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Topics of the day:
1. Cornell News Fourth Dimension
2. gw: First, direct observational evidence of a change in the Earth's
greenhouse effe
3. Weeds in disturbed areas may be source of more medically important
compounds th
4. USGS (and other government agencies) (6)
5. POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTIST [PDS BIOG]
6. mystified by medicinal weed article (2)
7. FWD: Weeds in disturbed areas... !?!
8. McGill University Book on Environment and Economics
9. USGS response about Ian Thomas and ANWR data
10. USGS issue
11. Natural History Workshops
12. References for McGill's PhD program
13. oriental tussock moths and NPV
14. Have NSERC, will travel.
15. Growth fit curves
16. FIELD BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN POSITION
17. M.S. Biology Research Assistantship Available
18. Information on where to recycle old computers and other electronics
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:47:21 -0500
From: Karen Claxon <kclaxon@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Cornell News Fourth Dimension
Size matters: Cornell researcher finds evidence of fourth spatial
dimension in plant world
FOR RELEASE: March 19, 2001
Contact: Blaine P. Friedlander, Jr.
Office: 607-255-3290
E-Mail: bpf2@cornell.edu
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Using mathematical equations, a Cornell University
scientist and his colleagues have found evidence of a fourth spatial
dimension in plants.
In short, size matters even in the plant world, suggesting that
"universal scaling laws probably exist," says Karl J. Niklas, the
Liberty Hyde Bailey professor of plant biology at Cornell. In the animal
realm, the laws of scaling have been well known for more than a century.
Yet only recently have plant biologists become aware of these laws'
importance throughout nature.
"You've seen monster movies with giant ants scaled up in a huge size
attacking cars and people. If these larger-than-life ants had the same
proportions as their much smaller counterparts, their legs would break
with the first step. To be much larger than life-size, an ant's
exoskeleton would have to be disproportionately much thicker compared to
that of a smaller ant," says Niklas. "For the same reason, if giant
humans were scaled up as they are in some movies, their hearts wouldn't
be able to circulate blood properly and they would die of a heart
attack." This scaling is known as the fourth spatial dimension because
it relates mass to the other three dimensions, width, length and depth.
Now, Niklas and his colleagues have shown that the same scaling laws
known for animals apply equally to plant life, including trees. Niklas
and co-author Brian J. Enquist, an assistant professor in ecology and
evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, present their
findings in a paper, "Invariant scaling relationships for interspecific
plant biomass production rates and body size," in the online edition of
the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) . It will be
published in a forthcoming issue of the journal PNAS .
The finding could have profound effects on environmental and ecological
policy, as well as the science of evolutionary biology. In the future,
plant scientists will have the ability to develop mathematical models to
make predictions in such areas as standing forest biomass and growth.
In their paper, Niklas and Enquist show that plant growth increases at
three-fourths the rate of plant body mass, the same scaling relationship
as for animals. For example, as a redwood tree grows in size over
centuries, its rate of growth gradually slows down according to this
very precise mathematical relationship. This relationship was first
predicted by Enquist, Geoffrey B. West of the Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., and James H. Brown of the University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
The authors of the PNAS paper suspect that their finding in plant
biology has applied since life began on earth. "Because present-day
plants and animals appear to abide by the same or very similar scaling
rules, there is good reason to expect these rules extend into deep
geological (evolutionary) time. . [This] provides a potentially powerful
tool for predicting many important properties for past as well as
present day organisms and the communities in which they live," the
researchers say in their report."
Says Niklas, "Our data say that growth rates are indifferent to other
biological differences across species. In scaling, a tree is a tree is a
tree."
Related World Wide Web sites: The following sites provide additional
information on this news release. Some might not be part of the Cornell
University community, and Cornell has no control over their content or
availability.
o The article by Niklas and Enquist in PNAS:
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/041590298v1
-30-
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/March01/FourthDim.bpf.html
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:53:29 -0500
From: Karen Claxon <kclaxon@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: gw: First,
direct observational evidence of a change in the Earth's greenhouse
effe
14 MARCH 2001
Contact: Taslima Khan
taslima.khan@ic.ac.uk
44-20-7594-6712
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
First, direct observational evidence of a change in the Earth's
greenhouse effect between 1970 and 1997
Scientists from Imperial College, London, have produced the first direct
observational evidence that the earth's greenhouse effect increased
between 1970 and 1997.
Writing today in the journal Nature (1), researchers in the Department
of Physics show that there has been a significant change in the Earth's
greenhouse effect over the last 30 years, a finding which is consistent
with concerns over so-called 'radiative forcing' of the climate (2).
Previous studies in this area have depended on theoretical simulations
because of the lack of data. However the Imperial team reached their
conclusions after analysing data collected by two different
earth-orbiting spacecraft, in 1970 and 1997.
Comparison between the two data sets has unequivocally established that
significant changes in greenhouse gas emissions from the Earth have
caused the change to the planet's greenhouse effect over this time
period.
Professor John Harries, the lead author of the paper says: "These unique
satellite spectrometer data collected 27 years apart show for the first
time that real spectral differences have been observed and that they can
be attributed to changes in green house gases over a long time period."
The team examined the infrared spectrum of long-wave radiation data from
a region over the Pacific Ocean, and also over the whole globe. They
discovered significant differences in the levels of atmospheric methane,
carbon dioxide, ozone and chlorofluorocarbons 11 and 12 between the
data, collected in 1970 and 1997.
"The scientists found that by taking the difference between the two sets
of data for the same region, they observed the change in the outgoing
longwave radiation, and therefore a change in the greenhouse trapping by
the atmosphere."
Although the two experiments were flown on separate spacecraft, 27 years
apart, the team showed that their comparison of outgoing infrared
long-wave radiation spectra is valid. Even allowing for the different
spatial and spectral resolutions of the two instruments, there are
significant changes in the spectra of the greenhouse gases of the Earth,
over this time period.
The team took a number of steps to ensure that their data was reliable.
The effects of cloud cover were effectively removed by using a
cloud-clearing algorithm. The resulting two datasets were of comparable
resolution and representative of clear-sky conditions. To reduce 'noise'
in the data, the team selected several regions of the globe and
calculated clear-sky average spectra. To avoid seasonal artefacts they
used only selected data from the same 3-month period (April - June).
Dr Helen Brindley, second author on the paper says: "Through our
modelling studies using independent knowledge of the atmospheric state
we have shown that the magnitude of the changes observed can only be
explained by long-term changes in the greenhouse gases such as carbon
dioxide, methane, and chlorofluorocarbons."
Professor Harries described the next challenges for the team: "The next
step is to assess whether these data can provide information about
changes in not only the greenhouse gas forcing, but the cloud feedback,
which is a response of the cloud field to that forcing.
"We must also work to test agreement with the general circulation models
(3) used in climate change experiments. These use basic knowledge of
expected changes in climate forcing (for example changes in greenhouse
gas amounts, solar constant) to predict the climate response.
"Since these are the models used to predict future climate, and
influence policy decisions, it is imperative that they can accurately
simulate measurements of what is considered to be the driving mechanism
behind climate change.
"We are only at the beginning of making use of these spectral
observations. Much more information is locked up in the data that we
have. This provides a strong motivation for the launch of similar
instruments to monitor the state of our climate."
###
For further information, please contact:
Dr Helen Brindley
Space and Atmospheric Physics Group
Blackett Laboratory
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Prince Consort Road
London, SW7 2BZ
Phone: 44-0-207-594-7665
Fax: 44-0-207-594-7900
Email: h.brindley@ic.ac.uk
Taslima Khan
Science Information Officer
Imperial College Press Office
Telephone: 44-0-20-7594-6712
Fax: 44-0-20-7594-6700
Email: taslima.khan@ic.ac.uk
Notes to editors:
1. Nature paper: 'Increases in greenhouse forcing inferred from the
Earth's outgoing longwave radiation spectra in 1970 and 1997.'
Authors: John E. Harries, Helen E. Brindley, Pretty J. Sagoo and Richard
J. Bantges. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London
The data, treatment and analysis, and the model simulations were
performed in the Department of Physics at Imperial College, using
computing facilities of the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group.
The data was collected in 1970 by a NASA instrument (IRIS - InfraRed
Interferometric Spectrometer), on the Nimbus 4 spacecraft, between April
1970 and January 1971. From October 1996, the Interferometric Monitor of
Greenhouse Gases (IMG) instrument, on board the Japanese ADEOS
satellite, produced about 9 months of global observations of the
spectrum of outgoing longwave radiation.
2. Radiative forcing is a measure of the climate effect of greenhouse
gases. It is defined as: the change in average net radiation at the top
of the atmosphere because of a change in either solar or infrared
radiation, where net radiation is the difference between the net solar
and the net infrared components.
3. General circulation models are widely used in the scientific
community as tools to represent and predict current and future climate.
4. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine is an
independent constituent part of the University of London. Founded in
1907, the College teaches a full range of science, engineering, medical
and management disciplines at the highest level. The College is the
largest applied science and technology university institution in the UK,
with one of the largest annual turnovers (UKP339 million in 1999-2000)
and research incomes (UKP176 million in 1999-2000). Web site at
www.ic.ac.uk
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/icstm-fdo031601.html
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:04:02 -0500
From: Karen Claxon <kclaxon@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Weeds in disturbed areas may be source of more medically important
compounds th
Weeds in disturbed areas may be source of more medically important
compounds than plants in tropical rainforests
Athens, GA - Conservationists have long pointed out that primary
tropical rainforests may have dramatic value because of important and
undiscovered medicinal plants. New research by an anthropology graduate
student at the University of Georgia, however, has found that weeds in
easy-to-reach disturbed areas may be even more important.
The study, by John R. Stepp at UGA and Daniel E. Moerman of the
University of Michigan-Dearborn, appears to turn some theories of
medicinal flora on their heads.
"I was really amazed by what we found," said Stepp. "The study is based
on my field work with the Highland Maya in Chiapas, Mexico. We also used
an exhaustive database of over 2,500 medicinal plants used by Native
North Americans."
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/uog-wid031201.html
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:40:54 -0500
From: Mccormick.Frank@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
Subject: USGS (and other government agencies)
Colleagues,
The contract task order ("work assignment" to USEPA) would probably have
been cancelled by EPA contract officers and project officers for precisely
the same reasons. When I read the original account, my reaction was to
conclude that the contractor had acted outside the scope of work, may not
have had the material "cleared" (i.e., reviewed for scientific integrity),
and probably should have had the plug pulled. I'd have done so based
solely on the evidence in the account on ECOLOG-L. We can assume that the
USGS had a much more complete set of facts. It is no mean feat to
terminate part of a contract.
Before you judge the USGS-BRD (or any other federal agency AND their
contractors), understand that scientists in public service are no less
concerned about scientific integrity than those in academia or NGOs.
Because we often conduct research related to policy making, our results
(and the publications we produce) are reviewed NOT FOR POLICY IMPLICATIONS
but for statements of policy. That is, our research may have implications
for the need to control diesel emissions, but we cannot recommend controls
in our publications. Because we ALWAYS conduct research with public funds,
we are under very rigorous scrutiny for data integrity. Hence, it was
appropriate to pull the caribou maps from the Patuxent website if they had
not been reviewed.
My colleagues in the Departments of Interior and Agriculture are among the
most dedicated scientists I know and often operate under constraints that
would drive members of my professional societies who do not work for the
government completely insane.
Should we look for the maps to be restored once reviewed? I hope so. Is
there recourse if they are not? It's called the Freedom of Information
Act!
Frank H. McCormick
Research Ecologist
US Environmental Protection Agency
National Exposure Research Laboratory
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
mccormick.frank@epa.gov
513 569 7097
Frank H. McCormick
Research Ecologist
US Environmental Protection Agency
National Exposure Research Laboratory
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
mccormick.frank@epa.gov
513 569 7097
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:59:01 -0500
From: Human Resources <humanres@MBL.EDU>
Subject: POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTIST [PDS BIOG]
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:29:44 -0500
From: "David M. Bryant" <dmbryant@CISUNIX.UNH.EDU>
Subject: Re: USGS (and other government agencies)
Dr. McCormick
The maps were copied from FWS, and were presumably checked for integrity
prior to posting at that site.
I have also been informed by a legal colleague that the FIA would not apply
in this case. So, at the very least, we should remember that the price of
freedom is eternal vigilance.
David M. Bryant dmbryant@cisunix.unh.edu
Dept. of Natural Resources 603-862-4433
215 James Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
"Not all that is counted counts
and not all that counts can be counted"
A. Einstein
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:35:31 -0700
From: Dave Whitacre <dwhitacre@PEREGRINEFUND.ORG>
Subject: mystified by medicinal weed article
Am I the only one who scratched his/her head after reading this news
release and the linked report re the incidence of weeds among known
medicinal plants? While it is interesting to learn that weeds may
contain more medicinal agents than previously recognized, as I see it,
the information conveyed tells us nothing about the relative frequency
of useful secondary compounds in plants of mature rain forest versus
plants of disturbed areas.
The article does admit that the frequent use of "weeds" by highland Maya
and other indigenous groups may stem from the proximity of these plants
to peoples' living spaces (familiarity thru long association,
convenience of proximity, etc.)--why then the implication that
rainforests are any less valuable as a source of new drugs than we
believed them to be before reading this research? In my view, the data
presented in no way merit such a conclusion.
Surely the fact that weedy lots also harbor many potentially useful
secondary compounds has no bearing on what arguments are or are not good
ones for saving rain forests. Such a conclusion would be merited only if
it were shown that there were a high degree of redundancy in the 2ndary
compounds found in weeds and those found in plants of mature rain
forest--such that there would be little unique benefit in saving rain
forest plants as opposed to saving common weeds. Such redundancy was not
shown or alleged in the article.
I do agree with the article's author, however, that there are many other
reasons to save rain forests (and any and all biota) that I find more
compelling than the fact that they may harbor substances potentially
useful to Homo sapiens.
respectfully,
David F. Whitacre
The Peregrine Fund
566 W. Flying Hawk Lane
Boise, Idaho 83709
(208) 362-3716
dwhitacre@peregrinefund.org
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:33:35 -0600
From: istu36746 <dthomson@SELU.EDU>
Subject: FWD: Weeds in disturbed areas... !?!
Dear Ecologgers,
I was more than a little disturbed that this message was posted on an
ecological listserver. I was trying to convince myself that it was posted t
show everyone just how ignorant some conclusions are but I had to write this
just to make sure.
For the record, biodiversity is important PERIOD. It does not mean that
biodiverse areas are more important than those that are not - remember our
failures. It means that all of it is important, even the frozen "wastes" of
Antartica. This can easily be accepted for the simple reason that we are no
all-knowing (especially someone who studies disturbed flora for medicinal
value in Chiapas). And even if, for some unforseeable reason, that these
disturbed areas did turn out to contain more medicinal plants than primary
habitats, SO WHAT! No medicinal compound could ever be more important than
global biogeochemical cycles.
David
>===== Original Message From Karen Claxon <kclaxon@earthlink.net> =
===
Weeds in disturbed areas may be source of more medically important
compounds than plants in tropical rainforests
Athens, GA - Conservationists have long pointed out that primary
tropical rainforests may have dramatic value because of important and
undiscovered medicinal plants. New research by an anthropology graduate
student at the University of Georgia, however, has found that weeds in
easy-to-reach disturbed areas may be even more important.
The study, by John R. Stepp at UGA and Daniel E. Moerman of the
University of Michigan-Dearborn, appears to turn some theories of
medicinal flora on their heads.
"I was really amazed by what we found," said Stepp. "The study is based
on my field work with the Highland Maya in Chiapas, Mexico. We also used
an exhaustive database of over 2,500 medicinal plants used by Native
North Americans."
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/uog-wid031201.html
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:28:14 -0500
From: Gary Gallon <cibe@WEB.NET>
Subject: McGill University Book on Environment and Economics
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The book is entitled, "Ethics, Economics and International Relations: =
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published an article entitled, "Canada on the Brink: From Frontrunner to =
Laggard?, and written by researchers, Jonas Vevatne and Santiago Olmos. =
They wrote that, "Canada was lambasted as "Fossil of the Week" at the =
Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP 6) in The Hague by environmental =
activists and was accused of attempting to water down the Kyoto =
Protocol. At the same time, the election campaigns were underway in =
Canada where climate issues were hardly mentioned. What is happening to =
one of the most active environmental frontrunners of the 1980's when its =
Minister of Environment doesn't even show up to COP 6 ?"=20
CICERO said that, "Canada was named Fossil of the Week for its efforts =
to include existing forests and agriculture in the category of carbon =
sinks (absorption of carbon dioxide n forests and land). Canada was =
criticized particularly strongly for its demand that export of nuclear =
energy technology should be covered by the Clean Development Mechanism =
(CDM), so that it could export nuclear power plants to developing =
countries as a greenhouse gas reduction measure.", adding that even, =
"David Runnalls believes that the criticism was well deserved." The =
article cites as one of the reasons for Canada's decline is the decline =
in environmental interest by the two large opposition parties. The =
Canadian Alliance, the official opposition, and the Block Quebecois are =
both more interested in expanding regional powers, not environmental =
powers. CICERO quoted David Runnalls, President of Canada's =
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) based in =
Winnipeg, saying that, "the main opposition party, the Canadian Alliance =
dedicated only one sentence to environmental protection in its 23-page =
program, and has not formulated any climate policy or position on the =
Kyoto Protocol. The Liberal strongly emphasized the possible economic =
benefits of climate measures but have nevertheless failed to make the =
environment an issue in the campaign." The report stated that, "the =
strong polarization of the election race has dampened the parties' =
willingness to enter into a debate on the environment, and there is =
little to indicate that there will be any change in the short run." For =
more information contact the Center for International Climate and =
Environmental Research (CICERO), Pb. 1129, Blindem, Sognsvelen 68, 0318 =
Oslo, Norway, ph. 47.22.85.87.50, email santa@cicero.uio.no , or =
jonas.vevatne@cicero.uio.no . To download the full paper go to =
http://www.cicero.uio.no/cicerone/00/6/Eng/cic6santiago.pdf . Also see =
the GCSI article on politics and GHG in Canada =
http://www.gcsi.ca/risingheat.html . And see the West Coast =
Environmental Law Centre's report card on GHG and Canada at =
http://www.wcel.org/wcelpub/2000/13244.pdf .=20
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SEMINAR ON MEETING CANADA'S COMMITMENTS TO
KYOTO PROTOCOL, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
The School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia University's and =
the McGill School of Environment will host an evening panel on "Climate =
Change: Meeting Canada's Commitments" Wednesday, 14 February 2001, from =
6 to 8 pm at the Concordia University Faculty Club Lounge, 1455 de =
Maisonneuve, Hall Building Blvd., Room H767, Montreal, Quebec. The panel =
will be chaired by Desiree McGraw of the McGill School of Environment =
and will include: Jean Charest, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and =
former Environment Minister (Canada); Ted Ferguson from Canada's Clean =
Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation Office; Elizabeth May, =
Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada; and, Frank Muller, =
Professor of Environmental Economics, Concordia University and Visiting =
Professor, McGill School of Environment . For more information, contact =
the Concordia University at ph. 514-848-2575.=20
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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TO HOST
UNEP INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S CONFERENCE IN 2002
Victoria, British Columbia, has been selected as the venue for the =
fourth UNEP International Children's Conference on the Environment which =
will take place from 22 to 24 May 2002. The Conference will be held at =
the University of Victoria and is expected to bring together 800 =
children (10 to 12 years old) from over 115 countries, providing them =
with an opportunity to learn about and voice their concerns on the state =
of the environment as well as to showcase environmental initiatives by =
schools. The Conference is also expected to produce a statement from =
children to the world leaders who will meet in the summer of 2002 in =
Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Among the =
issues the Conference will focus on are: resource conservation, climate =
change and water. "I am very pleased that Canada will host this =
important event", said David Anderson, Minister of the Environment for =
Canada and current President of UNEP's Governing Council. "There are =
natural links between a healthy environment and healthy children. The =
various experiences, observations and ideas of the children around the =
world really bring home to us their desire for concrete actions to =
address environmental issues in a tangible manner." For more information =
contact Theodore Oben, Programme Officer, Children Youth and Sport =
Programmes, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya, tel: 254-2-623262, fax: 623692, =
e-mail: theodore.oben@unep.org; or Tore J. Brevik, UNEP =
Spokesman/Director, Communications and Public Information, tel: =
254-2-623292, fax: 623927, e-mail: Tore.Brevik@unep.org. See also =
www.unep.org/children_youth/ . For Canada, please contact: Anne L. =
Mathewson, Chair, ICC Canada 2002, Corporate & Environmental =
Communications Manager, Tetra Pak Canada Inc., Markham, Ontario, tel: =
1-905-305-9777, e-mail Anne.Mathewson@tetrapak.com . For Connecticut, =
please contact: Mr. Tim Love/Joanne Tawfilis, Coalition for Justice and =
Community Understanding, Ledyard, Connecticut, tel: 1-860-464-2999, fax: =
1-860-464-2368, e-mail justice1@worldnet.att.net
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MINING OPERATIONS IN CANADA RELEASED 2.3 MILLION
POUNDS OF HEAVY METALS IN 1998
The Canadian Environmental Defence Fund (CEDF) in Toronto, said mining =
smelters in Canada released more than 2.3 million pounds of heavy metals =
in 1998, including arsenic, mercury, lead and nickel compounds. These =
have all highly poisonous and harmful to people's health and the =
environment. The fund said the worst polluter was Inco Ltd., the western =
world's largest nickel miner, which released 1.1 million pounds of heavy =
metal into the environment from its facilities in Ontario and Manitoba. =
"Overall, Inco released almost two billion pounds of sulfur dioxide =
which causes acid rain," CEDF said. Their report listed Noranda Inc., =
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., a unit of Anglo American Plc, =
Falconbridge Ltd. and Cominco Ltd., as major polluters. Mausberg said =
the information for the report came from information provided by the =
mining groups to a consultant for Environment Canada. Ranked by =
facility, the fund's report said Inco's Copper Cliff operation in =
Sudbury, Ontario, was a major polluter, followed by Noranda's Horne =
smelter in Quebec, then Hudson Bay's Flin Flon smelter in Manitoba, =
Inco's Thompson operation in Manitoba, Falconbridge's Kidd Creek =
facility in Ontario and Cominco's Trail zinc operation in British =
Columbia. "We certainly have a strategy in place to spend considerable =
money to make considerably more progress in the Sudbury area and out in =
Thomson, to address both the sulfur dioxide and the metal emissions," =
Inco spokesman Jerry Rogers said. Noranda said it was trying to reduce =
toxins from Horne by more than 50 percent. The smelter processed 720,000 =
tonnes of copper concentrates in 1999. "We are currently working on a =
program, and have already spent C$60 million, to reduce those emissions =
by another 50 percent within the next two, two and a half years," =
Noranda spokesman Denis Couture told Reuters. Story by Lesley Wroughton, =
Reuters News Service. See the Mining Association of Canada website at =
http://www.mining.ca/ . Visit the Canadian Environmental Defense Fund =
website at http://www.cedf.net/ . =20
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AMERICANA ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW IN MONTREAL, MARCH 28 =
TO 30, 2001
AMERICANA 2001 is a Pan-American Environmental Technology Trade Show and =
Conference that will be held March 28-29-30, 2001 in Montreal Convention =
Centre (Quebec) Canada. For its 4th edition, with the theme "Evolving =
solutions for a changing world", AMERICANA keeps growing in 2001 =
expecting 10 000 participants, 400 exhibitors for the Trade Show, 300 =
guest speakers in different tracks (Air, Climate Change, Water, =
Contaminated Sites, Solid Wastes, Environmental Management, etc.) and =
600 business meetings that will be organized for the International =
Business Matchmaking Program. AMERICANA 2001 is organized by RESEAU =
environnement, the Quebec's largest business association in the =
Environmental Industry. For more information contact Americana 2001, 911 =
Jean-Talon East, # 220, Montreal, Quebec H2R 1V5, Ph. (514) 270-7110, =
Fax (514) 270-7154. Email info@americana.org . Visit their website at =
http://www.americana.org .=20
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GORD MILLER, ONTARIO'S ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER TO SPEAK
AT CEIA ONTARIO BUSINESS BREAKFAST
Gordon Miller the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario will speak =
Thursday, February 15, 2001, 7:30 am at an environment business =
opportunities breakfast (EBOB) hosted by the Canadian Environment =
Industry Association, Ontario Chapter at the International Plaza Hotel, =
Ballroom C, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario. A hot breakfast will be =
served. Expect to join up to 100 environment business representatives at =
the breakfast. Cost of the breakfast is $55. To register contact CEIA =
Ontario, 2175 Sheppard Ave., E., Suite 310, Toronto, Ontario M2J 1W8, =
ph. (416) 491-1670, fax (416) 491-1670 email info@ceia.on.ca . Visit =
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AWMA CONFERENCE ON IMPLEMENTING CANADA-WIDE STANDARDS
The Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) will sponsor a the =
"Implementation of Canada-Wide Standards Conference" March 7 and 8, =
2001, at the Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre. It is cosponsored by =
Environment Canada and chaired by Dr. Jane Pagel, Vice-President, =
Corporate and Government Affairs, Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. The =
keynote speaker will be Barry Stemshorn, Assistant Deputy Minister, =
Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada. It will deal with =
ozone and small diameter particulate, mercury and petroleum hydrocarbons =
in soil standards, and dioxins, furans and benzene. The Canada-Wide =
Standards are an attempt by the provinces and the Canadian Council of =
the Ministers of the Environment (CCME) to take over the =
standard-setting role of the federal government. So far the Canada-Wide =
Standards are late and have delayed what would have come out of the =
federal government under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act =
(CEPA). The Canada-Wide standards are weak and don't meet standards that =
are required in the United States, plus they are unenforceable at the =
national level since the provinces have been mandated to enforce each of =
the Canada-Wide Standards within their own jurisdiction. Quebec, Ontario =
and Alberta have so far stripped their environment ministries of =
resources and staff that they are not in a position to enforce new =
standards. In essence, the provinces would be operating with an unfunded =
mandate - - they are required to do it, but don't have the resources to =
do it. The cost of participation for non-members is $625.00. For more =
information contact AWMA, One Gateway Center, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, =
Pennsylvania 15222, ph. 1-800-270-3444, or ph. (412) 232-3444, fax (412) =
232-3450. Visit the website at http://www.awma.org . =20
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SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN TAXES IN
VANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 2001
The Second Annual Global Conference on "Environmental Taxation Issues: =
Experience and Potential," will be hosted by the Pembina Institute in =
Vancouver, British Columbia from April 1st to 3rd, 2001. It is =
co-sponsored by Cleveland State University, the BC Institute of =
Technology, and the Government of British Columbia. The objective of the =
conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, information =
and research findings among scholars, executives, tax professionals, =
non- governmental organizations and policy makers focussed on =
environmental taxation issues, experience and potential throughout the =
world. Participants will include professors of taxation, accounting, and =
finance from major universities worldwide, tax and accounting =
professionals from leading CPA and law firms, executives from industry, =
members of non-governmental organizations and officials from =
governmental bodies throughout the world. The registration cost is $250 =
+ GST. Contact Aida Burgos, BCIT Venture Development Centre, 3700 =
Willingdon Ave., Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3H2, ph. (604) 453-4018, fax (604) =
436-0286, email aida_burgos@bcit.ca . Download conference brochure, =
registration form and call for papers from the website =
http://www.piad.ab.ca/ , and click on "What's New".
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Letter to the Editor, Dear Gallon Environment Letter:=20
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The article on Birdwatching as a $25 billion dollar "industry" tells me =
how out of touch the urban environmental movement is in America. I too =
enjoy birdwatching. I have been a compiler for 25 years and have several =
feeders at my home, but to equate birdwatching with the steel industry =
or the chemical industry, strains the imagination. Explain to me exactly =
what birdwatching produces? Could we even exist without the steel =
industry and chemical industry. I am disappointed in your shortsighted =
logic. Without the agricultural industry the minerals industry and the =
other basic raw materials industries that make our country great and =
allow us the standard of living we enjoy... there wouldn't be any time =
for bird watching. We would be spending 90% of our time seeking shelter =
and finding food to survive. Let's put a little more thought into your =
articles. We can enjoy birdwatching and have both a viable steel =
industry and chemical industry without trashing them. Sincerely, =
Michael Noel, Farmer/Rancher, email =20
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Dear Editor,
Instead of just harping on the "What if we had less democracy" vein of =
thinking, how about the following, also from USA Today, on the topic of =
"What if we had more democracy"?? Thanks, by the way, for including the =
letters to the editor in this issue of your newsletter. And you do an =
incredible job of pulling together lots of useful environmental news, =
and I do appreciate that. (You don't need to add this email address to =
your mailing list -- Sincerely, Craig Harvey, email harvey@ic.net
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WICKES STORE IN BANGOR, MAINE BLOCKADED FOR SELLING
INTERFOR, B.C. WOOD PRODUCTS
Members of the Student Environmental Action Coalition in Bangor, Maine, =
protested in front of the do-it-yourself store hardware store "WICKES" =
in Bangor, demanding that the company stop selling old-growth word =
products from International Forest Products (Interfor) out of British =
Columbia. Student perched atop three tall metal tripods, whiles others =
chained themselves to the bases, blocking entrances to the store. Eleven =
students from College of the Atlantic and the University of New =
Hampshire were arrested. "WICKES knows the history of Interfor Forest =
Products in the ancient temperate rainforest in British Columbia, Canada =
and yet the company still carries Interfor's products," said Mike =
Roselle, Forests Campaigner for Greenpeace, who supported the student =
action. "Today's protest is part of a national grass roots uprising =
across the United States. Concerned citizens are doing everything in =
their power to expose both Interfor's highly destructive practices and =
the stores that refuse to stop selling their products," said Roselle. =
The students maintain that forest products must come from well-managed =
forests that have been certified to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) =
standards or better. Many retailers, including home furnishing giant =
IKEA, have already pledged to use only forest products that have been =
FSC- certified. Although many forestry companies operating in the Great =
Bear Rainforest are working with environmental organizations in British =
Columbia to protect highly contentious areas within the rainforest, =
Interfor walked away from negotiations and has resumed its logging =
plans, says Greenpeace. Since then, environmentalists have exposed the =
company's plans to log 18 pristine valleys and critically important =
areas of the Great Bear Rainforest in the next five years. Contact Rob =
Fish, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Bangor, Maine, email =
ecology12@yahoo.com=20
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MAPLE LEAF PACKING FACTORY POLLUTES MANITOBA RIVER
A Maple Leaf Pork plant was built in Brandon, Manitoba, once it promised =
to help build and pay for the maintenance of a new Brandon municipal =
sewage treatment plant that the Maple Leak Pork plant could use to =
discharge its slaughterhouse waste. The u.v. treatment system broke down =
and a new computer system installed to run the waste water operations =
was found to be incompatible with the rest of the new sewage treatment =
plant operations. As a result, the Maple Leaf-assisted sewage plant =
began discharge large amounts of improperly treated pork and human waste =
into the Assiniboine River during a long period in the Summer of 2000. =
Downstream water users were not notified of the pollution. Their =
drinking water and recreation water were harmed by it, according to Bill =
Paton, a Brandon University biologist. He said that farmers who irrigate =
strawberries and lettuce with river water should have been told to take =
precautions. In June, the amount of fecal coliform discharged into the =
river from Maple Leaf waste exceeded the limit in the treatment plant's =
licence from Manitoba Conservation. By July, the mean reading was more =
than six times the licence limit. Fecal coliforms are bacteria found in =
the guts of warm- blooded animals. They are used as an indicator for =
other disease-causing organisms that are harder to detect. Swimming is =
not recommended when fecal coliform levels are above 200 per 100 =
millilitres of water. The mean reading for July 2000 at the end of the =
Maple Leaf pipe was 1,255, but that would have been diluted in the =
river. The strain of E. coli that killed seven people in Walkerton, =
Ont., last summer is rarely found in pigs, but Paton sees parallels to =
Walkerton in the lack of checks and balances when something goes wrong. =
The $12-million sewage treatment plant was built by the City of Brandon =
as an incentive for the new slaughterhouse. City staff run the treatment =
facility, although Maple Leaf pays the operating expenses. Source, =
"Downstream warning urged in wake of pollution surge", By Helen =
Fallding, Winnipeg Free Press, Mon, Jan 8, 2001.
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NORTH AMERICAN FISHERIES ECONOMICS FORUM, TO BE HELD IN
NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 2001
The first North American Fisheries Economics Forum will be held on April =
1 to 4, 2001 at the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The =
goals of the Forum are to strengthen communication between North =
American fisheries economists in industry, government and academia, and =
to provide opportunities to discuss research results, research in =
process and future research needs and plans. The keynote theme for the =
Forum is "The State of North American Fisheries Economics." Sessions =
relating to this keynote theme will include discussions on the future of =
North American fisheries economics, fisheries economics data, teaching =
fisheries economics, and publishing in the area of fisheries economics. =
Other special sessions will be held on topics including seafood trade =
and the internet, economics of fishing cooperatives under the American =
Fisheries Act, bio-economic models and fishery management, measuring =
efficiency and capacity in fisheries, economic assessments of marine =
reserves, catfish economics, and economics and conflicts between =
commercial and sport fisheries. Additional sessions on other topics are =
under development. The Forum will serve as the inaugural meeting of the =
North American Association of Fisheries Economists. This Association =
will be affiliated with International Institute of Fisheries Economics =
and Trade (IIFET), an international organization of fisheries economists =
which meets in even-numbered years in different countries around the =
world. The most recent IIFET meeting was held in Corvallis, Oregon in =
July 2000, and the next meeting will be in Brisbane, Australia in July =
2002. North American Fisheries Economics Forums will be held in =
odd-numbered years in different coastal areas of North America. For =
additional information, contact Gunnar Knapp, Program Chair, University =
of Alaska Anchorage (telephone 907-786-7717; e-mail =
afgpk@uaa.alaska.edu). The deadline for submitting abstracts is February =
2, 2001. Additional information about the First North American Fisheries =
Economics Forum, including lists of sessions and participants and =
procedures for submitting abstracts, registering for the Forum and =
making hotel reservations, may be found at the website =
http://www.naafe.uaa.alaska.edu .=20
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U.S. EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES CONTINUE TO INCREASE:
COAL, OIL AND NATURAL GAS LARGEST SOURCES
Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the six main greenhouse gases =
(weighted to reflect equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)), in =
the United States rose from 6,689 to 6,748 million metric tons. These =
gases include CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, =
perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. The CO2 from fossil fuel =
combustion at power plants and factories is the largest source of all =
greenhouse gases, accounting for 80 percent of all emissions in 1999. =
Fossil fuel combustion was responsible for 88 percent of total =
greenhouse emission growth from 1990 to 1999. The study also shows that =
from 1990 - 1999, GHG emissions from cars, trucks and buses rose 21 =
percent, while total highway miles traveled climbed 13 percent. A =
Federal Register notice announcing a 40-day public comment period on the =
report was published Jan. 9, 2001. To receive a hard copy of this =
document, fax a request to the Agency at 202-260-6405, or write to the =
following address: U.S. EPA, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Market =
Policy Branch (MC: 2175), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC =
20460. For technical information, call Wiley Barbour of EPA's Office of =
Air and Radiation at ph. (202) 260-6972. The report is available at =
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/emissions.
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U.S. EPA REGION 10 ISSUES RFP ON PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP AND
RECYCLING
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 is soliciting =
proposals for projects that address product stewardship, recycling, =
source reduction, reuse, market development, or green purchasing. The =
amount of the contracts could range from US$10,000 to $20,000. Grants or =
cooperative agreements will be awarded though Solid Waste Assistance =
Funds (SWAF) under the authority of Section 8001 of the Resource =
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. Goals EPA Region 10 seeks to fund =
proposals that fit into one or more of the following categories: Promote =
education and outreach on source reduction, product stewardship, reuse, =
recycling, composting, and/or buying recycled products Identify and test =
strategies that lead to improved environmental performance by Region 10 =
business organizations. Provide technical assistance or spur innovative =
technology development to promote source reduction, product stewardship, =
reuse, recycling, composting, and/or buying recycled products. Stimulate =
market development for materials that are difficult to recycle, such as =
construction and demolition debris, electronics, tires, etc. Incorporate =
EPA initiatives (e.g., community-based environmental protection, =
environmental justice, extended product responsibility, sustainability, =
protecting children's health from environmental threats) with source =
reduction, product stewardship, reuse, recycling, composting, and/or =
recycled product procurement projects. EPA Region 10 includes the states =
of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and the lands in Indian country =
belonging to federally recognized tribes in those states. Matching funds =
are not required under this solicitation. All matching funds or other =
contributions provided by the grantee are subject to audits and all =
federal regulations. Written proposals should be submitted on =
double-sided recycled paper with a minimum of 30% post-consumer content. =
The proposal process relies extensively on direct communication (in =
person or by phone, fax or electronic mail) with the EPA Region 10 =
contact. For this solicitation please contact Domenic Calabro at ph. =
(206) 553-6640 or by e-mail at calabro.domenic@epa.gov. The deadline for =
application is February 15, 2001, when a two-page pre-proposals should =
be received by the EPA. Applicants are encouraged to contact an EPA =
Region 10 representative prior to submitting their pre-proposal. Contact =
Domenic Calabro at ph. 206-553- 6640 or email calabro.domenic@epa.gov. =
This solicitation and additional EPA Region 10 Solid Waste Program =
funding information are available on the Internet at the website =
http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/productstewardship.htm :
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GREENING INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON GLOBALIZATION AND
COMPETITIVENESS WAS HELD IN BANGKOK, JANUARY 2001
The Greening of Industry Network (GIN) held its annual conference on =
"Sustainablity at the Millennium: Globalization, Competitiveness, and =
the Public Trust", January 21-24, 2001, in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the =
9th International Conference of the Greening of Industry Network The =
Honorary Conference Chair was Dr. Supachai Panitchapakdi, Thailand's =
Deputy Prime Minister and Director-General Designate of the World Trade =
Organization. The co-chair was Jan Pronk, Minister of Environment of the =
Netherlands. The four-day conference featured more than 150 =
presentations in plenary sessions, workshops, exhibitions, posters, =
discussion and debate, delegates from business, government and research =
will explore that latest research, business strategies, policies and =
case studies on cross-cutting issues of industrial development, =
environment and society. They pursued the issue of transition "From =
Environment to Sustainability". The conference started with sessions on =
Fair Globalization Policy, Doctoral Research Workshops, and a meeting of =
the Environmental Management Accounting Network.
This convening marks the first international GIN conference in Asia, and =
we will use the occasion to launch the Second Decade of the Greening of =
Industry Network. The conference program is posted at =
http://www.eric.chula.ac.th/GIN-Asia/. Conference sponsors include =
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Ministry of Science, Technology and =
Environment, United States-Asia Environmental Partnership, Netherlands =
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Asian =
Development Bank, United Nations Environment Programme, European =
Community, Regional Institute of Environment Technology - Singapore, =
Ford Motor Company, Kenan Institute Asia, International Human Dimensions =
of Global Environmental Change - Industrial Transformation, New Jersey =
Institute of Technology. See =
http://www.eric.chula.ac.th/GIN-Asia/sponsors.html .
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Dr. Peter=20
G. Brown, Director of the McGill School of Environmental Studies, McGill =
University, Montreal, published by Edinburgh University Press. Peter =
Brown tries=20
to get us beyond traditional economics, even beyond incrementalism where =
we try=20
to piecemeal traditional economics with green taxes and other economic=20
instruments. Brown develops what he calls "Stewardship Economics", an =
economics=20
that makes humans one part of the resource base and the web of life. It =
takes=20
humans out of the centre where resources and all other life forms are =
made for=20
the use and abuse of humans. Here is what Brown says: "Stewardship =
economics=20
extends, and may hope to complete, the quest for a general theory by =
explicitly=20
locating the human economy in the earth's biophysical systems. It =
requires=20
therefore both an accurate description of the economy in those systems =
and a=20
normative structure that will allow us to say how these systems should =
function.=20
Stewardship economics recognizes the finitude of the earth and its =
systems."=20
Brown warns that, "the most pervasive scientific error made by =
mainstream=20
economics is that it carries forward, as an unexamined background =
assumption=20
that humans are not significant actors in the earth's biophysical =
systems. In=20
more economic texts there is no description of any kind of nature.....it =
is as=20
if the rest of the physical world did not exist or that humans could not =
affect=20
it."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Brown reminds us that, "our concern is with the commonwealth of =
life: for=20
its flourishing, including its own, and its restoration." He adds that, =
"the=20
thrust of this book is the depiction of a contract between all persons =
to=20
respect each other's basic rights, and to extend the contract to all=20
life." To achieve a stewardship economy that operates within the=20
commonwealth of life (e.g, the resource rich life-supporting, =
economy-supporting=20
ecosystem), Brown states that society has fiduciary responsibilities =
that=20
include operating an economy within a "Common Pool Resource" (CPR). The =
concept=20
was first developed by Elinor Ostrom and reported in her book "Governing =
the=20
Commons". Brown writes, "a common pool resource can be a fishery, a =
forest, the=20
Internet, the air, the oceans, the ecological health of a stream, and so =
on. In=20
all these cases, and many, many more resources units can be appropriated =
by=20
individuals without regard to the health of the system," and states =
that,=20
"Ostrom has identified eight characteristics of institutions that are =
successful=20
in protecting common pool resources. Markets, private property, and =
government=20
may all have roles to play in a successful system." For more information =
contact=20
Dr. Peter G. Brown, Director, McGill School of Environment, 3534 =
University=20
Ave., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, ph. (514) 398-2827, email <A=20
href=3D"mailto:pgb@mse.mcgill.ca">pgb@mse.mcgill.ca</A> . Visit the
r =
website at=20
<A href=3D"http://www.mcgill.ca/mse/">http://www.mcgill.ca/mse/</A>
=
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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</=
DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 =
face=3DArial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D3><STRONG>G
LLON TO GIVE =
TALK ON THE=20
HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL<BR>MOVEMENT IN CANADA, PIMLOTT=20
LECTURE</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Gary Gallon, Presid
nt of =
the Canadian=20
Institute for Business and the Environment (CIBE), will give a talk on =
"The=20
History and Economics of Environmentalism in Canada", at the University =
of=20
Toronto Lecture Series. The lecture series is held annually by Innis=20
College in honour of Dr. Douglas Pimlott, the famous Canadian =
scientist=20
who specialized in demystifying wolves, their families and their habits. =
Co-hosted by Dr. Beth Savan, Director Environmental Studies at Innis =
College and=20
Monte Hummel, head of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, the Pimlott =
Memorial=20
Lecture will be held Thursday, February 15, 2001, 6:00 pm, at the Town =
Hall,=20
Innis College, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto, ph. (416)=20
978-3424, email <A=20
href=3D"mailto:karyn.samson@utoronto.ca">karyn.samson@utoronto.ca</A>
=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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</=
DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>CONCERN EX
RESSED IN =
EUROPE ABOUT=20
CANADA'S <BR>ENVIRONMENTAL DECLINE</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Environment officials in the United States and Europe have been =
watching in=20
disbelief as Canada, particularly its Provinces, fall behind on =
environmental=20
protection and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Where Canada was a =
leader in=20
the 1970's and the 1980's, it has failed to keep up with world =
environmental=20
progress in the 1990's. Much of this came from the massive budget cuts =
and=20
senior science and engineering staff cuts in Environment Canada and the=20
provinces in the mid-1990's. At least Environment Canada has been turned =
around=20
with new cash and some staff infusions from the Government of Canada. =
But=20
Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario continue to treat environment as an =
obstacle to=20
economic development and have relegated environmental protection to the =
back of=20
the Cabinet Bus. This environmental backslide in Canada has not gone =
unseen by=20
the rest of the world. The Center for International Climate and =
Environmental=20
Research (CICERO), based in Oslo, Norway, has just published an article=20
entitled, "Canada on the Brink: From Frontrunner to Laggard?, and =
written by=20
researchers, Jonas Vevatne and Santiago Olmos. They wrote that, "Canada =
was=20
lambasted as "Fossil of the Week" at the Sixth Conference of the Parties =
(COP 6)=20
in The Hague by environmental activists and was accused of attempting to =
water=20
down the Kyoto Protocol. At the same time, the election campaigns were =
underway=20
in Canada where climate issues were hardly mentioned. What is happening =
to one=20
of the most active environmental frontrunners of the 1980's when its =
Minister of=20
Environment doesn't even show up to COP 6 ?" </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>CICERO said that, "Canada was named Fossil of the Week for its =
efforts to=20
include existing forests and agriculture in the category of carbon sinks =
(absorption of carbon dioxide n forests and land). Canada was criticized =
particularly strongly for its demand that export of nuclear energy =
technology=20
should be covered by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), so that it =
could=20
export nuclear power plants to developing countries as a greenhouse gas=20
reduction measure.", adding that even, "David Runnalls believes that the =
criticism was well deserved." The article cites as one of the =
reasons for=20
Canada's decline is the decline in environmental interest by the two =
large=20
opposition parties. The Canadian Alliance, the official opposition, and =
the=20
Block Quebecois are both more interested in expanding regional powers, =
not=20
environmental powers. CICERO quoted David Runnalls, President of =
Canada's=20
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) based in =
Winnipeg,=20
saying that, "the main opposition party, the Canadian Alliance dedicated =
only=20
one sentence to environmental protection in its 23-page program, and has =
not=20
formulated any climate policy or position on the Kyoto Protocol. The =
Liberal=20
strongly emphasized the possible economic benefits of climate measures =
but have=20
nevertheless failed to make the environment an issue in the campaign." =
The=20
report stated that, "the strong polarization of the election race has =
dampened=20
the parties' willingness to enter into a debate on the environment, and =
there is=20
little to indicate that there will be any change in the short run." For =
more=20
information contact the Center for International Climate and =
Environmental=20
Research (CICERO), Pb. 1129, Blindem, Sognsvelen 68, 0318 Oslo, Norway, =
ph.=20
47.22.85.87.50, email <A=20
href=3D"mailto:santa@cicero.uio.no">santa@cicero.uio.no</A> , or <
A=20
href=3D"mailto:jonas.vevatne@cicero.uio.no">jonas.vevatne@cicero.uio.no<
/=
A> . To=20
download the full paper go to <A=20
href=3D"http://www.cicero.uio.no/cicerone/00/6/Eng/cic6santiago.pdf">http
://www.cicero.uio.no/cicerone/00/6/Eng/cic6santiago.pdf</A>=20
Also see the GCSI article on politics and GHG in Canada <A=20
href=3D"http://www.gcsi.ca/risingheat.html">http://www.gcsi.ca/risingheat
html</A>=20
And see the West Coast Environmental Law Centre's report card on GHG =
and=20
Canada at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.wcel.org/wcelpub/2000/13244.pdf">http://www.wcel.org/w
celpub/2000/13244.pdf</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*****************************************************************
**=
***</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>SEMINAR ON
MEETING =
CANADA'S=20
COMMITMENTS TO<BR>KYOTO PROTOCOL, CONCORDIA =
UNIVERSITY</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia =
University's and=20
the McGill School of Environment will host an evening panel on "Climate =
Change:=20
Meeting Canada's Commitments" Wednesday, 14 February 2001, from 6 to 8 =
pm at the=20
Concordia University Faculty Club Lounge, 1455 de Maisonneuve, Hall =
Building=20
Blvd., Room H767, Montreal, Quebec. The panel will be chaired by Desiree =
McGraw=20
of the McGill School of Environment and will include: Jean Charest, =
leader of=20
the Quebec Liberal Party and former Environment Minister (Canada); Ted =
Ferguson=20
from Canada's Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation =
Office;=20
Elizabeth May, Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada; and, =
Frank=20
Muller, Professor of Environmental Economics, Concordia University and =
Visiting=20
Professor, McGill School of Environment . For more information, contact =
the=20
Concordia University at ph. 514-848-2575. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*****************************************************************
**=
*</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>VICTORIA,
RITISH =
COLUMBIA, TO=20
HOST<BR>UNEP INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S CONFERENCE IN =
2002</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Victoria, British Columbia, has been selected as the venue for th
=
fourth=20
UNEP International Children's Conference on the Environment which will =
take=20
place from 22 to 24 May 2002. The Conference will be held at the =
University of=20
Victoria and is expected to bring together 800 children (10 to 12 years =
old)=20
from over 115 countries, providing them with an opportunity to learn =
about and=20
voice their concerns on the state of the environment as well as to =
showcase=20
environmental initiatives by schools. The Conference is also expected to =
produce=20
a statement from children to the world leaders who will meet in the =
summer of=20
2002 in Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable =
Development. =20
Among the issues the Conference will focus on are: resource =
conservation,=20
climate change and water. "I am very pleased that Canada will host this=20
important event", said David Anderson, Minister of the Environment for =
Canada=20
and current President of UNEP's Governing Council. "There are natural =
links=20
between a healthy environment and healthy children. The various =
experiences,=20
observations and ideas of the children around the world really bring =
home to us=20
their desire for concrete actions to address environmental issues in a =
tangible=20
manner." For more information contact Theodore Oben, Programme =
Officer,=20
Children Youth and Sport Programmes, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya, tel: =20
254-2-623262, fax: 623692, e-mail: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:theodore.oben@unep.org">theodore.oben@unep.org</A>;
r =
Tore J.=20
Brevik, UNEP Spokesman/Director, Communications and Public Information, =
tel:=20
254-2-623292, fax: 623927, e-mail: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:Tore.Brevik@unep.org">Tore.Brevik@unep.org</A>.
See =
also <A=20
href=3D"http://www.unep.org/children_youth/">www.unep.org/children_youth/
</A> .=20
For Canada, please contact: Anne L. Mathewson, Chair, ICC Canada =
2002,=20
Corporate & Environmental Communications Manager, Tetra Pak Canada =
Inc.,=20
Markham, Ontario, tel: 1-905-305-9777, e-mail <A=20
href=3D"mailto:Anne.Mathewson@tetrapak.com">Anne.Mathewson@tetrapak.com<
/=
A> . For=20
Connecticut, please contact: Mr. Tim Love/Joanne Tawfilis, =
Coalition for=20
Justice and Community Understanding, Ledyard, Connecticut, tel: =
1-860-464-2999,=20
fax: 1-860-464-2368, e-mail <A=20
href=3D"mailto:justice1@worldnet.att.net">justice1@worldnet.att.net</A>
</=
DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>**************************************************************<
/DIV>=
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>MINING OPE
ATIONS IN =
CANADA RELEASED=20
2.3 MILLION<BR>POUNDS OF HEAVY METALS IN 1998</STRONG></FONT>
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Canadian Environmental Defence Fund (CEDF) in Toronto, said =
mining=20
smelters in Canada released more than 2.3 million pounds of heavy metals =
in=20
1998, including arsenic, mercury, lead and nickel compounds. These have =
all=20
highly poisonous and harmful to people's health and the environment. The =
fund=20
said the worst polluter was Inco Ltd., the western world's largest =
nickel miner,=20
which released 1.1 million pounds of heavy metal into the environment =
from its=20
facilities in Ontario and Manitoba. "Overall, Inco released almost two =
billion=20
pounds of sulfur dioxide which causes acid rain," CEDF said. Their =
report listed=20
Noranda Inc., Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., a unit of Anglo =
American=20
Plc, Falconbridge Ltd. and Cominco Ltd., as major polluters. Mausberg =
said the=20
information for the report came from information provided by the mining =
groups=20
to a consultant for Environment Canada. Ranked by facility, the fund's =
report=20
said Inco's Copper Cliff operation in Sudbury, Ontario, was a major =
polluter,=20
followed by Noranda's Horne smelter in Quebec, then Hudson Bay's Flin =
Flon=20
smelter in Manitoba, Inco's Thompson operation in Manitoba, =
Falconbridge's Kidd=20
Creek facility in Ontario and Cominco's Trail zinc operation in British=20
Columbia. "We certainly have a strategy in place to spend considerable =
money to=20
make considerably more progress in the Sudbury area and out in Thomson, =
to=20
address both the sulfur dioxide and the metal emissions," Inco spokesman =
Jerry=20
Rogers said. Noranda said it was trying to reduce toxins from Horne by =
more than=20
50 percent. The smelter processed 720,000 tonnes of copper concentrates =
in 1999.=20
"We are currently working on a program, and have already spent C$60 =
million, to=20
reduce those emissions by another 50 percent within the next two, two =
and a half=20
years," Noranda spokesman Denis Couture told Reuters. Story by Lesley =
Wroughton,=20
Reuters News Service. See the Mining Association of Canada website at <A
href=3D"http://www.mining.ca/">http://www.mining.ca/</A> . Visit th
=
Canadian=20
Environmental Defense Fund website at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.cedf.net/">http://www.cedf.net/</A> . <
DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*****************************************************************
**=
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>AMERICANA
NVIRONMENTAL =
CONFERENCE=20
AND TRADE SHOW IN MONTREAL, MARCH 28 TO 30, 2001</STRONG></FONT><
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>AMERICANA 2001 is a Pan-American Environmental Technology Trade =
Show and=20
Conference that will be held March 28-29-30, 2001 in Montreal Convention =
Centre=20
(Quebec) Canada. For its 4th edition, with the theme "Evolving solutions =
for a=20
changing world", AMERICANA keeps growing in 2001 expecting 10 000 =
participants,=20
400 exhibitors for the Trade Show, 300 guest speakers in different =
tracks (Air,=20
Climate Change, Water, Contaminated Sites, Solid Wastes, Environmental=20
Management, etc.) and 600 business meetings that will be organized for =
the=20
International Business Matchmaking Program. AMERICANA 2001 is organized =
by=20
RESEAU environnement, the Quebec's largest business association in the=20
Environmental Industry. For more information contact Americana 2001, 911 =
Jean-Talon East, # 220, Montreal, Quebec H2R 1V5, Ph. (514) 270-7110, =
Fax (514)=20
270-7154. Email <A =
href=3D"mailto:info@americana.org">info@americana.org</A> .=20
Visit their website at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.americana.org">http://www.americana.org</A> . <
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*****************************************************************
**=
****</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>GORD MILLE
, ONTARIO'S =
ENVIRONMENT=20
COMMISSIONER TO SPEAK<BR>AT CEIA ONTARIO BUSINESS=20
BREAKFAST</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Gordon Miller the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario will spea
=20
Thursday, February 15, 2001, 7:30 am at an environment business =
opportunities=20
breakfast (EBOB) hosted by the Canadian Environment Industry =
Association,=20
Ontario Chapter at the International Plaza Hotel, Ballroom C, 655 Dixon =
Road,=20
Toronto, Ontario. A hot breakfast will be served. Expect to join up to =
100=20
environment business representatives at the breakfast. Cost of the =
breakfast is=20
$55. To register contact CEIA Ontario, 2175 Sheppard Ave., E., Suite =
310,=20
Toronto, Ontario M2J 1W8, ph. (416) 491-1670, fax (416) 491-1670 email =
<A=20
href=3D"mailto:info@ceia.on.ca">info@ceia.on.ca</A> . Visit their =
website at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.ceia.on.ca">http://www.ceia.on.ca</A> . </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*****************************************************************
**=
****</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>AWMA CONFE
ENCE ON =
IMPLEMENTING=20
CANADA-WIDE STANDARDS</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) will sponsor a
the=20
"Implementation of Canada-Wide Standards Conference" March 7 and 8, =
2001, at the=20
Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre. It is cosponsored by Environment Canada =
and=20
chaired by Dr. Jane Pagel, Vice-President, Corporate and Government =
Affairs,=20
Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. The keynote speaker will be Barry =
Stemshorn,=20
Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Service, Environment =
Canada.=20
It will deal with ozone and small diameter particulate, mercury and =
petroleum=20
hydrocarbons in soil standards, and dioxins, furans and benzene. The =
Canada-Wide=20
Standards are an attempt by the provinces and the Canadian Council of =
the=20
Ministers of the Environment (CCME) to take over the standard-setting =
role of=20
the federal government. So far the Canada-Wide Standards are late and =
have=20
delayed what would have come out of the federal government under the =
Canadian=20
Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). The Canada-Wide standards are weak =
and=20
don't meet standards that are required in the United States, plus they =
are=20
unenforceable at the national level since the provinces have been =
mandated to=20
enforce each of the Canada-Wide Standards within their own jurisdiction. =
Quebec,=20
Ontario and Alberta have so far stripped their environment ministries of =
resources and staff that they are not in a position to enforce new =
standards. In=20
essence, the provinces would be operating with an unfunded mandate - - =
they are=20
required to do it, but don't have the resources to do it. The cost of=20
participation for non-members is $625.00. For more information contact =
AWMA, One=20
Gateway Center, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, ph. =
1-800-270-3444,=20
or ph. (412) 232-3444, fax (412) 232-3450. Visit the website at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.awma.org">http://www.awma.org</A> . </D
V>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*****************************************************************
**=
*****</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>SECOND ANN
AL CONFERENCE =
ON GREEN=20
TAXES IN<BR>VANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 2001</STRONG></FONT><
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Second Annual Global Conference on "Environmental Taxation =
Issues:=20
Experience and Potential," will be hosted by the Pembina Institute in =
Vancouver,=20
British Columbia from April 1st to 3rd, 2001. It is co-sponsored by =
Cleveland=20
State University, the BC Institute of Technology, and the Government of =
British=20
Columbia. The objective of the conference is to provide a forum for the =
exchange=20
of ideas, information and research findings among scholars, executives, =
tax=20
professionals, non- governmental organizations and policy makers =
focussed on=20
environmental taxation issues, experience and potential throughout the =
world.=20
Participants will include professors of taxation, accounting, and =
finance from=20
major universities worldwide, tax and accounting professionals from =
leading CPA=20
and law firms, executives from industry, members of non-governmental=20
organizations and officials from governmental bodies throughout the =
world. The=20
registration cost is $250 + GST. Contact Aida Burgos, BCIT Venture =
Development=20
Centre, 3700 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3H2, ph. (604) 453-4018, =
fax=20
(604) 436-0286, email <A=20
href=3D"mailto:aida_burgos@bcit.ca">aida_burgos@bcit.ca</A> . Downl
ad =
conference=20
brochure, registration form and call for papers from the website <A=20
href=3D"http://www.piad.ab.ca/">http://www.piad.ab.ca/</A> , and cl
ck =
on "What's=20
New".</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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**=
*********</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Letter to the Editor, Dear Gallon Environment Lette
:=20
</STRONG><BR> <BR>The article on Birdwatching as a $2
billion =
dollar=20
"industry" tells me how out of touch the urban environmental movement is =
in=20
America. I too enjoy birdwatching. I have been a compiler for 25 =
years and=20
have several feeders at my home, but to equate birdwatching with =
the steel=20
industry or the chemical industry, strains the imagination. Explain to =
me=20
exactly what birdwatching produces? Could we even exist without =
the steel=20
industry and chemical industry. I am disappointed in your =
shortsighted=20
logic. Without the agricultural industry the minerals industry and =
the=20
other basic raw materials industries that make our country great and =
allow us=20
the standard of living we enjoy... there wouldn't be any time for bird=20
watching. We would be spending 90% of our time seeking shelter and =
finding=20
food to survive. Let's put a little more thought into your =
articles. =20
We can enjoy birdwatching and have both a viable steel industry and =
chemical=20
industry without trashing them. Sincerely, Michael Noel, =
Farmer/Rancher,=20
email </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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BR=
><STRONG></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Dear Editor,</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Instead of just harping on the "What if we had less democracy" ve
n =
of=20
thinking, how about the following, also from USA Today, on the topic of =
"What if=20
we had more democracy"?? Thanks, by the way, for including the letters =
to the=20
editor in this issue of your newsletter. And you do an incredible =
job of=20
pulling together lots of useful environmental news, and I do appreciate=20
that. (You don't need to add this email address to your mailing =
list --=20
Sincerely, Craig Harvey, email <A=20
href=3D"mailto:harvey@ic.net">harvey@ic.net</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>WICKES STO
E IN BANGOR, =
MAINE=20
BLOCKADED FOR SELLING<BR>INTERFOR, B.C. WOOD =
PRODUCTS</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Members of the Student Environmental Action Coalition in Bangor,
Maine,=20
protested in front of the do-it-yourself store hardware store "WICKES" =
in=20
Bangor, demanding that the company stop selling old-growth word products =
from=20
International Forest Products (Interfor) out of British Columbia. =
Student=20
perched atop three tall metal tripods, whiles others chained themselves =
to the=20
bases, blocking entrances to the store. Eleven students from College of =
the=20
Atlantic and the University of New Hampshire were arrested. "WICKES =
knows the=20
history of Interfor Forest Products in the ancient temperate rainforest =
in=20
British Columbia, Canada and yet the company still carries Interfor's =
products,"=20
said Mike Roselle, Forests Campaigner for Greenpeace, who supported the =
student=20
action. "Today's protest is part of a national grass roots uprising =
across the=20
United States. Concerned citizens are doing everything in their power to =
expose=20
both Interfor's highly destructive practices and the stores that refuse =
to stop=20
selling their products," said Roselle. The students maintain that forest =
products must come from well-managed forests that have been certified to =
Forest=20
Stewardship Council (FSC) standards or better. Many retailers, including =
home=20
furnishing giant IKEA, have already pledged to use only forest products =
that=20
have been FSC- certified. Although many forestry companies operating in =
the=20
Great Bear Rainforest are working with environmental organizations in =
British=20
Columbia to protect highly contentious areas within the rainforest, =
Interfor=20
walked away from negotiations and has resumed its logging plans, says=20
Greenpeace. Since then, environmentalists have exposed the company's =
plans to=20
log 18 pristine valleys and critically important areas of the Great Bear =
Rainforest in the next five years. Contact Rob Fish, Student =
Environmental=20
Action Coalition, Bangor, Maine, email <A=20
href=3D"mailto:ecology12@yahoo.com">ecology12@yahoo.com</A> </DI
>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>MAPLE LEAF
PACKING =
FACTORY POLLUTES=20
MANITOBA RIVER</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A Maple Leaf Pork plant was built in Brandon, Manitoba, once it =
promised to=20
help build and pay for the maintenance of a new Brandon municipal sewage =
treatment plant that the Maple Leak Pork plant could use to discharge =
its=20
slaughterhouse waste. The u.v. treatment system broke down and a new =
computer=20
system installed to run the waste water operations was found to be =
incompatible=20
with the rest of the new sewage treatment plant operations. As a result, =
the=20
Maple Leaf-assisted sewage plant began discharge large amounts of =
improperly=20
treated pork and human waste into the Assiniboine River during a long =
period in=20
the Summer of 2000. Downstream water users were not notified of =
the=20
pollution. Their drinking water and recreation water were harmed by it,=20
according to Bill Paton, a Brandon University biologist. He said that =
farmers=20
who irrigate strawberries and lettuce with river water should have been =
told to=20
take precautions. In June, the amount of fecal coliform discharged into =
the=20
river from Maple Leaf waste exceeded the limit in the treatment plant's =
licence=20
from Manitoba Conservation. By July, the mean reading was more than six =
times=20
the licence limit. Fecal coliforms are bacteria found in the guts of =
warm-=20
blooded animals. They are used as an indicator for other disease-causing =
organisms that are harder to detect. Swimming is not recommended when =
fecal=20
coliform levels are above 200 per 100 millilitres of water. The mean =
reading for=20
July 2000 at the end of the Maple Leaf pipe was 1,255, but that would =
have been=20
diluted in the river. The strain of E. coli that killed seven =
people in=20
Walkerton, Ont., last summer is rarely found in pigs, but Paton sees =
parallels=20
to Walkerton in the lack of checks and balances when something goes =
wrong. The=20
$12-million sewage treatment plant was built by the City of Brandon as =
an=20
incentive for the new slaughterhouse. City staff run the treatment =
facility,=20
although Maple Leaf pays the operating expenses. Source, "Downstream =
warning=20
urged in wake of pollution surge", By Helen Fallding, Winnipeg =
Free=20
Press, Mon, Jan 8, 2001.</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>NORTH AMER
CAN FISHERIES =
ECONOMICS=20
FORUM, TO BE HELD IN<BR>NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 2001</STRONG></FON
></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The first North American Fisheries Economics Forum will be held o
=
April 1=20
to 4, 2001 at the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. =
The goals=20
of the Forum are to strengthen communication between North American =
fisheries=20
economists in industry, government and academia, and to provide =
opportunities to=20
discuss research results, research in process and future research needs =
and=20
plans. The keynote theme for the Forum is "The State of North American =
Fisheries=20
Economics." Sessions relating to this keynote theme will include =
discussions on=20
the future of North American fisheries economics, fisheries economics =
data,=20
teaching fisheries economics, and publishing in the area of fisheries =
economics.=20
Other special sessions will be held on topics including seafood trade =
and the=20
internet, economics of fishing cooperatives under the American Fisheries =
Act,=20
bio-economic models and fishery management, measuring efficiency and =
capacity in=20
fisheries, economic assessments of marine reserves, catfish economics, =
and=20
economics and conflicts between commercial and sport fisheries. =
Additional=20
sessions on other topics are under development. The Forum will serve as =
the=20
inaugural meeting of the North American Association of Fisheries=20
Economists. This Association will be affiliated with International =
Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), an international=20
organization of fisheries economists which meets in even-numbered years =
in=20
different countries around the world. The most recent IIFET meeting was =
held in=20
Corvallis, Oregon in July 2000, and the next meeting will be in =
Brisbane,=20
Australia in July 2002. North American Fisheries Economics Forums will =
be held=20
in odd-numbered years in different coastal areas of North America. For=20
additional information, contact Gunnar Knapp, Program Chair, University =
of=20
Alaska Anchorage (telephone 907-786-7717; e-mail <A=20
href=3D"mailto:afgpk@uaa.alaska.edu">afgpk@uaa.alaska.edu</A>). The
=
deadline for=20
submitting abstracts is February 2, 2001. Additional information about =
the First=20
North American Fisheries Economics Forum, including lists of sessions =
and=20
participants and procedures for submitting abstracts, registering for =
the Forum=20
and making hotel reservations, may be found at the website <A=20
href=3D"http://www.naafe.uaa.alaska.edu">http://www.naafe.uaa.alaska.edu<
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/A> .=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>U.S. EMISS
ONS OF =
GREENHOUSE GASES=20
CONTINUE TO INCREASE:<BR>COAL, OIL AND NATURAL GAS LARGEST=20
SOURCES</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the six main greenhouse =
gases=20
(weighted to reflect equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)), in =
the=20
United States rose from 6,689 to 6,748 million metric tons. These gases =
include=20
CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and =
sulfur=20
hexafluoride. The CO2 from fossil fuel combustion at power plants and =
factories=20
is the largest source of all greenhouse gases, accounting for 80 percent =
of all=20
emissions in 1999. Fossil fuel combustion was responsible for 88 percent =
of=20
total greenhouse emission growth from 1990 to 1999. The study also shows =
that=20
from 1990 - 1999, GHG emissions from cars, trucks and buses rose 21 =
percent,=20
while total highway miles traveled climbed 13 percent. A Federal =
Register notice=20
announcing a 40-day public comment period on the report was published =
Jan. 9,=20
2001. To receive a hard copy of this document, fax a request to the =
Agency at=20
202-260-6405, or write to the following address: U.S. EPA, Office of =
Atmospheric=20
Programs, Market Policy Branch (MC: 2175), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., =
Washington, DC 20460. For technical information, call Wiley Barbour of =
EPA's=20
Office of Air and Radiation at ph. (202) 260-6972. The report is =
available at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/emissions">http://w
ww.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/emissions</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>U.S. EPA R
GION 10 =
ISSUES RFP ON=20
PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP AND<BR>RECYCLING</STRONG></FONT></D
V>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 is soliciting
proposals=20
for projects that address product stewardship, recycling, source =
reduction,=20
reuse, market development, or green purchasing. The amount of the =
contracts=20
could range from US$10,000 to $20,000. Grants or cooperative agreements =
will be=20
awarded though Solid Waste Assistance Funds (SWAF) under the authority =
of=20
Section 8001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of =
1976. Goals=20
EPA Region 10 seeks to fund proposals that fit into one or more of the =
following=20
categories: Promote education and outreach on source reduction, product=20
stewardship, reuse, recycling, composting, and/or buying recycled =
products=20
Identify and test strategies that lead to improved environmental =
performance by=20
Region 10 business organizations. Provide technical assistance or spur=20
innovative technology development to promote source reduction, product=20
stewardship, reuse, recycling, composting, and/or buying recycled =
products.=20
Stimulate market development for materials that are difficult to =
recycle, such=20
as construction and demolition debris, electronics, tires, etc. =
Incorporate EPA=20
initiatives (e.g., community-based environmental protection, =
environmental=20
justice, extended product responsibility, sustainability, protecting =
children's=20
health from environmental threats) with source reduction, product =
stewardship,=20
reuse, recycling, composting, and/or recycled product procurement =
projects. EPA=20
Region 10 includes the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and =
the lands=20
in Indian country belonging to federally recognized tribes in those =
states.=20
Matching funds are not required under this solicitation. All matching =
funds or=20
other contributions provided by the grantee are subject to audits and =
all=20
federal regulations. Written proposals should be submitted on =
double-sided=20
recycled paper with a minimum of 30% post-consumer content. The proposal =
process=20
relies extensively on direct communication (in person or by phone, fax =
or=20
electronic mail) with the EPA Region 10 contact. For this solicitation =
please=20
contact Domenic Calabro at ph. (206) 553-6640 or by e-mail at <A=20
href=3D"mailto:calabro.domenic@epa.gov">calabro.domenic@epa.gov</A>
The =
deadline=20
for application is February 15, 2001, when a two-page pre-proposals =
should be=20
received by the EPA. Applicants are encouraged to contact an EPA Region =
10=20
representative prior to submitting their pre-proposal. Contact Domenic =
Calabro=20
at ph. 206-553- 6640 or email <A=20
href=3D"mailto:calabro.domenic@epa.gov">calabro.domenic@epa.gov</A>
=
This=20
solicitation and additional EPA Region 10 Solid Waste Program funding=20
information are available on the Internet at the website <A=20
href=3D"http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/productstewardship.htm">http://www.ep
a.gov/r10earth/productstewardship.htm</A>=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial><STRONG>GREENING I
DUSTRY =
CONFERENCE ON=20
GLOBALIZATION AND<BR>COMPETITIVENESS WAS HELD IN BANGKOK, JANUARY=20
2001</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> The Greening of Industry Network (GIN) held its annual =
conference on=20
"Sustainablity at the Millennium: Globalization, Competitiveness, and =
the Public=20
Trust", January 21-24, 2001, in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the 9th =
International=20
Conference of the Greening of Industry Network The Honorary Conference =
Chair was=20
Dr. Supachai Panitchapakdi, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and=20
Director-General Designate of the World Trade Organization. The co-chair =
was Jan=20
Pronk, Minister of Environment of the Netherlands. The four-day =
conference=20
featured more than 150 presentations in plenary sessions, workshops,=20
exhibitions, posters, discussion and debate, delegates from business, =
government=20
and research will explore that latest research, business strategies, =
policies=20
and case studies on cross-cutting issues of industrial development, =
environment=20
and society. They pursued the issue of transition "From =
Environment to=20
Sustainability". The conference started with sessions on Fair =
Globalization=20
Policy, Doctoral Research Workshops, and a meeting of the =
Environmental=20
Management Accounting Network.</DIV>
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Asia, and we=20
will use the occasion to launch the Second Decade of the Greening of =
Industry=20
Network. The conference program is posted at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.eric.chula.ac.th/GIN-Asia/">http://www.eric.chula.ac.t
h/GIN-Asia/</A>.=20
Conference sponsors include Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Ministry =
of=20
Science, Technology and Environment, United States-Asia Environmental=20
Partnership, Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the=20
Environment, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Environment =
Programme,=20
European Community, Regional Institute of Environment Technology - =
Singapore,=20
Ford Motor Company, Kenan Institute Asia, International Human Dimensions =
of=20
Global Environmental Change - Industrial Transformation, New Jersey =
Institute of=20
Technology. See <A=20
href=3D"http://www.eric.chula.ac.th/GIN-Asia/sponsors.html">http://www.er
ic.chula.ac.th/GIN-Asia/sponsors.html</A>=20
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:14:45 -0500
From: Robert Mowbray <rnmowbray@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: USGS response about Ian Thomas and ANWR data
Here is the response I received from the USGS Public Affairs Officer to my
message yesterday. Afraid it doesn't shed much light on the subject.
It would be interesting to see comments on the USGS statement from Ian Smith
and the firm he was working for. Might also be interesting to see a
detailed description of the steps which were taken to cancel the contract
including any effort the USGS made to get the contractor to comply with the
terms of the contract.
Bob Mowbray
Robert N. Mowbray
Tropical Forest Ecologist/Natural Resource Management Specialist
A Thirty Year Record of Success
2218 Wheelwright Ct.
Reston, VA 20191-2313
phone: (703) 758-1959
fax: (703) 758-8763
e-mail: rnmowbray@worldnet.att.net
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Mr. Mowbray: Our contracting officer used established government
procedures for canceling the contract. I also believe that Mr. Thomas did
receive earlier indications that there were concerns about some of his
websites and maps.
Trudy Harlow
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:33:47 -0800
From: be cool <thamnosma1@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: USGS issue
Folks:
I do understand the extremely difficult position of
Federal scientists in providing policy information,
not policy decisions. This position is made even more
untenable under regimes in which biological fact
interferes with political expediency or high-level
profit motives of politicians (well, this is almost
always in our field).
However, despite whatever professional rigors are
generally in place within these various agencies, I
find it totally implausible to argue that politics is
not the major factor in this case. Simply step back
and use some common sense: GWBush, oilman, campaigned
on drilling oil from public lands, biodiversity be
damned....he is now president. His administration is
using policy meltdown in California to whip up
hysteria over energy (we don't hear about conservation
or R&D into future energy resources, just the tired
old "nat gas, oil, coal" one would expect from an
energy industry politician). Then, a contract
scientist publishing a map showing the refuge to be
critical calving grounds. Said scientist is
immmediately dismissed for violating the terms of his
contract.
Totally independent events.
Right....and I've got some great dot.com stocks to
sell.
__________________________________________________
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:04:06 -0800
From: John Gerlach <gerlach1@PACBELL.NET>
Subject: Re: USGS (and other government agencies)
While I was finishing my graduate degree I worked as a contract employee and
the scientists I worked with were indeed great. From earlier postings I was
under the impression that the maps in question had been available to the
public for some time and are still available. It also appeared that the web
site was being maintained for a lenghty period of time.
John Gerlach
-----Original Message-----
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU]On Behalf Of
Mccormick.Frank@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 6:41 AM
To: ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU
Subject: USGS (and other government agencies)
Colleagues,
The contract task order ("work assignment" to USEPA) would probably have
been cancelled by EPA contract officers and project officers for precisely
the same reasons. When I read the original account, my reaction was to
conclude that the contractor had acted outside the scope of work, may not
have had the material "cleared" (i.e., reviewed for scientific integrity),
and probably should have had the plug pulled. I'd have done so based
solely on the evidence in the account on ECOLOG-L. We can assume that the
USGS had a much more complete set of facts. It is no mean feat to
terminate part of a contract.
Before you judge the USGS-BRD (or any other federal agency AND their
contractors), understand that scientists in public service are no less
concerned about scientific integrity than those in academia or NGOs.
Because we often conduct research related to policy making, our results
(and the publications we produce) are reviewed NOT FOR POLICY IMPLICATIONS
but for statements of policy. That is, our research may have implications
for the need to control diesel emissions, but we cannot recommend controls
in our publications. Because we ALWAYS conduct research with public funds,
we are under very rigorous scrutiny for data integrity. Hence, it was
appropriate to pull the caribou maps from the Patuxent website if they had
not been reviewed.
My colleagues in the Departments of Interior and Agriculture are among the
most dedicated scientists I know and often operate under constraints that
would drive members of my professional societies who do not work for the
government completely insane.
Should we look for the maps to be restored once reviewed? I hope so. Is
there recourse if they are not? It's called the Freedom of Information
Act!
Frank H. McCormick
Research Ecologist
US Environmental Protection Agency
National Exposure Research Laboratory
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
mccormick.frank@epa.gov
513 569 7097
Frank H. McCormick
Research Ecologist
US Environmental Protection Agency
National Exposure Research Laboratory
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
mccormick.frank@epa.gov
513 569 7097
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:06:40 -0800
From: John Gerlach <gerlach1@PACBELL.NET>
Subject: Re: USGS (and other government agencies)
In the Forum section of the Sacramento Bee newspaper dated 03/18/01 an
article by Ryan Lizza was run entitled "Bush's silent assault on labor". The
article first details Bush's implementation of the "deviation" process in
late January to suspend a recently established rule that requires federal
contractors to have a "satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics
including compliance with tax, labor, employment, environmental, antitrust,
and consumer-protection laws." I presume that these types of contractors are
different than contractor employees as the article later states that in
mid-February Bush signed four executive orders, one of which revoked a
Clinton order that protected the jobs of contractor employees at federal
buildings.
That's all the information I have.
John Gerlach
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:58:44 -0600
From: UWM Field Station <fieldstn@UWM.EDU>
Subject: Natural History Workshops
Please share this announcement with others who may be interested.
2001 NATURAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS at the UWM Field Station
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station conducts a series of
Natural History Workshops. These workshops offer an opportunity to study
focused topics at college-level instruction under the guidance of noted
authorities. Most workshops present two full days of instruction; housing
and meals are available at the Station. Enrollment is limited to 20; the
atmosphere is informal and instruction is individualized. Workshops may be
taken for undergraduate or graduate college credit by enrolling in UWM,
Topics in Field Biology. Fees vary. Please contact the Station for more
details and a registration form, or visit our website at
www.uwm.edu/Dept/fieldstation for full descriptions of each course, fee
information, and a printable Registration Form. The 2001 Workshop Schedule
includes seven courses:
Vegetation of Wisconsin
Instructor: Dr. James Reinartz
May 21-26
Land Snails: Identification and Ecology
Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Nekola
June 1 & 2
Sedges: Identification and Ecology
Instructor: Dr. Anton Reznicek
June 15 & 16
Ferns and Fern Allies of Wisconsin: Recognition and Identification
Instructor: Dr. Carl Taylor
June 22 & 23
Dragonflies: Identification and Ecology
Instructor: William A. Smith.
July 6 & 7
Wetland Delineation
Instructor: Don Reed
Sept. 21 & 22
Birds, Migration and Bird Banding
Instructors: Vicki Piaskowski and Gene Albanese
Sept. 29 & 30
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station
3095 Blue Goose Road
Saukville, WI 53080
Contact persons: Jim Reinartz, Gretchen Meyer, or Michele Klofanda
Email: fieldstn@uwm.edu
Phone: 262-675-6844
Fax: 262-675-0337
Website: www.uwm.edu/Dept/fieldstation
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:52:32 -0500
From: "E. Ann Poole" <eann@JUNO.COM>
Subject: References for McGill's PhD program
Gallon's newsletter reminded of something I've been meaning to post....
If there are any McGill University, School of Environmental Studies, PhD
students or alumni interested in sharing information about the program,
I'd like to hear from you. Please reply to <eann@juno.com>.
Ann
E. Ann Poole, Ecologist & Environmental Planner
Concord, NH
SBE / DBE, CAGE 1QFD5
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
- Helping Communities Meet the Challenges of Growth -
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:08:27 -0800
From: Jeremy O'Leary <jeremy@BIOHABIT.COM>
Subject: Re: USGS (and other government agencies)
>From my perspective, I do not believe the integrity of scientists is wha
is being questioned, it is the integrity and intent of the managers and
the political appointees. The work environment being created by the
firing of someone who may or may not have been officially warned of
exceeding the scope of their assignment by posting a couple of maps on one
US government website that are on other US government websites is more
than a little troubling. In the context of the attempts to open ANWR for
oil drilling, the firing of one federal contractor under the above
circumstances might very well be legal, but appears to be shady, unethical
and quite simply an effort to quash any effort within an agency (USGS in
this case) to challenge the new Administrations intentions.
+ Jeremy
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 Mccormick.Frank@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> The contract task order ("work assignment" to USEPA) would probably hav
> been cancelled by EPA contract officers and project officers for precis
ly
> the same reasons. When I read the original account, my reaction was to
> conclude that the contractor had acted outside the scope of work, may n
t
> have had the material "cleared" (i.e., reviewed for scientific integrit
),
> and probably should have had the plug pulled. I'd have done so based
> solely on the evidence in the account on ECOLOG-L. We can assume that
he
> USGS had a much more complete set of facts. It is no mean feat to
> terminate part of a contract.
>
> Before you judge the USGS-BRD (or any other federal agency AND their
> contractors), understand that scientists in public service are no less
> concerned about scientific integrity than those in academia or NGOs.
> Because we often conduct research related to policy making, our results
> (and the publications we produce) are reviewed NOT FOR POLICY IMPLICATI
NS
> but for statements of policy. That is, our research may have implicati
ns
> for the need to control diesel emissions, but we cannot recommend contr
ls
> in our publications. Because we ALWAYS conduct research with public fu
ds,
> we are under very rigorous scrutiny for data integrity. Hence, it was
> appropriate to pull the caribou maps from the Patuxent website if they
ad
> not been reviewed.
>
> My colleagues in the Departments of Interior and Agriculture are among
he
> most dedicated scientists I know and often operate under constraints th
t
> would drive members of my professional societies who do not work for th
> government completely insane.
>
> Should we look for the maps to be restored once reviewed? I hope so.
s
> there recourse if they are not? It's called the Freedom of Information
> Act!
>
>
> Frank H. McCormick
> Research Ecologist
> US Environmental Protection Agency
> National Exposure Research Laboratory
> 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
> Cincinnati, OH 45268
>
> mccormick.frank@epa.gov
> 513 569 7097
>
>
> Frank H. McCormick
> Research Ecologist
> US Environmental Protection Agency
> National Exposure Research Laboratory
> 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
> Cincinnati, OH 45268
>
> mccormick.frank@epa.gov
> 513 569 7097
>
_______________
Jeremy O'Leary
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:24:49 -0500
From: "Clinton N. Jenkins" <rontavius@UTK.EDU>
Subject: Re: mystified by medicinal weed article
I partially agree with Dave. It would be irresponsible to conclude that
rain forests are less valuable based on what the news article tells us.
However, that assumes the news article is correctly conveying the
conclusions reached in the scientific paper. We have all seen cases of a
scientific conclusion getting twisted around by the time it gets into a news
report. I have not read the original article and thus cannot comment on the
accuracy of this particular news report. Has anyone read the article in the
Journal of Ethnopharmacology? Could you comment on it?
Dave Whitacre wrote:
> Am I the only one who scratched his/her head after reading this news
> release and the linked report re the incidence of weeds among known
> medicinal plants? While it is interesting to learn that weeds may
> contain more medicinal agents than previously recognized, as I see it,
> the information conveyed tells us nothing about the relative frequency
> of useful secondary compounds in plants of mature rain forest versus
> plants of disturbed areas.
>
> The article does admit that the frequent use of "weeds" by highland May
> and other indigenous groups may stem from the proximity of these plants
> to peoples' living spaces (familiarity thru long association,
> convenience of proximity, etc.)--why then the implication that
> rainforests are any less valuable as a source of new drugs than we
> believed them to be before reading this research? In my view, the data
> presented in no way merit such a conclusion.
>
> Surely the fact that weedy lots also harbor many potentially useful
> secondary compounds has no bearing on what arguments are or are not goo
> ones for saving rain forests. Such a conclusion would be merited only i
> it were shown that there were a high degree of redundancy in the 2ndary
> compounds found in weeds and those found in plants of mature rain
> forest--such that there would be little unique benefit in saving rain
> forest plants as opposed to saving common weeds. Such redundancy was no
> shown or alleged in the article.
>
> I do agree with the article's author, however, that there are many othe
> reasons to save rain forests (and any and all biota) that I find more
> compelling than the fact that they may harbor substances potentially
> useful to Homo sapiens.
>
> respectfully,
>
> David F. Whitacre
>
> The Peregrine Fund
> 566 W. Flying Hawk Lane
> Boise, Idaho 83709
> (208) 362-3716
> dwhitacre@peregrinefund.org
--
Clinton Jenkins - Doctoral Fellow
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
569 Dabney Hall
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1610
Office: (865) 974-1982 FAX: (865) 974-0978
E-mail: rontavius@utk.edu
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:39:17 -0800
From: Leonardo Frid <frid@ZOOLOGY.UBC.CA>
Subject: oriental tussock moths and NPV
Is anyone aware of published (or unpublished) records of the oriental
tussock moth, Euproctis flava, being infected by a Nuclear Polyhedrosis
Virus (NPV).
Thanks,
Leonardo Frid
UBC Department of Zoology,
6270 University Boulevard
Vancouver, B.C.
V6T 1Z4
Phone: (604) 822-4664
Fax: (604) 822-2416
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:24:03 -0400
From: Monica Schuegraf <x97ssp@STFX.CA>
Subject: Have NSERC, will travel.
Hi,
My name is Monica Schuegraf. I am just finishing up my
honours at St. F. X. University in Nova Scotia. I have been
awarded an NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research
Council Canada postgraduate scholarship), for tenure at a
Canadian university.
I am looking for a program/supervisor doing ecology or
conservation biology or something along those lines, in
South America or Africa or a developing country. Because my
NSERC is only for tenure in Canada, I would have to attend a
Canadian university but would like to do field work abroad
focussing more on communities and entire ecosystems than on
individual species. My thesis was done in biomechanics but
I have taken courses and am interested in marine biology,
wildlife ecology and freshwater ecology.
I would like to work with someone who is doing applied
biology because I feel that I have to contribute to the
world in some way. I have recently being wrestling with the
problem of how doing a Masters in biology will contribute to
the world either through environmentalism or social justice,
or something along those lines. Working in a developing
country seems to be the answer I have presently come up
with.
So if there are any potential supervisors out there, or
anyone who knows any potential supervisors, could you please
contact me.
Thanks, Monica
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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:19:05 -0300
From: Diego Rodriguez <dhrodri@MDP.EDU.AR>
Subject: Growth fit curves
Hi all!
A couple of weeks ago I've posted an email asking for advice regarding some
packages that allow fitting growth curves. Nearly inmediately I've received
very helpful emails that allowed me to solve my problems. I briefly
summarise the anwsers for the co-listers and I would like to thank them all
for their attention!!
Cheers
Diego
Sebastian Luque <sluque@mun.ca> suggested me to work with the program
urve
Perfect, that can be downloaded at http://www.lrnit.com/SOFTWARE.HTM. I've
tried it and is really friendly and easy!!!
Guiming Wang <gwang@nrel.colostate.edu> suggested me to use the non-li
ear
module of the Statistica package, which is very very friendly (I've tried
it). Another option suggested was to use the Solver added in the Excel of
Microsoft Office. It is much easier to manipulate your data on a
spreadsheet like Excel. Hamish McCallum has a brief description with
illustration about how to use the solver for nonlinear regressions (H.
McCallum. 2000. Population Parameters: estimation for ecological models.
Blackwell Science, London.).
Eric L. Peters <E-Peters@csu.edu> told me that prior to choose a
particular model, use the Richards sigmoidal model. This model has a "shape
parameter" that relates to the trajectory of the curve, as well as=20
parameters for the asymptotic size and the time to reach a fixed=20
fraction of that size. Confidence intervals can be calculated for all=20
parameters, and these can be tested against hypothesized values. For=20
example, if the shape parameter is not significantly different than=20
0, then the curve is a negative exponential, if it is 0.67 it is a=20
Gompertz, 1.0 a von Bertalanffy, and 2.0 a logistic.
Ellen K. Pedersen <ellenkp@dcn.davis.ca.us>suggested Table Curve, but
ill
not take into account properly the correlation in repeated measures.
NLINMIX a SAS proc will do that and allow you to fit appropriate error
structures. If that does not work, e-mail wpittroff@ucdavis.edu; with
colleagues from Texas A&M we have developed a program which will fite
correlated growth curve data with unequal spacing of measurements, and has
the functional forms you are looking at.
Roger Dungan <DunganR@landcare.cri.nz> used SigmaPlot to fit modified
Gompertz growth equations with no troubles.=20
Tim Smith < timsmith@ucdavis.edu> suggested me to use PROC NLIN.
Andre Barreto <abarreto@cttmar.univali.br> used the package
STATISTICAv5.1., being able to fit von Bertalanffy, Gompertz and the
Schnute model, without having to transform it.
_________________________________________
Dr. Diego Rodriguez
Departamento de Ciencias Marinas,
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales,
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.
Casilla de Correo 43, (7600) Mar del Plata,
Argentina.
Email: dhrodri@mdp.edu.ar
TE: +54 (0) 223 4752426 (int.456)/ 4751107
FAX: +54 (0) 223 4753150
www.mdp.edu.ar/exactas/csmarinas
" Un argentino puede conseguir cualquier cosa que se proponga, salvo el
aplauso de otros argentinos"
"La Educaci=F3n es un progresivo descubrimiento de nuestra ignorancia"
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:47:19 -0700
From: Ken Wilson <kenw@CNR.COLOSTATE.EDU>
Subject: FIELD BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN POSITION
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FOR RESEARCH ON EFFECTS OF SKI DEVELOPMENT
JOB DESCRIPTIONS: (Application deadline - April 12 , 2001 or until positi=
on
filled)
Technician (approximately June 15 - end of September 15): $1000/month, no
benefits
An opening exists on a study examining the effects of ski development on
small
mammal populations at Vail Ski Area, Colorado. Study sites will be in
spruce-fir communities between 9,000' and 12,000'. Housing will be provid=
ed,
although camping may also be required.
DUTIES:
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re
trapping, habitat sampling, and computer input. Long workdays will be
required.
Work schedules will probably include 8-10 days on and 3-4 days off.
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mal
identification experience desirable), a willingness to work long days whi=
le
maintaining a positive attitude, the ability to perform a variety of task=
s
(such as lifting heavy objects) in all sorts of weather, the ability to
maintain accurate records, and the ability to operate a manual, 4WD vehic=
le.
You must own a good sleeping bag (temperatures can be cold at night
especially
in late Aug. and Sept.) and tent. You may be required to obtain a valid
Colorado Drivers License. International drivers licenses are not acceptab=
le.
Possession of your own transportation is beneficial for exploring the
surrounding areas on days off.
HOW TO APPLY: (e-mail applications are acceptable)
Send a cover letter, an unofficial copy of your college transcripts, a
resum=82
including work experience and the names, phone numbers, and email address=
es,
if
available, of 2 references to:
Dr. Kenneth Wilson
Department of Fishery & Wildlife Biology & Graduate Degree Program in
Ecology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
For further information call (970) 491-7755 or send email to
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 16:44:49 -0500
From: Milan Vavrek <mvavrek@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU>
Subject: M.S. Biology Research Assistantship Available
M.S. Biology Research Assistantship Available
School of Biological Sciences
Louisiana Tech University
A graduate research assistantship will be available beginning Summer or
Fall 2001 dependent upon funding. The assistantship will be filled on a
competitive basis. The assistantship will be devoted to research involving
the physical and biological factors (including the role of mycorrhizal
fungi) in re-vegetation and bioremediation of oil brine spill sites.
The College of Applied and Natural Sciences, School of Biological Sciences
and the Graduate Program web pages contain basic information about the
programs and faculty.
<http://www.ans.latech.edu/>
<http://www.ans.latech.edu/biosci-index.html>
<http://www.ans.latech.edu/grad-index.html>
For further information concerning the project, contact:
Dr. Wes Colgan, III
wcolgan@latech.edu
Dr. Milan C. Vavrek,
mvavrek@latech.edu
or
Dr. William J. Campbell
campbell@latech.edu
School of Biological Sciences
Louisiana Tech University
P.O. Box 3179
Ruston, LA 71272-0001
Phone: 318-257-4573
FAX: 318-257-4574
General information about the graduate program and applications may be
obtained by contacting:
Dr. William J. Campbell
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
College of Applied and Natural Sciences
Office of Graduate Studies and Research
School of Biological Sciences
Louisiana Tech University
Box 10197, T.S.
Ruston, LA 71272-0001
Phone: 318-257-4287
Louisiana Tech University is an equal opportunity employer and educator,
and encourages applications from women and minorities
>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<
<<<<<<<<
Milan C. Vavrek
Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Coordinator
mvavrek@latech.edu
www.ans.latech.edu/homes/mvavrek
School of Biological Sciences
Louisiana Tech University
P.O. Box 3179
Ruston, LA 71272-0001
Telephone: (318) 257-4573
FAX: (318) 257-4574
Interdependence, of course, is a fundamental law of nature.
--His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:13:39 -0800
From: Wayne Tyson <landrest@UTM.NET>
Subject: Re: USGS (and other government agencies)
NOTE: I have clipped all of the original post here for emphasis, but this
comment applies to the entire original post.)
Frankly, Frank, I don't think creating more convolutions in the
information-access stream serves the public interest. In fact, it smacks
of a patronizing attitude in government popularly called a
"kiss-off." Sending citizens off to dutifully pry information out of
government through the "Freedom of Information Act" is just one more
hurdle, one more hoop, one more obstacle in a government convention that
needs to be challenged for what it is--a cynical process of wearing down
questioners to the point they just give up--an old, old ploy. It's a
CREDIBILITY problem, Frank, not a spin problem.
Bureaucrats sit in a position of enormous power. When they threaten, some
of us cower, some of us strongly object. All of us are chilled by it, and
my blood is running colder and colder...as I struggle to understand just
what is going on.
The central issue is: What are the facts, all the facts (and nothing but
the facts)? Did the government, at ANY level, engage in an act of
oppression, however disguised (as all such oppression always
is)? Digressions and patronizing lectures only invite more suspicion.
Regretfully,
WT
NOTE: This is a public forum. Please do not mail me directly.
At 09:40 AM 03/20/2001 -0500, Mccormick.Frank@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV wrote:
[clip]
>Should we look for the maps to be restored once reviewed? I hope so. I
>there recourse if they are not? It's called the Freedom of Information
>Act!
>
>
>Frank H. McCormick
>Research Ecologist
>US Environmental Protection Agency
>National Exposure Research Laboratory
>26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
>Cincinnati, OH 45268
>
>mccormick.frank@epa.gov
>513 569 7097
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:59:59 -0500
From: "David W. Inouye" <di5@umail.umd.edu>
Subject: Information on where to recycle old computers and other electronics
The Electronic Industries Alliance web site www.eia.org has information
about national and state-level programs for recycling computers, etc.
David Inouye
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