EarthWINS Daily October 2000
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EarthWINS Daily
5.1
October 4, 2000
1. EarthWINS
Daily Returns
2. URGENT
ACTION: Oct 6 Day of Solidarity for the U'wa
3. WISCONSIN:
Not Dead Yet - The Crandon Mine
a.
Fundraiser, Oct. 5 in Milwaukee for Town of Nashville
b.
Nashville Lawsuit Hearing Oct 19 10am in Crandon
c.
Campaign to Ban Cyanide in Mining Requests Candidate Pledge their Support
d.
Noranda drops bid for Rio Algom
e.
Duluth News Tribune: Nicolet Minerals to restore wetland
4. WISCONSIN:
Transmission Line = Crandon Mine Powerline
5. WISCONSIN:
DNR Permits Perrier Wells Against Majority of Local Citizens
a.
Concerned Citizens of Newport respond to DNR Permit for Perrier Wells
b.
Garvey to sue DNR over well approval
6. WISCONSIN:
Fox River Cleanup
a.
Oct 25 Important Public Hearing on the Fox River Cleanup
b.
GB Press Gazette: PCB dredging on Fox River moves forward
7. EDITORIAL:
Bush, Cheney: all oiled up
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EarthWINS Daily
5.2
October 5, 2000
1. WISCONSIN:
CRANDON MINE ALERT: E-mail Billiton
2. TEXAS:
Austin's Radion One Forced off the Air - FCC Cracks Down on Independent
Media Eight Days before Fortune 500 Forum
3. OCT 17
Citibank day of action! Movements Unite!
4. MINNESOTA:
Peat-mining project to get impact study
5. The Scoop
on Oil
6. Farmers,
environment victims of GOP
7. Mississippi
Locks: Corps goes back to drawing board on lock expansions
8. WISCONSIN:
Fox River Cleanup Updates
9. Wetlands
- WDNR says environmental concerns won't halt school project
10. Nader
Turned Away from Debate Door
11. Wisconsin:
Lawmakers respond to ratings on environmental issues
12. Job Opening
at Project Underground
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EarthWINS Daily
5.3
October 6, 2000
1. Mineral
Policy Institute and MineAction
a. **MineAction**
Freeport spends big in US Presidential race
b. **MineAction**
Diesel spill reported near Tolukuma mine
2. 138 groups
demand Clinton reverse his pro-nuke Kyoto position
3. Climate
Concern Email List
4. Climate
Voice Website
5. WALL: Oregonian
on USFS Appropriations
6. Frankentree?
Re-engineering trees to deliver enzymes to water sources
7. Website:
The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
8. URGENT
- Sediment Cleanup Rider!!
9. Tribal
Workgroup Requests Proposals for Open Dump Cleanup Projects
10. Michael
Moore's The Awful Truth is Back Tonight!
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EarthWINS Daily
5.4
October 7, 2000
1. URGENT ACTION
Needed for Burma in US Senate
2. Final Push
for Eagle Creek - Please call Gore
3. Demonstration
at Lockheed Martin in Eagan, MN part of International Day of
Protest against
the Militarization of Space
4. Corporations
Behave As If They Are More Human Than We Are
5. Ozone Depletion
Reaches Record Level
6. Authorities
assess damage from oil spill in Peruvian river
7. Initiative
launched to improve worldwide fresh water supplies
8. CNN Environmental
Message Boards
9. Why I'm
Voting for Nader
10. Crops
for Sustainable Enterprise - Free report
11. A Bear
Votes on November 7?!
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EarthWINS Daily
5.5
October 8, 2000
1. Mineral
Policy Center: Contents of MineWire v3n10
2. WISCONSIN:
Hope bubbles up in the Perrier wars - The little town that could
3. Debate
debacle
4. The Simultaneous
Policy
5. Website:
Environmental Working Group - Cutting Edge Research and Health and
Environment
6. November
24th is Buy Nothing Day
7. Outphasing
Fossil Fuels
8. **MineAction**
Alternative Nobel Award for anti gold activist
9. [Mike's
Message] One Month from Today
EarthWINS Daily
5.6
October 9, 2000
1. CHINA: 10
ton of cyanide into spill into Chinese river
2. Free Daily
World Environment News Subscriptions from Reuters
3. Contents:
Drillbits & Tailings; September 30, 2000. Volume 5, Number 16
4. Problems
with multinational water-bottling companies
a.
Earth Day Founder Says Battle is Far From Over
b.
Weekly Planet: Who's Afraid of Terri Wolfe?
c.
The Problems Facing Florida's Springs
d.
Bottled water in Europe: There is something in the water
5. FWD: Great
Smoky Mountains National Park Under Attack!
6. Town seeks
more information on power plant
7. Activists
rally to stop militarization of space
8. Fuel efficient
vehicles outnumbered by gas guzzlers in U.S. showrooms
9. Invitation
to Enviroone
10. Online
discussion on the importance of biodiversity
11. Government
of Canada action plan 2000 on climate change
12. Current
energy systems unsustainable; efficiency, new sources key to energy
13. Angola:
An African tragedy fueled by oil and diamonds
14. 1000+
links available at SD ONLINE - Download free report
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EarthWINS Daily
5.7
October 10, 2000
1. Water-bottling
Battle Updates
a.
Announcing Save America's Water
b.
FLORIDA: Area springs attract more bottlers
2. URGENT
ACTION Needed in US Senate for Burma
3. Website:
Higher Education Resource Network
4. Democracy
for Sale: press release and report
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EarthWINS Daily
5.8
October 11, 2000
1. Protests
against Perrier hit the Web
2. Controversy
over World Wide Fund for Nature NZ accepting funding from Shell
3. WEISSMAN
post re World Bank, IMF and Ecuador
4. US Forest
Policy Concerns
a.
Dombeck's American Trails Speech
b.
OCT 13 NATIONAL CALL IN DAY! - Call Clinton Toll-free to Close Logging
Loophole
5. ACTION
ALERT! Ask Feingold and Kohl to sustain President Clinton's veto!
6. Gene Games
a.
NY Times: China Rushes to Adopt Genetically Modified Crops
b.
Alarm as cult announces plan to clone humans
7. On-Line
Chronology of Water-Related Conflicts
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EarthWINS Daily
5.9
October 12, 2000
1. Cheney wants
mining industry support
2. Longwall
Mining Report
3. Response
from Billiton
4. Re: Application
by WEPCO for additional dry cask storage at Point Be ach
Nuclear Power
Plant
5. SAVE THE
CLIMATE TREATY -- Build a dike around world leaders!
6. First annual
Green Power Trade Show
7. NGOs Demand
US Reverse Pro-Nuclear Position on Climate
8. Australia
seeds Arctic waters with iron
9. Gene scientists
disable plants' immune system
10. Reassessing
Dioxin
11. Wisconsin
Energy Corp. supporting natural gas pipeline
12. New Belizean
Environmental Website
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EarthWINS Daily
5.10
October 13, 2000
1. **MineAction**
Urgent Action: Colombian Miners' Union Under Threat
2. Wisconsin:
Newport citizens sue DNR re Perrier permit
3. Tibet:
(Fwd) The Battle Continues
4. International
Right-to-Know campaign
5. UT's Corporate
Takeover - Daily Texan
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EarthWINS Daily
5.11
October 17, 2000
1. Wisconsin:
Rio Algom gone-Billiton urged to abandon Crandon-news release
a. Rio Algom
is gone; South African miner Billiton new owner
of Crandon
project
b. Honor
The Earth Tour in Wisconsin Wednesday and Thursday
2. Ugandan
officials try to contain Ebola outbreak
3. Town of
Addison, Wisconsin to decide whether to build state's largest
wind farm
4. Coal Sludge
spill in Kentucky
5. SIGN ON
LETTER---Russian Forests Threatened
6. Excerpts
from ENN Headlines
7. Excerpts
from Planet Ark
8. What Local
Folks Can REALLY Do About Corporate Power
9. Alarming
rise in CO2 concentrations presents continuing global challenge
10. Australia:
Aboriginal adaptations
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EarthWINS Daily
5.12
October 18, 2000
1. Wisconsin:
Press on South African company takeover of Crandon mine
2. Wisconsin:
Waterkeepers of Wisconsin Files Lawsuit Against Perrier Subsidiary
3. Wisconsin:
Excerpts - Marathon County Board opposes power line
4. Wisconsin:
WSN asked to adopt groundwater protection and power line alternatives as
new priority issues
5. Wisconsin:
Groundbreaking report on power plant particulates
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