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AUSTRIAN TRANSIT FIGHT CENTERS ON ECOPOINTS

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 19, 2000 (ENS) - The European Commission has
threatened chaos for haulage firms crossing Austria by refusing to hand 
out
new transit permits until EU transport ministers agree to a general
reduction in the number of "ecopoints."
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jul2000/2000L-07-19-03.html


COLOMBIAN COCA CROP TARGETED FOR FUNGAL CONTROL

NEW YORK, New York, July 19, 2000 (ENS) -Cocaine, an addictive drug 
linked
to crime and human tragedy, is also bad for the environment. The United
Nations is considering developing a natural herbicide that could destroy
coca crops and prevent the release of tons of toxic substances into the
environment of Columbia, the largest coca producer in the world.
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jul2000/2000L-07-19-06.html

PESTICIDES ON PAROLE IN UNITED STATES
A team of experts assembled by the National Research Council
concludes in a report released Tuesday that chemical pesticides
will continue to play a role in pest management in the United
States for at least the next 10 years.

Source: Environmental News Network

http://enn.com/news/enn-stories/2000/07/07192000/pesticides_14871.asp

INDONESIA FIRES SPREAD, SMOG REACHES THAILAND
Forest fires raging on the Indonesian island of Sumatra
are spreading and a thin blanket of smog has reached as
far north as Thailand, officials said today.

Source: Reuters

http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/07/07192000/reu_fire_14878.asp

MAD COW DISEASE DEATHS COULD RISE
Deaths from the human form of "mad cow" disease could be
rising by up to 30 percent a year and eventually total in the
thousands, a top British government scientist warned .

Source: Associated Press

http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/07/07182000/ap_madcow_14855.asp