 2000 - A team of international experts

started work Friday on a scientific assessment of the environmental damage

caused by the recent cyanide spill and other waste products from the Baia

Mare gold mine in northwestern Romania.

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> Canada on the Wrong Side of Environment, Expands Promotion of Asbestos

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> MONTREAL, February 28, 2000 - A large United States daily newspaper is

asking why the Government of Canada, through the Department of Foreign

Affairs and International Trade, is promoting the use of asbestos, a known

cause of cancer and other lung diseases.

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> Blue Sky Project Hopes to Improve Chinese City's Environment

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> YANTAI, China, February 28, 2000 - Jinan, one of China's leading

industrial cities and also one of the most polluted, is adopting an

aggressive tree planting program that aims to plant 7,100 hectares of new

forest in three years.

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> Green Fuel Debuts in Edinburgh

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> EDINBURGH, Scotland, February 28, 2000 - BP Amoco has introduced a new

unleaded fuel in Edinburgh that is said to be Britain's greenest fuel.

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> Ten California Communities Receive Funds for Green Building

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> SACRAMENTO, CA, February 28, 2000 - To demonstrate that green building

techniques save money, improve energy efficiency and improve worker health

and productivity, the California Integrated Waste Management Board awarded

10 California communities a total of $447,684 for projects that will

demonstrate sustainable building works.

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